Rant: Restoring a classic car isn't better than buying a modern one

I spent 8 months in my garage in Phoenix trying to get a 1972 Datsun 240Z running right after the carburetor flooded at a stoplight on Bell Road, and I finally sold it for parts. Why do people act like old cars are somehow purer when modern ones actually start every morning?

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phoenix_campbell8827d ago

if you actually got a 240z running right would that change your mind or is it just not worth the hassle for you? i always wonder how many of these old car people have actually daily driven one through an arizona summer.

oliver_mitchell26d ago

Yeah @phoenix_campbell88 hits on something real about Arizona summers, but I'll throw in a curveball - nobody talks about how old cars literally smell like a gas station bathroom when it's 110 out. The fuel evaporates through vents, the rubber seals let in that hot air, and you're basically breathing fumes the whole drive. Your mileage may vary but I'd take AC and no headache any day.