[NRx]

A lot of folks including myself like classic cars. But it is important to bear in mind that cars from the land of long ago were generally less safe than modern cars. And the older the car, the more that is true. I’ve owned a couple classics, and never used them for every day driving.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’ve owned a couple classics, and never used them for every day driving.

Oh heck, THAT'S no fun. I used a 2 door hardtop '65 Chrysler 300 in the early 2000s as an everyday driver. Sometimes my wife drove it too.

Everyone around you slows down. Okay, the 9" drums weren't the best, and you aimed the car more than you steered it, but GREAT pickup on the highway. I wish I had the room and resources to do right by it, especially now that I am out of the rust belt.

Used a '66 Dart as a daily driver from '92 to '98. Ball joints were the issue on that one. Handling on the Williamsburg Bridge was rough (metal grille surface). Good times!

[GOPJ]

When I was young - before seat belts - the woman’s seat (yes, men did most of the driving) was known as the ‘death seat’... Even in fairly mild accident often the woman went through the windshield or broke her neck...

[ridesthemiles]

Time for a reality check on today’s ‘reporters’.

They seem to not be aware of the fact that their parents & grand parents all grew up & rode /drove cars that didn’t even have ANY version of seat belts.

I had a 1957 Pontiac Cheiftan sedan that could do 120 & lose the cops all night long. Daily driver.

ONLY brand new car I ever owned was 1965 Pontiac Catalina Station wagon-—which I put OVER 444,000 miles on before I sold it to a guy in Sweden who restored the exterior. Running gear was just fine. Cruised across the western states at 90 for many miles. NEVER had an accident. Lap belts only.

Raised in a 1939 Chrysler with NO seat belts. 1955 Dodge with no seat belts. 1955 Olds with no seat belts. 4 kids in family.....didn’t have seat belts-—we all survived.

Owned an assortment of older vehicles with no seat belts,,,,including a 1933 Chevy truck with a 1952 Chevy 6 cylinder engine in it. Daily transportation. Started in the winter when it was minus 70!!! Push started all the other family cars that day....

Current vehicles:
1979 Buick station wagon with 403 Olds engine bought used in 1981 with over 215,000 miles on it now. .....

1976 Chevy 1 ton dually truck with 454 gas engine I use to haul my horses bought in April on 1986 used. Put over 250,000 miles on that truck alone.... it now has 348,000 + miles on the chassis.

Have driven over 1 million miles & I am NOT a trucker.

The more gadgets the government demands be put into a vehicle, the less the operators are paying attention to their job when behind the wheel.

[kaehurowing]

I had a 1952 Morgan—which would be a total non-compute to millenials.

It had a wood frame with sheet metal on top. No seatbelts, the seats were just inflatable leather cushions on top of a wooden box, the speedometer was located on the other side of the dashboard so you really couldn’t see it (speed is not that important, it’s the rpms that were important which were on another dial in front of you). A folding windscreen. Turn signals where you physically had to turn a toggle back and forth on the dashboard. . Unsynched transmission, you had to double-clutch through the gears when downshifting. But a 2 liter engine—basically the car was just an engine on wheels. The prior owner told me never to get in an accident because the solid steering post would go right through my chest and then I would smash my head on the metal frame above the dashboard.

But it was a beautiful car, and fast, especially considering when it was built. Basically like an MGTD on steroids.

Not my car but similar (mine was left hand drive): https://www.classicmotorsports.us/1952_Morgan_%204%20%20%20Flat%20Rad_Merrimack_NH_18946473.veh