Yes, gone are the days when you needed muscle in your leg to throw and hold in a three finger clutch, a brain to figure when to double clutch shift a non synchromesh tranny or crawl under the car to release the jammed fork levers after shifting the "three on the tree" too quickly. Now it's so easy, a ten year old can grab a set of keys and drive to the mall.
My favorite of all was the '65 Impala SS 327, white with black interior and vinyl roof, AC....a real cruiser and chick magnet in those days......bastards stole it right out of the driveway. Next was the '69 Camaro 302 Z28 IROC which I believe used a destroked 327 block, egg crate grill, Hurst 4 speed, cam was so hot that would chatter your teeth at idle then smooth out all the way to 7 grand, could even get a chirp going into 4th.....noise and shaking was impressive usually annoying any date riding shotgun and a perceived challenge to any local idiot at a stop light who was not worth the time or gas to prove that Camaro was the fastest thing to come out of Detroit........still don't know how I never got a speeding ticket driving that in Brooklyn.......unfortunately, the deal was had to sell it back to my buddy when he returned from 'Nam. No going back.....I can manage an Avy just fine, but now it takes me 15 seconds to get in a Camaro and twice as long to roll out.... and they must be cutting scenes because I don't see Steve McGarret easily hopping in and out of one on Hawaii Five O either. No going back, the Avy's ride the nicest of them all!
