Lots of older cars here in the valley, rust free zone, they all come out on the weekend Cars and Coffee, sorry for the annoying music.
I work for a Visalia company, I should stay the weekend sometime to see that. Yes lots of cool cars in the Valley!
Do you ever see 80s or 90s American cars on the road?
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I work for a Visalia company, I should stay the weekend sometime to see that. Yes lots of cool cars in the Valley!
You must live in Boulder.
I had a fun 68. 390 horse 427, 4 speed. Was actually my daily driver for 2 years when I lived in So Cal.
On my way home from Menards tonight, pulled up next to an AMC Eagle ( 2 door hatch) with a bull bar and old school fogs/ rally lights.
Occasionally we'll see a survivor from Mexico but they don't tend to last long. Seen a mint 91 Cadillac Deville at the tire shop last week. We drive our 91 Festiva around quite frequently, the wife lives to drive it to work among the BMW and Mercedes 
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I was going to say they're as common as going outside and seeing a cloud, but that isn't true at all. Here in the sunniest city in the U.S., where we have 300+ days a year of sunlight, clouds are hard to come by.
80s & 90s cars, within 10-20 seconds of hitting the road.
80s & 90s cars, within 10-20 seconds of hitting the road.
Is this a serious question? Yeah, all the time. A guy 4 houses down has a 90s era Jeep SUV, a 80s Ford pickup, and a car from I'd guess the 50s it's so old I don't even recognize what it is. I see old cars/trucks in my greater neighborhood often, like a 60s Nova II a few blocks over. And 80s/90s cars/trucks all over the place. Yeah, I'd say easily 10% of the vehicles I see daily are from the 80s/90s era.
Next door neighbor has a Plymouth VIP that's his daily driver. It starts quickly, I've yet to ask him how. My UZ didn't even fire up that quick
Don’t see many 80’s or 90’s anything, American, German, Japanese whatever… rust and neglect has killed most by now.
Good god no!
I'm in Golden.
Every time I'm driving by a Dollar General, there are a few there.
Sometimes I see them with wheels and tires worth more than the car itself.
Sometimes I see them with wheels and tires worth more than the car itself.
The V8 Impala,Caprice,Town Car,Marquis and LTD/Crown Victoria did just fine in the 80's and 90's. Had a long commute from Manhattan to upstate N.Y. everyday and had no issues with those vehicles. They easily could do 200K plus miles with just plan old regular service. I still see a small sprinkling on the roads in Miami and New Jersey.
One of the best vehicles I owned was a 77 Caprice with the 305. No issues with it whatsoever. The a/c in it would have cooled off a 7 room house.
Now the 6 and 4 Bangers did not do so well.
I realize the cash for clunkers really got rid of most of them...
Ive only seen one diesel ford escort and that was about 5 years ago. I havent seen a regular escort or the EXP in a long long time. I havent seen a Sunfire or Sunbird in awhile either.
I havent seen a Taurus or a T-Bird or any kind of Oldsmobile lately either.
Ive only seen one diesel ford escort and that was about 5 years ago. I havent seen a regular escort or the EXP in a long long time. I havent seen a Sunfire or Sunbird in awhile either.
I havent seen a Taurus or a T-Bird or any kind of Oldsmobile lately either.
Cash for clunkers got rid of about 600k cars. Over 10 million were sold each year.
It's unlikely that C4C is what did away with most older cars.
The program was a bad program. Yet its impact is oversold by fans and opponents alike.
I bet it is a chick magnet.................for 50 something year old chicks!
Hardly see anything from before 2000 around here. The salt is mean.
Around here I just see VW Vanagon, Toyota Land cruisers, MB 300 SL convertible and a occasionally a total beater with faded black paint Buick Reatta.