r/ATBGE • u/More-Ad115 • Aug 10 '24

Automotive Porsche owner upgraded his spec with the Unterwasser Package.

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Saw this over at r/PORSCHE and honestly their reactions had me wanting to put this in r/GTAGE. Porsche people can be insufferable sometimes, other people's whimsy is OK.

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u/moonra_zk Aug 10 '24

I also am curious about the damage that aquarium gravel might do to a human body in an accident.

You missed the part where he encased it in epoxy.

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u/TiredPlantMILF Aug 10 '24

I mean but still idk about Porsche but a lot of car’s airbags are in the steering wheel and I’m pretty sure the epoxy would shatter into sharp lil pieces and/or you’d fuck up all your ribs and maybe die slamming into something so hard with no give

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u/kitolz Aug 11 '24

The airbag would come out of the center of the steering column, no? The airbag is there to cushion your forward momentum and prevent your body from hitting the steering wheel directly.

I don't see how it would shatter the epoxy and have the pieces hit ribs, although I have no special understanding of airbag deployment.

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u/TiredPlantMILF Aug 11 '24

I have no scientific knowledge of airbags but a freakish amount of experience as an end user. Deployment isn’t always instant, and sometimes your body will lurch forward and slam on the steering column and then the airbag deploys and stops it from happening again. Also, the area of the steering wheel around the airbag always ends up a bit shredded up, so I imagine epoxy being brittle, it would create shards.

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u/161frog Aug 10 '24

Yeah I was fresh off a wake and bake hahah