Re: Cars

Posted by WA-Hal on July 25, 2010 at 18:17:05 from (208.81.157.90):

In Reply to: Re: Cars posted by Dean on July 25, 2010 at 11:07:13:

I am truly impressed with some of the new cars--and would agree that they are actually faster than virtually all of the "as produced" muscle cars of the 60's and very early 70's. But how many 21 year olds today can seriously consider BUYING on of the new muscle cars? Not many, I would guess, they are just too expensive, and the insurance on them would be incredibly expensive.

Back in the late 60's, the manufacturers produced hundreds of thousands of cars that would do the quarter mile in less than 15 seconds with the tires they came with. Those mostly fairly simple cars with large engines were inexpensive enough for young people to buy them. Some of the muscle cars were woefully under braked and most could be outhandled by almost anything produced today. But they sold like hotcakes, often making up very significant percentages of similar models production. Most of the modern muscle cars make up very low production percentages.

Lots of the old muscle cars had tires that were really inadequate for the amount of power the car had. My 67 GTO would spin most of the quarter mile with the stock tires. With the larger street tires that I put on it, it would turn consistent 13's. And with borrowed real drag slicks, it hooked up much better and turned in the 12's. Unfortunately we found that using the slicks was very hard on the rear end. It broke, and it was expensive to fix the problems. Was it fun to drive? Yeah, it was great! But gas mileage was terrible, it hated all but the best premium gas, and it was incredibly hard on rear tires. Luckily, at the time, gas was still cheap. Most of my friends, in their late teens and early 20's also drove muscle cars.

I wish I still had my old GTO, since it would be worth a LOT of money today. But I found that I really didn't need the huge power, and the cars I now drive get 3 times the mileage the Goat did and are a lot more comfortable to drive, especially long distances. Will I ever buy one of the new muscle cars? I doubt it. That time has passed, both for the country, and for me.

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