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03-15-2019, 06:01 PM | #1 |
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When life was simpler and cars were great
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03-15-2019, 06:06 PM | #2 |
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No thanks. Cars are much better now.
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03-15-2019, 06:29 PM | #4 |
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i drove my dads 1980s mercedes SL a few weeks ago. What a turd. Honestly those cars feel unsafe doing anything over 50mph, like it would take a football field to brake.
I think the sweet spot has passed though. Cars are getting too heavy, engines are downsizing, manuals are being phased out, etc.
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03-15-2019, 06:59 PM | #7 |
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life was simpler, but those cars were not great...
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03-16-2019, 06:26 AM | #8 |
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Sure they were, just not compared to 2019 Bullitt.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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03-16-2019, 07:19 AM | #9 |
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Meh, I can appreciate modern cars. When I want to get back to basics I drive a 60’s roadster for the full driving experience.
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03-16-2019, 06:46 PM | #10 |
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03-17-2019, 10:37 AM | #11 |
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If I want that experience I'll get a Miata. Any version of a Miata will a better car in every way.
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03-17-2019, 12:06 PM | #12 |
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.....I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car A brilliant red Barchetta From a better vanished time I fire up the willing engine Responding with a roar Tires spitting gravel I commit my weekly crime Wind In my hair Shifting and drifting Mechanical music Adrenaline surge... Well-weathered leather Hot metal and oil The scented country air Sunlight on chrome The blur of the landscape Every nerve aware... Yeah That's what I'm talking about - most newer cars can't get you there...they are too insulated, too comfortable, too polished. Newer cars are better, yes, but attaining "better" meant leaving something behind.
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03-17-2019, 03:58 PM | #14 |
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I don’t know. I have been driving a very long time. But my current M2 is by far my favorite car that I have owned.
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03-17-2019, 08:53 PM | #15 |
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My first car was a '68 mustang, 289 2v with a C4. Basic car, nothing fancy. Driving my '66 Galaxie convertible 428 2/4v C6 brings back that feeling. Wind in the hair - yup. Every nerve aware - that too. Adrenaline surge - yup.
My BMW is a much better car - much better brakes, electrics, headlights, handling, everything. But the old car puts a grin on my face you can't take off with a belt sander.
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