I’m fortunate in that I’ve always had the ability to fall asleep literally anywhere, and in almost any conditions. Hell, I’ve slept like the dead in a homeless shelter, so blessed by the gods has been my slumber in my life.

I remember that, back in the mid-70's, Consumer Reports was VEHEMENTLY opposed to square headlights; same as when ‘aero’ headlights first appeared on a Lincoln coupe in 1983. But, what a lot of people forget is that sealed-beam lights were TERRIBLE! If you had a ‘sporty’ car back in those days, probably the first mod…

Your expectations for parts availability in the future are too optimistic. When these cars are vintage 95% of them will have broken screens, and there will be no replacement available. I can’t even buy radio knobs or the clips to hold trim on for my Falcon, and Falcons were one of the most common cars in the 60s.…

That sounds exactly like the ‘75 Monte Carlo I had in high school. Mom got it new, and it was handed down to my brother & sister then I got it. 

We must have grown up together cause I had those same thoughts and experiences. I’ll just add.

When eventually such cars are considered classics, it’ll be interesting to see how people cope with failures of that sort of thing— the spares will all be gone from the pipeline, the particular technologies will be long obsolete,  and replacements will have to be hand-carved out of unicorn hooves by people with an…

You must be from my era... I think we could have gone to grade school together.

Poor example. The 1976 & 1977 Monte Carlo’s with the stacked rectangular headlamps were the best selling MC’s of all time (322+K and 411+K units in total).

I can relate. My parents had a stripper 1977 Chevelle. 1 externally adjustable mirror. No air conditioning. Straight 6 (tho the 350 of the time wasn’t that much better). AM radio. About the only options were power steering & brakes (& slushbox, which is technically an option). Fell apart by 1983.

All the whining about “Ipads glued to dashboards” is going to look just as foolish and pathetic in the future as this does now.

Anyhow, the ‘75 Monte Carlo was the business!

S30 (Datsun Z) Safari! Thats an awesome thing I never knew existed (the comic, not the car). Thanks for sharing!

Yes.

I never built it into an off-roader, but I did take my ‘85 Chevy Sprint for a drive through some sand dunes one night several years back. Even stock, it did a LOT better than I thought it would. I had to stop a couple times so my buddy in his Ranger (2wd) could catch up, in fact.

Real BMWs don’t have water pumps; their two well-finned cylinders stick out horizontally in the breeze.

Jaguar owner laughs at your puny 3-digit orders!  Then starts crying, again...

$500? Amateur. I had a couple of four-digit parts orders recently. For a car that many people would think had nothing particularly wrong with it.

This is painfully accurate. I was trying to break free a caliper bolt on my Tacoma and when it finally went, I faceplanted into the fender. Broke two teeth and needed a root canal. Mucho dinero.

Over two weeks? pfft, amateur. I’ve gone zombie-mode and spent $500 in a single online parts order

Just for what it’s worth
I have been meaning to improve my swimming - which was basically total shit, I had enough ability to not drown for a while.

Started going once a week. Liked the idea, kind of hated the activity.
Decided it was now or never, committed to the pool going once a day.
Weeks of fucking embarrassing…