ShadowsPapa
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Bill
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2019
- Threads
- 178
- Messages
- 29,086
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- Location
- Runnells, Iowa
- Vehicle(s)
- '22 JTO, '23 JLU, '82 SX4, '73 P. Cardin Javelin
- Occupation
- Retired auto mechanic, frmr gov't ntwrk security admin
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- 3
Oh heck my 73 dwarfs almost anything else out there today. Found that out when I used to drive it to work and park next to modern vehicles. You couldn't see theirs on the other side of mine.Cars and trucks have all gotten much bigger. Look at an 80s civic, and then look at a new one. Or an 80s or 90s F150 compared to a new one. The new Civics are much bigger than even the old accords. The new F150s are much larger than the older F250s. My '70s VW is like a clown car compared to even the smallest of modern vehicles. Other than the luxo-barge era of the late 60s/early 70s (right before the oil crisis), cars and trucks now are larger than they've ever been.
My 82- it sits higher than any SUV out there (aside from JT, etc.) and is big compared to many.
True that trucks have gotten bigger - my 2011 1500 Silverado was longer and wider than my 95 F250 but the JT is smaller than my Silverado (midsize, unfair comparison)
But my current cars are bigger than most. And definitely bigger than a lot of SUVs.
If my wife pulls her Grand Cherokee out of the garage, my Javelin will barely fit in that space.
I'll never forget the pic my son sent years ago of the Ford that hit the back of his SX4 - his car dwarfed the car that rear-ended him.
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