Yeah that also.

It's even worst tho, one day I layed a little bit against the front of the car and it made a reverse bump in the bodywork right on my ass.

Got a 2000 Suzuki that is full metal.

I think the trend of plastic went around 2000 to 2010 because of regulation on crash, plastic absorbs better the kinetic energy so we don't get our head smashed.

But yeah, no excuse to not make it easy to dismantle. It's the equivalent of Volkswagen using all kind of different screws to hold the plastic protection under the car, so that the average Joe who has standards screw drivers can't bleed his oil himself or change the gasoline filter.

This is maddening but you don't know it when you buy the car. It's only later.