"Drive in" season is about to start and I miss my old car which was the best for drive in and sunday drives...

Rust in piece ol friend.

1985 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, 318 2bbl

what happend to your old car? did you sell it?

killed it on a saturday where i drove too much... Overheated and engine busted. I used it only to commute to the train and small errans (max 15 miles a day) for 2 years. That day I drove 200 miles in a few hours (city driving) and it was hot outside. Pic was in june 2002 and car died in july and bought the elantra shortly after.

I had a 1985 Lincoln Continental that died because the transmission fluid had never been changed! That was a sad day--but then I got my Elantra, and have been happy for almost two years.

Dont get me wrong, the elantra is the best car i've ever owned (caravelle, tempo, 5th). I am just a little nostalgic as it was truly something else to be in that living room on wheels . I am sure the lincoln made you feel the same.

Dont get me wrong, the elantra is the best car i've ever owned (caravelle, tempo, 5th). I am just a little nostalgic as it was truly something else to be in that living room on wheels . I am sure the lincoln made you feel the same.

Yeah, it was fun to pilot that thing. Quiet on the highway, like a tank. Plus one of the old owners had put in a killer Pioneer system, so that was nice. There have been times I wish I had repaired the transmission, but now that I've found places to trick out my Elantra, I'm happier about my decision. :)

I know what you guys are saying ... I bought a restored 1970 Cadillac Coupe Deville back in the mid 80's. It really was a living room on wheels you could steer with your pinkie finger. That thing had a 472 CID 4BBL 8 cylinder! It went like hell and got about 10 MPG. Couldn't take a corner, but it sure went like hell! There was no such thing as a "bump in the road" when driving that car. It WAS a living room on wheels, but by todays standards, maybe a living room from a trailer house.

Funny thing ... my Elantra has four times the amount of features that were considered "luxury" features at that time. Sometimes I wish I could take my Elantra back in time and show my grandpa. He'd be amazed ... twin cams with continuously variable valve timing, four AIRBAGS (what are those?), heated mirrors (are you kidding?), engine speed sensitive power steering, ELECTRONIC automatic transmission, computer controlled engine functions (what's a computer?). This is just a small sampling of things that were unheard of back in the 70's. My grandpa loved cars and I learned a lot from him and just think it would be fun to treat him to what a car of today is like. He'd have a blast!

Sorry to be nostalgic, but the subject of big, old American steel does that to me!

Thanks for starting a neat thread Redgum!

My grandpa loved cars and I learned a lot from him and just think it would be fun to treat him to what a car of today is like. He'd have a blast!

Sorry to be nostalgic, but the subject of big, old American steel does that to me!

Thanks for starting a neat thread Redgum!

Don't be sorry, the Fifth was the last car my grandpa bought. He also loved cars and he even added his own touch on the fifth with chromed rain deflectors as well as chromed turn signal flashers on the hood. He would also be very impressed with the refinement of todays car and performance. A/C in a small i4, not in those days...