In this episode I provide my top 10 picks for automotive gadgets that were popular in the 1980's but are relics today, replaced by better tech that we take for granted today.
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@valengreymoon56238 ай бұрын
The government kills pop-up headlights, but they allow laptop-sized distraction screens right in the middle of the dashboard.
@TheNewChevyRoll488 ай бұрын
Or for trucks and SUVs to get so bloated that a pedestrian is more likely to get injured due to the poor visibility
@valengreymoon56238 ай бұрын
Good point. Though I think it all comes down to paying attention while driving. That would prevent many accidents.
@Spidernick888 ай бұрын
And allows headlights now that blind other drivers
@AndrewBarsky8 ай бұрын
Who’s paying their bills? It’s funny that you act as if this is a surprise.
@davidcorliss8 ай бұрын
@@Spidernick88people used to say the same thing about when halogen headlights first came out
@gmc67903 ай бұрын
What I miss most? Turn signals. We used to use them all the time, now they're just for show apparently. 🤪
@kellismith43293 ай бұрын
Now we can’t fugure out which lever to activate them
@immikeurnot8 ай бұрын
Touch screens are an automotive trend we should have left in the 80s.
@AfonsoBucco8 ай бұрын
barely works on a stopped vehicle. using that in a bad road is a nightmare.
@Maximus207788 ай бұрын
Nah it's better than ever now
@deeno98047 ай бұрын
How am I gonna select which album to listen to on Spotify without a touchscreen?
@RETIREDAMATUER7 ай бұрын
@@deeno9804lol gen z behavior
@SERGIO-cr6uy7 ай бұрын
The issue isn't the touchscreen but the removal of physical buttons. I have a car that has both so it works OK. The issue is when everything has to be done via the touchscreen on newer cars.
@jonathanelvir97638 ай бұрын
Only thing i took from this video was the 80s was definitely a time to be alive
@@SebastianX1.9Allot of stuff was cool. The aspect of every year things improving allot etc, but I would argue allot of stuff is better and more convenient today. Even new retro synth music is better than the ting they emulate. Oh and then you have medical advances.
@T.E.S.S.5 ай бұрын
@@MadScientist267 alright calm down gramps
@cpassehl8 ай бұрын
Knew a guy in high school in the late 90’s that had an 80’s Chrysler van and it would repeat “DOOR AJAR” every 3 seconds, because of some sort of short/malfunction (with all doors closed fully). He couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so he just lived with it- but it drove passengers crazy. He somehow just tuned it out over time. 😅
@andydhillon19778 ай бұрын
I remember the Dodge Daytona had that feature, too.
@craigorlikowski25073 ай бұрын
That always cornfuzed me. Cuz if the door was a jar 🫙, what was a jar 🫙?! 😂
@Henry_Jones8 ай бұрын
One you forgot, OBD1! Remember shorting the conmector pins and reading check engine light blink codes? It was like the cars computer was talking to you! Amazing at the time.
@SilentServiceCode8 ай бұрын
"OBD1" is a retronym to describe any number of proprietary diagnostic systems. OBD-II is an actual standard.
@catsaregovernmentspies8 ай бұрын
OBD 1 sucked so bad. Troubleshooting those cars took the parts cannon most of the time.
@TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUSA8 ай бұрын
Did that change in 1995?
@dashservices8 ай бұрын
@@TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUSAyes with obd2
@andydhillon19778 ай бұрын
@@TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUSA1996 was the start of OBD2A.
@georgeh68568 ай бұрын
I love the horizontally-moving headlight washers on the Saab. I never knew so many cars had so many different kinds of headlight wipers.
@souta958 ай бұрын
I still think touch screens in cars are a huge mistake.
@obeseperson8 ай бұрын
They’re definitely good when done right. Good luck seeing it done right though
@Ntaman82095 ай бұрын
Why? Explain
@conormayweather54745 ай бұрын
Get over it , physical buttons are a thing of the past
@danielk72515 ай бұрын
A fosocal manipulator can be used without looking at them. On a touchscreen you are forced to look at the screen instead of the rad.
@Roger_Gustafsson3 ай бұрын
Yup. It's garbage.
@richardr79476 ай бұрын
I have a 1989 firebird i love the pop up headlights and the power antenna and everything still works.
@donovanlong6488 ай бұрын
I always thiught the pop up headlights on the 80s early 90s Pontiacs made them look sportier than other cars.
@azynkron6 ай бұрын
Compared to what? A tractor? POS cars.
@christopherweise4388 ай бұрын
A $4,000 phone isn't just a large sum for the 1980's.
@geraldscott43028 ай бұрын
In the mid '80s, a Radio Shack car phone could be bought for around $1200. Just a couple years later, the price dropped all the way down to $400. That's when I bought one.
@robertholle55998 ай бұрын
$4000 was a pretty good downstroke on a house in the 80's !!
@Kit_Bear8 ай бұрын
That's about $12,000 today.
@KtotheG5 ай бұрын
@@robertholle5599 I still consider paying anything over $100 for a phone to be ridiculous.
@1marcelfilms5 ай бұрын
In a few years that will be the price for the new iphone
@cheapeatsasia7 ай бұрын
Never knew some cars in the 80s had factory fitted CD players! Thought that was 90s tech, fascinating! ❤
@treeguyable3 ай бұрын
My 2006 F250 Lariat , came with factory cd player. Still have like 6 cds in it, in the dash! And, it works.
@midnight2moonlight2008 ай бұрын
Those 80s touch screens are infinitely cooler than modern touch screens.
@RADIUMGLASS8 ай бұрын
Easier to use as well.
@Stefan_Dahn7 ай бұрын
Nope.
@88TIMES5 ай бұрын
I had a Volvo340 Turbo with pop-up headlights. That made it special!
@ruipacheco29398 ай бұрын
I own a 97 Volvo V70 T5 - it has the headlight wipers - awesome!!
@ianmangham45708 ай бұрын
Awesome beast 💪 T5 🇬🇧 coppers had a plain blue one in Doncaster 😮
@charlie18328 ай бұрын
@@ianmangham4570is that the same place where Clarkson grew up ?
@ianmangham45708 ай бұрын
@@charlie1832 He was from Tickhill about 10 miles from Doncaster Town Centre
@jasoncarpp77428 ай бұрын
Although I was way too young at the time to drive a car, I remember the 1980s and the cars of the decade.
@williamwilliam50664 ай бұрын
You're interesting. Are you American?
@junit4838 ай бұрын
The early CD players were insufferable with the constant skipping.
@j_rainsgoat39298 ай бұрын
You must be speaking of portable cd players.
@tcat02118 ай бұрын
@@j_rainsgoat3929 early in dash CD players were terrible. They finally started putting out damped & buffer tech but from late 80s but people who had them early will know. Which was probably why they had the tape deck plus CD for over a decade
@jg30008 ай бұрын
Even later versions suffer when the road is bumpy.
@craigorlikowski25075 ай бұрын
Yup thats why i held off forever on finally jumping over. ...even w the portables.
@mikelight4955 ай бұрын
I almost forgot. Natural casings are made from animal casings were the lining of the intestines which were the tube that carried poo from the stomach to the sphincter.
@midcenturymodern93308 ай бұрын
Touch screens are probably THE single worst feature in cars then and now!
@prebaned6 ай бұрын
I enjoy power windows. Show a kid today a roll up window knob and they won't know what it is. I was dads power window motor, climbing through the car to roll up all windows. Term is still used today that baffle the kids, roll up/down the windows, means push the button.
@Johnny4556 ай бұрын
I also have an 89 Accord and the pop up headlights still work perfect!
@1mzfe8 ай бұрын
To this day cylinder deactivation still causes problems. The problem with cylinder deactivation is when you start deactivating cylinders it causes the different cylinders to run at different temperatures and very time it causes metal to warp which causes problems such as oil burning. They even sell muzzlers so that you can deactivate the cylinder deactivation.
@andydhillon19778 ай бұрын
Yup! It was just technology needed to satisfy government EPA standards.
@treeguyable3 ай бұрын
Got out of the Marines in 84 , got a job as a Mercedes/ Nissan tech at a dealer. I installed " car phones", and working on these systems, was just part of the day.
@crosisofborg55246 ай бұрын
I had a 1987 Mitsubishi Cordia LS. It had a cassette tape, power antenna, rear window louvres, digital dash and epitomized the gadgetry of the 80s.
@ThomasHolland-mm5qf3 ай бұрын
I had 3 Nissan 280 ZX's in the 80's and I loved them. Awesome cars with the best new car smell ever. My last one had jade gray paint and a green lighted digital tach as well as silver leather bucket seats. Awesome color combination and I could switch from MPH to KMH with my date being none the wiser. She would look over and the speedometer would read 120 but she didn't notice it was KMH instead of MPH so she would start screaming for me to slow down when we were actually only doing around 85. Priceless!!!
@Reduxalicious6 ай бұрын
The V8-6-4 was just ahead of its time, a lot of Cars or Truck for that matter have Cylinder Deactivation though it's only at a steady cruising speed it does it.
@crlaw758 ай бұрын
I loved the Pontiac digital gagues, especially when the dashboard lit up at night.
@Lemmon714_8 ай бұрын
The JC Whitney catalog was a must if you had a car and was poor in the eighties.
@my1vice8 ай бұрын
Hahaha....
@bkrgls7 ай бұрын
I miss looking through those catalogs. 😔
@jayryan31816 ай бұрын
Rock Auto of its time
@linnamuuf5 ай бұрын
In the 70's and 80's in the Soviet Union the best car you could own was any car.
@LaffinBoysGames7 ай бұрын
In the 80's the AM radio was available, but the AM/FM was standard. The AM only option had to be requested
@adamf6638 ай бұрын
The biggest reason the GM v864 failed is that running a v8 vs. a v4 wasn't the problem. The problem was that the cars weighed over 5000lbs. On the other end of the spectrum, a 70s vw beetle kit car with a v8 engine swap could get 30 mpg.
@Todd.T8 ай бұрын
I installed car stereos and worked on every 80s car in here plus others. We used to get calls from the local Ford dealership because the 10 pack CD changer in the cars would skip. Made by Sony, in the industry we called it "The 10 Pack Skip Changer". We fixed a lot of broken power antennas and installed cellular phones (and CBs too!) Some premium cars used to have octane switches in them for if you couldn't get premium fuel (Ford Thunderbird Turbocoupe and Ford Mustang SVO). Cylinder deactivation is used by Audi for at least the last 11 years. Dual intake cars have died due to variable runner intakes and cam phasing. The Taurus SHO and the ZR1 had dual intakes. Almost all American 80s cars are stylish deathraps with cardboard interior door panels horrible fit and finish and flimsy unitized bodies. How many cars used to drive around with one headlight stuck up... This is how the Japanese took over the car market.
@thatonetreeguy8 ай бұрын
Other than the obsurd things he could do (like Turbo Boost, Ski Mode, and was invincible) KITT from Knight Rider actually predicted a lot of tech that we have in cars today.
@steveroberts94536 ай бұрын
I miss the spectrum analyzers with dancing LEDS , when driving in the dark. Especially when playing Blue Monday by New Order.
@Slide1643 ай бұрын
I see a ship the harbour….
@MartinMcelhaney8 ай бұрын
I remember when I was a kid, we had those brick phones, but they were turned into cheap walky-talky's. I guess they had to make use of all those in car phones.
@joejarvis24976 ай бұрын
I still love the '84 Corvette's digital gauges and pop-up headlights.
@cynicalsayonara71695 ай бұрын
It's a shame it was so insufferably slow. I had a 1982 TA. Good ole' 165hp crossfire engine.
@RADIUMGLASS8 ай бұрын
The 1970 Imperial had wipers on the lights. Some early Chrysler vehicles from that period had this feature and I think Chevy Caprice offered it in 1969.
@frankm77076 ай бұрын
I used to have a car with a manual retractable antenna attached to the outside of the A pillar. When it was raining and getting poor FM reception, I had to roll down the window by hand and try to pull the rusty antenna up while one hand holding the steering wheel. Those were the days.
@tonyfair4878 ай бұрын
That last feature with the Prelude reminded me of the Prelude with 4 Wheel Steering. How about a vid on that brief feature?
@DeadShred95 ай бұрын
I'm Gen-X and this was some fun & fond memories from the most Fun filled Decade ever !!! Thanks for the Trip down memory lane .
@captainevenslower44008 ай бұрын
1:00 insert Dankpods raging: "CRRRAAAIIIGG!!"
@Eric_Hunt1948 ай бұрын
I think we found Tony's new head-unit...
@CNCMatrix7 ай бұрын
A couple years ago I was at the local scrapyard and came across an Oldsmobile Toronada Trofeo exactly like the one shown in this video. It must have sat in a barn for nearly half a century as it was in mint condition minus the barn and mouse "stuff" (smell/stains/houses). Obviously the owner died and everything including the car got tossed. It was a real bummer.
@JohnMedved8 ай бұрын
I'm proud to say that I got to experience all of those in the cars I've owned. I do miss pop-up headlights. Great video!
@NotKamalasBeach4 ай бұрын
I have a cassette and CD player and a Monsoon stereo in my 1999 Buick Regal. It has dual climate zones, an antenna in the window, traction control, anti lock brakes, a ton of torque and a power sliding sunroof. those were big then. I still have the car as a second car it gets about a thousand miles on it a year and has never left me stranded. The 80's were great but the 90's were the bomb.
@333cparker8 ай бұрын
Pop up headlight were cool - I had them on a Miata. Blast to drive 5 speed stick.
@MetalDragon424 ай бұрын
I use to have a Nissan Silvia S12 Turbo with pop up lights about 25 years ago still is one of my favorite cars I ever owned!
@Webcoreinteractive3 ай бұрын
When the bag phones came out, I wanted one so badly but you needed a credit score of 1500 haha. I was certain that a bag phone would get me all the girls!😂😂
@glennso478 ай бұрын
I recall when cars didn’t have a radio as standard equipment.
@mbryson28998 ай бұрын
I've bought three brand-new that didn't.
@VinylPanda-NaturallyClean8 ай бұрын
Peugeot pronunciation is priceless. 😂😅
@agrippa12348 ай бұрын
The C7 Corvette cylinder deactivation was so poorly done that there are afm devices you can add to bypass it. It was an option that never worked well regardless of the make/model vehicle that had it.
@20truck4 ай бұрын
I had a pioneer premier stereo system put in my truck, it had a 6 disc CD changer under the back seat 4 speakers, some tweeters, and some other mid ring speakers as well. And it had a wireless remote control and the head could change colors from green to orange if you wanted the display a different color. After they installed it in my truck the stereo shop that did the work asked if they could keep my truck for a couple days so people could see it installed at the time that was the best stereo system that shop sold, and it stayed in the truck until the day I sold it and it never failed it worked perfect for 15 years until I traded the truck in 2004.
@FFVison4 ай бұрын
I remember quite a few of these. I was born in 1980, but my parents had cars with some of these features. My dad had a Buick Riverra which had the touch screen and I thought it was the coolest thing. My mom had a Datsun 300 ZX which had the popup headlights and it would talk. I remember giggling as a kid when it would say "your door is ajar" to which I would say "it's a door, not a jar". My parents also had car phones which I remember my dad would have technical issues with it and without warning, take the receiver in hand and slam it against the center console multiple times to make it work better. I feel bad for the sorry soul on the other end. The retractable antenna was something I saw quite regularly as well. I cannot remember if my first car had one, but I remember a few cars later, I had this antenna that was extended permanently and was really flexible. I do know that my first car had AM/FM/Cassette for the radio. I had a CD player that I could use a Cassette adapter to plug into the headphone jack of the CD player to play CDs... the only problem is the things skipping like crazy as they didn't have the few second memory buffer which it would play from.
@johnjarusik73838 ай бұрын
Hey, it's Hoovie and his Chrysler in the intro!
@djplong3 ай бұрын
I had a 1985 Chrysler Laser XT Turbo with every option available. Being a software developer and architect, I *liked* the electronic dashboard and trip computer (I also has a 1989 Olds Toronado Trofeo with that touch screen and even the cell phone but that’s a different, more nightmarish story). The voice alerts weren’t that great once the novelty wore off. The real obnoxiousness that I remember is that, even working perfectly, there was one flaw that would drive you to insanity. When the fuel tank got to something under 1/8th full, you got the “Low Fuel” warning. But…. Since fuel sloshes around while you’re driving, the sensor would detect fuel above and below the threshold and you could end up driving 10-20 miles with the damn thing CONSTANTLY warning you about low fuel, then resetting itself only to warn you again 100 years later! That was why I turned off the voice. At least the in-dash message wasn’t nearly so obnoxious.
@MrJoeltrain3 ай бұрын
I love the headlight wipers. My favorite tech. I never owned a car with them but I wish I had.
@mattsaysitscool13964 ай бұрын
My first car was a red 1993 Sunbird with concealed headlights. It was almost identical to the one you showed in this video lol
@80s_Gamr4 ай бұрын
84 Corvette here with a bunch of this tech along with a modern stereo that connects to my cell phone via BT for additional functionality. One step closer to Knight Rider status, lol. My grandson actually asked me why my car looks like Knight Rider inside. 🤣🤣🤣
@moseshancock3336Ай бұрын
Yes I remember all these features . I had a 8 track and a cassette player insert .
@berndkemmereit82523 ай бұрын
I owned a Prelude 89, the best car I ever had, and yes I equipped it with a Sony 10 disc CD Changer (in the boot). I loved that car...
@manchuriancandybar8648 ай бұрын
Car cigarette lighter is also a lost 80s tech.
@ralves587 ай бұрын
Nope... In the 50's we already have those.
@kellismith43293 ай бұрын
Hash burners
@bafon3 ай бұрын
I had a Fiat Tempra 2.0L 1992 model with the digital instrumentcluster back in the days, felt like being in a X-wing from starwars driving it in snowy weather (Norway) :D
@Beth92286 күн бұрын
Both of my parents had a cellphone in the mid 90’s. We called them bag phones. They gotten a cell phone in the late 90’s. My 1st car had a tape cassette player with radio in the late 90’s. I had it till late May 2005. My 2nd car had a 6-disc CD player and radio. My 3rd car had CD player, radio, Sync or BT, and satellite radio. It was the same with my 4th vehicle. My current has Apple Car Play, BT, radio, and satellite radio. I do missed using a CD player. Even having driver’s assist and assisting parking. I have been wearing a seat belt a long time. My sister had an automatic seat belt that goes over the shoulder and still had to buckled up the lap belt. A few years ago that I told my neighbor to fastened his seat belt and he gave a big excuse in not wearing it. I told him off to put it on!! I didn’t want him to go through the windshield. All the vehicles had an airbags on the driver’s side and passenger side,too. Luckily they never went off on me.
@kingkatradio8 ай бұрын
I had 2 Buick Century's, a 1990 and a 1994, both had the power antenna option. I always thought it was kind of neat, but it would always get stuck on a cold winter morning.
@glennso478 ай бұрын
And broken off when you were going through a car wash if you didn’t retract the antenna.
@kingkatradio8 ай бұрын
As a matter of fact, I used to work at a Lincoln-Mercury dealership in the early 2000s and saw this a lot. @@glennso47
@DS_IndustrieZ8 ай бұрын
i have problems getting it up in the cold to brother.....wait that didnt sound right... 🧐
@100percentSNAFU8 ай бұрын
I had a 2000 Regal that had one and eventually it just outright failed and wouldn't go up.
@kingkatradio8 ай бұрын
I worked at a Lincoln-Mercury car dealer and we had a share of cars that came for service or body work, where the PW antennas had quit working. A lot of the people just had them put in the upright position. @@100percentSNAFU
@ianmangham45708 ай бұрын
2:00 Maxell! Break the sound barrier 😮
@F40PH-2CAT8 ай бұрын
Why do so many mess up this timeline? 70's = 8 track 80's = cassettes 90's = CD's Nobody in the 80s used CDs. Few in the 70s used cassettes. 8 tracks were increasingly absent past 1982 or so. Millions still used CDs today 😂
@my1vice8 ай бұрын
Plenty of people used CDs in the 80s. I think I got mine in 85? Maybe 84. But I will admit they were rare to have in cars until 88/89.
@AdmiralSym8 ай бұрын
Glad to see that Julian Smith clip in the car phone section
@timshelby23248 ай бұрын
Those automatic seatbelts were terrible .
@victoriasheinman14005 ай бұрын
I agree
@slowpoke96Z286 ай бұрын
2:00, best commercial ever.
@fransb85438 ай бұрын
The best argument for a CD player in a Lexus isn't the older customer, it's the superior sound quality
@justyavellan37417 ай бұрын
Yeah, the sound system in today's cars is so lame 😅
@Danilo-f3e7 ай бұрын
I had a 2004 Corolla S when new and it came with CD player and a tape deck....I still listen to cassettes 😂😂😂😂
@andypenaflor34808 ай бұрын
pop up, up n down headlights!!🎉
@Giratina19998 ай бұрын
Can we get a video on the GMT-800 truck platform? It’s the bestselling truck line in American history
@kellismith43293 ай бұрын
They aren’t bad I have one, not as well built as the 2 preceding platforms though
@stevenkovler51333 ай бұрын
Eddie Murphy has a great routine about talking cars !! “ yo man, somebody stole your battery!!”
@emitindustries83046 ай бұрын
In 1970, I had a '67 Camaro, RS, with covered headlights. It looked really cool, having an all black grill, with the white nose stripe and pearl blue paint. The car was used, and previous maintenance was iffy. The headlight covers would retract horizontally, into the grill, when the lights were turned on. A vacuum motor operated them. It worked great for a few months, but then the vacuum moters quit, with the covers in the closed position. I had to shove the covers in, to have headlights. It was a nice car, but was starting to fail, so I sold it. Could be worth something today.
@onepingonlyvasily8 ай бұрын
Entertaining as usual👍
@WhiteMouse778 ай бұрын
These named techs were more fashon items than some Tops....and that's why most of them got lost...at least until tech development improved them into properly efficient assitant.... Top techs are those which set benchmark in further development that still lasts like... ...ABS, ASR, active AWD and RWD differential, central locking, automatic wipers and headlights, navigation, AC, independent heating, fuel injection, carbon filters, pre-colision automatics, exhaust catalisator, tire pressure monitoring....
@iron13494 ай бұрын
7:00 yep, my parents old 2006 Odyssey had that. But then again 2000's era tech, the age of the Nintendo DS and MCR
@the_kombinator2 ай бұрын
My dad's 2002 Protege had a combo CD/tape. I saw the option for one in my 2005 Sonata's manual.
@YYZ-SRQ8 ай бұрын
@1:24, That BMW 635i still looks good today
@andydhillon19778 ай бұрын
I've been looking into getting one as a project car! Such a beautiful design!
@stevenf76835 ай бұрын
We had a digital dash on our 86 Buick Somerset. We had it go out 4 times in 2 months while on the highway. It was a lemon law buyback.
@josmir27974 ай бұрын
I've never seen an in dash cd player but i have seen in dash cassette player in the 80s. It wasn't till the late 90s early 00's i started to see in dash cd players in vehicle's.
@ctcards26363 ай бұрын
I have over 300 Grateful Dead live shows on Tape and CD ahaha. I listen to this old tech very often. Luckily the cars weve recently had and still have, theres a Cassette player and CD. ;-)
@ctcards26363 ай бұрын
Ahh i got to the auto seat belt part. My brother got lucky, he was in a car with these and the car flipped. He did NOT have his lap part of the seat belt on. So when the car rolled over the seat belt went around his neck. But he luckily held his arm down during the crash to hold the seat belt away from his neck. He survived but his arm had a CRAZY burn from holding onto the seatbelt as the car flipped etc. Those are dangerous. If you have a car with these, always where your lap part as well. You can decapitate your self if the lap belt is NOT on. Scary this was pushed as a safety feature. DOH!!!
@willhewankher2 ай бұрын
I drive a 2008 highlander with a 6 disc changer in dash! I find it is one of the best features of the car. CDs are INSANELY loud compared you Apple Music on Bluetooth.
@Puntun03 ай бұрын
I had a 1987 Toyota Cressida with Digital Dashboard. I loved that car and today i drive a 2011 Toyota Camry with regular dashboard 😅
@Bzons8 ай бұрын
"Door is Ajar"
@wrath2315 ай бұрын
Love it
@bandido79945 ай бұрын
Key is in the ignition.
@kellismith43293 ай бұрын
No, it’s a door
@cjhawk673 ай бұрын
77-79 Dodge Magnums in the US had clear lenses that covered the rectangle headlight bulbs underneath although you could toggle them to hide them
@rwdplz14 ай бұрын
You really have to experience the automatic seatbelts to know how awful they were. Early digital speedometers that only updated once every second too.
@billgund45328 ай бұрын
The '71 Plymouth Fury had optional headlight washers.
@22Webstar7 ай бұрын
I had a 1985 Ford Thunderbird with Mustang V8 5.0 with digital dash!
@gop4usa128 ай бұрын
It really sucks that the cd players are gone. Who decided cd's are obsolete?
@lisamccray90798 ай бұрын
I agree with you I hate that they took away 😔 c.d players in cars have lots of c.ds
@johngaltline99338 ай бұрын
You can still get them if you want them. cd/dvd is standard in mid range head units. For most people, their entire cd collection fits just fine on their phone and is a lot easier to use that way. A $10 usb stick will also do the job just fine.
@kellismith43293 ай бұрын
They were awesome, you could rip your own compilation off your desktop and the discs are way easier to handle than tapes - I still use CD’s bigtime
@speedbird7375 ай бұрын
In around 1982/83 british car manufacturer British Leyland producted the Maestro car which had digital dash and speech synthesis!!
@coletrickle-km7cl8 ай бұрын
Ford crown vic's had 💿/cassette player head unit until production ended in 2012.
@my1vice8 ай бұрын
2011.
@juiyuwang4268 ай бұрын
What a good memories....... Thank you
@lowmanagain6 ай бұрын
I remember in 1981 we had a car phone. Yes we are still rich
@keyalpha18 ай бұрын
Touch screen is a cancer which has ruined the idea of owning a new car.
@PrydeWater9018 ай бұрын
I had a 1992 Toyota Celica wit the greatest headlights ever.
@andydhillon19778 ай бұрын
Greatest pop-up headlights goes to the Acura NSX. The pop-up headlights on the 1990-1993 Celica were odd-shaped! I still love the All-trac Celica. Very Underrated car.
@PrydeWater9018 ай бұрын
@@andydhillon1977 The plastic leading edge of the ‘eyelids’ that blended so well with the upper grille slit is what makes them so great to me. Besides, I’ve never owned an NSX. Bias confirmed! ✅
@my1vice8 ай бұрын
The C4 had the best pop ups. Hands down.
@andydhillon19778 ай бұрын
@my1vice I have a C4 Corvette. The way they flip around is pretty cool. The Porsche 928 has a neat pop-up headlight deasign, too.
@WilliamBonac-h2c8 ай бұрын
Donut media's music video on pop headlights is great.
@kamsandwich69903 ай бұрын
I had to put a pioneer cd player in my 2007 Silverado classic. Only came with an analog am/fm tuner
@vmexplorer3 ай бұрын
Loved the 80's talking cars that would say "Your door is ajar", umm, no its a door not a jar :)