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Comparison Essay On My Truck

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My car and my truck are complete opposites of each other on paper, but there are some similarities they share. The truck is a blue 1974 Chevy C10, and the car is a red 1998 Chevy Cavalier. In my opinion my car is safer, but the truck is cooler. I will be contrasting the body styles, the safety features, and the technical differences. I will also be comparing the basic features. First of all, the body styles are completely different. Well, the truck has a blue body with a “body-on-frame” type of construction. It also has a two piece body, the cab and the bed. The car has a small, red, stream line body designed for aerodynamics. It has a “uni-body” design, meaning the body and the frame is one thing. “body-on-frame” means that the body sits on the frame and is removable. Secondly, the safety features on the car are vastly superior to the ones on the truck. The car has breaking points all over its body, so that in a wreck it will be damaged worse to soften the impact. The truck just has a rigid steel body designed to stay intact, while that’s better for repairs, it’s not better for injuries. My car also has airbags, anti-lock brakes, and a three point seat belt. The truck has a two point seatbelt also known as a lap belt. The car is remarkably safer. …show more content…

The “V” shape helps with making the engine smaller while keeping the same amount of power and torque, while the truck has an inline 6 cylinder, meaning the cylinders are in a straight line making just a little bit more power and torque than just a regular “V6”. The car is fuel injected indicating that the fuel in injected into the engine on start up and allows it to make better performance. The truck has a carburetor, helping it to put fuel in the

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