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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
I've been reading up on aluminum body panels and another "feature" of them is that they are much harder to repair if they get dented. So get ready for your insurance rates to go higher to cover the more expensive repairs these lightweight parts will bring. A lot of shops currently won't even repair them and simply replace them. A $250 softball dent in a hood is an automatic $1000 replacement repair.
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Aluminum is also easier and more economical to recycle than steel. It takes less energy to melt aluminum down and make it into something new, the process to recycle steel is much more complicated and expensive.