re: For the price of a new throwback model, could the older vehicle be made into a daily?

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I drive a lot of older cars, and the first thing you notice is visibility.

You can actually see out of them.

My situational awareness is so much better in a vintage car - and while it’s impossible to quantify, it is a safety feature.

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While it is true the larger greenhouses on some older cars offer better sight lines it is at the expense of weaker A,B and C pillars compared to modern passenger vehicles.

In the end it is impossible to argue cars even one generation old cars are as safe as similar new cars.

That said a lot of people could care less about safety, I see plenty of baws jack up their trucks even when they never go farther off-road than a mud puddle on a job site or in the plant parking lot.