#4108958 - 05/13/21 03:14 PM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
[Re: Bellwestern80]
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To my knowledge, Cooper and Hankook offer white wall options too. It's when you start looking for them in 16" and 17" options its a chore. There's a brand that my buddy has on his Town Car with the 17" wheel option that rides and grips well for a more-so no name tire: "Travelstar UN-106s". Yup, they do. Last year I finally replaced the 20-year-old tires on my Mustang... I got Hankook WSW 195/70R14 from Tire Rack for the ol' flip top.
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#4109056 - 05/14/21 10:44 AM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
[Re: Bellwestern80]
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What's the matter with the car I'm driving, can't you see that it's out of style? Should I get a set of white wall tires, are you gonna cruise the miracle mile? Nowadays you can't be too sentimental, your best bet's a true baby blue Continental.
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#4109066 - 05/14/21 11:09 AM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
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What's the matter with the car I'm driving, can't you see that it's out of style? Should I get a set of white wall tires, are you gonna cruise the miracle mile? Nowadays you can't be too sentimental, your best bet's a true baby blue Continental. Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock 'n' roll to me.
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#4109408 - 05/17/21 11:33 AM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
[Re: CrystalPistol]
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If anyone wanted WSW tires, you could always go with Vogue tires. Expensive, but they look absolutely awesome
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#4109450 - 05/17/21 07:07 PM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
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I had the misfortune to hit adulthood in the worst time for cars.... the late 70's. Everything was crap that wouldn't last. Got my first car at 16 in 1976, a hand me down VW Beetle that was stll only a '73 model year. Considered it an archaic clunker on its last legs and it was only four years old. We're the same age. My first car was a 69 Javelin. Great car and it had fully relining buckets - great for the submarine races, if you get my drift. One of my buddies in high school had a Beetle. He referred to the hand straps over the the door as ankle straps... There's a theme here... teenage angst...hormones ...
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#4111208 - 05/31/21 05:53 PM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
[Re: CrystalPistol]
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Registered: 09/22/15
Posts: 1875
Loc: Gulf South
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oil leaks went from "yeah, they all do that, just top it up" to "holy balls there's a spot! on my driveway." Unless it's a Subaru. ... Or a Land Rover  In regards to the OP, true.. now a clunker is basically any car that's been neglected and clapped out, age irrelevant. I see plenty 10 year old clunkers in impoverished areas. ... and to that point, newer cars look way more ragged if they get in a fender bender.. probably from the thin plastic and fiberglass the body panels are constructed out of. Has anyone here seen a newer Impala or Malibu that's been side-swiped? It looks like it was chewed up by a Union Pacific freight train.
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#4111246 - 05/31/21 08:22 PM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
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Registered: 08/28/16
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Loc: wny
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oil leaks went from "yeah, they all do that, just top it up" to "holy balls there's a spot! on my driveway." Unless it's a Subaru. ... Or a Land Rover Like Mater said, "Those old British motors, if there ain't no oil under 'em, there ain't no oil in 'em." 
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#4111314 - 06/01/21 06:25 AM
Re: "Old cars" used to be clunkers
[Re: CrystalPistol]
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Over the Hill
Registered: 04/28/19
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Loc: Cleveland, OH
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Those plastic belly pans do a good job of keeping the driveway clean, at least.
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