re: Has everybody here manually rolled a car window up?

I could manipulate the windows crank with my toes.

Balls, as you know, you and I are the same age....

Back in December, my old man, my oldest son, and I were hunting at our land north of Holly Ridge. He drove his old beater truck that afternoon. Junior and I were leaving and coming back south after the evening hunt. Dad smoked a big arse doe on his way back to the Mecca in the beater. The man has 4 other vehicles at his crib mind you.

He called me freaking out when I was crossing the Tallulah exit saying his old truck was fricked to tears. I was happy he was ok, but ecstatic I would never see that old F150 again. A week later, he told me he put new tires and brakes on it that day and it was running like a champ if you got past the deer damage.

2WD 1999 F150 with the extended cab, doors open from inside, roll your own windows, lock your own doors, no seat covers, etc. He still drives this steaming pile of shite around town so as not to put miles on his "good truck".

Grandpa's church car was a red Chevy 2 Nova . The best feature on cars was the side vent that was down near the floorboard next to your feet. At 45 mph it was just as good as today's A/C.
Wish I had that car today.

One of my favorite vehicles.

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still remember conversations amongst the adults about the dangers of power windows like my Aunt and Uncle and my parents and grandparents about how many people would drown if the car ran off the road into water due to the battery/windows shorting out and not being able to manually get the windows open

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Yep, drowning and also killing kids who stuck their heads out the window lol

My grandma got a caprice classic in 89 that had power everything. All the chrome buttons for windows and mirrors seemed like space ship controls. She would let me sit in it and mess up the mirrors and seat position playing with the buttons. It even had auto headlights which seemed like magic to an 80s kid.

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I’ve changed headlights from bright to dim with my foot.

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I still miss that at times. I mean, your left foot is doing absolutely nothing and you don’t have to fiddle with the steering wheel area. I know, i am old.

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a bigger break through was the invention of power steering

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I got in an old CJ once and was like wtf is this? Oh yeah, no power steering.

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Curious what the age is where kids never had the opportunity to crank up a window?

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I think power windows were considered standard on most vehicles by the end of the 90s. It's possible they were upgrades on some models at that time. But I think it's safe to say that most people under the age of 20, if not 25, have never encountered a manual window or a car door without power locks.

I have a truck I ride around town in that has roll up windows… it’s the same truck I was in when a 18 year old told me to start the truck so he could roll the window down lol