Check your second poll question. Think you left the "not" out.

 

That’s what bothers me…

 

There are lots of things that currently don't work in my car. The reason I am fine with some of them not working is because I can get around not having some of those things. Things like the A/C I can get around because I have fresh air vents. The courtesy light and cigarette lighter don't work, but I get around that by either having my phone charged or carrying around a charger with me. My trunk light doesn't work either, but I have a flashlight.

 

So I feel exactly the same in regards to the heater controls. Not important in my view, I recently fixed the cig lighter because it was easy to look up the wire and connect it. But overall I think that most people feel like you.

I recently replaced my driver side window regulator, it would go down if you applied downward pressure, since I never leave it parked anywhere I never saw it as an important thing. Now that the regulator is fixed I feel better.

Yes it bothered me that it did not work correctly.

 

Yes, anything that does not work bothers me. And. Nothing bothers me, I'm a happy human regardless.

 

There are some things I do not care about. AM radio is not used. Windshield washer system was removed as I never drive in conditions that would warrant it.

 

My wipers don't work, the radio isn't even hooked up, the heater motor died, and the glovebox light hasn't ever worked. The car gets me from A to B without X and I'm perfectly fine with it. Besides- those things aren't needed to do smokey donuts!

 

The gas gauge doesn't read full, but it reads pretty correctly at empty, so I'm ok with that.
And the blower motor squeals sometimes, but it's not used that often, so it doesn't bother me.

 

I get it. I ordered a new blower motor and never put it in because my heater core also took a dump. That's one feature I can live without but in my heart it's just me being too lazy to do the right thing.

Thanks for the reply.

 

"Yes, anything that does not work bothers me."

That includes able-bodied people who prefer to live off my tax dollars....

 

The heater in my car does not work, since I don't drive my car in the winter it makes no difference to me. But I generally dislike anything that does not work, I guess that is why almost everything with few exceptions work.

I like the way people in this forum try to help other, together we solve problems.

 

Weird polls bother me.

 

It depends on what the thing that doesn't work is. My clock has never worked. Who cares. My front discs had an issue, that bothered me and almost got me into a panic stop accident.
Speaking of that I just discovered my dash lights are not working. Don't drive it at night so didn't realize that. Not a big deal as but that bothers me as I might want to drive it at night.

 

So I get it. Critical stuff yes, it bothers you and you address it.

I really appreciate your feedback, I want to know how people think in regards to their classics.

Regards,
Eddie

 

If it doesn't work I guess you could say it "bothers" me.... I just assign it a priority and put in on the list.

 

You know that's a good approach, I have a number of things on my list to do.

My exhaust is next.

 

Who states--Allows these stupid polls.
Yes idiotic, no need BS.

 

I do them just to PISS you off. You just made my day.

 

Can you add the option "I'm a bot" right after "Nothing bothers me, I'm a happy human regardless"?

Thanks!

 

Someone must be very bored...

 

Everything bothers me. Car stuff is pretty far down the list though.

 

My under dash lights "65" have never worked and I ditched the high beam switch because it made my and others left foot very uncomfortable while waiting to make an autocross run so that has been removed and doesn't work. The original heater motor, the only thing that goes round in circles from the original car, squeals like a pig when turned on, annoys me. Otherwise, everything works great!!

 

I hate stuff that doesn't work or doesn't work correctly. It also bothers me when people make no attempt to
fix stuff "wrong" that would actually take 5 minutes / $5 to fix.

 

Got to love the sales ads that state, "Only needs a battery!", then why in hell haven't you replaced the battery to sale the damn thing?

What the hell thread is this?

Allen

 

It's always work in progres here and there, not accepting anything stay static, but safety and maintenance are the priority..

 

One day everything seems to be fine, the next I know I have a cracked muffler. Yup, now I have one more thing to do.

 

@Mike the old grump took my answer.

But to answer the question, it depends on the vehicle. My daily driven old trucks, everything works down to the cigarette lighter. (ok, the '92 has A/C that probably hasn't worked since '95 because R12, but the '96 A/C works because R134) My '66 I think everything works. The old '54 210 I had, it ran. The lights worked, the windows worked. The brakes worked. That's about it.

 

@Mike the old grump took my answer.

But to answer the question, it depends on the vehicle. My daily driven old trucks, everything works down to the cigarette lighter. (ok, the '92 has A/C that probably hasn't worked since '95 because R12, but the '96 A/C works because R134) My '66 I think everything works. The old '54 210 I had, it ran. The lights worked, the windows worked. The brakes worked. That's about it.

Nice.

Thanks for the reply.

 

I can't stand a leak so I jump on those really quickly.
My Rally Pac clock points stick in spite of it being serviced by a specialist some years ago, but I can un-stick em and they work a while. Haven't been willing to give up the original tick-tick-tick and clack of the rewind for the silent modern sweep of quartz. It gives it character.
Everything works on the Mustang.

 

I have a small oil leak, truth being told I'm not 100% sure where it's coming from. This fall I'm gonna drop the oil pan and replace the gasket. If I manage to kill that leak I'll be one happy dude.

 

@myfirstcar66 I should send you my wife's '66. I don't think there is a fluid in it anywhere that it holds correctly. 😖

Wait, brake fluid might be the only one. Haven't touched anything else yet. Dreading the power steering and automatic transmission. Only one out of the three Mustangs that has those. And the rear pinion on my dad's '65 decided to mark the new garage floor. Yuck.

 

I have a 1942 truck I have worked on for the last 5 years. Everything works, including the weird taillights. Nothing worked when I got it.

 

I have a similar story. I bought my 68 almost 10 years ago, full of issues, I look back to everything that I have fixed myself and it really makes me proud of what that car is today.

Thanks for the response.

 

"The light always burns brightest just before it goes out".... a quote from some guy named "numbnuts".

 

Imagine being so triggered by a post you have to respond to it 3 different times.

 

I got 10 cars in my yard…lots of stuff don’t work…including complete cars…I’m slowly getting stuff fixed…

 

Yup, sounds right

 

Well the gas gauge on my Dakota Digital gauges won't talk to the intank Holley efi pump . Figured out a work around ,I just fill up every time I go out .
Windshield wipers did'nt work the last time I was comeing home from a car show in the rain . Figured out a work around ,don't drive her when it might rain .
New radio shorted out a few years back . you guessed it figured out a work around,left it out that way the only thing loud I hear is the exhaust .

So no, as long as she gets me there & back fast as I may or may not want to go all the little things don't mean squat to me . I'll get to them one day , If not they can be somebody else's problem .

Heck guys she looks fine even with all the it don't work stuff. And if I had not mentioned them the only one anybody would know about is the radio .

 

Well the gas gauge on my Dakota Digital gauges won't talk to the intank Holley efi pump . Figured out a work around ,I just fill up every time I go out .
Windshield wipers did'nt work the last time I was comeing home from a car show in the rain . Figured out a work around ,don't drive her when it might rain .
New radio shorted out a few years back . you guessed it figured out a work around,left it out that way the only thing loud I hear is the exhaust .

So no, as long as she gets me there & back fast as I may or may not want to go all the little things don't mean squat to me . I'll get to them one day , If not they can be somebody else's problem .

Heck guys she looks fine even with all the it don't work stuff. And if I had not mentioned them the only one anybody would know about is the radio .

The point is you are OK with what you have, to be honest that works for me.

Just to be clear, I want to get to know how people feel about stuff. The responses have been all over the place and that's OK.