37 Replies to “Honey, I Finished The Internet”

  1. that 54 studebaker reminds me of the 55 president I had, 224 V8 with a 2 speed auto and an eletric heater combined with the regular heater, so instant heat on a cold winter day
    WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MAN……….

  2. A lot of fine looking cars in the day where they did not all look like inverted bathtubs. On the other hand , if you managed to crank out 100,000 miles on one of the old cars it was very special. 200,000 on todays vehicles is not unusual. Nice stroll down memory lane.

  5. If I remember correctly “Rustang” was the dominant nick name after a couple of production years.

  6. Am I missing something? I can’t seem to find a brochure for the Chevy Volt. Most subsidized car in history.

  7. “Am I missing something? I can’t seem to find a brochure for the Chevy Volt. Most subsidized car in history.”
    It’s probably listed under “Chevy Dolt” hope this helps.

  8. That brought back fond memories, of a time when young men raced those bohemoths.
    When the outskirts of every town, had 1/4 mile markers painted on the pavement.
    When the cupholder sat beside you and wore a poodle skirt.
    Nowadays, flaccid metrosexuals boast about their mileage.

  9. Mustang may have been a piece of crap,but it had an awesome mystique. (Kind of like O’bambi, except Mustang was cool.)

  10. Except for a small hiccup, the Mustang has actually improved, year after year. Very few nameplates can make that claim.

  15. The Mustang was indeed synonymous with fun! Even with a 289 automatic, it went like bat out of hell.
    I had 68 Dodge Dart Swinger with 4V carb, dual low restriction mufflers. Few cars touched it. But the Mustang had a much better body than the Mopars.

  16. peterj
    Yeah I remember them cars…they don’t build ’em like that no mo….Insh’allah….
    They went like stink but were biodegradable….

  17. Enjoy Mustangs while you can, the Obama EPA edicts will neuter high performance cars just like the Carter era did.

  19. the Obama EPA edicts will neuter high performance cars
    Not necessarily. Don’t buy a hybrid when diesels are better.
    Screw the EPA, keep the old iron running, it’s made to be maintained and fixed, not discarded when the computer crashes.

  20. When the outskirts of every town, had 1/4 mile markers painted on the pavement.
    Posted by: Dystopian Optimist
    Yep for us it was (is) where Highway 36 Alberta starts outside of Warner, AB.
    My shining moment (sadly) was beating a smogger 1976 Camaro with my (first car, 16yrs old)
    1984 Dodge Charger 2.2.
    BTW “fire eating 200 six”?
    That Dodge 2.2 = 134 CI with 110 Hp would take it.
    Of course these nanny state days, we would have been arrested and our cars crushed, or auctioned for gov’ment profit….

  22. My 89 lx goes on the dyno today. Hoping for 450 rear-wheel h.p. out of the trickflow aluminum headed kenne bell supercharged 302. Quick grocery getter.

  24. Dystopian Optimist at January 31, 2012 11:57 PM
    I get that alot lately. I bought a 2010 Genesis Coupe so I could have fun in a small car that goes like stink and handles like it’s on rails.
    But when I go online to the various forums about the car, half the posts seem to be about gas mileage. Who cares? I bought my little rocket so I COULD put my foot in it.
    If mileage was a concern, I would have saved myself $20k and bought an Accent that gets almost 50 mpg.
    Now if you want to see my dream car from that bunch, click the ’37 Buick. The rag top? Oh yeah.

  25. I love my ragtop mustang…hate that it’s garaged for winter. Alberta, my Alberta.
    Posted by: Polly at February 1, 2012 1:01 AM
    I love mine too and I’ll be dusting the snow off of it and going to the grocery store in a bit…pity it’s too nasty out to put the top down…why store fun away for the winter ?

  27. AtlanticJim wrote:
    “I get that alot lately. I bought a 2010 Genesis Coupe so I could have fun in a small car that goes like stink and handles like it’s on rails.”
    I had to look up a “Genesis”.
    Discovered it’s a Korean Hyundai, a badge that fails to bring quivers to the loins of the ladies.
    Under Genesis features, I noticed a USB port and Bluethooth.
    Now being twitterable might impress the remnants of a man who lost his genitalia in a tragic incident riding the cow at Gillies, but amongst muscle car enthusiasts, this is a feature better left unsaid, unthought.

  28. @North of 60 – if Obama is re-elected the price of gas and diesel will continue to rise (especially if he continues his Keystone Xl jihad) as he wants everyone driving his people’s car- the Volt.
    @AtlanticJim
    From Car & Driver 2010 Genesis V6 0-60 mph in 5.5 seconds; 2010 Genesis 2.0 Turbo 4 0-60 mph in 7.0 seconds; 2011 Mustang V6 0-60 mph in 5.4 seconds.
    And people know a Mustang is a car, where as Genesis is an old rock band.

  30. Thanks for this, Kate.
    Re gas mileage. I had a ’65 Bonneville Coupe for a few glorious years; 389 V8 and 4 speed Muncie. Equipped with a tach and an ‘Economy’ (vacuum) gauge. I don’t think that gauge worked properly, always read too low, heh, heh.

  31. as much as I love nostalgia, I’m still going to have to settle for a 2012 or maybe a leftover 2011 droptop for my next ride…pity, but the reality is, they’re made better now than back then…now if some radical car designer would just bring back tailfins 😉

  32. Unfortunately Dystopian, the modern Mustang and Camaro are pieces of garbage for build quality. Took both out for test drives before I settled on the Coupe. They were both like driving a washing machine with about $80 in loonies loose in the drum. Shake, rattle and roll.

  33. Ajim…Bet you in ten years those”pieces of garbage” are stiil running in one iteration or other (as long as they are V8’s)..Not sure about the Korean thing though?

  36. @AtlanticJim, I’d still rather have an oat burner Mustang over a kimchi consuming something or other. For a couple hundred bucks you could get a front strut tower support and a cold air kit for a ‘stang and cure the front shake and have a faster, even better handling car. And a Genesis likely will never have the cache to be a collector car.

  37. Al I have to agree, the current generation Mustang wins the pony car debate. The Camaro (I’m a GM guy so so this is hard to admit.) is an overweight pig.
    sorry but 4000+ Lbs? Give me a break.

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