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I do! I love those big cars and am in love with the muscle cars of the 70s. They were just cool looking. I miss cars have angles too. Everything is so rounded/bubbly now
I didn't start driving til the 80's, so my firsthand experience has been with much smaller cars. But my father didn't care for large cars, we did have a station wagon back then, and a Plymouth Fury for a few years. But most of his car purchases were smaller, sporty cars. Even Mercedes sedans back then weren't anywhere near as big as American sedans, he had a couple of those too.
No. But I do miss the old midsized cars that had real bumpers and decent ground clearance compared with new compact cars that bump and scrape on the slightest bump or divot. And those old compacts had trunks that could carry a bicycle with only the front wheel removed, plus another one on the rear seat. It was also handy to have a bench seat that could take three people across. You could get away with not owning a pickup truck. Now, some trucks have smaller beds than some of the old trunks!
I do! I love those big cars and am in love with the muscle cars of the 70s. They were just cool looking. I miss cars have angles too. Everything is so rounded/bubbly now
Yup, I especially hate that pickup trucks are less rectangular and are rounded off, shortened in the bed, and have severely raked windshields which make for very hot cabs. And fugly!!!!! Every rental car I drive feels like the windshield is smack in my face if I have the seat in the right fore-aft position with me sitting instead of lying back. Good grief. A more normal upright sit promotes better attention to driving. It is supposed to be a DRIVER'S SEAT, not a Barcalounger to snooze in.
Yup, I especially hate that pickup trucks are less rectangular and are rounded off, shortened in the bed, and have severely raked windshields which make for very hot cabs..
Because of those things, they get better fuel mileage, even though they have more power than ever. The fuel mileage thing is a requirement, too, so you really just have to get used to it. In general, trucks carry and tow more than they ever could, get better fuel mileage, and pollute less than ever. they are also safer to be in than ever with better crash protection for the occupants. And a large part of much of that is the styling (rounded, with raked windshields)
No. But I do miss the old midsized cars that had real bumpers and decent ground clearance compared with new compact cars that bump and scrape on the slightest bump or divot.
Not true. I have owned new (and newer) compacts, like my MINIs, and none scrape over bumps or divots (unless by "slightest" you mean one foot tall bumps and car sized potholes 6-8" deep).
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Now, some trucks have smaller beds than some of the old trunks!
The only trucks with smaller beds than the old full size cars are stepside Rangers and S-10s and they haven't made those for years. Modern half tons and midsizers (Colorado/Canyon/Tacoma for example) have beds that are larger than the trunks on even full size cars from the '60s, 70s, and '80s). Smallest bed on a half ton truck is 5' long, which is longer and deeper than any trunk on any sedan in history.
The cars from the 70's don't last near as long as they do today. You hardly ever seen a car over 100,000 miles. Most cars were good for about 70,000 miles, if that much. Now a days, its not unusual for a car to have 2 and 3 hundred thousand miles. You never heard of cars in the 70's getting anywhere near that many miles. Totally unheard of in the entire decade of the 70's. There might be a few that got that many miles, but they were about as rare as hens teeth. You use to see a lot more cars broke down on the side of the road than you do now.
I like it that some of these cars are coming back with 2016 features but the body of the car looks like the original from early 70's, such as the Camaro and Dodge Challenger. The Challengers are the same bright colors as they were in the 70's. Bright oranges and red, a hot looking purple color and a lime green. It made the car look that much faster. Most cars in the 70's were not good years for cars as far as looks went. With the exception of the muscle cars and the Volkswagon Bug, most cars from the 70's were were mostly bland and boxy looking.
I had a 1963 Dodge Dart I bought used with all records. It made it to 163,000 miles without a single trip to a mechanic not even for an oil change. The most expensive repair ever was $20 bucks. It ran till day I drove it to Junkyard but a hot mess of rust, bondo, worn seat and ripped up top.
Not sure if you are serious or not, but a new Honda Civic is 182.3" long and a 1970s Ford LTD Wagon was 220+" long.
My Dads last big 70s car was 21 feet long.
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