RUBBER CARS

[rubber_car123]

Why CARS are not completely built out of rubber just like the tyres? No accidental damage to cars & people?
We could bang our cars as we wish without damage?
No Repair cost ,No costly Insurance, no scratches , just wipe the dirt mark and ride along, people don’t have to pay fines, get involved with the cops or end up in jail.
No fatal accidents or casualties

[snags]

http://www.telegraph....s-are-the-future.html

[redcrx]

"No fatal accidents or casualties" haha, none at all? really?? why did no-one think of this before.

[McMouse]

<<Why CARS are not completely built out of rubber>>
Don't think rubber pistons would function very well.

[cazzz1975]

how would the rubber cope with the heat and weight of the engine and gearbox?

[redcrx]

forget rubber. This is the future!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTRCHbG_IA

[TWR]

Have you ever seen a tyre on fire Rubber? with respect, that would answer your Qs.

[vulcan]

rubber brakes would be interesting.

[heathfield]

In 1940, Morris produced the 8hp 'Z' series van, used extensively for many years by Royal Mail and the GPO. To reduce the costs of minor repairs, many of these vehicles were fitted with rubber front wings. Later, a large number of the Morris Minor 'O' series vans, which replaced the 'Z' type, were also fitted with rubber wings.

http://www.aronline.c...dex.htm?lcvrmcdvf.htm

[Hopkirk]

I remember Tomorrows World showing bumpers that could cope with 5 mph bumps. It looked like the way to go.

MG even fitted them:

http://www.parlington...ads/2010/06/mgb_1.jpg

They weren't very popular.

[brihamilton1]

vulcan----- "rubber brakes would be interesting"------------ my pedal bike has rubber brakes-----went over handle bars twice

[JonnyBoy12]

I think rubber cart means the body of the car should be made of rubber. Well, I think that it would be prone to perish, and it would not be that strong. When I was young there was talk of plastic cars coming on the market very soon, but that has not come to being. Are there any plastic cars on the market today?

[Buenchico]

If your rubber car has a head on collision with another car, your body will still come to a halt extremely quickly. However your internal organs won't.

Result: Crush injuries to those organs, together with rupturing of the arteries which feed them.

Prognosis: Death

[DTCwordfan]

thats a new one, condoms on wheels.

[joko]

i have wondered why cars are not covered with some more rubber material (not made of it completly) but a layer of it...

it wouldnt stop fatalities and accidents, but it may reduce damage in minor bumps etc

i would imagine its been considered and dismissed for some reason though, not least the heat

[Iggle Piggle]

Car dealers would be out of pocket if things did not get damaged ! That would never do. Look at any modern car and see how expensive a little tap will be and you get the picture.
It's far too sensible to make bumpers flexible and 'bump-able', there's no money in that !!

[deggers316]

if we all drove correctly cars wouldn't need to be made of rubber, anyway what a silly question

[emmie]

Gives couples all round protection, ha

[carlton23]

I don`t think I would like being bounced along the road in a rubber car and being `road sick` all over the place.