From the time I got my drivers licence and was able to drive the family flivver ( once a week , Friday night ) ....to getting my own car ( FREEDOM !! ) , to owning a variety of cars over the years (a Vette , a Mustang convert , many other Mustangs , a Camaro etc. ) ...I've always enjoyed driving .
I would think nothing of jumping in the car and driving 12 hours to a car race , much to the amazement of the border guards who suspected I was up to something . One guy even asked why I would drive all that way just for a race . But I really did enjoy a long drive , with my " driving music " a handful of Cuban cigars , some snacks etc. etc . A fun car certainly made the difference .
These days ? Not so much . Yeah , I'm an old fart , but the fun of driving seems to be waning . I tend to go back roads or secondary highways if I can , to avoid the boredom of 401 type traffic . Still , it isn't the fun it used to be .
Exactly. Plus I don't enjoy snow and avoid whenever I can. A trip to Indianapolis this summer wore me out. The back roads on a nice day in a old car is still great.
Still enjoy driving, even with my part time job driving a delivery van.......Moved from the city to the country 10 years ago, hate driving down there now.
Actually I have sold my BBC and now looking for a brass pre 1916 car to join in with the vintage car groups like the Horseless Carriage Club. With the early cars the tours are very slow passed and all back roads and very layed back. I still have my 1930 coupe that we did a one week tour in NC in June then another in Vermont plus one here in Ont. We also did a three day tour in Smith Falls and one in Bellville. So I guess I still enjoy driving but a totally different aspect of it with all cars being pre 1942. I know five guys that have done the same thing going to the very early cars in the past two years. If you ever get a chance to drive an high wheel early speedster car sitting in a bucket with no doors no seatbelt and no windshield doing 60 Mph. take the ride and see what it is like. The picture is us leaving the Mount Washington Hotel in rainy Vermont.
-- Edited by Smokin Joe on Saturday 19th of November 2016 07:24:02 PM
Yes , even tho I hadda cut short my driving season due to wipers failed and NO heater and we had to get cars into storage due to unforeseen circumstances .
I drive my 50 chebby truck to work when ever I feel like it haul wood dirt garbage leaves you name it
and the Woman drives her 87 Trans am as much as she likes girls night out , work , shopping etc .
We run the both of them thru traffic just like our daily,s .
But long drives either coupla shots of monster or redbull or pull in some where an take a nap
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I,m as cool as Milner , but axeually a bit more like Beckwith
I always have enjoyed driving and still do. So much so that I volunteer with Family and Children's Services moving children about. What I do NOT like about driving today is the quality of driver I'm forced to share the highways with. It's not going to get better either, not when Manufacturers are creating vehicles that do alot of what the vehicles driver should be doing - like paying attention to how close they're tailgating, whether they've swerved out of their lane, parking the car for the driver because the blind-spots built into the car prevent the driver from seeing much, etc, etc, etc. We're creating an entire new class of stupid, ignorant, self-centred *ssholes who shouldn't be on the road at all.
I also enjoy the back roads whenever I can. And it seems that I am more than content to drive about 5 km over the posted limit as not in a hurry to get anywhere.
Actually I have sold my BBC and now looking for a brass pre 1916 car to join in with the vintage car groups like the Horseless Carriage Club. With the early cars the tours are very slow passed and all back roads and very layed back. I still have my 1930 coupe that we did a one week tour in NC in June then another in Vermont plus one here in Ont. We also did a three day tour in Smith Falls and one in Bellville. So I guess I still enjoy driving but a totally different aspect of it with all cars being pre 1942. I know five guys that have done the same thing going to the very early cars in the past two years. If you ever get a chance to drive an high wheel early speedster car sitting in a bucket with no doors no seatbelt and no windshield doing 60 Mph. take the ride and see what it is like. The picture is us leaving the Mount Washington Hotel in rainy Vermont.
-- Edited by Smokin Joe on Saturday 19th of November 2016 07:24:02 PM
Anyone recognise the rod builder behind those glasses and hat I had for a passenger for the day with his son? An early T is a great car for back roads where you can drop the top, windshield and no doors. You can really see the countryside in one of these. in a whole different light.
-- Edited by Smokin Joe on Tuesday 20th of December 2016 10:22:46 PM
