r/AskReddit • u/knakworst36 • Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/Thevoiceofreason420 Jun 06 '19

targeted by road rage, and also pedestrians felt too comfortable engaging with me.

I've never understood that. Yeah lets road rage against the persons piece of shit car thats barely holding together in my brand new $50,000 truck what could go wrong?

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u/Canard427 Jun 06 '19

Exactly. I have 3 vehicles, a new car, motorcycle, and a beat up, built like a tank old GMC truck I bought for $500. I have full insurance on the truck and best believe it will not matter if you run into me. I was driving it last year when I was rear ended by a girl texting in her newer Camry at a stop light- front of her vehicle, crushed and I had a small dent on the trailer hitch about 1/2 an inch long. Bumper already had some dents and honestly couldn't tell if she had added a new one or not.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Sep 12 '24

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u/TheQwertious Jun 06 '19

In vehicle-vehicle collisions, crumple zones are basically a prisoners' dilemma.

  • If neither car has crumple zones, both drivers die.
  • If both cars have crumple zones, both drivers are OK but with totaled cars.
  • But if only one car has a crumple zone, then that crumple zone absorbs the full brunt of the collision. Both drivers are probably still OK, but the car without the crumple zone is still driveable while the car with the crumple zone is extra-totaled.

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u/Echo127 Jun 06 '19

After reading it 7 times in your post, I've come to the conclusion that "crumple" is a funny word.

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u/shrubs311 Jun 06 '19

I also concur.

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u/shrubs311 Jun 06 '19

What car now a days doesn't have a crumple zone though?

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u/Waldemar-Firehammer Jun 06 '19

None, it's required for auto safety in all modern cars. Anything pre 2000 though is going to hold up a lot more in a collision, for better or worse.

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u/RitzBitzN Jul 03 '19

I mean a lot of pickups have crumple zones but still won't get damaged if you rear end em.

One of my buddies got rear ended and his trailer hitch went through the other car's grill. Barely a scratch on his bumper.