What is Your Favorite Thing About Your Car Compared to Newer Cars
February 22nd, 2013, 05:23 PM
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What is Your Favorite Thing About Your Car Compared to Newer Cars
My Favorite Thing On My Car Is the Button On the Floor To Switch Low Beams To High Beams or the Other way around. I Like it a lot better then using my hands. What About You Guys?
February 22nd, 2013, 05:34 PM
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Sammy70 455 Supreme
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two things.....the steering wheel in my Cutlass is...well....a steering wheel (it seems real
) and the fresh air vents that are manually operated that allow for a great natural breeze when cruisin
and the simple, pure power of it all
Ted
) and the fresh air vents that are manually operated that allow for a great natural breeze when cruisin and the simple, pure power of it allTed
February 22nd, 2013, 06:04 PM
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February 22nd, 2013, 06:40 PM
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Just an Olds Guy
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$$$ when new and the fact it's an Oldsmobile - a company that no longer exists to compete with the new car market. sigh.
Other thing I really like about it is how much of a head turner it is. Even new Stangs, Camaros and Vettes give it the 'thumbs up'. Driving my car takes me back in time.....LOVE IT!!!
Other thing I really like about it is how much of a head turner it is. Even new Stangs, Camaros and Vettes give it the 'thumbs up'. Driving my car takes me back in time.....LOVE IT!!!
"ALL of the Above!"
February 22nd, 2013, 10:01 PM
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I like being different, whether I am around town, or at the track, It always seems to be the only oldsmobile around, not to mention these high torque engines tend to get good mileage since they dont work very hard. I can cruise the olds 455 and get about the same mileage as my stupid jeep wrangler! haha
February 22nd, 2013, 10:03 PM
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Knowing I can at least hold my own (if not kick their butt) against anything that comes up next to me lookin for a bit of action, and being able to chirp the tires in every gear..............
February 22nd, 2013, 10:13 PM
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I like the fact that you actually get to DRIVE the car. I love my new SHO. It is a 12 second car, but the visceral feel to my Olds is well, just that. It's an experience, not an errand. No matter how far I drive, it's fun!
February 23rd, 2013, 04:56 AM
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The looks of it. Pretty much everything on the roads look alike these days. Even the new pony cars are getting old.
Oh.... and as the owner of an LSx swap, I'll add not having to work on it :-)
Oh.... and as the owner of an LSx swap, I'll add not having to work on it :-)
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February 23rd, 2013, 06:13 AM
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February 23rd, 2013, 07:13 AM
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February 23rd, 2013, 07:25 AM
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The fact that when I drive my Olds, I'm actually driving it. There is no computer garbage, the gas pedal is actually attached to the engine and not "remote controlled" by a computer. Plus there's no traction control or stabilitrak crap on there. In the resent snow storms we've had here, I took my 08 Silverado out for some good times in a empty parking lot for some free donuts, but even with Stabilitrak and traction off, the computer still kicks in and tries to regulate throttle control and applying brakes to different wheels.. its rather frustrating. It's taking the driving sense right out of the automobile :/
February 23rd, 2013, 02:02 PM
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I love my thin plastic steering wheel, and the lack of an airbag in the center. I love the 1970s dashboard with few updates, the floating over the road sensation, wire wheel covers, chrome and stainless trimming and woodgrain galore, outside and up front.
February 23rd, 2013, 03:08 PM
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Kinda in the same catagory as Oldcutlass. Its just the feeling I get driving an old car. You can have daily life in shambles and got out for a drive on some back county winding roads and all becomes right with the world again. Its getter than any shrink could ever do.
February 23rd, 2013, 06:37 PM
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The fact that there is nothing else like it on the road today. It's really hard to be impressed by even a new Caddy, BMW, etc. Just opening the door of my 98 makes me feel special. That interior alone is just the classiest I've ever seen. Driving that car is a true pleasure and it makes restoring every nut and bolt SO worth it.
Every time I drive it, I get taken back to a time when my dad was so proudly driving her and my brother and I were fighting in the back seat!
Every time I drive it, I get taken back to a time when my dad was so proudly driving her and my brother and I were fighting in the back seat!
February 23rd, 2013, 11:36 PM
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The fact that there is nothing else like it on the road today. It's really hard to be impressed by even a new Caddy, BMW, etc. Just opening the door of my 98 makes me feel special. That interior alone is just the classiest I've ever seen. Driving that car is a true pleasure and it makes restoring every nut and bolt SO worth it.
Every time I drive it, I get taken back to a time when my dad was so proudly driving her and my brother and I were fighting in the back seat!
Every time I drive it, I get taken back to a time when my dad was so proudly driving her and my brother and I were fighting in the back seat!
February 24th, 2013, 04:13 AM
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This thing has a soul, even if there are no mysteries left in it due to having put it together all on my own. The way it act differently warm or cold, the way it waggles its tail in the speedy corners, the way it makes different sounds all the way through the RPM band.
How it makes people turn their heads. I swear that every kid ages 4-12 stands there with his mouth open. Half of the middle-aged men too.
How it makes people turn their heads. I swear that every kid ages 4-12 stands there with his mouth open. Half of the middle-aged men too.
February 24th, 2013, 04:59 AM
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I can't stand how the pressure in the car gets all messed up when one of the windows is rolled down. Apparently the aerodynamics of the new cars make this happen. It is like you are forced to use climate control all the time.
X2 on the high-beam button on the floor. So much easier to toggle them on and off with your foot.
X2 on the high-beam button on the floor. So much easier to toggle them on and off with your foot.
February 24th, 2013, 05:13 AM
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Yeah, this is a pretty big thing now that I think about it.
I learned to drive in cars with the toe-button for the high beams, and drove them exclusively for many years. Now all of my "regular" cars have those darn signal-light-switch ones, and even after years of driving them, I still regularly flash my highbeams at people ahead of me when I signal to make a turn - I still can't get used to the fact that you can't exert any force on the lever in the direction of the steering wheel or it will trigger. The older signal light levers can be squeezed with slight pressure, with your palm on the wheel and your second and third fingers on the back side of the lever, and switched right or left, but the new ones can't.
- Eric
I learned to drive in cars with the toe-button for the high beams, and drove them exclusively for many years. Now all of my "regular" cars have those darn signal-light-switch ones, and even after years of driving them, I still regularly flash my highbeams at people ahead of me when I signal to make a turn - I still can't get used to the fact that you can't exert any force on the lever in the direction of the steering wheel or it will trigger. The older signal light levers can be squeezed with slight pressure, with your palm on the wheel and your second and third fingers on the back side of the lever, and switched right or left, but the new ones can't.
- Eric
February 24th, 2013, 05:33 AM
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No car payment, not a daily driver and can have it apart whenever. Plus being worth next to nothing means I can modify it how I want. I do love the Olds V8 sound and torque too.
