You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

You're kidding, then you must have bad seats.

I never have liked the MB seats, but these days it doesn't seem to matter where I'm sitting. My hip joints just tighten up an make it hard to walk when I first stand up.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I never have liked the MB seats, but these days it doesn't seem to matter where I'm sitting. My hip joints just tighten up an make it hard to walk when I first stand up.

Yup, you're old.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

Yup, you're old.

That's the cold truth.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I never have liked the MB seats, but these days it doesn't seem to matter where I'm sitting. My hip joints just tighten up an make it hard to walk when I first stand up.

In my last car a C-class sport komp the seats were very stiff and the suspension rock hard so I know where you're coming from some of the way.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

In my last car a C-class sport komp the seats were very stiff and the suspension rock hard so I know where you're coming from some of the way.

The side bolsters are what bother my hips. It's better if I take my wallet out of my back pocket, but a long (1hr+) ride still leaves me sore.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Yay! I remembered my list and my bags today!

...but did you remember where you were taking both of them?

I did a tear-down and reinstall of our front door smart deadbolt lock on Friday afternoon, which was enough standing/labor to put me into cramping pain Friday night into Saturday. My Apple Watch's exercise tracker reported that I was walking/standing for at least a minute for 24 hours straight trying to walk the cramps out!

[vreihen16]

I just saw a mid-late 1990's Trans Am with *historic* NY State license plates on it! Geez, am I getting old.....

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I just saw a mid-late 1990's Trans Am with *historic* NY State license plates on it! Geez, am I getting old.....

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by M_Six

...when an hour long car ride requires a 2 mile walk to ease the pain in your hips and back.

I feel ya! That's why I sold my Cayman S and bought the E9x M3 - Comfort.

At least that's the excuse I gave my wife. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

I've seen one here a gold one and of course in the film Smokey and the Bandit.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

Yes. One of the well-off farmers in our town bought one as a 16th birthday gift for his punk son.

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I've seen one here a gold one and of course in the film Smokey and the Bandit.

Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking. We're gonna do what they say can't be done. We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there. I'm east bound, just watch ol' Bandit run.....

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Yes. One of the well-off farmers in our town bought one as a 16th birthday gift for his punk son.



Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking. We're gonna do what they say can't be done. We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there. I'm east bound, just watch ol' Bandit run.....

Bandit made it on the fourth one at least,three T A's were totalled on his trip East.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Bandit made it on the fourth one at least,three T A's were totalled on his trip East.

All that for Coors beer. Yuck.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

All that for Coors beer. Yuck.

On our way north to visit my mom's side of the family, we always stopped at Safeway in Yreka, CA. Last place we could buy Uncle Larry a couple of cases of Coors. Even then (14?), I couldn't stand the stuff. But Uncle Larry was always ecstatic, and took us fishing, so . . .

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

On our way north to visit my mom's side of the family, we always stopped at Safeway in Yreka, CA. Last place we could buy Uncle Larry a couple of cases of Coors. Even then (14?), I couldn't stand the stuff. But Uncle Larry was always ecstatic, and took us fishing, so . . .

Back in the late 70's I got stationed at Ft. Campbell on the KY/TN border. First time I'd ever seen Coors in a store. I bought a 6-pack thinking I was finally going to get to enjoy this special beer I'd heard so much about. What a disappointment.

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

Yep! I sure do. Had one when I was 21. Got a speeding ticket first day about 30 minutes after I drove it off the lot.

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by M_Six

All that for Coors beer. Yuck.

That would have been a different story had it been 'Leinenkugel's'

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

Not an eagle, but a Phoenix. Reborn from fire, ergo a Firebird.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

Not an eagle, but a Phoenix. Reborn from fire, ergo a Firebird.

We always called it a thunder chicken.

[3798j]

"Lost to time is the name of the man that first referred to the graphic as a “Screaming Chicken.” The nickname came quickly. By the late 1970s, even Car and Driver was using the label. No doubt derogatory, over time the epithet has become one of endearment, although the brand’s hardest purists still hate it."

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-pr...icken-history/

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

We always called it a thunder chicken.

So did we. In fact I still do to this day.

[aguywalksintoabar]

cmyx6go brain freeze?!