Cars are also waaaaay faster today than they ever were in boomer days. You could smoke all their 1960s and 1970s muscle cars in a fucking Prius lol, never mind something that’s actually engineered to go fast.
I have lots of issues with modern cars. Horsepower is not one of them. Idk if you can right now, but pretty recently you could spec a 300hp minivan from most major automakers.
My biggest gripes are garbage/dangerous interfaces (use PHYSICAL CONTROLS, fuck touchscreens!), monthly/extra fees for features that should be included with the cost of the car, and invasive tracking.
Oh, and manual transmission is becoming harder and harder to find.
I mean, probably not with a Prius, at least the first several generations of them. But definitely with something like a WRX or a Civic type r. And those aren’t even expensive cars. Modern electric cars definitely blow them out of the water. The electric mustang would absolutely crush any mustang from the 60s and 70s
IDK, Prius has 0-60 in 7 seconds on the base model at least for the newer stuff. The Prime is closer to 6 apparently.
My point was mostly that even a car that is widely regarded as slow by modern standards would have been considered very fast back then.
Even if you discount electric motors with the acceleration benefits they provide, there’s still a shitload of modern cars that are way faster and handle way better than anything they ever made.
Something about this felt wrong but I looked it up, and…. Nope. You’re absolutely correct! Damn. I had thought the classics were much faster than that, but a 1964 mustang only topped out at around 100mph.
Drive in theaters have higher resolution screens, way better audio (and more options for it), a wider variety of snacks, better parking, better vehicles to enjoy the movie from, and brighter projectors.
Soda fountains now allow you to mix any flavor combination you like and there are often unlimited refills along with larger serving sizes.
Happy Days… is still kinda shit actually, not much you can do there, but hey, you can watch it anywhere now! On a phone, on a tablet, on a computer, on a TV, on a VR headset, or even on a fucking refrigerator! Ok, that last one might not be a great invention, but you get the idea.
None of this should really be a surprise though: Tech improves over time (minus enshittification, of course).
Glad there are still a few out there. I’m surprised to hear it. When I was a kid, you could still get paper grocery bags. My mom would pop enough corn to fill one and we’d take a cooler with pop to the drive-in and eat all that popcorn, then we kids would fall asleep in the back seat.
It’s dumb that they’re actually removing Freestyle machines from a lot of places. But it was even dumber that they would have a flavor hooked up, but then the software wouldn’t allow you to use that flavor in everything they offered. Can get a cherry coke, but not a cherry sprite? Why? 😮💨
Drive in theaters use your car radio now instead of those little speakers. Though overall the niche was replaced with movie theaters.
Fountain drinks are probably about the same. Though some places can do things like chilling the line. Again, the niche was largely replaced with cans and bottles. For their shortcomings, they keep fizz in much better than fountain.
They might have us beat on happy days. I didn’t watch it.
Drive in theaters, soda fountains, and happy days still exist.
But they’ve mostly been improved upon
Cars in the 60’s had bench seats that were pretty much couches. Hard to beat that.
Cars are also waaaaay faster today than they ever were in boomer days. You could smoke all their 1960s and 1970s muscle cars in a fucking Prius lol, never mind something that’s actually engineered to go fast.
I have lots of issues with modern cars. Horsepower is not one of them. Idk if you can right now, but pretty recently you could spec a 300hp minivan from most major automakers.
My biggest gripes are garbage/dangerous interfaces (use PHYSICAL CONTROLS, fuck touchscreens!), monthly/extra fees for features that should be included with the cost of the car, and invasive tracking.
Oh, and manual transmission is becoming harder and harder to find.
Preach
I mean, probably not with a Prius, at least the first several generations of them. But definitely with something like a WRX or a Civic type r. And those aren’t even expensive cars. Modern electric cars definitely blow them out of the water. The electric mustang would absolutely crush any mustang from the 60s and 70s
IDK, Prius has 0-60 in 7 seconds on the base model at least for the newer stuff. The Prime is closer to 6 apparently.
My point was mostly that even a car that is widely regarded as slow by modern standards would have been considered very fast back then.
Even if you discount electric motors with the acceleration benefits they provide, there’s still a shitload of modern cars that are way faster and handle way better than anything they ever made.
Something about this felt wrong but I looked it up, and…. Nope. You’re absolutely correct! Damn. I had thought the classics were much faster than that, but a 1964 mustang only topped out at around 100mph.
You picked a car with a small engine (for its time anyway). I don’t think a 64.5 mustang was ever considered a fast car.
Fair point.
I’ve done 120 in a basic-ass sedan lol, by modern standards their cars are shitty and slow.
Gotta admit, some of them look good though.
But this is about the latest ones, that is the whole point.
Just say it, you don’t like racism
Here I thought I could pull the wool over your eyes.
i heard it’s racist to not like racism
Motorsports are boring, i dont care how fast ur cars are.
Examples of this improvement?
Drive in theaters have higher resolution screens, way better audio (and more options for it), a wider variety of snacks, better parking, better vehicles to enjoy the movie from, and brighter projectors.
Soda fountains now allow you to mix any flavor combination you like and there are often unlimited refills along with larger serving sizes.
Happy Days… is still kinda shit actually, not much you can do there, but hey, you can watch it anywhere now! On a phone, on a tablet, on a computer, on a TV, on a VR headset, or even on a fucking refrigerator! Ok, that last one might not be a great invention, but you get the idea.
None of this should really be a surprise though: Tech improves over time (minus enshittification, of course).
Where are these drive in theaters you speak of? I haven’t seen one since I was a kid.
I’m not revealing where I live but they definitely still exist at least in North America (300+)
Glad there are still a few out there. I’m surprised to hear it. When I was a kid, you could still get paper grocery bags. My mom would pop enough corn to fill one and we’d take a cooler with pop to the drive-in and eat all that popcorn, then we kids would fall asleep in the back seat.
It’s dumb that they’re actually removing Freestyle machines from a lot of places. But it was even dumber that they would have a flavor hooked up, but then the software wouldn’t allow you to use that flavor in everything they offered. Can get a cherry coke, but not a cherry sprite? Why? 😮💨
Just fill it halfway with coke and then halfway with sprite.
My guess is that one is actually some sort of physical limitation rather than a coding one but I’m not familiar with the internals of those things.
Personally, I think water is the best drink. Coffee is #2.
Drive in theaters use your car radio now instead of those little speakers. Though overall the niche was replaced with movie theaters.
Fountain drinks are probably about the same. Though some places can do things like chilling the line. Again, the niche was largely replaced with cans and bottles. For their shortcomings, they keep fizz in much better than fountain.
They might have us beat on happy days. I didn’t watch it.
You aren’t missing much on Happy Days, it’s pretty boring and generic.
The main contribution to society was probably the phrase “jumping the shark”.
Happy days is terrible by today’s standards