New or newer cars vs classic or older cars???

[AzPete]

Not just cars technology, but society has allowed us to become worse drivers. Becoming so fast paced has made people into multi tasking types with lack of caring because they all think they can do it all at once.....

[dodgestang]

Modern cars have some cool stuff...for instance on my wife's new car I push a button and say the NAME of a satellite  station I want to listen to and BAM the radio changes stations and puts it on.......this is in a FREAKING JEEP WRANGLER....

[Flysure1]

We can not stop technology, there will always be classic restored cars in "our" lifetime--(those over 50 ish) we all drove drum brakes-three on the tree-trucks with granny gear 4 speeds --armstrong steering--I wish I could look into the future 110 years (ballpark age of automobiles). I would be surprised if I would recognize anything that resembles today's cars--look at the changes we have seen in just the last 40 years---we are seeing the beginning of an era of alternate fuel sources, whatever it might be--might be something we have not even seen yet--when we were kids did we even think we would see a battery car in production from a major manufacturer---sure we heard of electric cars, mostly in popular science. I imagine it will be like I see now---the old cars--(model t's and a's era) are getting less collectable/valuable, I think because that generation of adults are dying off or at the age they are unable to participate in the hobby, there is still some 40-50 years cars in demand but once again I think it is slowing down because of age---the muscle cars -(60's to 70's were our era and interest us the most---our grandkids or possibly great grandkids might be the last generation to restore old cars that resemble cars as we know them. Just my thoughts.

[Jonk67]

BTW, that friend? The same guy that would ride in the passenger seat of my car when we were teens in a (rare) icy parking lot.

I forgot about that, we used to do that in dry, wet, anytime away from other drivers. The passenger would yell 'contact' and yank the emergency brake to full lock and you'd have to control the car with the rear brakes locked. That came in handy for all the times I locked the brakes in any kind of turn or large object avoidance on the hwy.

We also practiced pulling a 180* while working at a drive in. Get going in reverse, hit the E brake, spin the wheel, release brake, drop in D and punch it. That happened mostly in a ~'73 Cutlass S and the trans never went out. Man that was fun and more so as it was not my car 
Jon

[Kats66Pny]

I had a lady in a Geo Prism riding my rear on the way home from work last week.  I slowed then hit the gas as much as I could in traffic two times.  She didn't take the hint so I slammed on the brakes and I was pretty much standing on the pedal with both feet.  She missed me somehow but I am sure my Explorer would have done a number on her crappy little car's grill.  The sad thing...she obviously didn't take the hint because a couple of days later I saw her riding someone else's butt on the same road...when she pulled out off a side road behind me though she did change lanes quickly to avoid following me, LOL!

It's people like that, who ride your tail, that really tick me off. Haven't they ever heard of the 2 second rule?  I love teaching those people lessons and doing brake checks just hoping they ram into the back of my '03 GT so I can get a new bumper. One that says Mustang GT, not just Mustang. Or the asshats who pull out in front of you when you're doing 40+mph. If my reflexes weren't so fast, I would have had a new front bumper several times by now. I have my eyes on a couple styles I'd rather have than the stock look. 

Luckily when I was driving Gertrude, not many rode her tail. I think they were too scared a chunk of rust might fly off of her or something. LOL I've already joked with the husband about it... putting a switch to turn on brake lights in Gertrude at will without ever having to touch the brakes. Trailer brakes. So when some jerk starts riding on her tail, flip the switch and watch them slam on their brakes all while my foot is still on the gas pedal.

[silverblueBP]

I've never understood the disdain for tailgaters. Maybe it's from all the drafting we did as young-uns. It's never bothered me when other drivers follow too closely. Hell, it's only a car and you're gonna die sometime.

[KTJMcG]

I kinda cringe with the though of finishing mine and my wife taking it out for a spin. She's never driven anything with manual brakes let alone steering. It's one of the reasons I'm looking at Rod and Custom rack conversion and power brakes(car had drums on all four). Not to mention a lesson on how to stay a set distance from the car in front of you. I got really scared a couple of weeks ago when one of my neighbors asked if I wanted to take a ride to the landfill in his dump truck. we going along and theres a woman in a Honda with a bowl of cereal in her lap.She was driving with her knees. Makes you wonder why this person isn't planted in the ground yet. My friend said this is why he no longer has his Harley. Theres to many distractions anymore when people get behind the wheel.

[Kats66Pny]

I've never understood the disdain for tailgaters. Maybe it's from all the drafting we did as young-uns. It's never bothered me when other drivers follow too closely. Hell, it's only a car and you're gonna die sometime.

Yes it's only a car... but it's not really the car I care about it. It's the backseat passengers. My children. If I'm in the car alone, screw it.. but if my kids are in it with me, back the  off my rear and stay back. lol

[silverblueBP]

So, you're saying you don't want anyone on yer rear?

[Fast68back]

OK, I read the original post, then scanned thru the rest, WTF is the picture of the '66?

[tarafied1]

I didn't have my camera... but I know where he lives now so I will try to get a picture for ya. It's a survivor unrestored 66 4 door fairlane. All original and in very good shape. He says he has a Pinto with a 428 in it and a 2 door 62 Fairlane also. I'm anxious to go see 'em.

[Kats66Pny]

So, you're saying you don't want anyone on yer rear?

The rear is off limits. 

[tarafied1]

I kinda cringe with the though of finishing mine and my wife taking it out for a spin. She's never driven anything with manual brakes let alone steering. It's one of the reasons I'm looking at Rod and Custom rack conversion and power brakes(car had drums on all four). Not to mention a lesson on how to stay a set distance from the car in front of you. I got really scared a couple of weeks ago when one of my neighbors asked if I wanted to take a ride to the landfill in his dump truck. we going along and theres a woman in a Honda with a bowl of cereal in her lap.She was driving with her knees. Makes you wonder why this person isn't planted in the ground yet. My friend said this is why he no longer has his Harley. Theres to many distractions anymore when people get behind the wheel.

That's exactly my point, if the lady with cereal tried that in a manual steering drum brake car she simply couldn't steer with her knees and work the brakes so she just wouldn't do it. But because modern cars are so easy to drive it is possible to not really focus on "driving" IMO. AGain I'm not against modern, safe and comfortable cars just what it is doing to the next generation...
My wife didn't like driving my Big block non-PS, non-PB no AC 67 at first but after a few long hauls, she got used to and actually has taken it out when I'm not home. She is 8 years younger than me and never drove a stick or any older car, and not any kind of performance cars. I taught her to drive a stick in my 85 GT. Now she is a gear head like me!

[Kats66Pny]

Hey now... give the wives more credit!    I never driven anything but modern cars, then I got Gertrude who had no power anything, drum brakes, crappy steering, bump steer that scared the crap out of me driving 60mph down the highway, and I did fine.     Although my knuckles were white as snow from my grip on the wheel. LOL

[Horseplay]

Yes it's only a car... but it's not really the car I care about it. It's the backseat passengers. My children. If I'm in the car alone, screw it.. but if my kids are in it with me, back the  off my rear and stay back. lol

I know I am guilty of being a tailgater pretty much all the time. Now if the idiots in front of me would either speed up or change lanes there would be no more tailgating!
Seriously, I am nearly always stuck behind some woman chatting on her cell who obviously would have trouble driving even without the damn phone. Or someone from another country, new to the U.S., who hasn't mastered the conversion from reins to steering wheel. Such is the challenge of driving in Chicago.

[Kats66Pny]

I'm usually doing 5-10mph over whatever the speed limit is so there is no reason for anyone to ride my ass. I also don't blab on a cell phone or text while driving. I don't put on makeup or any of that other girly stuff. I drive it like I stole it. 

[tarafied1]

I don't tailgate and I don't like it when someone does it to me. If I'm on a two lane road I might speed up if I'm not already speeding too much, otherwise they are just SOL. On a 4 lane, if someone tailgates me they might receive a little road rage. Again it depends on the situation, if they run up on me as I am passing someone I will get out of the way but if they just run up on me in the right lane and don't pass it will piss me off.
One thing older cars don't often have that I would love to install is cruise control. Some people don't use it and they really should! I hate people that pass me and then slow down and I pass them, then not long and they are passing me again and I am maintaining a constant speed. Either watch your speedo or use the cruise!
My 67 with mechanical linkage and double springs is pretty easy to maintain speed, I think a cable is a little harder but still if you are focused on driving it's not that difficult to maintain speed even with out cruise control.
rant over

[jims6t6]

I don't tailgate and I don't like it when someone does it to me. If I'm on a two lane road I might speed up if I'm not already speeding too much, otherwise they are just SOL. On a 4 lane, if someone tailgates me they might receive a little road rage. Again it depends on the situation, if they run up on me as I am passing someone I will get out of the way but if they just run up on me in the right lane and don't pass it will piss me off.
One thing older cars don't often have that I would love to install is cruise control. Some people don't use it and they really should! I hate people that pass me and then slow down and I pass them, then not long and they are passing me again and I am maintaining a constant speed. Either watch your speedo or use the cruise!
My 67 with mechanical linkage and double springs is pretty easy to maintain speed, I think a cable is a little harder but still if you are focused on driving it's not that difficult to maintain speed even with out cruise control.
rant over

+ 1 on all counts

[Kats66Pny]

I hate people that pass me and then slow down and I pass them, then not long and they are passing me again and I am maintaining a constant speed. Either watch your speedo or use the cruise!

Oh I hate those people!!