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Damn! You were definitely good on a bike. Going 64 mph on a bike is a terrifying thought!Wow, thats a serious ride!They do nutty stuff on bikes out there. There are some scary videos.In my younger days, I dreamed of going to Moab and riding the Slickrock Trail on a mountain bike.
Now? I'm too old for the rigors of mountain biking, and am just a road bike person now.
When I was in my 20's and 30's, I did lots of stupid stuff on both road and mountain bikes. Whenever my friends and I went out for mountain biking, it wasn't considered a successful ride unless we had at least an inch of mud caked on our bikes and bodies.
Matter of fact, around this time back in 1994, I rented a car in Providence, RI, drove it down to Jacksonville FL, and rode a bicycle from Jacksonville FL back to Newport RI. 3 of those days I was riding in some serious rain as a tropical storm was crawling up the coast with me.
Well, from around late summer 1986 until around mid summer 1997, I didn't own a car and rode a bike every where I went. First long trip was from Memphis TN to Jacksonville FL when I transferred, and I wanted to see if I could ride the 700 mile distance. When I found out that I could, I resolved to see if I could ride to each of my next duty stations, and did 3 different times.
Memphis TN - Jacksonville FL 7 days.
Jacksonville FL - Newport RI, 12 days.
Newport RI - Norfolk VA, 5 days.
During that time I also commuted back and forth to work. When I lived in Memphis, the commute was 7 miles each way. Jacksonville was 12 miles each way (but also had a longer route going home for training purposes), and Newport was only 3 1/2 miles each way, but every evening, I would ride the Ocean Drive on my way home, turning it into a 15 mile ride.
Yeah. At one time I was a serious cyclist, and was fast as hell. Been clocked at 66 mph going downhill, 54 drafting off of a garbage truck, could hit 48 for up to 1/2 a mile if I was sprinting for the finish line, and had an average cruising speed of 22 to 25 mph, constant.
One year, I was ranked 20th in the city of Memphis for amateur bike riders.
Old dashboards look awful and their stereos systems obviously suck. Those old seats are also bouncy and uncomfortable.You know, while I wouldn't mind a car with upgrades like suspension and disc brakes, that is about as far as I would want to take it with a resto mod.
Like I said, a non computerized engine is much easier to work on, and, if something bad DOES happen like an EMP, those will be the only engines that will be left working. All the others will be fried.
And, if you don't get all the computer things taken care of when you first build one, it won't work. I saw an episode on Velocity one time where they were trying to put a modern engine into an old car, and they had a hell of a time tricking the computer into working with the older transmission and electric system.
That's just ugly. What are ya gonna do, exit the thing in a cape and a mask? Gosh.
If you own a Pagani, you have other cars you can use when you have more than one passenger.
That's just ugly. What are ya gonna do, exit the thing in a cape and a mask? Gosh.
Not only are they strange looking, but they are also useless for anything other than driving from place to place. You can't get groceries, or take along more than 1 passenger.
Gimmie the Mach 1 Mustang convertible that is in the post above.
Here is a guy grocery shopping in his Pagani Huayra.
That's just ugly. What are ya gonna do, exit the thing in a cape and a mask? Gosh.
Not only are they strange looking, but they are also useless for anything other than driving from place to place. You can't get groceries, or take along more than 1 passenger.
Gimmie the Mach 1 Mustang convertible that is in the post above.
I really dig those paper bags. Gonna have to try to look for those. Do they sell em in the grocery stores? I can't stand those plastic ones.
I really dig those paper bags. Gonna have to try to look for those. Do they sell em in the grocery stores? I can't stand those plastic ones.
Paper bags like that are given out at your high end grocery shops.
The Yugo was a better car than the VW.You missed the YugoWorst car ever sold in the United States. They did nothing well except "cute" and should have been euthanized twenty years before they finally were.Those Beetles were greatHeaters on those things suckedMy mom had an old bug in the 80s - 90s, when I would come back to Colo Springs to visit I'd drive that thing everywhere. It was fun especially in the winter in empty parking lots........
Everything sucks on every VW
Inexpensive, fun to drive, easy to maintain
People still love their Bugs....they are still on the road
Welp, we know someone doesn't like VWs........The Yugo was a better car than the VW.You missed the YugoWorst car ever sold in the United States. They did nothing well except "cute" and should have been euthanized twenty years before they finally were.Those Beetles were greatHeaters on those things sucked
Everything sucks on every VW
Inexpensive, fun to drive, easy to maintain
People still love their Bugs....they are still on the road
He seems to hate everything.Welp, we know someone doesn't like VWs........The Yugo was a better car than the VW.You missed the YugoWorst car ever sold in the United States. They did nothing well except "cute" and should have been euthanized twenty years before they finally were.Those Beetles were greatEverything sucks on every VW
Inexpensive, fun to drive, easy to maintain
People still love their Bugs....they are still on the road
Welp, we know someone doesn't like VWs........The Yugo was a better car than the VW.You missed the YugoWorst car ever sold in the United States. They did nothing well except "cute" and should have been euthanized twenty years before they finally were.Those Beetles were greatEverything sucks on every VW
Inexpensive, fun to drive, easy to maintain
People still love their Bugs....they are still on the road
This one was a real Doozy!/—-/ Why would anyone waste a second trying to change your mind? Who cares what you like?I really dont like old cars that are stock. With the exception of muscle cars from the 60s, and maybe a few from the 70s, im not interested in old cars at all. If it isnt a restomod, its awful.
For starters, old cars are unreliable. There was once a time when 100,000 miles meant your car was ready for a graveyard. They just didnt hold up, even if you maintained them.
Secondly, they arent safe. They handle terribly and their brakes are atrocious. They have no business being on the road with modern cars. We have enough deaths on our roads as it is.
Third, and most importantly, they dont perform well at all. You cant corner effectively, and they arent fast (by todays standards). For about $2,000, you can tune up a friggin Ford Focus to easily outperform the baddest cars from the past (top speed, quarter mile, track times, etc).
Ok, this is old and in super good condition, but its shape is silly...
For the money you probably spent to buy that ^, you could buy this BMW 8 Series Coupe.
If you had 100 grand to spend on a car, would it be on an old classic? Come on man. Dont tell me you wouldnt take the Beamer.
Old cars suck, change my mind.
Exactly. Goodboy seems hell bent on comparing apples and oranges while rationalizing his desire to own an uber-expensive super high tech car. The thing is that cars of old were designed on STYLING and beauty, then government regulations forced them into efficiency so they began looking at wind drag and all kinds of other things resulting in the modern car which basically all look the same.
But on beauty, breeding and class alone, it sure is hard to beat a 1935 Bugatti.
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Imagine having this to cruise around in, in 1935 when others were still cruising around in Model T Fords. That was the life.
