THE SEVENTIES Options

[wonkipop]

out for my saturday morning long distance grocery walk.

........lo and behold.



1973 ford falcon XA.
pepper red. GT. 351 cleveland.
(aussie ford that is).
however ......styled in detroit. last of the aussie fords styled in the USA.
put me in a good mood all day.
owner was standing nearby and i had a quick chat.
freshly restored by him.
cracked a joke about it having its nose up like a 914.
......he knew what a 914 was and asked me why i said that.
told him i had one that was one shade of orange off his pepper red.
or was that pepper orange?
ie phoenix red. or is that phoenix orange. he knew what phoenix red was.

car blokes. top blokes.



70s. top era. go fast stripes. wild colors. emotionally crippled cars suffering from epa strangulation pillow suffocation.
sure beats the 21st century. what shade of grey is that again. oh yeah. mirage grey.
ah i thought it was saharan grey. nice polar silver SUV there mate. its not silver. its uber unsaturated black. tops. beaudiful touch screen you got there where the gear lever used to be. yeah. gear levers are for pensioners. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[JeffBowlsby]

@wonkipop

The "gear levers are for pensioners" comment above has had me chuckling the last few days. We would call them 'retirees' here in the US but 'pensioners' somehow reflects both a disparaging and respectful persona to it at the same time. Luv the Oz dual meaning, fits those of us that follow the 914 temperament perfectly.

Some of us will be pensioners before we know it and may have been looking closely at the newer P-cars with the gearbox switch on the dash, although I wish they at least had an optional "anti-theft lever". The cars are billed as luxury/sports cars with myriads of power and handling options. The convenience of a dash switch combined with shift paddles at the wheel feels OK with me, as supporting the spectrum of driving styles.

[bkrantz]

@wonkipop

The "gear levers are for pensioners" comment above has had me chuckling the last few days. We would call them 'retirees' here in the US but 'pensioners' somehow reflects both a disparaging and respectful persona to it at the same time. Luv the Oz dual meaning, fits those of us that follow the 914 temperament perfectly.

Some of us will be pensioners before we know it and may have been looking closely at the newer P-cars with the gearbox switch on the dash, although I wish they at least had an optional "anti-theft lever". The cars are billed as luxury/sports cars with myriads of power and handling options. The convenience of a dash switch combined with shift paddles at the wheel feels OK with me, as supporting the spectrum of driving styles.

Hey, I am a retiree (mostly) and a pensioner (I get two checks every month from former employers). And while I prefer automatic transmissions for some things, like trucks for off road and towing, and I know that modern PDK systems are faster, my fun cars will always have a gear shift lever and 3 pedals.