OT: 30 years from now..., Is Right Now the Good Old Days? Options

[Ferg]

I was born in 75, and from a early age, I developed a huge love affair with the auto... Growing up at my Dad's car dealership didn't help. In high school I always felt I missed the Golden Age of the Auto. Which I always felt was 65-72ish. The cars were faster, more affordable.

Well on a long run I gave this some some thought. And realized that right now, cars have never been faster. Affordable is another debate, but when the average new sedan could outrun a muscle car of 30 years ago, well I think we have it pretty good.

So my question is, Where do you guys think we will be in terms of car performance 30 years from now? To clarify, right now a new Z06 Vette will do 0-60 in 3.7 and the quarter in 11.7! Will a Taurus be doing that 30 years from now?

Ferg

[tdgray]

QUOTE (Travis Neff @ Aug 31 2005, 11:17 AM)

To answer the initial question, yes I think right now is the golden age of cars again.  There have been a few of them already. Pre WW2 cars, the war stopped that.  I think the 50's through the very early 70's which the oil embargo stopped.  And now we are here again, cars with stoopid power, big tanky SUV's with horrible mileage some stlyish to own (hummer, cadillac etc.).  I think the recent trend in rising gas prices will most likely change all of this once again.

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