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Originally Posted by LEGACY_GN
I don't post much on here but this thread strikes a nerve. I drive my 72 Pontiac Grandville Convertible and 87 Grand National everyday they are running and it's not raining. I drive them more than my daily driver, a 2018 Ram.
I don't understand why people don't drive their classic cars more. I don't get it. I drive my cars so much every where I go people tell me about seeing me on the road. Kids teacher, doctor, auto parts store, etc etc. you'd think I'm a celebrity but the fact is you rarely see classic cars on the road so people notice. I see more exotics in Houston than classic cars. I don't understand how you can be into classic cars, spend all that money on fixing them up and then rarely drive them. I don't get it.
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Two answers - kids and winter.
Kids - I might take my kid for a jaunt every now and again, but day in, day out, we are taking my new truck with antilock brakes, side curtain airbags, stability control, crumple zones, all that jazz, not my 65 GTO or even worse my 72 Chevy pickup with a gas tank behind the driver’s seat and two more saddle tanks outside the frame rails.
Winter - from what I gather, road salt is an issue even when the roads are clear. I have not fully made up my mind about this and may decide to drive my classics on clear roads in the winter.
I can live with the potential consequences of driving my old stuff by myself in the winter. I cannot live with the potential consequences of driving my kids in the old stuff on a daily basis.