Should I NOT drive a Model A Daily???

chopsui · Dec 11, 2012

I have been driving my model a almost everyday for the last 4 years in LA. Is it dangerous, maybe but so is crossing the street. My opinion is that it is less dangerous cause most accidents are caused by people who don't pay attention, and a model a driving around gets nothing but attention. Just my 2¢

moefuzz · Dec 11, 2012

MATACONCEPTS said: ↑

Its been my daily driver since May.

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millersgarage said: ↑

http://www.365daysofa.com/
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Miller dropped the greatest link and story you'll ever read in regards to driving an A
365 days a year.

If you didn't catch the link I highly recommend that you check it out now.

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2935ford · Dec 11, 2012

Weed.....be careful.
Watched a biker I rode with a couple of times miss a sharp corner after he had toked about 5 or 6 dubies and trying to adjust the volume on his cd player. Straight into the farmhouse lawn across the driveway to the other side of the lawn just missing a pole. He managed to keep it straight up and stopped! Lucky this time!

customcory · Dec 11, 2012

They was smokin weed and drinking when that Model A came out, so you will be fine.

coupster · Dec 11, 2012

Did I miss something in the original post? Because I never saw where he said he smoked pot and drove the car?

blackjack · Dec 11, 2012

I think what they're getting at is that both weed and drink have effects other than the immediate one of intoxication.

VoodooTwin · Dec 11, 2012

2935ford said: ↑

Weed.....be careful.
Watched a biker I rode with a couple of times miss a sharp corner after he had toked about 5 or 6 dubies and trying to adjust the volume on his cd player. Straight into the farmhouse lawn across the driveway to the other side of the lawn just missing a pole. He managed to keep it straight up and stopped! Lucky this time!
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5 or 6 dubies? I'm surprised he was able to find his bike, let alone ride it. Yikes.

GregCon · Dec 11, 2012

Actually, when I read his casual confession about smoking pot I thought "Oh great, now we're going to have a bunch of 'adults' telling him how cool it is and how pot should be legal and how nudge-nudge wink-wink we all do it." The fact that so many have NOT done that impresses me.

When I was growing up in the hobby, there were the rodders and the stoners and the two never mixed. If you had time/money to party, that meant you weren't serious about the cars.....

60 Belair · Dec 11, 2012

Man when I was a kid I remember all the talk was there is going to be a earthquake an half of califonication is going to slide into the ocean, well keep driving the A that quake could happen any moment. And I will drink me bud light. and I dont care if you smoke pot. party on
Andy

wsdad · Dec 11, 2012

It's safer than a motorcycle but not quite as safe as a Volvo.

It's a discussion about degrees. What degree of safety are you comfortable with? If you must have the safest vehicle, then an 18 wheeler would be even safer than a Volvo if the two wrecked. The Volvo drivers chose to trade some safety for practicality. Like them, we also decided to trade some safety - for coolness. Is that stupid? It's just as stupid as driving a Volvo instead of an 18 wheeler.

Your friend does have a point - a Model A is not as safe as a most modern cars. But it still does have some degree of safety. It's not completely devoid of safety. It is safe. It's just not as safe as a modern car. You're still surrounded by metal. I'm comfortable with that, even though there are safer choices out there. I'm willing to trade a little safety (but not all safety) for some other things.

Volvo drivers probably wouldn't understand. They think getting grease under your fingernails and hearing the engine are bad experiences. They're not bad people, they just have different priorities. It's only our arrogance that makes us think the other guy is stupid for driving a Volvo or a Model A. They probably had the same stupid grin on their face as you did the first time they drove their car.

Make sure you don't have greasy clothes if you climb into their Volvo. If they ride with you, cover their seat and drive it like a granny. As for the rest of the time - if it puts a stupid grin on your face, drive it every day!

By the way, a train is much safer than an 18 wheeler. No other vehicle has that much momentum, has it's own road, and has flashing lights on boards that come down to stop all the other vehicles while it goes by. But most people are willing to trade all that safety merely to park in their own driveways and keep their own schedules.

The weight of a Model A and a modern car are closer than the weight of a motorcycle vs. a car. The following videos illustrate how the weight of a vehicle makes it safer in a wreck.

Train vs. 18 Wheeler
http://youtu.be/JBTKgbGTKUs

18 wheeler vs. Large SUV
http://youtu.be/dsEAOBrK81A

Car vs. motorcycle
http://youtu.be/RayrpGqRPwA

Couldn't find any Hot Rod vs. Volvo or hot rod vs. modern car wrecks. I don't think the modern car would, "drive through" the Model A as the vehicles in these videos did. They would be about the same weight (approximately). Therefore, you have some degree of safety.

Lone Star Mopar · Dec 11, 2012

Shut the fuck up Donnie, your out of your element !

choprods · Dec 11, 2012

Hey the laws have changed in several states this election ya know......
I think if you were wearing seat belts and have a collapsable steering column,you are probably as safe as the next shitbox across the lane from you in traffic......Only difference is IF you are runnin those stock A bumpers you could hit them at 35 MPH and bounce off with no car damage while theirs would be totaled...Ha!

Ester Eddie · Dec 11, 2012

I can't wait to worry about driving my Model A daily .....First I need to get one ,but then I doubt I'll be worrying about driving it.

GregCon · Dec 11, 2012

In the future, as our civilization progresses....:

1) Safety - Nothing is worth doing if it involves any risk of bodily harm. We will wear helmets and knee pads while having sexual intercourse with our monogamous, same sex partner and will conduct ourselves in a manner that in no way increases our insurance premium.

2) Our Insurance Premium will be the second largest expense. Our largest expense will be Taxes. Our third largest expense will be organic, gluten free vegetation that eat in lieu of food. We will eat lots of it, because we will all wants women with "curves".

3) Racism will be abolished once and for all. That is because there will be no more races. Decades of interracial porn will see to that. There will be no more Latinos. there will be no more Asians. There will be no more Causcasian people, no more Negroes. There will only be Wegroes.

4) Industry will be a thing of the past. Nothing will be produced...everything will be computed generated. The money we make selling each other insurance policies will be spent on Taxes, Insurance, Food, and app downloads.

There's more but I haven't worked out all the finer details just yet.

GassersGarage · Dec 11, 2012

I'd love to drive my cars every day but the insurance company doesn't allow it.

Speed~On · Dec 11, 2012

Just bustin your chops. Driving your Model A every day is cool. I don't see a problem with it, just watch out for all the morons out there that don't pay attention.

2935ford · Dec 11, 2012

VoodooTwin said: ↑

5 or 6 dubies? I'm surprised he was able to find his bike, let alone ride it. Yikes.
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Yeah, this guy was incredible....after that, he continued huffing all the way home! I don't expect this fellow to last to long!

1931modela · Dec 11, 2012

Cant hardly tell by his spelling that he is a doper..... Id be more worried driving ANY car while high on grass than driving a model a while sober. Love this place and some of the questions.

8flat · Dec 11, 2012

On the freeways around LA? My God a Model A is way way more safe than a motorcycle.

I'd just make sure the steering, brakes, suspension are always in very good shape. Cool car.

fordsum · Dec 11, 2012

I see people driving golf karts and Smart cars as their daily drivers little cars you can put in the back of a pickup truck. You will be fine using your Model A as a daily driver and you will be having fun and living the life you want.

Rickybop · Dec 11, 2012

There's always gonna be someone trying to tell you what you can/can't should/shouldn't do. Phooey. If you enjoy it and it gets you there and back, drive it.

You'd better pay special attention to the anti-weed guys though. 'Cause they know what they're talking about.

teejay99 · Dec 11, 2012

The best advice happens when you're passing the blunt . Far out man .

AnimalAin · Dec 11, 2012

Drive it daily until it is worn out, fix it, drive it some more.

jw johnston · Dec 11, 2012

If that's the same a I think it is the guy that owned it before you drove it all over the place in so cal daily.

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Tinbender · Dec 11, 2012

VoodooTwin said: ↑

5 or 6 dubies? I'm surprised he was able to find his bike, let alone ride it. Yikes.
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Someone needs to get this guy some better weed!

And yes drive your car!

deto · Dec 11, 2012

GregCon said: ↑

In the future, as our civilization progresses....:

1) Safety - Nothing is worth doing if it involves any risk of bodily harm. We will wear helmets and knee pads while having sexual intercourse with our monogamous, same sex partner and will conduct ourselves in a manner that in no way increases our insurance premium.

2) Our Insurance Premium will be the second largest expense. Our largest expense will be Taxes. Our third largest expense will be organic, gluten free vegetation that eat in lieu of food. We will eat lots of it, because we will all wants women with "curves".

3) Racism will be abolished once and for all. That is because there will be no more races. Decades of interracial porn will see to that. There will be no more Latinos. there will be no more Asians. There will be no more Causcasian people, no more Negroes. There will only be Wegroes.

4) Industry will be a thing of the past. Nothing will be produced...everything will be computed generated. The money we make selling each other insurance policies will be spent on Taxes, Insurance, Food, and app downloads.

There's more but I haven't worked out all the finer details just yet.
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Yes. There are at least 2 of us on this board...

PossumJR. · Dec 11, 2012

Drive it like a mad man! Thats what i do! You Get some interesting looks when your trying to stuff a cart load of Groceries in model A but like these guys have said. I am having ALOT more fun than MR.Honda Accord!

PossumJR. · Dec 11, 2012

^^^sorry guys souldve down sized that pic a bit....oops

htweelz · Dec 11, 2012

New cars take all of the fun out of driving. I have an older car O/T because it is a 68 but I love to drive it to work. It gets more attention than the bosses in their BMWs and other euro-trash cars.

weez · Dec 11, 2012

Also, you can always just get regular insurance for your daily, but if it gets totaled like my Comet did, it's only worth blue book to them which in my case I think was about $1,200... (at least I yanked the 302/C4/8"...)

As for Model A bodies, I remember Robert Williams telling me "Yeah, when these things get hit, they just come all apart"

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