Your Dream Ride: Classic or Modern?<\/p>\n
Some of us have lived long enough that what were our daily drivers in our youth are classic cars today. Most of you, however, have only recent memories of some of the great classic vehicles you have seen at car shows, in old movies or some of the televised car auctions that are now the rage in some parts of the world. Those of us who owned and drove them daily have a different perspective of these so-called classics.<\/p>\n
While many of these classics are beautifully designed and some of them have what were very advanced features in their day, they don\u2019t hold a candle to modern vehicles. It is hard to find a vehicle today without such amenities as; electronic fuel injection, an automatic transmission, air-conditioning, power steering, power brakes, power windows, stereo radios with CD slots, traction control and sunroofs. Can we live without these? Sure we can, but do we want to?<\/p>\n
Here are some of the items you lived with when you drove one of these fifties-sixties-seventies classic cars:
\nMaintenance \u2013 The type and quality of lubricants available then necessitated that the oil be changed every three thousand miles or five thousand kilometers. The chassis also had lubrication points that required a squirt of grease. Modern cars need little or no greasing and the motor oil is good for two to three times that as in the sixties.<\/p>\n
Repairs \u2013 Sure, modern parts may be more expensive, but very few classic cars could be driven sixty thousand miles\/one hundred thousand kilometers without a complete engine rebuild. The transmission and clutch were probably replaced long before this.<\/p>\n
Tire and brake mileage \u2013 Most of the classical car tires would last about twenty thousand miles, with the brakes having worn out shortly before that. Modern tires will safely run four or five times as long, and the brakes as well.<\/p>\n
Driving and handling \u2013 Most classic cars were softly suspended and rolled heavily when cornering. Only a few of the classic sports cars handled well, but most of them were expensive then and astronomically priced today.<\/p>\n
Performance \u2013 In the sixties, a six second run to sixty miles-per-hour was very fast and any top speed over one hundred mph was good. Even the most sedentary modern econo-box will have a higher top speed and some of them will turn in sub-six seconds to sixty.<\/p>\n
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