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Anonymous No.28689306 [Report] >>28691076 >>28694629 >>28694715 >>28696146 >>28696398 >>28696536 >>28697251 >>28697812
Childhood car feature memories?
I remember sitting in the back of my grandpa's Lincoln and was obsessed with the tiny side windows, always thinking "Why are they so small?"
Anonymous No.28689315 [Report] >>28694715
Anonymous No.28689323 [Report] >>28689335
Alot of things, but one things I remember and never forget is these "wing windows". I remember as a kid always wanting to fiddle with these things and I thought they were so cool.
when I was allowed to sit in the front passenger seat I was constantly opening and closing these things. it was so cool
I recall some adults would use them to flick the ash off the end of the cigarette outside or they would sometimes hold their lit cigarette near it to let the cigarette smoke blow outside
Anonymous No.28689329 [Report] >>28694312
Those ball compasses.
Anonymous No.28689335 [Report]
>>28689323
the fun part was those adults not understanding airflow and all the smoke and ash just blowing right back into the back seat and you can't say anything because you already have TWO windows open, what more do you want? it isn't even that bad, you'll get used to it, no one will mind you reeking like an ash tray everywhere
thanks, grandma. i'm going to shit on your fucking grave when you finally kark it
Anonymous No.28689367 [Report]
Never got to drive one wit the choke lever
Anonymous No.28691076 [Report] >>28694582 >>28694707
>>28689306 (OP)
I miss manual windows
Anonymous No.28691081 [Report]
I loved my friend's mum's 2 door hatchback, no idea what it was. I just thought it was really cool you had to put the seats forward to get in.
Anonymous No.28692122 [Report] >>28696975
Was childhood car and eventually passed to me for my first car that I totaled on 2nd day having it trying to get gas lol (I drove and hit the cement pole divider and then panicked and kept going forward and crushing fucking up the entire driver side of the car and then just sped off back to the house and told my mom someone ran into the side of me and took off of course she knew I was lying
Eventually mom got a dodge intrepid 2000 after that and I ended up with a 91 crx dx, drove that until I was 32, so 16 years
Anonymous No.28694312 [Report]
tape cassette holders.
you really had to have your favourite music ready to go, not really enough room for a big collection lol
>>28689329
reminds me of the pajero inclinometer.
although that pod has a farely basic digital compass.
Anonymous No.28694582 [Report] >>28694584
>>28691076
Why? They're a pain in the ass.
Anonymous No.28694584 [Report] >>28694589
>>28694582
>I miss my grandmother's home-baked apple pie
>Why? Buying a frozen pie from Walmart is much more convenient
Anonymous No.28694589 [Report] >>28694601
>>28694584
Wow, what a terrible analogy! If your grandmother's apple pie was so great then maybe you should have saved the recipe so you can make it yourself when she's gone. If manual windows were so popular then manufacturers would still have them as an option.
Anonymous No.28694601 [Report] >>28694603
>>28694589
Nta but that's not how it works anymore. Look up what enshittification means. Just because the customer wants something doesnt mean the manufacturer gives a shit about delivering it. They make more money by selling you nanny state slop and selling your data.
Anonymous No.28694603 [Report] >>28694613 >>28694772 >>28696980
>>28694601
we’re still talking about hand crank windows here, right? Nobody outside a handful of contrarians want them.
Anonymous No.28694613 [Report] >>28694684
>>28694603
They're not offered as options to begin with, so im not sure how you would even assess that.
Anonymous No.28694629 [Report] >>28694685
>>28689306 (OP)
I understand now that they were giant pieces of shit and just automakers being cheap about adding airbags but as a kid I thought automatic seatbelts were cool.
Anonymous No.28694684 [Report]
>>28694613
they’re offered on fleet vehicles, or at least they were within the decade, and yet individual consumers of trucks will instead overwhelmingly choose the highest trim they can afford, or maybe even one above that.
Anonymous No.28694685 [Report] >>28694762
>>28694629
Airbags came in because people wouldn't wear seatbelts. I suppose the automatic ones were there for similar reasons.
Anonymous No.28694707 [Report]
>>28691076
Manual windows were ass. I busted my knuckles on the door storages compartment from my hand slipping off the handles so many times. Those things broke much more often than modern window switches. You know how many memories I have of people using vicegrips to replace their broken handles? A lot.
Anonymous No.28694715 [Report]
>>28689315
>>28689306 (OP)
early 70s lincolns has be my favorite classic era car.

I saw one at a car show and it was amazing
Gears !MT5GearsOc No.28694762 [Report] >>28697009
>>28694685
>Airbags came in because people wouldn't wear seatbelts.
If you're not wearing a seatbelt airbags make things worse. They aren't soft cushy pillows but small explosive charges that inflate a bag to a really hard pillow.
The airbag's job is to stop your head from moving forward as much so your neck doesn't have to. This requires precise timing. Without belt, you arrive in the desired position to stop your head too early and make it way too close to the steeringwheel before the airbag goes off. Then the explosive charge in there punches you in the face harder than Mike Thyson in his prime.
Anonymous No.28694772 [Report] >>28694802
>>28694603
Hand crank windows have the fewest points of failure while still being operable to the user. Meaning it's the BEST for the consumer long term ownership.

>bbbbut I gotta reach ova to roll da passenger down!
Kick rocks, you don't need both windows open only the drivers
Anonymous No.28694802 [Report] >>28698300
>>28694772
>roll da passenger down
I’ll do you one better. I roll the back windows down for the dog and back up when I get on the highway. That’s not just annoying with manual windows, it’s impossible.
Anonymous No.28696146 [Report] >>28696383
>>28689306 (OP)
Anonymous No.28696383 [Report] >>28696763
>>28696146
soul
Anonymous No.28696387 [Report]
My grandpa died overseas when I was 5 so I never got to meet him.
Anonymous No.28696398 [Report]
>>28689306 (OP)
I remember sitting in the back of dad's kingswood and wondering why dad keeps crashing it. i mean driving can't be that hard is it?
Anonymous No.28696536 [Report]
>>28689306 (OP)
Nobody is mentioning the simple pleasure of burning your hand on the metal door handle on a hot summer day.

I had to re-learn to wrap my hand in my shirt
Anonymous No.28696763 [Report]
>>28696383
How that tailgate handle managed to survive us kids is nothing short of a miracle...
Anonymous No.28696769 [Report]
Crouched behind my grandparents in a 230SL (top down, no back seats in that sucker), cruising down the highway and being mesmerized by the giant lips in the sky. picrel
Anonymous No.28696975 [Report]
>>28692122
These W body cars are monsters and shouldn't be given to kids. I totaled my dad's impala doing something similar as a new driver. Stupid power for a fwd boat
Anonymous No.28696980 [Report]
>>28694603
I suppose you've never had a car with them then. They are extremely comfy and reliable 36 years later, in my car
Anonymous No.28696985 [Report]
my old man three sheets to the wind ripping down the interstate at 120mph in a 1979 Trans Am with 10 year old me in the passanger seat with the T-tops off and Sabotage playing on the radio
that was the moment I realized I really liked cars... and my pops may have a drinking problem
Anonymous No.28697009 [Report]
>>28694762
based, it makes retards face the consequences of their actions
Anonymous No.28697251 [Report]
>>28689306 (OP)
>Childhood car feature memories
>opera window

anon, it's time for your prostate exam
Anonymous No.28697812 [Report]
>>28689306 (OP)
1968 Cadillac Deville has this plus center cushion in the rear seat that I would have sex with.i impregnated that car so many times.
Anonymous No.28698300 [Report]
>>28694802
>putting animals in your car
subhuman behavior