Do you drive an OLD persons car?

We have never had an automatic car, they are not common here.However, don't think that any car here is an old person's car as such.I drive a plum coloured Ford Fiesta Zetec, it's a good car, we often buy a Ford.We don't even think about changing gear, just do it 'automatically' as we have had so much practise.;)
 

I guess mine would be considered a jelly bean. A Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 6 cyl. Drives great and looks sharp imo with good gas mileage.

I drove a VW Beetle in high school, a Mazda RX7 in the early 80's and an Accord after that. All stick shifts. I enjoyed a stick back in the day. Have no desire to drive one at this point.
 
oakapple said:
We have never had an automatic car, they are not common here.However, don't think that any car here is an old person's car as such.I drive a plum coloured Ford Fiesta Zetec, it's a good car, we often buy a Ford.We don't even think about changing gear, just do it 'automatically' as we have had so much practise.;)
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They have become much more common though. We had to hunt to find one for me in 2001, but now they are very easy to find. Still in the minority though.
 
Well my new Honda Accord 2009 Auto has been a kind friend and has aged well. Not worth departing just to lay out more money to update.
 
AZ Jim said:
If you can't drive a stick shift you don't belong here, I learned to drive one as a young kid and owned many stick shift cars. I had my first automatic in '53.
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Our first automatic car is our '07 Nitro, all others including our truck is manual. Better for rocking out of snow and other situations, and you can always pop the clutch if needed to start a car, haven't done that in many, many years, lol.
 
My boyfriend taught me to drive his '54 Ford stick in '62. My dad told him to teach me to drive because trying to teach me to drive it made my dad a nervous wreck. We didn't have driver's ed back then. However, after that I've always driven an automatic except while we were stationed in Germany.

I now drive a silver Saturn 4-door. I bought it new in 2002 -- runs great and is easy on the gas. My son keeps asking me why I don't get a new car, but the Saturn runs good and I don't want car payments.
 
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I drive a Ram HEMI 4WD. This is the ultimate "old folks" vehicle. Wife says I can't see and I can't hear. So, I just drive something that will run over most anything that gets in the way!!!

Grew up on a farm. Drove manual transmission vehicles from the time my legs were long enough to reach the pedals. Pickups... farm trucks... drump trucks... tractor/trailers... There isn't much I haven't driven with anywhere from "three on the tree" to 18-speed Road Ranger transmissions. My Ram has an 8-speed automatic. I love that tranny. The gas mileage is amazing in this truck, helped significantly by the 8-speed. I don't miss driving manual transmissions at all!!!
 
koala said:
Grumpy Ol' Man what would that cost new today.
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If you're talking about the Ram, roughly $45,000. That's a 2014 and I didn't pay anywhere near that much. I drive my trucks to a little over 150,000 miles, then look for one with 10,000 to 12,000 on them. I let someone else take the depreciation hit for driving it off the showroom floor. I've always driven Chevrolet Silverados. My last one, a 2008, was a gem. She and I saw snow, ice, heavy rain, mud... we traveled many a mile and had many a conversation along the way. I've only had this Ram about 90 days. We're still getting used to each other, but I love the ride and the fuel mileage. The power of this 5.7 HEMI eclipses the 5.3 Chevrolet engines and gets better mileage.
I put on a lot of miles for work. The firm reimburses me substantially above the IRS rate, so I don't mind that. If I retire at the end of 2015, I should have 40,000 or so miles on the Ram. That would leave me a great vehicle with relatively low miles to drive until the kids take away my keys! :>)
 
"We have never had an automatic car, they are not common here."

I don't think they;re that uncommon. I bought my first, a Rover 3 litre coupé, in 1973 and I ordered my 15th, a Citroen C4 Oicasso, on Thursday!

While I passed my test with a stick shift, I wouldn't go back to a damned podding stirrer now!

Talking of stick shifts, anyone remember the old column shifts?

The linkage got so sloppy after a year or so that gear selection became a matter for discussion between you and the Almighty!
 
My car is a 2003 Toyota Corolla , Automatic, about 130.000 kms happy with it I have no intention of changing it for a newer model it reliable , easy on the the petrol so it gets used for most trips we make . Hubby has a Holden Rodeo we keep for pulling the caravan , it never gets used much In between going away with van as its really heavy on fuel Petrol)
 
Right now we're driving a Ford Flex because we needed something big enough to pull a loaded trailer, but after we move into an apartment, my husband is leaning towards a Mustang convertible. He likes to pretend he's young :rolleyes: and figures that if this is going to be close to the last or maybe his last car, he wants it to be fun to drive.
 
This is my 2008 Malibu. I bought in new and today it has 32k miles on it. It probably is my last car.

Our Malibu @ Keystone.jpg

BTW Since that Pic was made I have put a Limousine tint on all windows except windshields. Arizona ya know....
 
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Laurie said:


Talking of stick shifts, anyone remember the old column shifts?

The linkage got so sloppy after a year or so that gear selection became a matter for discussion between you and the Almighty!
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Yes, very much so. My first cars '53 Ford, '53, Chevy, '57 Chevy, '63 Chevy were all column shift 3 speed so I know just what you mean about the sloppy linkage. Going from 1st to 2nd gear was usually a crap-shoot.
 
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