On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 8:48:25 PM UTC-5, wrote:

I drove a 1962 Oldsmobile sedan. It was built like a tank and that is why I liked it. I wanted lots of steel around me if I had an accident. Mileage is unimportant when gas costs .35 cents a gallon. Wish I had the old cars I used to drive today. They can stick today's plastic and fiberglass roller skates on wheels called automobiles up their collective asses. $30,000 or more for a car that is engineered to fall apart in 5 years. EFF YOU! Cripes you used to be able to buy a beautiful house with that kind of money.

Cars were made to last a lifetime back then. That changed when the educated idiots (MBA's) and corporate bean counters took over and decided to screw the public by selling junk that would fall apart after 5 years so they could sell parts and more cars. They call it "planned obsolescence". I call it "f***ing the American consumer".

Oops typo. I drove a 1954 Olds not a 1962. Yes a tank. See a picture of one (unfortunately not the I had). It's beautiful! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...or_Hardtop.jpg

If all us old timers had the cars we had back in the day we'd all be rich today!