I love when people say classic cars aren't practical

[rogue]

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$200 in groceries and room for more. Whats even odder is, I'm parked in handicapped. I'm sure it raises a brow or two but its for legit reasons.

[DartorDemon]

I had a similar reaction(on the handicap space) when i saw a 67' dodge charger 383/4spd parked in one. lol

[formula]

We should get bill howell to go snap a shot of his trunk. Doesn't matter which car he picks, you could fit 3 bodies, 2 sets of clubs, and groceries for a week in all of them.

[Scott Parkhurst]

4-door wagons are plenty practical...!

[2KWIK4U]

Someone told me the same thing and he was taking his newer car in to get the airbag fixed. I asked him what he called practical, I can fix my own car. he has to have a technician work on his.

It sounds to me we are more practical than he was:)

Danny

[Jeff70]

$200 doesn't but much groceries anymore.

[formula]

$200 doesn't but much groceries anymore.


ain't that the truth. I still remember when I was a kid, the first time my mom spent over $100 dollars on groceries at once--It blew my 7 year old mind that food was that expensive. Now feeding a family of 5 on 100 bucks a week would be a near-miracle.

[Steven]

Why do they double bag. Why not just make stronger bags for the heavy items. Why are you not using reusable bags. Hahahah

[Kenova]

:hmm: They still make paper bags!? With handles!?

Ken

[shep]

I once put an entire full size bed including head and foot board matress and box springs in my 64 impala trunk and could still close the trunk lid.

[DarkBuddha]

I'll say one thing... clearly the trunk in a '69 Camaro is more practical than a '69-'70 Mustang sportsroof:


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[Jim85IROC]

On a similar note, I daily drove my 91 corvette for 5 summers. At the same time I bought my Corvette (for $13.5k), my buddy bought a brand new Suzuki Aerio for the same amount of money. He made a comment about how impractical my car was. 4 or 5 years later when his POS fell apart and he had to trade it in, he got virtually nothing for it. Meanwhile, my Corvette was still worth $8-10k. In the interim, I drove a Corvette while he drove a Suzuki.

[John Wright]

On a similar note, I daily drove my 91 corvette for 5 summers. At the same time I bought my Corvette (for $13.5k), my buddy bought a brand new Suzuki Aerio for the same amount of money. He made a comment about how impractical my car was. 4 or 5 years later when his POS fell apart and he had to trade it in, he got virtually nothing for it. Meanwhile, my Corvette was still worth $8-10k. In the interim, I drove a Corvette while he drove a Suzuki.
LOL...I heard the same comments about my 77' Corvette....the only thing that was unpractical was the insurance for a 19yo with a Corvette...LOL

My Corvette also made me money when I got rid of it(97yo woman totalled it for me when she ran a stoplight and hit me head-on)
Paid $5K for it then drove it several years and insurance paid me $10K to total it out.

[JEFFTATE]

I get groceries in my '69 Camaro and in my '07 Corvette all the time.
I get some funny looks , loading 8 or 10 bags in the hatch of the Z06 or the '69.
People around my town are only used to seeing performance cars (or musclecars) at cruise night..
They don't expect them to be grocery-getters.

[twosaturns]

5 grocery bags for $200??? we went grocery shopping last night; 3 stores, about 16 bags, we spent about $160 total.
my wife is a genius w/ coupons and sales. we're good now for about 2 weeks or so. pretty good for a family of 5.
and we use our own bags; one store gives us .40 credit per bag.

[rogue]

5 grocery bags for $200??? we went grocery shopping last night; 3 stores, about 16 bags, we spent about $160 total.
my wife is a genius w/ coupons and sales. we're good now for about 2 weeks or so. pretty good for a family of 5.
and we use our own bags; one store gives us .40 credit per bag.

I have a special diet unfortunately. Lowfat high carb and minimal red meat and it has to be lowfat so filet mignon. No oils. Basically anything with fat. So I have to buy all this special vegetarian nonsense that I've gotten eaten after 2 years but about 80% of the grocery story would put me in the hospital for a week.

Try to stay under 30g of total fat per day or I suffer the consequences. No fun and expensive.

I miss in-n-out burger and bobs big boy the most. :smoke:

[Ron L]

Grocery space? Nothing like strapping down your 24-packs against the master cylinder.
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[rogue]

I get groceries in my '69 Camaro and in my '07 Corvette all the time.
I get some funny looks , loading 8 or 10 bags in the hatch of the Z06 or the '69.
People around my town are only used to seeing performance cars (or musclecars) at cruise night..
They don't expect them to be grocery-getters.

They don't expect them for anything but shows I guess which is a shame. You should see when I load the mini with groceries. It'll fit 4 of those bags, and 7 in the back seat. Same deal. People TRIP.

Its like they've seen an alien. :rotfl:

[rogue]

Grocery space? Nothing like strapping down your 24-packs against the master cylinder.


24 packs and a 4 door corvair sound like a combination for fun... or death :yeah:

[rogue]

Why do they double bag. Why not just make stronger bags for the heavy items. Why are you not using reusable bags. Hahahah

because without bedliner or carpet the bolts for the spare and jack tend to rip apart plastic bags leaving a nice salsa spray all over the trunk :pat:

[Ron L]

I think it's the 24 packs that led to buying a Corvair in the first place.:screwy:

[rogue]

I think it's the 24 packs that led to buying a Corvair in the first place.:screwy:

I love the design, but it'd take too much work for me to be happy/safe with one.

Rather do a Ghia
:rotfl:

[John Wright]

I think it's the 24 packs that led to buying a Corvair in the first place.:screwy:LOL...probably some truth in that....:rotfl:

[6'9"Witha69]

I love the design, but it'd take too much work for me to be happy/safe with one.

Rather do a Ghia
:rotfl:
Yeah, cause those aren't death traps!

Sometimes people just trip seeing you drive a classic car period. Groceries, 'round town, movie theatre, etc.

[moreHP]

Nobody really thought about these cars being impractical when they were new.:dunno:

Same thing with people asking why I would take my car on a road trip. I answer it was good enough in 1970 so why not today?

[twosaturns]

sorry about the special diet thing, I know all about that.
I always wonder, where are all the corvettes and camaros and supposed impractical cars all the time? some cars you see on the road all the time, and some you never see. I can't remember the last time I saw a C4 corvette, surely they aren't all in mothballs in garages.

[CraigMorrison]

Art picked me and my wife up from the airport with his 55 once. This was back when it was the stock green paint. Definitely raised a few eyebrows when we loaded 3 suitcases in the trunk and left.

[gmjj13]

try driving a 54 chevy over here in Germany. its my daily driver over here, so i drive it everywhere, the airport, grocery getter, you name it. its funny the looks you get from people, even the guys on base. i always get the same old question..."why are you driving that over here?" people can't seem to understand that i enjoy driving my old cars more than letting them hide in a garage somewhere. i'd drive the camaro more, but it costs quite a bit more in gas to drive than the old belair.

[rogue]

Art picked me and my wife up from the airport with his 55 once. This was back when it was the stock green paint. Definitely raised a few eyebrows when we loaded 3 suitcases in the trunk and left.

:lol:

I picked my mom up in the Camaro at LAX. The echoing in the airport made me want to just haul but I had 2 cops following me 5 cars back.

Pretty funny

CAMARO = TERRORIST

[CraigMorrison]

That tunnel going to LAX is just begging for some high RPM hijinks!

[jknight16]

The 70 Chevelle I owned as my first car was the most practical vehicle I've owned to date. It was really comfortable on road trips, nice sized back seat, large trunk, etc. etc. etc. Really just the perfect car I'd say.

I like my Camaro just fine, but one day I WILL own another 70 Chevelle.

[Nessumsar]

If my Nova had an OD tranny I would drive it a ton more, it has a huge trunk, the back seats are really comfortable, and its just plain fun to drive! It would probably get the same mileage as my tired Ranger too...

[406 Q-ship]

My newest daily driver is a 1974 C10 pick-up. Like has been said they were practical cars back in the day so when exactly did they impractical?

[DartorDemon]

My newest daily driver is a 1974 C10 pick-up. Like has been said they were practical cars back in the day so when exactly did they impractical?

IMO: gas prices

12-14mpg was good when gas was dirt cheap. However, fix those problems and the car itself is still practical space wise. If my Duster got the same mpg as my truck, i'd probably never drive the truck.

[rogue]

That tunnel going to LAX is just begging for some high RPM hijinks!

I got plenty of High RPM Hijinks! The daily driver :drive:

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[rogue]

My newest daily driver is a 1974 C10 pick-up. Like has been said they were practical cars back in the day so when exactly did they impractical?

When I was shopping for a third car as a daily, a 69-73 C10 shortbed, k5 blazer of the same era, and a mini were in the running.

I picked the mini because I just had to do it once in my life. I LOVE the First gen Blazers and C10s

[406 Q-ship]

Well to be honest I have found a 1967 C10 SWB stepside and maybe giving the 74 to my pops. Looks like I will be doing another 4sp auto conversion in a C10, this time it will be a 4L80E.

[fantasygoat]

I drive my '69 Torino daily during the summer and that includes grabbing groceries or picking stuff up. The trunk lid might be tiny but the trunk under it is huge - I've fit bookcases and IKEA flatpacks in there with tons of space left. Even dirty stuff!

It's not as practical as the TT or the Mercedes but it's more fun.

[twosaturns]

my 2nd car was a '70 nova, so it was used for everything. I had a yakima roof rack, carried my bikes, trunk is much larger than a camaro trunk, back seat can hold 3 people. even w/ a M21 IIRC I was getting 20mpg (hard to say really, because you know you can't fill up a nova gas tank all the way lest it spills over)

[93Polo]

I get groceries in my '69 Camaro and in my '07 Corvette all the time.
I get some funny looks , loading 8 or 10 bags in the hatch of the Z06 or the '69.
People around my town are only used to seeing performance cars (or musclecars) at cruise night..
They don't expect them to be grocery-getters.


I've moved TVs in the back of a C4 Corvette :rotfl: It is amazing what can fit in a Corvette especially when you're in college and its your only car.

[Krazed]

I drove my 68 Barracuda FastBack everywhere in the summer. I work as a Network Admin, but use to do that for a company that outsourced so I would drive all around town all day from business to business. It was great, people gave me weird looks, thumbs up all the time. I also used it for groceries, or going to movies, or whatever I wanted and as my "Truck" for anything big or long.. like 10 feet of exhaust tubing, or 2x4's. It all fit because the seats would fold down flat. I could fit a queen matress in there!

Now that it's gone and I'm in the mode for a truck.. I've been thinking of replacing it with an old Crew Cab Ford. something in the 70's and 4x4, or maybe even 4x2 and lowered... PT Crewcab truck? Hmmmm... maybe!

[shmoov69]

Heck, my Chic will drive the wagon BEFORE she drives the Escalade! LOL! Heck, that thing is "her" daily driver! LOL!

[Derek69SS]

They aren't practical for 5 monts/year in my climate... no reason they can't be driven in winter, but I spent 3 years patching rust, and don't want to do it again. :D

I use the heck out of my car during the summer. We drive it on our family vacations (usually car-related anyway) and it hauls my family well. 2 kids in car-seats, strollers, and 5 days of clothes = no problem. Race it while 700 miles from home, no problem.

I did trailer it to RTTH though after the transmission started to slip in 4th... next year, I'll have an LS1 and a 6spd, and hopefully working AC so that'll make it much more enjoyable. :)

[Ron L]

I love the design, but it'd take too much work for me to be happy/safe with one.

Rather do a Ghia
:rotfl:

The practicality is there since it's a 4dr and it's safe enough if you install seat belts, but I'm not sure I'm happy with it. I think once I'm done I'll sell it and get a 4dr Nova/Ventura, or any cool pre-smog 4dr I can find.

[rogue]

I will admit Bias Ply tires on a 6100lb car is pretty interesting in the rain. Your more or less captaining than driving

[00fxd]

I hate it with looming winter. I drive my '65 Corvette/LQ9 as much as possible - it's my car. Groceries, whatever. The only down side is the never ending disscussion from fans wherever I go - I got stuff to do and sometimes its very hard not to be rude.

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Same thing when I used to ride my Superglide ALL the time. Bringin' home the wife birthday cake in the saddlebag was just the way it was...

[dadto2jays]

I took my truck to the plant nursery and picked up thrity bags of mulch and 10 of dirt you should of seen the peoples faces when i pulled in on the muddy dirt on my c10 priceless!!!!!

One guys siad to me DOnt get it dirty I will bring your load to your house for you...lol too funny I told him is only dust and dirt and it will give me a reason to fully detail it the next day....

[frankenstang]

I had to make sure my car would make the trip to the Car Craft show in 2008. Made a test run by picking up my mother in law at O'hare Airport and drove the hour and fifteen home. She didn't seem fazed by the deal at all.

[79-TA]

my 2nd car was a '70 nova, so it was used for everything. I had a yakima roof rack, carried my bikes, trunk is much larger than a camaro trunk, back seat can hold 3 people. even w/ a M21 IIRC I was getting 20mpg (hard to say really, because you know you can't fill up a nova gas tank all the way lest it spills over)

That's why you need to take long term averages of your gas mileage. Back when the Trans Am was my only car and still had 2.42's in the rear, I'd get about 18 mpg (when I resisted the urge to floor the gas pedal.)

[sixty5hellvell]

4-door wagons are plenty practical...!
Exept for mine, about as unpractical as they get.

[1360]

Grocery space? Nothing like strapping down your 24-packs against the master cylinder.
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I like that Corvair!!!

[tazzz25906112]

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Practical LOL,,,, guess a few things could be tucked away pretty easily in this trunk ;-)

[406 Q-ship]

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Practical LOL,,,, guess a few things could be tucked away pretty easily in this trunk ;-)

The Goodfellas called to use that trunk....lol

[tazzz25906112]

LOL 406 Q-ship,,,, and you think they had my number do ya.... We'll talk at the RTTC2 ;-) LOL

[DartorDemon]

I don't have pics, but i carried a 6ft motorcycle ramp in my duster a few days ago. I have the uncommon folddown seat option. So i just put down the back seat and the ramp slid in through the truck with plenty of room to spare.