Glad your friend is relatively ok....Sort of our worst fears confirmed. Halfway recently saw a 2002 with the back glass frame at the front headrests; same issue as with the FauxLotus. We all complained/complain about the Government regs put in place back in the day; bumper heights and durability, headlight parameters, tailight visibility, and seatbelts...and those horrible padded dashes. All there for a reason, some good, some stupid. Semi's with no front lower bumper used to (and still do) scare me. You don't have to be in a sixties "little car" to fear BIGFOOT pick-ups nowadays. Part of the inferred intention, perhaps. In this current "I'll do anything that I want to" atmosphere, there will not be any regs to stop the Mad Max madness. Cant wait for the new Ford F457 with optional armament hidden discretely within the grille. I'm sure they are already out there somewhere.... I wont get into LOUD today or the lack of inspections in our state...There. My rant for the day.
No Ford owners were intentionally harmed in the creation of this rant.