Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fifty Year Ago

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 26, 2004 at 20:57:10 from (216.208.58.147):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fifty Year Ago Cos posted by Kelly C on February 26, 2004 at 20:00:08:

Kelly: If you look at some of my other posts on this thread you will find I've really never been greatly impressed with what I've bought from the auto industry. I have owned 7 cars and 8 trucks in my life time, and for me the best of each cars and trucks came out of the 70s A 79 Olds 98 Regency with 403-4 bareel that would give me 26 miles to a Canadian gallon any day and 28 on a long drive. Now that is probably the only vehicle of that caliber I ever bought. The other was a 78 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup 350 with 4 speed, bit heavy on fuel, hauled 3000 lbs great, the nicest handling truck I ever owned and you could hit the brakes full force, it would stop in less distance than anything I've ever driven, and yes it would be parked straight in its traffic lane after stopping. Sure they are in the scrap heap now, so are most from the eighties. Of all the vehicles I've owned, those two both went 300,000+ miles and were never back to the dealer for anything.

This Buick I have now, most of the time the GM computer can't even tell you what is wrong. Almost 1 year ago, GM computer said, crank sensor. I put on crank sensor, mass air flow sensor, coil, ignition module and finally a side road mechanic with his little hand held computer on it eraced it 3 times, each time it came back and said cam sensor. Put a cam sensor on the car and it has worked perfect since. Cost $1,000. plus 6 months of car quitting any old time and anywhere 6 to 8 times per week.

Now we can look at disposable income. I will take the 50s, 60s and 70s any day over what we have seen since. Yes some things may have cost more but damn few. I was married when I was 22, my wife never worked outside the home, and on an annual operating basis I was a heck of a lot better off back then than today. I bought leather work boots in the 50s for $2.50 and a lot more comfortable then what I bought last year for $150. Gas was $0.30 per gallon. Money went somewhere back then, because we weren't paying for all these government and corperate bureaucrats, sitting on their fannies doing absolutely nothing.

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