Well Folks, I look at it a different way, I miss the days of my youth when children could ride a bike without a helmet, and if you complained to your mother that the seatbelt was digging into your back she told you to stuff it down into the seat, and sit down. Now I just love the little nuances of adjusting my centerplane brakes and toping off my single reservoir master cylinder (without that pesky power unit), prefer the firm grip needed on the wheel during panic stops. Yes, give me the old bias nylons and power steering is really just a waste of gas. I like it better the old way where you had to pay attention and put some effort into it. Today in these new cars some people cruise in isolation with almost a strange disregard for physics and believe brakes do nothing but slow you down. Hey they got air bags and five star safety test to back them up. Today the most important thing is good insurance. Let us return to the prospect of eating a 55 Dodge dashboard at high speed, can we even phantom the concept. Do we learn to be safer over time? Oh no my friends, if you drive the old ones you are just a warrior on a trusted steed, hunted by a product of the new era. God or Darwin will sort us out. Tim
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