Nope. Considering that you can get your Strength up to 9 even without the Exceptional Strength Edge, I think it far more likely that Arnie had STR 8 or 9 at best. In World's Strongest Man competitions (contestants being STR 10 and STR 11 mostly), they have events like carrying a (very small) car with the windows, roof and floor removed, and they have to carry it on their shoulders for a short while -- there'd be no way in hell they could lift those cars completely off the ground without standing in the middle of it with that special harness.

Based on how much those guys are grunting even in this event (they only have to hold a sedan in that position for a while, not move it or anything), I'd think flipping over a car (that weighs as much as sedans today, over 1000kg) is something best left to characters with over STR 15. And yes, I realize you'd lift it from the side to flip it, but I don't think people who can only lift the back end of the car a bit off the ground for a short while would manage flipping it from the side.

Punching through a car door -- assuming he doesn't hit a crash bar or a similar more rigid part -- might well be possible at that point. After all, it's just a thin plastic shell plus whatever's on the inside. What would that accomplish, though? Other than scaring the crap out of someone.

Syd: Remember, the Power would be halved and the Damage Level lowered by one when attacking a vehicle without an AV weapon (sr3.149). The vehicle would be resisting ((Power/2, round down) - (2 x Vehicle Armor)) Light. Against a STR of 10, the vehicle would only need 3 points of Vehicle Armor to negate all the damage -- which is only fair, since that's about the equivalent of ~3mm armor steel, enough to stop a Light Pistol but not quite yet an Assault Rifle firing FMJ.

Exceptional attribute = Actual maximum attribute of 11

A brief note: Dikote no longer halves Barrier ratings for the purposes of melee combat. You still get the +1 Power (and +1 Damage Level for edged weapons, which is counteracted by the doubled barrier rating against edged weapon attacks).

Ahh, how far out of the loop am i? I play SR3, and used Dikote but never attackd a vehicle myself with it. So i never read the real deep rules on it. (Keep in mind, we learn all the basics, but leave the other rules for when the situations arise).

I guess if insisting on attacking a vehicle with an edged weapon, Dikote still helps a bit, and if you are gonna do it, hit it up with a katana or, even better, a combat axe or polearm(best chance of damaging it. Str +4 D for a Dikote polearm would be bad vs. anything.

Back when I was in college we used to get old cars from the junkyard and then let people buy tickets to smash em up with a sledgehammer. The old steel-body cars held up pretty well. You could beat the crap out of the body, but it didn't really affect the ability of the car to drive much. About the only vulnerable component that could really stop the car in it's tracks was the radiator - the rest was just cosmetic stuff. Would probably be a different story if we let the people lift the hood, though.