My father like many of his generation fought in WWII so he had a dislike for cars that were not American (in his mind that would be GM,Ford,Chrysler).Many of my relatives of that age group were the same so I would add a few more so called American cars to that list.I bought our folks their last car - a new Chevy Malibu with all the safety features because it was not too large and not too small.It was a small token for all the years they drove me and my siblings around and let us drive it for personal use despite being the only car they owned ( a great leap of faith when your dealing with teenage boys).My dad became confused one day and caused a bad accident and thankfully no one was hurt.The court pulled his drivers license for good so I sold the car after the major repairs and bought another Malibu for myself.I drove them everywhere in that car.They are gone now but I find it hard to sell the car because it was our last 'family' car and lots of memories good and bad remain when I drive it.FYI : both Malibu's have been great cars and the one he wrecked probably saved his life because it was so well designed.
dads 86 drives a chevy colorodo. this is a real nice handeling, 4 door pickup. it sounds like it would be huge, but its not. ive driven it before and it really handles like a strong comfy car. one thing i put on dads steering wheel, in the old days they called them 'brodie knobs' but its a round grip like they have on tracktors, it makes it much easier for him to be able to park and do corners, his right shoulder fails if he has to lift his arm up high. this 'spinner knob' is perfect. he wouldnt be able to drive without it. ive always had them in my cars,i like them. police used to give tickets for them because they nortirous for busting thumbs, but cars nowadays dont have steering wheels that snap back ( anyone remember what i mean? old cars the steering wheel would snap the other way when you crank it one way or the other) so cops dont have a big problem anymore. and i asked a police captain that i went to dinner with .
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one thing i put on dads steering wheel, in the old days they called them 'brodie knobs' but its a round grip like they have on tracktors, it makes it much easier for him to be able to park and do corners, his right shoulder fails if he has to lift his arm up high. this 'spinner knob' is perfect. he wouldnt be able to drive without it. ive always had them in my cars,i like them.
police used to give tickets for them because they nortirous for busting thumbs, but cars nowadays dont have steering wheels that snap back ( anyone remember what i mean? old cars the steering wheel would snap the other way when you crank it one way or the other) so cops dont have a big problem anymore. and i asked a police captain that i went to dinner with .