{"id":472,"date":"2006-04-08T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-08T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/04\/the_freeway_way.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:46","slug":"the_freeway_way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/04\/the_freeway_way.shtml","title":{"rendered":"The Freeway Wayback Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The life of a car is interesting, at least to me. When new, even the lowliest Hyundai or Kia has a certain appeal. After all, it’s new<\/strong><\/em>, it’s under warranty the odometer has all those zeros and it has that new car smell. But depending on the car and it’s appeal, the novelty wears off. For some cars it wears off faster than others, but somewhere between 10 and 15 years old, it’s just plain junk. No one wants it, except for the most desirable of the desirable. Later, between 20 and 25 years old, the nostalgia factor starts kicking in and most cars start to appreciate.
\nSo there’s a no man’s land in the 15-20 year old zone where no one cares if the car disappears from the roadways forever. (Although in the latest issue of Auto Restorer magazine, someone wrote in for restoration tips on their 1984 Ford Escort. Huh?)
\nIn the light of this consider the following sights on the Columbus highways on my way to work and back in the past couple of weeks:<\/p>\n