Do you drive an OLD persons car?

Scott

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About once a month I get together with “The Guys” at a sports bar “Mardi Gras” in St Augustine for a couple of beers and conversation. Dennis who ran a large Hospital for years talks about Medical things and how he keeps his Cancer in check by keeping his body Alkaline and Oxygenated. Bob talks about investments and “Invest in the content not the delivery” No Comcast or AT&T U-verse. Jim sells used cars and talks about the best cars that don’t break down… “Don’t buy a VW Beetle or a Mazda or Mini Cooper they all have bad Automatic transmissions” Bill retired and lived in Panama now he has a home in Panajacal Guatemala where he spends the winters … And so it goes… We usually get about 8 guys…
Well sorry for the long lead in ..point is the last time we went some young guy came up to our table and asked us who was driving the BUICK ? None of us… Well I just figured it was one of you guys cuz.. a Buick is an old persons car.. got us to thinking….My aunt’s retirement community in Lakeland has a lot of 4 door Buick’s and Mercury Marquis … my aunt drove a Saturn after the Mercury got wrecked. Then an Easy-GO .. Any thoughts on OLD People’s Cars..
 

Hi Scott. About 7-8 years ago, I bought a Mercury Marquis. It was shortly after I retired and my youngest son was quite upset. He told me that it was an old mans car. After that, I got into mini vans and I guess that could be considered and old persons car too.
 
Not really, the car I drive almost everyday is a 1996 Jeep Cherokee, manual tranny. My newest car that I don't drive too often yet is an '07 Dodge Nitro. Never was a fan of driving the older big cars for sure. Before these we had a Honda Accord, don't think that qualifies as old either. :)

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My last car was a Ford Focus, that belonged to my son that passed away. So not my choice. From my 60's on... My previous vehicle was a Mitsubisi pick-up, and previous to that a Ford Pick-up. When trucks were not what most women drove. Would love to get a Mini-Cooper now (do not know though after Scott's friend's eval)...so do not think my choice would be a Ole Person's vehicle
 
ndynt said:
My last car was a Ford Focus, that belonged to my son that passed away. So not my choice. From my 60's on... My previous vehicle was a Mitsubisi pick-up, and previous to that a Ford Pick-up. When trucks were not what most women drove. Would love to get a Mini-Cooper now (do not know though after Scott's friend's eval)...so do not think my choice would be a Ole Person's vehicle
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The Mini Cooper with the stick shift is a fine little car.... If you can drive a standard.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Not really, the car I drive almost everyday is a 1996 Jeep Cherokee, manual tranny. My newest car that I don't drive too often yet is an '07 Dodge Nitro. Never was a fan of driving the older big cars for sure. Before these we had a Honda Accord, don't think that qualifies as old either. :)

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And here's the 2014... This is what I drive. Not sure it's an old lady car though

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Scott said:
The Mini Cooper with the stick shift is a fine little car.... If you can drive a standard.
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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.
 
QuickSilver said:
I can't... and never wanted to.. WHY? What is the purpose, when a 9 speed automatic works just fine.
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Actually my point was back in most of us old folks day almost all cars were stick shift. Nothing wrong with your automatic I have one too. I learned to drive in a 38 buick my Dad had. On the floor shifter.
 
I found that I pay attention to my driving more with a stick shift, especially in town. My mind tends to wander with an automatic.
 
AZ Jim said:
Actually my point was back in most of us old folks day almost all cars were stick shift. Nothing wrong with your automatic I have one too. I learned to drive in a 38 buick my Dad had. On the floor shifter.
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I didn't get my license until 1976 when I was 27. I was a late bloomer..
 
I think rural kids learned to drive earlier than city kids.. They could drive on the family farm without a license and some drove farm machinery. I also think boys learned long before girls. Drivers ed wasn't available in my HS... and it wasn't unusual for girls to not drive until their 20's. My mother NEVER drove.. that was really common in that generation.
 
AZ Jim said:
I actually learned to drive BEFORE I had a license in '51 but got a license in '52. You were a late bloomer but you're just a young thing too....
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Geez, Jim. I was born in 52! :D

I've tried to learn to drive a manual but simply can NOT do it! So in the UK I'm on a restricted licence - automatic only. Used to be the vast majority of cars here were manual due to the price of petrol. But you see more and more automatics now.

Our car is a 2003. Only 80K miles but it's time to replace it even though we only drive less than 3,000 miles a year. We prefer to spend on travel instead of cars. Our car is seen as a family car. Citroen xsara Picasso (French) Looks just like this one:

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Learned to drive a 51 Chev PU, flatbed, 4 on the floor, starter next to the gas pedal, former telephone utility at 14 (ok in Utah) passed my test first time, tester told me, 'Son, if you can drive this you can drive anything'. He couldn't get out it fast enough. I now prefer auto, the easier the better. Wife drives a lil black and white '05 Mini with 22K miles on it, Looks like something out of Lego movie.
 
QuickSilver said:
I think rural kids learned to drive earlier than city kids.. They could drive on the family farm without a license and some drove farm machinery. I also think boys learned long before girls. Drivers ed wasn't available in my HS... and it wasn't unusual for girls to not drive until their 20's. My mother NEVER drove.. that was really common in that generation.
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My dad taught my mom to drive. We had driver's ed in my HS and the local Cadillac car dealer donated the cars to use. So we learned to drive in BIG cars.
 
You CAN drive a stick. It's only a matter of coordination between clutch and shifter. I'll tell ya one thing a stick will kick and automatic's ass at the stop light.
 
AZ Jim said:
You CAN drive a stick. It's only a matter of coordination between clutch and shifter. I'll tell ya one thing a stick will kick and automatic's ass at the stop light.
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NO way! I've had my dad, a BF, and my DH try to teach me to drive a stick and me and clutches do NOT get along. Most of my driving is restricted to two lane roads. Our nearest town only has one stoplight! With riding on free buses my driving is now restricted to driving to town to grocery shop, airport runs to pick up relatives or local which is very easy - mini-roundabouts or yield.
 
Our driver's ED was a 57-58 Dodge, I had only driven my father's PU's with stick since 12 and was nervous first time behind wheel, had no clue how to use the push button panel located left of the steering column, every time the instructor asked me to stop I stomped my left foot onto the floor boards & reached air trying to find the shifter.
 
I could not transfer my US licence to a UK one as the driving is much too different. So I had to take a written and road test after I'd been driving for 30 years. On my first test the idiot tester had me do a hill start - I was driving my automatic!! He wasn't used to people not driving manuals. Doh! The tests are very strict here which is why there is about a 50% fail rate on first time testers. I failed and had to do it again. Parallel parking - perfect. Reverse around a corner, perfect. 3 point turn - perfect.
 
I took my drivers test in a "OLD MAN" 1953 Buick Convertible. We were living in Wahiawa Oahu Hawaii and I was 16

Parallel Parking that beast was hard.. It was the first Automatic Transmission car I drove...

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I currently drive a Cadillac daily driver....

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I drive a '07 Chev. HHR. Before that it was a '93 Geo Metro 5 speed stick. That should answer your question. :)
 

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