The Future Was 1976

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 12/02/2019 at 13:11 • Filed to: None

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I was 10 years old in 1976. Funny, but I don’t remember all the singing.

fintail > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 13:22

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Little did they know what 1976 would really be like:

Not all was bad by far, but not as exciting as promised

Gerry197 > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 13:25

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Thanks for this, I remember watching this a few years ago and wanted to see it again.  

ttyymmnn > fintail 12/02/2019 at 13:32

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Certainly no turbine power. Or singing traffic controllers. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 14:03

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“I have to pee”

“ D on’t worry son, we will stop in 633 miles.”

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 12/02/2019 at 14:48

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Sounds like our road trips. We’ve driven from TX to SD, TX to CA, TX to Chicago, TX to VA. I’m a sucker for 3,500 mile road trips. “You should have peed when we left two days ago!”

user314 > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 15:39

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Yeah, turns out while consumers did like that turbines would run on damn near anything and were rather maintenance free compared to piston engines, acceleration sucked, as did fuel efficiency   and   emissions.

benn454 > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 16:57

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It was the other way around for our road trips. We’d get together with my aunts, uncles, and cousins and take 2 or 3 vehicles.

My oldest aunt had a weak bladder so we were constantly stopping every couple hours so she could go. Took us forever to get anywhere. 

Jayvincent > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 19:11

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In 1956, women road in the back seat. How times have changed

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 12/02/2019 at 19:40

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So, GM predicted the inconvenience of OnStar some 40 years before they introduced it?

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 12/02/2019 at 20:00

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Exactly.