Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2086684)

For a good part of my first 20 years of driving many of my cars didn't even have seat belts.
During my weeding reception my buddies thought it would be fun to pour confetti into the defroster so they broke into my 58 Chev. What they didn't know was that they screwed up the door latch in the process. Wife an I were headed to hotel and I turn a corner and the door fly's open. Wasn't really in danger but it scared the crap outta me since I was not really held in the car by anything else!


Can't even remember what it is like to drive without a belt now.

Originally Posted by extrashaky (Post 2086881)

LOL at that story. When I was about 15, my dad bought a '59 Chevy Apache pickup truck. It didn't have seat belts, and it had a bad driver's side door latch. That sucker would fly open so easily that I just got used to driving with one hand on it to hold it closed. If I forgot to hold it closed, it would scare the shit out of oncoming traffic.

My first car was a Triumph that stayed broken more than it ran, so I drove that old Apache a lot. It's a real wonder I'm still alive.

Now that we have the safety equipment, though, we should use it.

Originally Posted by extrashaky (Post 2086492)

You seriously drive 100 yards to the mailbox?

Originally Posted by retoocs (Post 2086356)

The inserting a seatbelt 20 times is a Subaru feature.

Originally Posted by 86to86 (Post 2086941)

No, I stop at the mailbox on the way home. Yes I do it very seriously.:D


I did not know that. Might try it if the beeping starts to bug me too much.