[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Not nearly as much as I would if I didn't live on this crappy, poorly maintained dirt road. Get tired of cleaning the car every time I get to the end of the road, then cleaning it again when I pull back into my driveway. It' bad enough that I find the perfect day for me to drive is two days after a torrential downpour. No dust and the mud puddles are dry enough to not sling mud over my rockers and quarters. :/

Eastwood sells this spray clear that you peel off after your are done driving for the rear quarters, rockers I assume.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

Eastwood sells this spray clear that you peel off after your are done driving for the rear quarters, rockers I assume.

That might work for the mud but the dust is the main problem. It covers the rear bumper and rear of the trunk lid especially. Even gets inside the trunk. Every nook and cranny really. As soon as I pull my spotless car out on the road, the mail lady or some kid in a 4wd will blow past me at 55 mph and I'm driving through a half mile of suspended, super fine dust particles.
Also, if I did something like that, I would be spraying it on at home, peeling it off at the end of the road and spraying it on again when I'm on my way in.
I love my rural 'neighborhood' but it is not car friendly at ALL. Plus, more people are moving into the area and it's just not as isolated as it once was which means an almost 100% chance that the above will happen every time I pull out. Used to be once in a while.

[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.

[i82much]

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.

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.

[ScumOne]

I drive mine when I can, and if the Bird isn't getting upgraded or fixed. Hopefully today is one of those days.

[Formulajones]

We went the other direction. We don't like air bags, my wife especially. ABS brakes are, well, sometimes more trouble than they are worth, for us anyway. I've always had wheels speed sensor problems with those things.

My son grew up in the back of our 70 Formula, car seat and all. Actually he grew up in nothing but classic cars 95% of the time. Today, as an adult now, he prefers to ride in the 69 Camaro more than anything else since it has a more friendly back seat than the Firebird. He also likes the 72 chevelle, a little more roomy.

We just don't really worry about safety features much. Drive defensively and most of the time I'm on back roads that are less traveled anyway. It's just the way we prefer to live and get to enjoy our classics as a result.

Luckily living in Arizona gives us year round driving weather. I do understand the winter and salt thing coming from Ohio. When we lived there I actually had a classic beater that we used during the winter months. I had several V8 Vegas and Monzas we drove for years until they rusted into the ground, then I'd go out West and buy another one, lol.

[U47]

Originally Posted by Formulajones

We went the other direction. We don't like air bags, my wife especially. ABS brakes are, well, sometimes more trouble than they are worth, for us anyway. I've always had wheels speed sensor problems with those things.

My son grew up in the back of our 70 Formula, car seat and all. Actually he grew up in nothing but classic cars 95% of the time. Today, as an adult now, he prefers to ride in the 69 Camaro more than anything else since it has a more friendly back seat than the Firebird. He also likes the 72 chevelle, a little more roomy.

We just don't really worry about safety features much. Drive defensively and most of the time I'm on back roads that are less traveled anyway. It's just the way we prefer to live and get to enjoy our classics as a result.

Luckily living in Arizona gives us year round driving weather. I do understand the winter and salt thing coming from Ohio. When we lived there I actually had a classic beater that we used during the winter months. I had several V8 Vegas and Monzas we drove for years until they rusted into the ground, then I'd go out West and buy another one, lol.

I live in Arizona and we had snow on Thanksgiving and Christmas

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by U47

I live in Arizona and we had snow on Thanksgiving and Christmas

We didn't have much of anything at our house in PV. Nice thing though that if it does they only toss a little sand on the roads and let it go, no need for salt. Generally because once the sun comes out the snow we do get doesn't hang around much past noon. So it's never really posed an issue for us.

[mchell]

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.

Easy answer:

- Weather - when 1/2 of the USA is covered in rain, sleet and snow 7 months a year it makes time (below) more important
- Physical location- living on a dirt road or other locations simply not conducive to driving and ENJOYING your classic car
- Time - wives, kids, age, health etc

Add these up and you have loss of interest ......

I envision a huge glut of cars and parts becoming available as the boomers age. Cars and parts hoarded for many years will become available. Problem is, there will not be near as many who will want them or care....all those widowed granny’s be selling grandpas “junk” for pennies on the dollar...

Add In the new era of electric cars and this hobby may die sooner than later....

Why I’m getting some drive time now! I’m going to burn fuel and tires till I can’t anymore!

[LEGACY_GN]

Originally Posted by mchell

Easy answer:

- Weather - when 1/2 of the USA is covered in rain, sleet and snow 7 months a year it makes time (below) more important
- Physical location- living on a dirt road or other locations simply not conducive to driving and ENJOYING your classic car
- Time - wives, kids, age, health etc

Add these up and you have loss of interest ......

I envision a huge glut of cars and parts becoming available as the boomers age. Cars and parts hoarded for many years will become available. Problem is, there will not be near as many who will want them or care....all those widowed granny’s be selling grandpas “junk” for pennies on the dollar...

Add In the new era of electric cars and this hobby may die sooner than later....

Why I’m getting some drive time now! I’m going to burn fuel and tires till I can’t anymore!

Great article about the coming glut of classic cars.

https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...sh-it-feature/

The fact is baby boomer kids by and large don't care about their dads cars and will auction or sell them. This massive number of sales will depress prices like we've never seen before. Double edge sword. Our hobby will die, but all the cars we've always wanted will be much easier to attain. Once I get my building up to store them all that is.