this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
9 points (100.0% liked)

Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

4725 readers
1 users here now

About Community

c/Cars is the largest automotive enthusiast community on Lemmy and the fediverse. We're your central hub for vehicle-related discussion, industry news, reviews, projects, DIY guides, advice, stories, and more.


Rules





founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Took my car out for its springtime shakeout drive. Pretty excited to get some miles on it here in NY now that the weather is finally nice.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

that's so cool. Is it as awesome as it looks online?

[–] macstainless@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Yes and no. It's fun to show off but driving is okay. No power steering, dealing with late 70s tech, it's a 5-speed so I HATE driving in traffic, normal classic car maintenance, and a lack of people who can work on it.

But lemme tell you: the moment I pop the doors, people come out the woodwork. Any time I get gas I have to pad the stop by 10-min for the inevitable person who'll come up and ask me about it.

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Its funny, I like traffic with a manual better than an automatic. I can just idle along, control speed almost fully with the gas. Play the game where I see if I can roll to a stop going up hill and apply brake just as I stop.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)