Comments on: Recycled Carbon Fiber Tasty, Less Filling http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/recycled-carbon-fiber-tasty-less-filling/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:46:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ctoan http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/recycled-carbon-fiber-tasty-less-filling/comment-page-1/#comment-739791 ctoan Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:46 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=68372#comment-739791 Shaker: The hood isn't stressed. It doesn't matter how strong it is. Shaker:

The hood isn’t stressed. It doesn’t matter how strong it is.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/recycled-carbon-fiber-tasty-less-filling/comment-page-1/#comment-738171 Robert Schwartz Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:14:18 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=68372#comment-738171 "Is this the antidote to the sad tendency of car companies to think thin, but build fat?" No. The OEMs have not thought thin for the last couple of decades. Their cars have grown progressively longer, wider, and heavier. Their solution to their engineering problems seems to be bolt a turbo charger on to it. For them, carbon fiber is lipstick on a pig. “Is this the antidote to the sad tendency of car companies to think thin, but build fat?”

No. The OEMs have not thought thin for the last couple of decades. Their cars have grown progressively longer, wider, and heavier. Their solution to their engineering problems seems to be bolt a turbo charger on to it.

For them, carbon fiber is lipstick on a pig.

]]> By: shaker http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/recycled-carbon-fiber-tasty-less-filling/comment-page-1/#comment-738131 shaker Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:07:18 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=68372#comment-738131 It sounds like a fairly energy-intensive process to recycle this stuff, so the "going price" is pretty much tied to energy prices, eh? Still, better to reuse the shortened fibers, but I wonder about their strength in larger panels (i.e. hoods). It sounds like a fairly energy-intensive process to recycle this stuff, so the “going price” is pretty much tied to energy prices, eh?
Still, better to reuse the shortened fibers, but I wonder about their strength in larger panels (i.e. hoods).

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