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But then you have a 300lb door that takes up the entire parking spot next to you. Then you have to hunch down to clear the roof and try to work around the drivers seat belt that's in the way.
I'll have to check seat belt placement on a full sized car. I have compact cars and it's not an issue (unless someone is climbing in the back seat but that's about once every 5 years).
My doors are also not that heavy, I can carry them around - again small car. I grew up in a 76 Coupe deVille and could manage the doors even as a kid. Closing my finger in one - now THAT hurt!
You have to hunch down to clear the roof no matter what (I am short, not a big deal). And unless you are overweight, there is no need to swing them open completely.
Actually, car mfgs have kept up with an increasingly taller American populace: Comparing sedans to sedans, today's 4-door car 'towers' 3-5" taller than even the largest Big-3 hardtop from the sixties or seventies. That makes a big headroom difference. Also, both manual and power seats in modern cars can be raised or lowered.
The only thing I don't like in today's cars are the relatively small openings for both passengers and cargo. Trunk lids resemble mail slots today! lol And you can't fit even a night stand or small bureau through the door into the backseat of a modern sedan the way you could in even a mid-size car from 40 years ago.
I think you needed all the headroom you could get in those days. My dad always had a big wagon in the sixties, there were five of us kids, no mini vans or family SUV's back then. Those cars had that mushy suspension, long wheelbase, and big overstuffed sofa style seats. I remember going over a bump or a big dip in the road and you'd get launched out of your seat (no seat belts then), straight into the roof of the car. OUCH!! I guess that explains the brain damage........................... Now, what were you saying?
This is true, and I think the car styling of the time reflected the pessimistic mood of U.S. society at the time, post Vietnam, oil crisis, etc. It was America's first black eye, both as a politically, and economically. I don't think the European brands were as affected. My first car was a 1974 BMW 2002, and while not the most stylish coupe, I think it still holds up.
The mid, and late 70's were much worse, and well into the 80's we suffered. There were a few exceptions. Very few.
I guess we'll just agree to disagree on the styling of that '74 Beemer. I'd prefer (and still prefer) to drive a '74 GTO or Firebird. Oh heck, I'd even prefer a '74 Vega
But let's perhaps we'll both agree that the '74 Civic left a lot to be desired, both inside and out, in the styling department And the '74 Audi Fox, well, um, er, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Because...... America got hung up in being focused on discrimination, while they also got fat, lazy and over leisurely comfortable, and some were hung up with the past, and angry they could not keep the past.
My wife had a '79 Capri RS, without a turbo and it was one of the most underpowered vehicles that I can recall ever driving. It handled pretty nice though.
Some of the American and foreign automobiles in the '70s and '80s may have been ugly, but in reality "looks" has to do with one's perceptions. It means that to a lot of other people the same automobiles were good looking, looks didn't make a difference to them, and so on.
But from a monetary or collector's point of view, getting my hands on one of those ugly cars that's in mint condition, would be quite nice. Jaguars were quite ugly, but wouldn't be nice to have one from the '60s that is from bumper to bumper in mint condition?
Because...... America got hung up in being focused on discrimination, while they also got fat, lazy and over leisurely comfortable, and some were hung up with the past, and angry they could not keep the past.
Life must be a drag for you being hung up on such things. We all live and die, fat or slim, lazy or not. Cheer up, be happy
Careful now. The 1970's weren't exactly the pinnical of reliability.
True with quite a few cars.
However, some were still reliable...
Full-sized, RWD Cadillacs
Lincoln Continental
Mercury Marquis
Oldsmobile 98 and Cutlass
Buick Electra and LaSabre
Pontiac Catalina
Plymouth Valiant
Dodge Dart
Chevy Nova
Ford Falcon and Maverick
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And the '74 Audi Fox, well, um, er, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
