SW17LS

We still get attached to our family cars. My wife cried when we traded our Sedona van, my kids cried and hugged the back of the 2017 Pacifica when we traded it on the 2020. I was very sad to trade my 2017 LS460L.

Wilson2000

I know what you mean...cars don't have as much character as they used to. Modern aerodynamics is partly to blame. However, I still get attached to my vehicles, especially the insanely reliable ones. Like a good friend you can always rely on!

Wilson2000

They're all the same!

mmarshall

They are different magazines, even if they have the same owner.

703

Ours certainly had character.

It would sometimes overheat when going up a mountain so we had to slow down and give it a rest.

With a family of four and a 1.3l engine we had to spin up the fly wheel before being able make it up our steep driveway.

It was so easy to work on we changed our own clutch and differential oil (as it was a manual RWD). So got to know it pretty well. I was probably 10 years old back then lol.

Stock photo:

703

I think you’re the very few who gets satisfaction from posting on forums like this too.

But in general I don’t think people treasure possessions much as there is always something new around the corner that they can upgrade to. It’s more about how soon they can get hold of that new thing.

mmarshall

Aerodynamics is a LOT to blame. So, too, are things like the disappearance of spinner-wheel-hubs, uniquely-shaped steering wheels (they all have to house air bags now), large round headlights, tail fins, manual transmissions, unique instrument-clusters, back-seat room in sedans, and a number of other things that set each vehicles apart from each other.

Vehicles also drove a lot differently from each other back then. In the 1960s, you could (or, at least, I could) tell, blindfolded, whether I was in a Ford, Chrysler, or GM product simply from the way the automatic transmission shifted, went into or out of gear from neutral, and how much noise it made. You could tell from the way that some of the controls/***** and interior surfaces felt. You could tell from the way the doors felt/sounded and opened/closed. Sometimes, you could also tell from engine and road noise.

SW17LS

I see plenty of people around me posting and presumably getting satisfaction, yourself included.

Wilson2000

Don't most CL members fall under this catagory?
Totally agree here...tech changes so quickly, we rarely hold on to things anymore. This trend meshes well with capitalism and consumerism. If we all stopped buying, our economy would come crashing down real quick!

bitkahuna

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While there's certainly a lot of sterile/boring vehicles out there, i don't find my LC500 to be one of them.

bob67

I would enjoy a LC500, but how many ribeye steaks would it cost me?

Wilson2000

I'm going to estimate about 8,000 ribeyes if bought at Costco!

Lexmex

I loved my RX300 for the years I had it, got a lot of fun out of driving, working and racing it, but had to move on and my CT200h provides plenty of enjoyment and good MPG even in sport mode. I think as I learned well living in Mexico for so many years, a car, any car provides freedom. I know a few people close to me without one even here in South Florida and when I take them for a ride somewhere, it truly makes them happy to be out and about and not in an uber or lyft.

mmarshall

In Mexico, though, wasn't one of the biggest hurdles to car-ownership simply getting decent gas? It became easier, of course, when engine-computers could retard the timing and make other changes underhood so that the super-low-octane stuff (often without detergent-additives) could be burned without ruining the engine, but it is still not good for it in the long run.

SW17LS

Mexico has perfectly fine gas lol