Why do guys have classic cars and don`t drive `em???

**imported_Luster** · 07-09-2009, 11:26 AM

That`s right! I talk to soooo many guys that "have one in their garage"........

"Well, why didn`t you drive it tonight?"
"Are you kidding? It hasn`t moved in 10 years!"

I just don`t get that!

How many times do you live your life. If you`re a real car-guy, you want to drive that thing EVERY DAY!!!! :driving:

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Maybe all it needs is a certain part or a tune-up, but for me..... I`d be fixin` it and drivin` it!

**Old Pirate** · 07-09-2009, 12:27 PM

Wish I had one, so I can drive it........:driving:

**gmblack3** · 07-09-2009, 01:37 PM

I hear you Bill!

I`ve had people tell me after a detail that they don`t want to drive the car now. Be it a classic or a recent car, I tell them to enjoy the car as they paid for it.

**Dave1** · 07-09-2009, 02:42 PM

When you have several vehicles, a lot of guys baby the garage queens for perfect days........

They use their DD`s for work and only drive the classics certain weekends.....

If you aren`t driving them all the time, it`s a new thrill to take them out.....

Boats are kinda the same deal......

**imported_RaskyR1** · 07-09-2009, 03:25 PM

I concur! I know way too many people that just let them sit. They are meant to be driven. It`s almost cruel in a way if you don`t drive them...sort of like chaining a dog up all his life!

I`m all for not driving in bad weather, but I still put a few thousand miles on a year when I had a nice built up car...and I live in MN!

**imported_The Pad Man** · 07-09-2009, 04:05 PM

Some people dont drive them for value purposes, or to avoid any damage if they just had it restored. Some people just have them as investments, and dont really care to drive them. I just picked up an unrestored 64 Impala SS that I drive to work everyday that I can, and I am trying to convince the wife to drive a 66 GTO I bought last fall. I personally look at them as investments, but also love the feeling of driving an old car. Just my .02

**imported_RaskyR1** · 07-09-2009, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by The Pad Man

Some people dont drive them for value purposes, or to avoid any damage if they just had it restored. Some people just have them as investments, and dont really care to drive them. I just picked up an unrestored 64 Impala SS that I drive to work everyday that I can, and I am trying to convince the wife to drive a 66 GTO I bought last fall. I personally look at them as investments, but also love the feeling of driving an old car. Just my .02

Things tend to go wrong with them if they don`t get driven too.

**imported_The Pad Man** · 07-09-2009, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by RaskyR1

Things tend to go wrong with them if they don`t get driven too.

That is true also. Life is to short not to drive them.

**RustyBumper** · 07-09-2009, 04:30 PM

My buddy drives me nutts because he has a `69 Mach 1 that`s all original, just sitting in the corner of his office wherehouse collecting dust!! It`s white, with a black stripe down the center and shaker hood with chrome pins. What a shame.

**imported_Luster** · 07-09-2009, 10:35 PM

I would agree that some of the classic cars are over-restored to the point where they are "Too nice to drive".

But there are a couple guys in my group who are driving $100,000 Mid-Year Vettes every weekend!:clap:

**Todd@RUPES** · 07-10-2009, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by The Pad Man

That is true also. Life is to short not to drive them.

Agreed One Hundred Million Percent!

**Old Pirate** · 07-10-2009, 11:23 AM

I always wish for a Ferrari 250GT from around the 55-59 year`s. I would drive it with a big

**Chubby Davis** · 07-10-2009, 02:47 PM

Correct if I`m wrong .... European Concours Events, don`t the cars have to be driven a certain amount of miles each year?

**imported_Luster** · 07-10-2009, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Chubby Davis

Correct if I`m wrong .... European Concours Events, don`t the cars have to be driven a certain amount of miles each year?

You are correct, sir! I always thought there should be separate judging classes for "driven" cars and "trailer-queens".

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**rockymountaindetail** · 07-11-2009, 07:21 AM

I agree...drive `em. I have had quite a few classics over the years and always tried to drive them, weather allowing. When I was in my twenties I moved from NJ to Ca. I drove cross-country with my brother, best friend and my dog. My vehicle...a fully restored 1966 Red Mustang convertible.
I made it all the way to Vegas before the tranny blew.
3 guys, a loaded trunk, plus a luggage rack full to capacity x 2000 miles @80mph x Utah mountains = Maaco. After a new tranny the Mustang completed the trip.

Still....this was a road trip for the ages and great memories for all of us. Would this have been the same in a Plymouth Volare station wagon?(mom`s car) I seriously doubt it!

That`s me in the middle with the pink shirt, which was by the way, in style in the early eighties! You can date the picture by my bro`s fanny pack.

My drive `em philosophy is also evident in my detail truck. I love driving my 1971 IH and customers really get a kick out of seeing it pull up in the driveway. It is a work truck however and does get wear and tear, minor scuffs and scratches etc. I do my best to keep it up, but if it were pristine and alone in the garage it would hurt more than the scuffs ever would!