Yeah they are around, usually in not such good condition though.

I meant late seventies vehicles like in the later pictures when I posted above.

Man that Cadillac is shiny and beautiful.

Well I guess many Americans are more willing to keep a car for as long as it's worth, unlike some places where people junk a car after it just gets a flat tire or a broken taillight lens.

There are some exceptions though. A few months ago, a guy I knew (he's pretty young, around 20 years old) junked his 1997 Ford Taurus. What was wrong with it you ask? Nothing really, just a broken taillight lens, some minor electrical issues (broken power windows, etc...), a sagging rear end (due to worn-out springs, esaily replaced for only a couple hundred dollars), and a few other cosmetic issues (dings, faded paint, fogged headlights, a bit of rust). Nothing serious, not the best looking car but still good transportation. Could have made a good cheap first car for a teenager, or transportation for someone a litlle strapped for cash. But no, had to be scrapped. A perfectly good barely ten-year-old car taken to the junkyard. So wastefull...

It seems to me that as soon as you cross the border (like most Canadians, I live right next to it), the average age of cars on the road jumps 10 years. Here I very very rarely see anything from even the late-70s being used as a daily driver*, but just inside Washington boarder I see 40 and 50 year old trucks still being used as work vehicles and giant 70s land yachts with peeling vinyl tops still wheezing along.
Nothing pre-war though.


*I do see older vehicles, but they're all restored/collector types that only come out on sunny summer days.

Define "classics"

Wow! must have been a great day that! love that '59 Cadillac! So you still see classics in everyday use in the U.S.?

Benz Patent Motorwagen: 1886
The Quadracycle's a lot faster though.


Could I impose on you to take some pictures of these? Specifically; available Corolla bodystyles (I think there were 5), Celica trim levels, Delta 88 trim levels/options.

Nice Safari, BTW. I took my driver's test in one of those.

I see you accidentally snapped a photo of the 2009 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Platinum [P415] Ford P415 Program. Its in Dark Sterling Gray Metallic Clearcoat




Vibrant Solid White Clearcoat – the purest, pure white available on the Crown Victoria.

You might want to refresh the page and look it over again, I made a few mistakes with the pictures on my first post