You Know You Have An Older Car When ...

[Jetaway]

Part of your mental checklist when getting in the car is:

"Did anything fall off last time?"

In my case, today, the answer was yes. The evening before, while out for a drive, I flipped the driver's sun visor from over the door to over the windshield. Well that was my intent. The visor came off -- smoothly and with no fuss whatsoever -- in my hand. I was turning to head east so it was no big deal and I just tossed it onto the passenger seat. Cursed mildly though, figuring something snapped/split/otherwise broke.

Apparently not. Removed the mounting bracket (2 screws) and gathered a screw and a spring from the backside. The screw went into the visor and the spring betwixt the two. Nothing seemed to be broken, nothing seemed to be missing, I guess it just came loose after 38 and 1/2 years.

Chris

[240260280z]

when "you can smell how fast you are going".

[Bonzi Lon]

Young kid: 'Hey Mister, how fast that car go?'

Mister: 'It goes so fast, parts come off.'

Bonzi Lon

[FastWoman]

... when you can pop the hood, jump out of your car, turn a screw to correct your idle, close the hood, and jump back in the car, all before anyone gets pissed off or the light turns green.

[IdahoKidd]

.....my grandpa had one just like it!

[sblake01]

...people remember where the were and what they were doing when 'those cars' came out...

[5thhorsemann]

You know you are driving an old car when EVERYTHING on the car is user servicable. Gotta love those old Z's!

[sblake01]

Everything on every car is user servicable IMO. It's just that, for the most part, the older cars are easier.

[Zforce]

When you open the hood and you can see the ground.

[psdenno]

When you notice that no new car has been painted that color in over 30 years.

Dennis

[5thhorsemann]

Everything on every car is user servicable IMO. It's just that, for the most part, the older cars are easier.

Older women are easier as well, and easier to service, but nowhere near as fun to tinker with.

[SportBikeMike]

When you open the hood and you can see the ground.

You can see the ground on mine through the shifter.