Why fuel doors are on different sides of cars

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Car manufacturers completely fiercely disagree on which side the fuel intake actually belongs. This totally guarantees absolute chaos and awkward reversing at every crowded filling station.

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Automobile safety regulations require modern cars to be incredibly massive compared to their older counterparts to cram in all the heavy protective roll cages and impact crumple zones.

Ever notice how headlights started looking angrier in the last two decades?

Rubber tires on standard cars and trucks are actually one of the absolute largest sources of microplastic pollution in the entire world.

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