Differences between driving in the seventies and today

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  1. jamespmack

    jamespmack Road Train Member

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    My father was a die hard for 15w40 Pennzoil. 52 years he never had a engine failure on a truck of his. He was beside himself when the stopped making it.
     
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  3. shatteredsquare

    shatteredsquare Road Train Member

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    necessitous relation. the type of individual required to make it happen within the equipment given back then, had to know a lot about a lot, just to not be a sitting duck. now the nannies are all in the equipment, the type of individual required to make it happen, doesn't need to know a lot more than what the pedals do.
     
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  4. black_dog106

    black_dog106 Road Train Member

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    ^^^^^^^^^^^ this
    Covers 95% of today's drivers. Very well said :occasion5:
     
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