Re: Insane serpentine belt kit...
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:35 pm
Everything you say about new cars is correct. The only problem is that they just don't have any personality, character or style. They are monuments to sameness. Even the models I somewhat like (Dodge Challenger, Chrysler 300, VW Beetle) still don't manage to raise my excitement level high enough to want to own one.
The exterior styling is really my primary (practically only) criteria when choosing a car. Handling, performance, gizmos mean nothing to me. I am uncomfortable in the bland offerings of today.
My primary vehicle since 2001 is a 1956 Coupe de Ville. Before that it was a '72 Monte Carlo. Every time I get behind the wheel of the Cadillac I feel as happy as the first time I drove it.
A friend of mine just bought 2 new cars for his collection; a 1933 Packard Darrin convertible, and a 1935 Auburn 851 convertible. I'm going with him tomorrow to pick up the Auburn and I've had goose bumps all weekend thinking about the opportunity just to sit in it and drive it onto the transporter.
No car sold today does that for me. I parked next to a new Aston Martin at a grocery store and had to look hard to tell the difference between it and a Mitsubishi Eclipse. When I came out of the store other shoppers were drooling over the Cadillac and didn't even notice the Aston Martin, even when I pointed it out to them. For a car costing over $200,000, it's a real yawner in the styling department.
As for my friend's new acquisitions, He will drive them more than most people would but not as much as I would. I'd be taking that Packard to work every day. Interestingly, there's a guy that lives near us who owns "the most driven Duesenberg in the world." He drives his J model Duesy as one would a regular car. My hero! Hahaha!
The exterior styling is really my primary (practically only) criteria when choosing a car. Handling, performance, gizmos mean nothing to me. I am uncomfortable in the bland offerings of today.
My primary vehicle since 2001 is a 1956 Coupe de Ville. Before that it was a '72 Monte Carlo. Every time I get behind the wheel of the Cadillac I feel as happy as the first time I drove it.
A friend of mine just bought 2 new cars for his collection; a 1933 Packard Darrin convertible, and a 1935 Auburn 851 convertible. I'm going with him tomorrow to pick up the Auburn and I've had goose bumps all weekend thinking about the opportunity just to sit in it and drive it onto the transporter.
No car sold today does that for me. I parked next to a new Aston Martin at a grocery store and had to look hard to tell the difference between it and a Mitsubishi Eclipse. When I came out of the store other shoppers were drooling over the Cadillac and didn't even notice the Aston Martin, even when I pointed it out to them. For a car costing over $200,000, it's a real yawner in the styling department.
As for my friend's new acquisitions, He will drive them more than most people would but not as much as I would. I'd be taking that Packard to work every day. Interestingly, there's a guy that lives near us who owns "the most driven Duesenberg in the world." He drives his J model Duesy as one would a regular car. My hero! Hahaha!