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[–] [email protected] 65 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The car is also made out of metal. Why do you need the metal in front?

[–] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago

More weight = more magnetic

I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

The actual metal content varies. With plastic bumpers, aluminum condenser/radiator, composite support pieces, the actual amount of magnetic metal may be quite minimal, and there's practically no vehicles that have so much metal in their front end to compare to a slab of metal on the outside.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Try using a magnet on a can of coke.
"But it's made of metal" he says.

[–] Sculptor9157 1 points 8 months ago

And that's why I drink Pepsi.