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'72 Chevy Vega with a three-speed. I would never want that car back but it got me where I needed to be.
'72 Chevy Vega with a three-speed. I would never want that car back but it got me where I needed to be.
1981 Chevy citation. Had to roll the windows down and blast the heater in summer to keep the engine from overheating.
1981 Chevy citation. Had to roll the windows down and blast the heater in summer to keep the engine from overheating.
Did it many times. '55 Chevy during high school pre-military and later '69 CJ5.
Did it many times. '55 Chevy during high school pre-military and later '69 CJ5.
Early 80s pontiac sunbird. Fun times. Right before I sold it for $800, had to prime the carburetor with gasoline for it to start.
Early 80s pontiac sunbird. Fun times. Right before I sold it for $800, had to prime the carburetor with gasoline for it to start.
I had one too, but I used to have to crawl under the engine and ht the solenoid with a hammer.
I had one too, but I used to have to crawl under the engine and ht the solenoid with a hammer.
> I had one too, but I used to have to crawl under the engine and ht the solenoid with a hammer>>
Haha! I had a phone at work back in the 90s that I had to drop from above my head to the ground each morning so it didn’t sound like every caller was in a tunnel. Man, hadn’t thought about that in a long time!
>> I had one too, but I used to have to crawl under the engine and ht the solenoid with a hammer>>
Haha! I had a phone at work back in the 90s that I had to drop from above my head to the ground each morning so it didn’t sound like every caller was in a tunnel. Man, hadn’t thought about that in a long time!
I used to keep a long wood-handled screwdriver in a different car so I could jump the starter to get it running.
I used to keep a long wood-handled screwdriver in a different car so I could jump the starter to get it running.
They also have never experienced a car without power steering. Old cars create strong drivers.
They also have never experienced a car without power steering. Old cars create strong drivers.
I had to do that just two years ago, unfortunately it was the alternator that died so I didn't get very far.
I had to do that just two years ago, unfortunately it was the alternator that died so I didn't get very far.
Seems very boomerish. I can imagine any boomer saying this. I can also imagine those same boomers having had VCRs in the 80s that flashed 12:00 on their clock displays. Programming the clock/recording timer is a skill they never learned to do. There are parallels in that...
Seems very boomerish. I can imagine any boomer saying this. I can also imagine those same boomers having had VCRs in the 80s that flashed 12:00 on their clock displays. Programming the clock/recording timer is a skill they never learned to do. There are parallels in that...
Everybody older than you is not a boomer. I'm early Gen X and my first five cars had manual transmissions.
Everybody older than you is not a boomer.
I'm early Gen X and my first five cars had manual transmissions.
Everybody older than you is not a boomer. I'm early Gen X and my first five cars had manual transmissions.
I'm early GenX as well. My point is every generation lacks knowledge of how to do something the generations before consider mundane or possibly essential. There's little benefit from saying an outmoded technique is crucial to contemporary times if that technique can't be used any longer. You can't push start most cars on the road today even if they have manual transmissions. No one benefits from the knowledge if it can no longer be applied. I still remember how to program the old Ashton-Tate DBase database system but it benefits no one for me to have that antiquated ability.
>Everybody older than you is not a boomer.
>I'm early Gen X and my first five cars had manual transmissions.
I'm early GenX as well. My point is every generation lacks knowledge of how to do something the generations before consider mundane or possibly essential. There's little benefit from saying an outmoded technique is crucial to contemporary times if that technique can't be used any longer. You can't push start most cars on the road today even if they have manual transmissions. No one benefits from the knowledge if it can no longer be applied. I still remember how to program the old Ashton-Tate DBase database system but it benefits no one for me to have that antiquated ability.
Ah, OK. I misunderstood your point.
Ah, OK. I misunderstood your point.
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