What do you miss about your old cars? (muscle car, Japanese, minivan)
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i doin't no why anyone needs to miss anything about there old car if they just keep them. plenty of people have just kept there old cars and drive them every day. i have my 59 chevy truck i bought in 71, my 67 ford galaxie i bought in 74 and my 83 chevy plow truck i had given to me 8 years ago. it is so easy to buy new inexpensive aftermarket parts for these cars and trucks you can completely restore them at any level you want and do most of the work yourself and drive them forever CUBA!!!!
i doin't no why anyone needs to miss anything about there old car if they just keep them. plenty of people have just kept there old cars and drive them every day. i have my 59 chevy truck i bought in 71, my 67 ford galaxie i bought in 74 and my 83 chevy plow truck i had given to me 8 years ago. it is so easy to buy new inexpensive aftermarket parts for these cars and trucks you can completely restore them at any level you want and do most of the work yourself and drive them forever CUBA!!!!
No , it is not. Not this part - "More misinformation. Most of that could be contributed to people not taking care of their batteries, fuel, ignition system and or having their carburetors properly adjusted"
The context was cold winter weather. The previous poster's info was correct and not misinformation. Fact - the big V-8s of the 50s and 60s were dead in the water without help on the bitter cold mornings. Everyone in the northern plains with some grey on their head knows that. There are more factors than just carbureted vs. EFI.
You're wrong....and you're back on ignore.
Don't know about the 50s, but the big v8s of the 60s, 70s and 80s start as good as any mordern fuel injected engine in the winter in the northern plains.
Here is a carbureted 1977 425 Cadillac v8 starting up at -35F in the northern plains.
Don't know about the 50s, but the big v8s of the 60s, 70s and 80s start as good as any mordern fuel injected engine in the winter in the northern plains.
Here is a carbureted 1977 425 Cadillac v8 starting up at -35F in the northern plains.
You'll forgive me, I hope, for weighting my own personal experience from that era more heavily than a silly YouTube video with absolutely unverifiable conditions.
Hard starting, in the absence of engine heaters, in bitter cold temperatures was a fact of life before engines got small and cars got stupid. More than a fair trade-off, I might add. I'll take having to have a heater installed over driving a Honda Civic any day of the week.
My old car was a 2005 Ford Explorer Limited. New car is a 2012 Nissan Rogue
-I miss the mass of the vehicle and the weight. I always felt safe in it.
What I don't miss-
-Gas mileage. I went from around 15mpg to averaging 25.
-constant repairs. I had the Explorer towed to the dealership 3 times in 4 years.
-Heat system. The Explorer would blow cold air on the floor from the AC in the summer. They took the dash out and worked it over and afterwards same thing. Our feet would freeze. Nissan's AC works great.
-Ride. Explorer rode rough. Nissan is like a luxury car in comparison.
-Price/Resale. I took a beating on the Explorer. The Nissan Rogue retails for about half new of what a new Explorer Limited-but holds a much higher percentage of it's value. My vehicle expense has dropped dramatically.
This is my second Nissan Rogue and not one visit to the dealership for anything other than oil changes.
I'll never buy Ford again and I drove them for 30 years prior.
My old car was 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis. I still miss the cornering lamps that turned on along with its turn signals. Gave great visibility to curbs, potholes, etc on the edge of the road, especially when making tight right turns.
I've only been driving for 20 years, so the oldest car I've owned was a 1988. I miss the smaller size of cars from my childhood. Size creep is real in automobiles, and weight has increased a lot also. It's getting hard to find a sub-3,000 pound car.
When I was 16/17, I worked at a car lot. I spent a lot of time driving a 1985 Toyota pickup around, and I could roll the window down and rest my arm on the door without leaning over. My 2013 Toyota Tacoma is too big to do that without leaning on the door, and it weighs 50% more. Of course the new one can also tow a lot more than that old access cab, and I can haul the family around. I'd love to see more sub-3,000 lb sedans today, and one with rear wheel drive would be a bonus.
I miss front bench seats and the shiftier on the column, nice to be able to fit 6 people in the sedan when needed. I guess they don't have that any more due to safety issues?
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just keep the old one
i doin't no why anyone needs to miss anything about there old car if they just keep them. plenty of people have just kept there old cars and drive them every day. i have my 59 chevy truck i bought in 71, my 67 ford galaxie i bought in 74 and my 83 chevy plow truck i had given to me 8 years ago. it is so easy to buy new inexpensive aftermarket parts for these cars and trucks you can completely restore them at any level you want and do most of the work yourself and drive them forever CUBA!!!!
You'll forgive me, I hope, for weighting my own personal experience from that era more heavily than a silly YouTube video with absolutely unverifiable conditions. 
