Kurt K
1st Gear Poster
Thanks. There's 2 more in the garage that didn't participate--a 35th Anniversary and a 95 SC, both 5 speeds.Very nice collection.
Thanks. There's 2 more in the garage that didn't participate--a 35th Anniversary and a 95 SC, both 5 speeds.Very nice collection.
Can somebody be called a hoarder if they have way too many Cougars and T-Birds?Thanks. There's 2 more in the garage that didn't participate--a 35th Anniversary and a 95 SC, both 5 speeds.
Honestly, thank you for keeping these cars from going to the junk yard. If you didn't have them, they might end up on RoadKill and then the junk yard. People tend to drive these cars into the ground till they break something really stupid and then don't take the time or money to fix it. It then ends up eBay or Facebook and becomes a parts car.Thanks. There's 2 more in the garage that didn't participate--a 35th Anniversary and a 95 SC, both 5 speeds.
People tend to drive these cars into the ground till they break something really stupid and then don't take the time or money to fix it.
Correct. But since the subject was about what "we" love and cherish on this site... I was being specific.Yes, but...
Isn't that any car this age?
One reason we still have the Cougar is my wife loves how comfortable it is to drive in. Now the Town Car is much better, but to her it is just a huge boat and just too big for her. The Cougar is "just her size".It's a shame because MN12 makes driving an older car as a daily so pleasurable. [Insert obligatory knock on wood here]
But others, most others, just see an old car.
And I do get that from people, mainly my family. "Why are still driving that old car? Why don't you get a new car?"
he was somewhat aghast and commented that I "could afford" something newer.
I told a guy who was a part of a site survey we did today that my car was 28 years old, and he was somewhat aghast and commented that I "could afford" something newer.
I like lots of new cars; I have nothing against them. But there's some truth to that old line: they don't make 'em like that anymore.
New cars don't feel the same. I remember test driving a new Mustang. It had a 10-speed automatic. It shifted ALL THE TIME; it was so annoying. My car just cruises along, with the occasional shift every now and then...
Yes, but...I do like backup cameras. So I'm not entirely anti-screens.
YES Like a shark sliding thru the hood looking for an opportunity. Not loud and obnoxious (stock exhaust) just a low steady burble as it tools around town. I would have driven it a million miles back when I would cruise all around town from town. That's why I am at 362k miles and try to drive it EVERY DAY!I like lots of new cars; I have nothing against them. But there's some truth to that old line: they don't make 'em like that anymore.
New cars don't feel the same. I remember test driving a new Mustang. It had a 10-speed automatic. It shifted ALL THE TIME; it was so annoying. My car just cruises along, with the occasional shift every now and then...
Really taking your chances parking next to that shopping cart corral Matt!
Joe
decided to park right up next to my car.
Preach on brother! I've been driving my '91 Crown Vic for the last week and a half since some guy ran me off the road on my way to work last Monday. It really annoys me when the CAN bus wigs out on it and turns off my lane assist and....nope. Mechanical fuel pump, carburetor, some sort of electronic ignition distributor designed in the mid 70's that supposedly wasn't still being installed on cars in 1991 - check. Maybe if that guy that pulled out in front of me in my Saturn had all of that electronic crap working on his truck I wouldn't have had to put it into the curb and be dealing with a bent front subframe now.I cannot stand new cars! Backup cameras promote an extremely bad habit of not looking where the fuck you are going! Same thing with adaptive cruise control, lane assist, and automatic braking! The interdependence of all the various modules on each other makes the entire system vulnerable to any one of them failing, and also make diagnostics 10x more difficult. I don’t need a computer to control the windows, or the seats, or the headlights of taillights, or the doors, or the windshield wipers! The only thing worse than schizophrenic 8 and 10-speed transmissions that are can never pick a fucking gear are the soul-sucking CVTs that never shift! The lag from drive-by-wire throttle control if flat out dangerous! Not only is that the cause of murderous Mustangs, but if someone pulls out in front of you while you are accelerating, it is extremely pucker-inducing trying to stand on the brakes while the computer keeps accelerating you toward catastrophe…because emissions! The lack of a manual transmission option on almost all new cars is bad enough, but now these push-button or twist-knob shifters are a new level of retarded! Hey guys, let’s make a shifter that doesn’t do jack shit when the electrical is dead making it impossible to tow the car, and make sure the override for that requires disassembling half the interior to get to a cable that you have to pull which we could have just connected to the shifter in the first place but fuck the people that want to fix our shit they should just drop $80k on a new one every 4 years. Speaking of which, why the hell are all the manufacturers having oil consumption and camshaft failures? Those issues were fixed 40 years ago! I guess now that everything has to look like the same amorphous jellybean crossover vehicle, flattened cam lobes are the new retro fad!
Unfortunately yes. Ford's system is smart enough to trigger a coffe break alert if you take your eyes off the road for too long.Does lane assist also assist drivers in texting while driving? Never used it