tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post5180729169228217174..comments2023-06-16T09:13:46.330-05:00Comments on gabbygeezer: Chevrolet Unseats RomanceDick Kladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-578060668454218582012-11-29T00:35:45.936-06:002012-11-29T00:35:45.936-06:00Hmmm... I was thinking that you had to have those ...Hmmm... I was thinking that you had to have those bucket seats so you'd be in proper position for the air bag to deploy.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-81273246078233926432012-11-26T13:43:52.529-06:002012-11-26T13:43:52.529-06:00It does sound like a bucket seat kind of skirmish....It does sound like a bucket seat kind of skirmish.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-65420475000041762182012-11-26T08:47:15.210-06:002012-11-26T08:47:15.210-06:00Relative to this topic, I have to share this anecd...Relative to this topic, I have to share this anecdote:<br /><br />A couple of years ago we were awakened at some hour like 1:30 AM by the honking of a car horn in the street in front of our house. Didn't think too much of it until it happened again about 30 minutes later; and again about 3:00 AM, and several more times.<br /><br />We determined it was a car parked about halfway between our house and the neighbor's. When I set out for my normal morning walk about 5:00, I took a flashlight and was prepared to give a couple of the neighborhood teens hell for drunken partying. But the car wasn't a familiar one from the neighborhood.<br /><br />Still unsuspecting, I proceeded (only one way out of my cul-de-sac) but my approach set off a flurry of activity in the vehicle; a quick glimpse of a lot of bare skin; and a very hurried departure of the car in question.<br /><br />I hadn't realized it but it was late May - senior prom season - and evidently an enterprising pair had decided on some extracurricular activity in our quiet street. I am guessing they had bucket seats?JHawk23http://www.morning-fog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-2229546839547983412012-11-26T08:31:29.857-06:002012-11-26T08:31:29.857-06:00I remember when all sedans had bench seats. Indee...I remember when all sedans had bench seats. Indeed, there were advantages (even more in my first car, a 10-year-old hand-me-down 1954 Nash, which had the fully reclining front seats!). Last car I had with the bench was a '63 Impala that I sold before I went to Vietnam. Since then, it's been all bucket seats.<br /><br />But those old cars didn't have seat belts, either. The one disadvantage of the bench was the tendency to slide out from behind the wheel every time you rounded a corner. Belts control that, but bucket seats really prevent it. JHawk23http://www.morning-fog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-39895651154746899892012-11-24T12:55:26.315-06:002012-11-24T12:55:26.315-06:00I for one won't miss the front bench seat. No...I for one won't miss the front bench seat. No car I have owned in the past 40 years has had one. Of course I drive foreign cars.<br /><br />Dianneschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-83049871524861190702012-11-24T12:37:26.424-06:002012-11-24T12:37:26.424-06:00Yeah, I too recall those bench seats were great fo...Yeah, I too recall those bench seats were great for "the more interesting things." But I also remember getting stuck in the middle as the third person in the front seat. I hated that! So I'll take bucket seats any day.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-12806028401315429702012-11-23T13:46:37.075-06:002012-11-23T13:46:37.075-06:00Mee, too, Pied. But when I do think about it, the ...Mee, too, Pied. But when I do think about it, the memories are very clear!Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-28122532915340783142012-11-23T11:05:19.518-06:002012-11-23T11:05:19.518-06:00Heh. Hadn't thought of that. Bucket seats kill...Heh. Hadn't thought of that. Bucket seats killing romance. But then, it's been a very long time since I've thought about romance in a car ...PiedTypehttp://piedtype.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-7545741904135065742012-11-22T13:30:47.244-06:002012-11-22T13:30:47.244-06:00Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoyed your commentary here ...Happy Thanksgiving!<br /><br />Enjoyed your commentary here and had a few chuckles.<br /><br />Well, I'll be darned! I've preferred bench seats for a lot of reasons besides what you describe. I settled for not having them with my present car, but had no idea they were practically extinct, and now will be except for trucks. <br /><br />Yeah, I've wondered why so many city slickers have all those trucks, too. They used to be the vehicle of choice only for farm boys. Given cars today, decline of station wagons for the monster vans I dislike (unless I had kids to haul around, I guess,) the trucks do provide hauling capacity. That I could occasionally use for items from my local hardware/gardening type store. A lot of folks, younger people probably use the pickups for moving.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.com