Thursday, November 29, 2018

I kid you not, this Firebird is a woman's daily driver here in San Diego



... she drives to work about the same time I do, for about 10 miles of the same route, into La Mesa on the same exit I take, and I've been looking forward to snapping a couple photos to share.

It is really amazing to me that this ol Firebird is a daily driver. On one hand, I get it that once a car is paid for, there's not much point in buying another... and once you've found your "forever car" you never part with it. But, ponder for a moment, just how many daily driver 77 Firebirds can there possibly be heading to work today? I submit that this is likely the only one. 

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  1. Now you just have to drive alongside with your window down and listen to work out which engine option it has.

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  2. Good to know that some people still drive their classics.
    I grew up in the Central Valley of California and drove classics everyday. My last one was a 1969 TR6 that was my daily driver from 1991 to 1998. Never once left me stranded.
    I still own it and if I didn't live in the rust belt, I'd still drive it everyday.

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  3. It looks like it is in very good condition.

    Is it an older woman that looks like the original owner, or a younger woman who may have bought it recently?

    Be careful driving in that rain! The lead story on ABC News last night was about the rain in SoCal and all of the people crashing because they don't know how to drive in the rain. And then they talked about how it could cause mudslides in the areas destroyed by the wild fires. I think I would have led the story with that aspect.

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    1. looks like the original owner. You'd have led a story about a daily driver with mudslides? Ummm, did you have your coffee this morning?

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    2. I was talking about the story on the news

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    3. then you mean that the people on the news should have led there story that way... oh. Hell man, I was confused completely as to where the mudlsides were, and what that had to do with this Firebird.
      As for the rain causing crashes, it's simply that people here where it rarely rains, say 4 to 6 times a year when you're actually out driving, the rest when you're sleeping or at work, people just don't realize that they are doing fine while going straight, it's when they apply the brakes or change lanes that they lose traction.... so, they simply aren't cautious. They drive just fine in the rain, they simply don't brake well in it.
      I believe the stats are something like 150 wrecks a day in California on average, but 450 a day when wet.

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  4. Man that takes me back...my 73 Firebird used to be my daily driver when I was in college and when I had my first job. Loved having it as a daily! Still have it though so enjoy it just as much...just not as often!

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