The 7 signs of ageing
Discussion
Is anyone else of a certain age now who can sympathise with these observations?
1) The current car registration system means nothing to you.
2) You regard any car built post 1990 as modern.
3) You don't know what half of the buttons on your modern car dashboard actually do?
4) You don't wash your car nearly as much as you used to.
5) The moment they started putting ECU's in cars was the moment you stopped working on them.
6) You're still paranoid about rust.
7) You don't need a Sat-Nav to get from A to B.
Oh and just in at No. 8:
8) You haven't listened to Radio 1 for years.
Do you have any more of your own?
1) The current car registration system means nothing to you.
2) You regard any car built post 1990 as modern.
3) You don't know what half of the buttons on your modern car dashboard actually do?
4) You don't wash your car nearly as much as you used to.
5) The moment they started putting ECU's in cars was the moment you stopped working on them.
6) You're still paranoid about rust.
7) You don't need a Sat-Nav to get from A to B.
Oh and just in at No. 8:
8) You haven't listened to Radio 1 for years.
Do you have any more of your own?
2, 7 and 8 from the original list for me.
Although you could argue that since I've never bothered to wash any of my cars than I've always been old by the standards of 4; and that 3 can't really apply to me because my modern car only has four buttons on its dashboard.
I'm only 31, though.
I still own cars that meet 9 and 10.
Although you could argue that since I've never bothered to wash any of my cars than I've always been old by the standards of 4; and that 3 can't really apply to me because my modern car only has four buttons on its dashboard.
I'm only 31, though.
I still own cars that meet 9 and 10.
You ever tuned the car by twisting the distributor with the engine running until it 'sounded about right'.
You understand the joke about the lady with car problems using the choke to hang her handbag on.
Do you think that in ten or twenty years time there will be a list like this with;
You ever used a real key to start a car instead of a button.
You ever used a real key to open a car door.
You used a gearstick and clutch to change gear.
doogz said:
You've actually driven/owned a car that didn't have power steering.
Been there and I'm only in my mid-20's! In fact, my first car had electric nothing, and a manual choke (although I replaced that when I changed the carb'). Makes you appreciate all the niceties of new cars.Another sign - the local garage telling you they haven't a clue how to fix the car because it's got a carburettor, and they can't plug a laptop in anywhere.
Just these two for me (I can get around without Sat Nav, but I think it's rather good! 
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4) You don't wash your car nearly as much as you used to.
8) You haven't listened to Radio 1 for years.
I'd add :
You wonder when they decided that the correct way to deal with a roundabout is to drive up to the line, stop and then look to see if there is anything coming.
You wonder when they made overtaking on single carriageway roads illegal.
It's not on the steering wheel in one of my cars!
M
)4) You don't wash your car nearly as much as you used to.
8) You haven't listened to Radio 1 for years.
I'd add :
You wonder when they decided that the correct way to deal with a roundabout is to drive up to the line, stop and then look to see if there is anything coming.
You wonder when they made overtaking on single carriageway roads illegal.
sportka1 said:
manic47 said:
4,5,7 & 8 here.
I'll add number 10, you've driven cars with no buttons on the steering wheel.
is it not called a horn?I'll add number 10, you've driven cars with no buttons on the steering wheel.
M
Edited by marcosgt on Friday 7th October 12:45
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