Sorry, ill disagree because I prefer all earlier car designs to anything existing today. Cars now are pretty much all hideous as a whole. And a nightmare to fix as well. Thats a beauty of a Ford you posted. Im sure 0 people will agree.
There’s no likely way to go back, because sweeping good-for-all regulation that aesthetically inconveniences someone is political suicide in this selfish culture.
Plus back then, if you had a dead headlight for any reason, any service station will have a stock of all the four kinds of headlights at hand to replace.
Yep, no 35 foot wide and 1" tall headlights we have now that are all custom and have shitty plastic clips that all break. You cannot convince me cars have gotten better in that regard! Safety is the only thing that’s improved. And don’t bring up efficiency. We had rangers getting 35 mpg on a CARB in the early 90s.
Joking aside, that’s absolutely valid. I had an FJ80 Land Cruiser years ago - those had very expensive glass lenses. The driver’s side lens had a small hole in it, about the size of an airsoft pellet. A small square of clear gorilla tape fixed it well enough, but I really wanted to do a sealed beam conversion (only available on “poverty pack” models, only in non-US markets).
Honestly it was the only vehicle where I would have rather had sealed beams for functional reasons 😂
Sorry, ill disagree because I prefer all earlier car designs to anything existing today. Cars now are pretty much all hideous as a whole. And a nightmare to fix as well. Thats a beauty of a Ford you posted. Im sure 0 people will agree.
I agree. Lights are too bright and distracting now also, and there seems to be no way to go back.
There’s no likely way to go back, because sweeping good-for-all regulation that aesthetically inconveniences someone is political suicide in this selfish culture.
Plus back then, if you had a dead headlight for any reason, any service station will have a stock of all the four kinds of headlights at hand to replace.
Yep, no 35 foot wide and 1" tall headlights we have now that are all custom and have shitty plastic clips that all break. You cannot convince me cars have gotten better in that regard! Safety is the only thing that’s improved. And don’t bring up efficiency. We had rangers getting 35 mpg on a CARB in the early 90s.
Well, I regularly clock 46-48 mpg on my sedan during my rather non urban commute. Just a regular I4 engine with a CVT.
Yeah but good luck ever fixing that cat when it fails
It’s a Honda. It has served me well for the past 7 years and shows no sign of aging whatsoever.
Can’t argue with honda!
Every shop still carries headlight bulbs. There are like 10 or so types of bulbs, outside of LED and HID modules
Let’s say you got a rock in your headlight and now it’s full of water.
Minor details.
Joking aside, that’s absolutely valid. I had an FJ80 Land Cruiser years ago - those had very expensive glass lenses. The driver’s side lens had a small hole in it, about the size of an airsoft pellet. A small square of clear gorilla tape fixed it well enough, but I really wanted to do a sealed beam conversion (only available on “poverty pack” models, only in non-US markets).
Honestly it was the only vehicle where I would have rather had sealed beams for functional reasons 😂