windows I can see out of, thank you very much
I miss you _______ on my new car.
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Apparently, you don't live in Texas!
Chrome bumpers (not that my car had them), space in the engine bay, air cleaner housings that only needed one wing nut to remove to the cover and access the filter.
Throttle cables. Get rid of this drive by wire zero throttle response garbage. I drove a 5.3L Silverado recently and it felt like a lazy 4-cylinder. With most new cars you have to put it in sport mode just to get it to respond to throttle instead of lugging the engine in the tallest gear for mpg.
Interior colors other than grey or black...
Wing windows are noisy at high speed, wish my 83 Silverado came with full single window
389 and 400 Poncho motors.
Yikes a face made for radio.BMW to the rescue:
Not that's funny! When I was a kid all the old cars had pushbutton start. I was fascinated by them. The "modern" cars had key start.
About the only thing I miss on older cars is the wonderful assortment of interior seat colors and patterns. I remember GM did some fantastic seats. Now you have a choice of black or black. Or an occasional off white. It really sucks. Oh, and no parasitic draw on the battery.
It would be easier for me to list what I don't miss about older cars.
Ignition switches that would wear out and could be turned without a key.
Light switches that stay on when the ignition is turned off, and drain a battery.
climate control settings that require constant attention, instead of setting it on auto and leaving it alone.
Tune ups with points and condensers to replace every 3000 miles.
Body rust
Engine rebuilds after only 80k miles
Asian automatic transmissions that didn't make 65k miles.
Shocks that didn't make 50k miles
Bias tires
Rear window decks made out of painted cardboard style material. The paint would fade and the cardboard would warp.
Solid steering wheel columns that would impale a driver in an accident
Steel dash boards that would also kill you.
Doors that had to be slammed to get them to latch when closing.
Floor boards that rusted out.
Engines that overheated.
Having to strap a canvas water bottle on the front bumper when on vacation in hot climates, in case the engine coolant got low.
Needing to get a tune up after returning from a trip to somewhere at a significantly different elevation.
Door fit. Old cars had door fit almost as bad as a Tesla.
Locking keys in a car. Much more common before remote door lock key fobs.
Replacing starters.
I live in WA, never turn it off. Modern cars are pretty much sealed inside, without an AC how would you fight the moisture?
Flipping the air filter housing lid and making the engine sound really cool at full throttle. Come on, they were MADE to be flipped. 
Nick1994
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As jeepman3071 said, throttle cables.
A lot of cars are so dead and numb with no throttle response. Being able to smack open the throttle gives instant response.
A lot of cars are so dead and numb with no throttle response. Being able to smack open the throttle gives instant response.
Strange you should mention that Pimtac... I had the ignition switch fail on my 95 Nissan Sentra... Only $110 to get it repaired.
I do like having both... My car has a fob... And a regular key for back up.
Being able to work on a truck without a ladder.
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