How much pain in the ass is it to maintain old cars (> 30 years) ? Are they fun to drive? Are they more dangerous? All those questions, compared to modern cars ofcourse. I'm asking because old timers are exempt from those stupid low emission zones so they are worth considering
>How much pain in the ass is it to maintain old cars (> 30 years) ? Depends on the car>Are they fun to drive? Depends on the car>Are they more dangerous? Yes.
>>28978969they'll fare ok in rollover and head-on crashes but getting t-boned may pwn you or whoever's riding shotgun, so don't get t-boned.the 90s-mid 2000s were the peak in terms of computer-managed engines that were still fairly accessible to work on for a diyer. 2010s were when it started going downhill.
>>28978969Maintenance can be more expensive because stuff that you normally don't think about in a new car is at end of life in such an old car. For instance most rubber seals will be hard and brittle which will cause small leaks all over, the engine will probably be due for a rebuild at that age though if you don't care about refilling oil every few weeks then you can probably just live with it. Assuming the car is reliable and you do keep up on maintenance there shouldn't be any big problems with it, but you do have to keep up with maintenance, a lot of people get old cars because they hear simple and reliable and think it means just oil changes and go forever, then they ignore all sorts of warning signs until they get a catastrophic failure and wonder what happened. Also depending on how old and rare the car is you can have trouble finding parts or even finding someone willing to work on it, by the way if you can't wrench you're gonna get fleeced at the mechanic. Oh and also I think the law explicitly forbids dailying classic cars so it's not really the loophole you think it is.
>>28978969Depends on the car.My dad has a 1966 c10 truck that still starts on the first crank.
>>28978996IDK where you live but you can daily an old car here in NY as long as you aren't using historical insurance/historical plates. The only problem is most insurance companies won't insure anything before 1981 under normal insurance.
>>28978969Bought a 91 marquis in 2022, list of things I've had to change since then>tires>entire ac system except for heater core>belts>idler>idler again>various egr, pcv, etc. sensors>valve cover gaskets>upper and lower intake gaskets>4 or 5 vaccuum hoses>smog pump delete>both front pads and rotors>fuel tank neck and grommet>starter and starter solenoid>windshield (hit a turkey)>vinyl top and headlinerThings I still need to do>rebuild transmission>fix parking brake>weatherstrip
>>289789745 percent safer for 90 percent more bullshitNo deal. New slop troft champ.
>>28980948Oh yeah forgot the master cylinder and brake boosterSo yeah I've absolutely spent more on parts than I paid for the car, and probably more that its worth
>>28980951Also forgot about spark plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ignition coil, tfi moduleThere's probably a few things else im forgetting The gist of it is, it never ends lol
