this one is a true story that happened last year to a friend of
mine .....
she lives in canada and drives a pontiac grand am which cost her
just C$3000 .... one of those el cheapo decade old "domestic" cars
that poor students love ....
she was cruising on the highway from alberta to saskatchewan
when the hood of the car snapped up and flew backwards into the
windshield and smashed downwards at 110km/h ....
the roof of the car was dented very badly, and the windshield
was completely shattered...
thankfully, no one was hurt, but the car was a complete write
off ....
the insurance workshop did a check, and concluded that the metal
hinges holding the hood down simply snapped from "metal fatigue"
...
her next car, of course, was not a GM ...