What ever happend to the ole days

I mean Old School vs New School aaahh the argument carries on,,it dont matter what side you think you fall into its all about what % you fall into

The 1% that totally fall into Totally compliant and follow all the rules

Or the other 98% that just "Wing-It" to fit their needs to get by

OR, the other 1% that just cant do it legally at all, THE OUTLAW:smt011

 

never fkn mind sigh

 

ah the old days.........i miss them when the police, dot, public, had respect for us....oh respect something you new gen drivers know nothing about.......i ran hard never forced, never run over bus full of kids,got lots of tickets in 34 years.....oh no the shame of it all.ill be here long after you all are gone....oh and tell when all these new regs get you all this money,just in case i miss that part.ive said this before on here you new gen drivers have turned this into a rolling circus,and y'all are the clowns

 

Yes, the new drivers are totally responsible for the laws that have been enacted based on past driving histories.

 

Another ole' wifes tale. Very few drivers had more than one license.

 

blackw900, don't bother with them. they just don't understand. If it's not off their Iphone, Qcomm or their GPS they don't believe it.

 

At least no more than two or three.


That is really not relevant anyway. The national speed limit was 55 mph, the trucks did not pull hills as good as a bad truck of today. You had to build up speed to get up a hill, and after running in the hills you had to make up time on the flats.

I owned a 318 for a while. At 55 the engine was screaming in 9th gear, and luging in 10th. On level ground grossed out, you had to hold it to the floor, and hope for speeds around 60-63 mph. We also didn't have cruise.

Tickets in most states didn't go back to your home state, you paid and went on your way. Many kept a license from the state next door for the states that did report to your home state, so you car insurance wouldn't go up, and in case you lost your license from too many tickets. I've had 2-3 speeding tickets in one week before. For a while I averaged 3-4 a month. At that time I had a fast truck, light loads, and 55 mph speed limits, just trying to get there, put off multi-stops, and get back. No tickets since 1981 though.

Like I said, it was a whole different time and place than now.

 

Ahh the old 318! Learned how to drive a Jimmy with a 238 in it. If you missed a gear you just pulled over and stopped! You wern't going to find the hole!
In the late 70's I drove for a cattle co. out of Fla. It seemed like a ticket every day for something. But driving a new Pete cabover with a big (for those days) 425 Cat was like heaven!!

 

in 30 more years, these are going to be the good ole' days. So live it up, right now is as good as today is going to be. No point in worrying about how good the past was. Focus on what you can do to shape the future. I'm all for new regulations, but they need to get simpler.

And just because I ramble I was driving to work the other day and I found it funny that with speed limits going up trucks are being turned down. The economy is bad so trucking companies are doing more intermodal, aren't trains the enemy? Those are just my random thoughts. Enjoy.

 

IIRC, the 6-71N (aka 238) was GM diesels first engine, powered just about everything from trucks to tanks and buses to boats.