A big thanks to engineers

A lot of people shit on Chrysler products for being cheap, unreliable, etc etc. However, about ten years ago my dad owned a green Sebring. I used to like it because for whatever reason... bees always flew in during car rides and smashed against the rear windshield. So there'd be a graveyard of bees in the back and I hated bees/wasps at the time. (Another story for another time).

Anyway, my dad was in the left lane of a highway and a tractor trailer was to his right. Tractor trailer didn't see him and merged left to avoid a turn-off. Smacked my dad against a concrete barricade at full speed and nearly crushed his car against the median before it was able to stop. My dad simply unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car unharmed. I was over my grandparents at the time and cried thinking the worst when they told me my dad was hit by a tractor trailer... but he was fine. I went to look at the car later and couldn't believe my eyes. It looked like someone had taken a hammer to a hot wheels car. Everything was dented in and the metal was in sharp angles everywhere. On the driver side door there was a hole punched the size of a small pizza. But the seats inside? Untouched. So, I would never say Chrysler puts out amazing products... but their safety engineering saved my dad's life. The frame designed to resist crumpling from side impacts is the reason why my dad is still alive.

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