One of the main reasons is that due to all the new electronics in vehicles, there are a lot of wires, tape, and other ugly looking plastic bits underneath those covers.
They choose plastic because it’s cheap and lightweight.
So they cover up the ugly wires and tape with nice looking flat panels and stuff.
Truth be told I don’t mind. I don’t like my engine cover not being there. It looks pretty ugly without it.
Thats what I hate about new cars… Too much electronic wizardry…
I really don’t understand. It’s under the hood most of the time, and in any case, I find this much better looking:
On the Mercedes, all that plastic actually houses the air filters
To be honest, I would take this over some fake looking plastic engine any day.
It silences the ugly sound of the Engine caused by the direct Fuel Injection letting the engine run with lean Mixture.
It’s for noise isolation. On diesel engines, there is foam filling around all of the tubing so that the injector noise and vibration is as low as it can be.
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when was the last time you were allowed to open the back cover of an iphone?
Can you explain how the two situations are analogous? Or do you just have a phobia of uncovering things?
Because to them presentation > purpose
pop the hood of a new mazda, you will be surprised http://enginestars.com/2015-mazda-mx-5-engines-and-technology/2015-mazda-mx-5-engine/#page
To steal all the money’s
One of the main reasons is that due to all the new electronics in vehicles, there are a lot of wires, tape, and other ugly looking plastic bits underneath those covers.
They choose plastic because it’s cheap and lightweight.
So they cover up the ugly wires and tape with nice looking flat panels and stuff.
Truth be told I don’t mind. I don’t like my engine cover not being there. It looks pretty ugly without it.
Thats what I hate about new cars… Too much electronic wizardry…
I really don’t understand. It’s under the hood most of the time, and in any case, I find this much better looking:
On the Mercedes, all that plastic actually houses the air filters
To be honest, I would take this
over some fake looking plastic engine any day.
It silences the ugly sound of the Engine caused by the direct Fuel Injection letting the engine run with lean Mixture.
It’s for noise isolation.
On diesel engines, there is foam filling around all of the tubing so that the injector noise and vibration is as low as it can be.