Glossary / General

carbon

9 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

“Carbon” usually means carbon-fiber parts. They’re light and strong, but if you damage them, fixing them often requires specialist repair work and can cost more than normal bodywork.

Technical Definition

“Carbon” here refers to carbon-fiber components. Carbon fiber is valued for high strength-to-weight, but repairs can be specialized and expensive compared with conventional materials.

Hear It Discussed

"Silver Enzo and Pagani something, which I'm not a car guy because I don't know what it was. It was all made out of carbon. I looked at them."
Scramble! Cal Mille! Unlikely Chop Tops! Bring a Trailer Podcast 03:25

"And make sure they get all the carbon and varnish build up out of the throttle area. [356.8s] And that might help too."
#2635: Knock, Knock... The Best of Car Talk 05:52

"Oh yeah. They were very performance driven. Yeah. And if you had this body kit made out of like carbon or something, like it would probably be okay, but like it was just so heavy."
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