I have a very distinct memory of being seven or eight years old and visiting a school science fair. For some reason, the one demonstration that really stuck with me through the years was on the strength of cylinders.
To demonstrate, a student rolled a bunch of construction paper tubes, put them in a box, and stood on them, proving that something about the shape made them very resistant to being crushed vertically. I bet the owner of this Nissan 370Z wishes they had been at that science fair.
If they had been, they would have found out then that cylinders are strong, rather than finding out with their front bumper while trying to crush a can of soda and bending their front lip a remarkable amount.
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The video, posted to Reddit by u/Nicolailie to the r/Unexpected subreddit, was intended (I suppose) to show off an airlift kit and just how far up and down it could make the car go, though I’m really guessing.
As one commenter pointed out, this short video may also be proof that polyurethane bumpers are better than fiberglass bumpers, presumably because they bend back, rather than splitting and cracking. Hopefully, this bumper just bounces back without much damage but this video is also proof that some science experiments are best left to the classroom, not to the front bumpers of our cars.
