by "Slant6" (slant-6)
Published 06/07/2017 at 23:34
by "Slant6" (slant-6)
Published 06/07/2017 at 23:34
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At what point will a common, contemporary car feel like a classic? Will little kids stare at a truck like my 2002 Ranger from the back seats of their Uber? I’m not sure if I’ll ever see something from the 90s to now as an old car, but maybe I’ll start appreciating them for their nostalgia?
Now, my truck feels old now, just not cool. Any truck from before the 1980s is just cool, will this eventually happen to my truck? It almost seems like it has to, but is hard to imagine. Maybe as less and less similar trucks are on the road?
"Jonee" (Jonee)
06/07/2017 at 23:43, STARS: 2
Rangers are cool, full stop. Maybe the best pickup ever made.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
06/07/2017 at 23:45, STARS: 2
In high school I didn’t really think 80's cars as classic in any way, just old. Which is how I more or less look at 90's cars now. Based on that I’d say the rule of thumb is ~30 years.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/07/2017 at 23:47, STARS: 2
My office lot is filled with new german luxury cars, but all of my co workers sweat my Ranger lol. I’ve had it almost a month now and people are still stopping by to ask about it. It gets at least as much attention as my M3, and the Fiat 124 that another guy owns. I’m pretty sure they don’t even know about the Audi which is my DD.
I love driving it! Your’s looks fantastic with the canoe on top.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/07/2017 at 23:51, STARS: 0
It’s cool enough that I drive one everyday (really not saying much), and I like it, but it’s not cool like a 65' f100 is. I also live on a state university campus (3 years now) so a white Ranger really blends in with all the other white State owned Rangers.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/07/2017 at 23:53, STARS: 1
Thanks, although I’d kill for one that looks half as good as yours. You bring up a good point of being comparatively cool. My parking lot is a lot of cars of a similar vintage, so it really blends in, especially in white.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/07/2017 at 23:57, STARS: 1
I’d say the most recent classic is the 2005 Ford GT. Now it’s just over 10 years old, and I wouldn’t say the same thing about a 2005 Focus, but I’m sure you can understand why. Some 90s cars I feel are getting to the point where they are classics, like a Roadmaster. Something you’ll never see made again.
Which brings up a good point about my Ranger being one of the last small pickups.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/07/2017 at 23:59, STARS: 1
I’ve been driving it pretty much exclusively! I took your advice on dipping the grill BTW. I had a new one ordered until I found out that it was more than just the insert and needed to be painted..
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/08/2017 at 00:02, STARS: 0
Yeah, I looked up the part after you mentioned how cheap it was and remembered trying to take the honeycomb out myself. I think I ended up just masking it, and it worked pretty well.
I actually need to respray mine. It’s been a year but I couldn’t do as many coats as I wanted to, I started then a family emergency started and I had to reassemble the front end.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/08/2017 at 00:06, STARS: 0
yea and I bet getting it painted would cost $200 or better, no thanks. It’s been rainy so I haven’t had a chance to do it yet. Did the clips break when you yanked it out, or were you able to bend them back?
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/08/2017 at 00:13, STARS: 0
I think I broke one or 2 but got smart with the rest and was able to bend them back.
I think I might do your wood center console thing. I’m majoring in furniture design and I could easily get some scrap maple and make a nice lid. I could even CNC it if I feel lazy enough. Should be real easy with the table router.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
06/08/2017 at 00:15, STARS: 1
Maybe it has something to do with having a “head-turn” factor. That is to say, I think something becomes a classic once you become surprised to see one on the road.
Some cars are instant classics. Particularly low-production ones. Like, a Prowler is a relatively modern car, but I never get used to seeing them. Come to think of it, the Chevy SS might be a better example. It’s so rare to see one...
But for most cars, it’s a matter of time. You have to wait for them to start dying out and it’s no longer common to see it. Right now, it’s ’80s cars, and some ’90s cars, so I’d agree with what Alfalfa said. 25-30 years is a good average age for a car to become a classic.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/08/2017 at 00:19, STARS: 0
Do it! Same console, or without the cupholder? Can’t wait to build a router table I did this one freehand and I had to keep moving it and clamping it down. It was also a pain to cut out with a jigsaw. Highly recommend a router there too. I’m going to try to use it as a template for the next one. Someone else suggested I do the door handles and I think I’m going to.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
06/08/2017 at 00:25, STARS: 2
I consider anything pre 01-05 to be classic. That’s about the time cars lost all anolog feel. Pillars for bigger, windows got smaller, and sound deadening killed all the fun.
But there’s also the shift between 80s cars and 90s cars, things like airbags and ABS, power windows and lighter clutch pedals. And the disappearance of beautiful glass headlights.
In my mind it’s 80s cars that are “old school” and anything newer is new.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/08/2017 at 00:28, STARS: 1
Same console. When I first got the truck I spent an hour or two cleaning it up real nice, it was slick with dirt and dead skin cells. I had it almost like new and the next day my friend spilled coffee all over it.
At that point I accepted that it was a truck and things are going to happen. Now I still keep it clean and take care of it, but I don’t get worked up over door dings like I did on my old Saab and e34.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
06/08/2017 at 00:54, STARS: 1
I still call early to mid 2000s cars “late model”. My customers think I’m nuts. It’s always funny to tell them I drive a ‘95 Ford truck when they ask. That’s ancient history to most. I think your generation Ranger is a classic little truck, it has that nice 80's-90's Ford style.
"Jonee" (Jonee)
06/08/2017 at 01:02, STARS: 0
Yeah, it’s good honest truck cool. Not vintage cool. Yet. All those municipal Rangers will wear out some day. It might take Armageddon, but still.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/08/2017 at 06:15, STARS: 0
here in Australia, the first cars from the 90's are now able to be registered as a classic car being over 25 years old.
it’s scary when i think about it, i started working in ‘89 and the cars from then are now so old.
"Pickup_man" (zekeh)
06/08/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 1
It happens when the generation who were kids when (insert vehicle here) was common grow up and start looking back at their childhood with nostalgia. This is happening to me right now and I’ve been nearly obsessed with brick nose F-150's. They’re right at that point where anything but the nicest of ones is just another old truck, but I think they’re slowly becoming cool. Same thing is happening with Squarebody Chevy’s.