My favorite genre, by far.
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My first car was a 1989 ford escort hatchback and I miss it terribly. They’re fairly difficult to find now thanks to the stupid cash for clunkers program that laundered hundreds millions into the auto industry and wasted tens of millions of perfectly fine cars so that people could get into consumer debt and waste a shitload of resources getting into a modern suv that is barely more efficient in most cases (1989 ford escort hatchback got 25mpg on average, in line with many modern boat cars, and doesn’t destroy pedestrians or take up 8 city blocks to park)
That mpg is stellar, but I even felt they drove/handled quite well too. So much nostalgia with my first 94 model
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That mpg is stellar, but I even felt they drove/handled quite well too. So much nostalgia with my first 94 model
It made me love small cars forever. Even now I am a fairly large person at 189cm but I drive a Smart Fortwo. They just are far more nimble and responsive, like a go kart. Whenever I drive a friend or family’s suv or truck it’s like “how do you do this? This is like piloting a boat”
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I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.
They did this because laws required an automated restraint, and these were cheaper to install then airbags.
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It made me love small cars forever. Even now I am a fairly large person at 189cm but I drive a Smart Fortwo. They just are far more nimble and responsive, like a go kart. Whenever I drive a friend or family’s suv or truck it’s like “how do you do this? This is like piloting a boat”
I'll raise you a modern 3/4 ton truck, it handles like a shipping container, and barely fits anywhere. I love that truck, but if it wasn't for work, I'd opt for a sedan.
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Lol wait, these had lapbelts with them? Uhhh, yeah glad I didn't get in any wrecks with it. Oops...
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yep. I didn't even know this for over a decade on my mom's 94 Nissan Sentra. Apparently the lap belts had retracted underneath the rear floor mats. Mom didn't know either.
I had always assumed the buckles for those were meant for some odd central child safety seat add-on, but nope, they were for the totally hidden lap belts.
️I didn't find out until a previous related online thread only last year, which sent me on the hunt for the hidden lap belts, which I could have previously swore didn't even exist.
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I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.
I recently got one of the cars pictured. These belts are junk but it sure was cool.
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If you saw the ones on my mom's 94 Nissan Sentra, you'd see they're totally busted now, and the rails are only made of plastic, which long ago dryrotted and now the guide cables are just randomly hanging out and neither side works anymore.
Hell, even when they were brand spanking new, do you really trust your life to seatbelts only held in place by fucking plastic tracks?
Plus you still gotta manually latch the lower lap belt, which most people totally forget even exist when the shoulder belt is automatic.
That's like the most dangerous form of seatbelt to have ever been made. Thankfully that shit rightfully died out, the OG 3 point seatbelt invented by Volvo is by far the best.
If you want photos of my mom's damaged seatbelts to better understand, just message me back and I'll see about getting and sharing a photo tomorrow or soon. It's fucked.
I don’t even wear my seat belt most of the time anymore. Run it
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I don’t even wear my seat belt most of the time anymore. Run it
Seatbelts are highly recommended, for obvious safety reasons that practically everyone understands and agrees with.
Unfortunately, in the condition my mom's car is now in, the seatbelts no longer function and aren't even usable anymore. If it counts for anything though, she barely even drives it maybe once or twice a month right around the corner to occasionally get a few groceries and her medicine and local stuff.
She almost never puts it on the highway anymore, unless absolutely necessary. She gets most of her groceries and products delivered anymore.
Usually I'd say there's absolutely no excuse to not wear seatbelts, but in her case it's a malfunction of a worn out piss poor design, she only drives it when necessary.
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I don’t even wear my seat belt most of the time anymore. Run it
My least favorite word as a first responder: "ejected."
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I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.
My brother's old ass Mazda had these. I thought it was a neat idea, but obviously flawed, even for the time they were new.
Side thought: One thing that I have been thinking about from time to time recently is how the culture war on seatbelts was finally and definitively won. You don't hear people complaining on television anymore about how their freedom is being infringed by having to spend 3 extra seconds to buckle a seatbelt. I think kids today would be blown away with how much people argued about this back in the 90's. It was no joke the dumbest shit that people argued about at the office watercooler day in and day out for years.
We really did have it good back then when the worst political bile we could muster was grumbling about whether or not seatbelts should be required to be worn while in vehicles. Meanwhile, fast forward to the modern day and we are seriously debating with each other whether or not certain people should have rights...
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My brother's old ass Mazda had these. I thought it was a neat idea, but obviously flawed, even for the time they were new.
Side thought: One thing that I have been thinking about from time to time recently is how the culture war on seatbelts was finally and definitively won. You don't hear people complaining on television anymore about how their freedom is being infringed by having to spend 3 extra seconds to buckle a seatbelt. I think kids today would be blown away with how much people argued about this back in the 90's. It was no joke the dumbest shit that people argued about at the office watercooler day in and day out for years.
We really did have it good back then when the worst political bile we could muster was grumbling about whether or not seatbelts should be required to be worn while in vehicles. Meanwhile, fast forward to the modern day and we are seriously debating with each other whether or not certain people should have rights...
I met two people who hate seatbelts to this day: a old coworker and a pregnant woman. Both were able to wear without complaint with a large binder clip releaving the tension (on the belt at the shoulder)
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My brother's old ass Mazda had these. I thought it was a neat idea, but obviously flawed, even for the time they were new.
Side thought: One thing that I have been thinking about from time to time recently is how the culture war on seatbelts was finally and definitively won. You don't hear people complaining on television anymore about how their freedom is being infringed by having to spend 3 extra seconds to buckle a seatbelt. I think kids today would be blown away with how much people argued about this back in the 90's. It was no joke the dumbest shit that people argued about at the office watercooler day in and day out for years.
We really did have it good back then when the worst political bile we could muster was grumbling about whether or not seatbelts should be required to be worn while in vehicles. Meanwhile, fast forward to the modern day and we are seriously debating with each other whether or not certain people should have rights...
This is still a thing in any community that needs helmets and/or elbow and knee pads.
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I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.
Shout-out or throwback?
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I miss you automatic bucklers. RIP.
If you were tall, it was more like an abusive relationship.
It’d smash you in the head, ear or shoulder before hugging you. And if you unhooked the shoulder belt it would yell at you the whole time.
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Seatbelts are highly recommended, for obvious safety reasons that practically everyone understands and agrees with.
Unfortunately, in the condition my mom's car is now in, the seatbelts no longer function and aren't even usable anymore. If it counts for anything though, she barely even drives it maybe once or twice a month right around the corner to occasionally get a few groceries and her medicine and local stuff.
She almost never puts it on the highway anymore, unless absolutely necessary. She gets most of her groceries and products delivered anymore.
Usually I'd say there's absolutely no excuse to not wear seatbelts, but in her case it's a malfunction of a worn out piss poor design, she only drives it when necessary.
My excuse is I just don’t care anymore.
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My excuse is I just don’t care anymore.
"My excuse is i don't have one, and i'm also irresponsible towards others"
If you wanna die so much you should seek help instead of endangering others through your carelessness. The belt doesn't just protect you, but also stops your sorry ass from becoming a giant projectile hurtling into others.
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If you saw the ones on my mom's 94 Nissan Sentra, you'd see they're totally busted now, and the rails are only made of plastic, which long ago dryrotted and now the guide cables are just randomly hanging out and neither side works anymore.
Hell, even when they were brand spanking new, do you really trust your life to seatbelts only held in place by fucking plastic tracks?
Plus you still gotta manually latch the lower lap belt, which most people totally forget even exist when the shoulder belt is automatic.
That's like the most dangerous form of seatbelt to have ever been made. Thankfully that shit rightfully died out, the OG 3 point seatbelt invented by Volvo is by far the best.
If you want photos of my mom's damaged seatbelts to better understand, just message me back and I'll see about getting and sharing a photo tomorrow or soon. It's fucked.
Lol, I seen so many held on with paperclips. I refused to use them because I got a black eye from one in my buddies Probe lmao.
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This is still a thing in any community that needs helmets and/or elbow and knee pads.
It never stops surprising me how eager some people are to become meat crayons
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They did this because laws required an automated restraint, and these were cheaper to install then airbags.
my old car had these and did not have airbags
I do not disbelieve you, but now I need to do some looking up because that's fascinating. literally
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My brother's old ass Mazda had these. I thought it was a neat idea, but obviously flawed, even for the time they were new.
Side thought: One thing that I have been thinking about from time to time recently is how the culture war on seatbelts was finally and definitively won. You don't hear people complaining on television anymore about how their freedom is being infringed by having to spend 3 extra seconds to buckle a seatbelt. I think kids today would be blown away with how much people argued about this back in the 90's. It was no joke the dumbest shit that people argued about at the office watercooler day in and day out for years.
We really did have it good back then when the worst political bile we could muster was grumbling about whether or not seatbelts should be required to be worn while in vehicles. Meanwhile, fast forward to the modern day and we are seriously debating with each other whether or not certain people should have rights...
New Hampshire doesn't require seat belts on anyone over 18. They actually sell seat belt male ends to insert into the female end to keep the car from chiming at the driver. I was surprised when someone got into my car annoyed about wearing a belt, they were from New Hamphire.
