Automotive
5 reasons why petrol-heads love old car interiors
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Petrolheads respect their elders. They are kind, understanding and patient towards their elders. We are talking about older cars. Yes, a true petrolhead loves old car cabins against modern soulless car cabins and here we share 5 reasons why.
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- The cabin of older cars have a familiar smell…..not musty, not smelly, but a familiar smell to the brand. Like old BMW’s all have the same cabin smell. The same with all old Volvo’s, old FIATs and old VW’s.
- The instruments are straight forward and they actually work more precisely. Modern digital instruments move faster than the engine revolutions. Watch closely next time you accelerate your modern digitized car.
- There must be 3 solid pedals. Yes, it must have a manual gearbox and with a proper stick shift.
- Knobs and switches that have true tactile feel to them. Not like modern soft touch buttons or tablet like functions that you ‘swipe’ and ‘scroll’.
- Older car cabins have less distractions. No fancy entertainment units and car connectivity systems to take away the driving pleasure.
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Many of your might not understand our reasons above simply because you have not had the opportunity to own and drive an older car.
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