You Know You Are Old When

[stuckmotor]

My brother-in-law traded his 1970 SS396 for a Bobcat wagon during the gas crisis that wasn't really that bad in Canada

I didn't mention that my brother's mechanical ability usually maxes out when he puts the key in the ignition. It's some kind of mental block he has, when he tries he's a fair mechanic.

 

[masseyrider]

... I was going to say something... damned if I can remember what...????

 

[BleedingOrange]

That thing must be terrifying! ?I had a stock one, always said you didn't get into it, you put it on .

I,m 75 years old, and have always been very responsible. I learned right from wrong at a very early age. There is a time and place for playing around, and I never push it. It is very docile. I don,t drive it in the rain or winter. I also have a new Mustang 5.0, with 3 thousand miles on it, and a 1990 Corvette, with all of 22 thousand miles on it. I drove it about 50 miles last summer, and it doesn,t even have a stone chip on it. Cars have been a passion of mine since I was a very young, poor kid. My nephew and I built the Monster Miata in my garage way back in 2001. Of all my cars, it definitely gets the most attention, every time I park it anywhere.

 

[MoKelly]

... I was going to say something... damned if I can remember what...????

Try pointing - I heard that can help you remember what it was.

 

[stuckmotor]

Try pointing - I heard that can help you remember what it was.

It works wonders.

 

[stuckmotor]

A couple of friend's had Pintos in HS. Is there anyone harder on a car than teenaged boys? They were tough as nails, the guys couldn't kill them.

Did your friends ever mention lack of a timing mark?
When I got ready to set the timing on my wife's 77 Pinto I couldn't find one. Not knowing anything more about timing other than how to point the light and turn the distributor, I took a tuneup course at the local tech school and the teacher put a mark on the pulley. I thought he was a genius.

We must have taken the Pinto back to the dealer three or four times to get them to fix the leaky sunroof. All the idiots were doing was gluing the drain hose back on a nipple and the glue didn't hold. I finally put a camp on and that held. Last time a salesman tried to sell her a car with a sunroof he was speaking to deaf ears.

 

[masseyrider]

Try pointing - I heard that can help you remember what it was.

Pointing... at WHAT?

 

[Bad Boy Biker]

Why are you pointing at me?

 

[masseyrider]

We must have taken the Pinto back to the dealer three or four times to get them to fix the leaky sunroof. All the idiots were doing was gluing the drain hose back on a nipple and the glue didn't hold. I finally put a camp on and that held. Last time a salesman tried to sell her a car with a sunroof he was speaking to deaf ears.

Don't feel bad, I had a brand new 1978 Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am and the T bars leaked the first time it rained. It had less than 500 miles. You just learned not to drive it on rainy days.

 

[stuckmotor]

Don't feel bad, I had a brand new 1978 Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am and the T bars leaked the first time it rained. It had less than 500 miles. You just learned not to drive it on rainy days.

I think it was an old Trans Am I saw that had what looked like bathtub caulk all around the T top.

 

[scootr]

I've never seen the need for a sunroof in Southern CA. Too much sun here to begin with.

 

[stuckmotor]

I've never seen the need for a sunroof in Southern CA. Too much sun here to begin with.

I hope nobody ever tries to give me a vehicle with a sunroof.

 

[ultrarunner]

The tilt option makes a big difference venting and lowering inside temps which can be extreme in a locked car.

In the auto business sun roofs were metal and slide only.

Moonroof slide and tilt made of glass.

For a long time it was said only German Cars had sunroofs that didn't leak...

 

[scootr]

Who said anything about a free car...I'd be quite leary about a free car myself.
When its 115º and the AC is on full and barely keeping the car under 100º you may rethink that sunroof.
We took my wife's mothers car when she passed. Free car. It was a mechanic magnet needing repairs monthly until sold.

 

[ultrarunner]

Have 4 cars with sunroofs, several with no roof and several convertibles...

They all have there pluses and negatives.

I drove a convertible Mustang for years and part of the time the top was always down as it needed a new pump.

Learned I could drive on the freeway at freeway speed in a downpour and the rain never entered the car...

If I wanted the top up I stopped under the overpass if it was raining.

Fun college days.

A convertible for a date in wine country sure upped my game.

 

[JethroB]

I hope nobody ever tries to give me a vehicle with a sunroof.

I had a couple of company cars with electric glass sunroof (moon roofs?). Only opened them up a couple of times, noisy as heck. I found the flickering overhead sunlight annoying so I mostly kept the shade closed. I really don’t see the point of them.

 

[ultrarunner]

How else could the kids Stand up cruising at Spring Break?

For many a seldom used luxury.

I do know Europeans that use their sunroofs a lot…

But many are sun worshippers after long gray winters…

Mom had one new car in her life and it had a sunroof… she used it spring, summer, fall…

Dad was not a fan but it was moms car so he let it go…

We couldn’t find a new 2001 Corolla S with sunroof searching California so we did a factory order and watched her car being made at the factory and everyone there knew they had a VIP

It really was an amazing day and she loved her car after decades of driving $500 -$1500 cars back and forth to work… for years VW stick with no radio or A/C

 

[Peter 315]

I have a 19 corolla with a sunroof and use it all the time..(year round)

 

[Oaktree]

I've never seen the need for a sunroof in Southern CA. Too much sun here to begin with.

Only ever had one car with a sunroof. Kind of liked it, between the extra light it let in and the ability to open it on cool sunny days when it was stuffy with the windows rolled up, but a little too cold with them down. Never had a problem with leaks.
Too much sun isn't a "thing" here in northern New England.

 

[Oaktree]

A couple of friend's had Pintos in HS. Is there anyone harder on a car than teenaged boys? They were tough as nails, the guys couldn't kill them.

My first wife had one, didn't think it was a bad car. Felt a lot more solid than the Japanese cars of the day.

My first car and all thru college was a Bobcat! Remember those - the Lincoln version of the Pinto!!!

Actually the Bobcat was the Mercury version of the Pinto.