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I was a baby in the early 70s, and I'm not even sure I ever had anything resembling a car seat. I remember walking around in the back seat area of my grandmothe
by drewg123 3y ago
I was a baby in the early 70s, and I'm not even sure I ever had anything resembling a car seat. I remember walking around in the back seat area of my grandmother's giant Ford sedan in the early 1970s.
I also remember sitting on the rear "luggage shelf" of my mom's Triumph TR6 2-seat sports car. I loved that, because my head was high enough that I could see the road ahead. I can only imagine how I would have gone flying and likely been impaled on the gear shift if there had been an accident...
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- bombcar 3y agoIt was much later than that, I remember sleeping on the back shelf of my parent's little 240D Benz on long road trips. Of course, people still do things like sleep on the floor of a minivan, but it's not quite as common now.
- CRConrad 3y agoFor a bit of perspective , it's kind of funny to see the 240D called a “little” car. A while back, after the introduction of the 190 (predecessor of the C-class), the 240 and its ilk (the successors of which are now collectively known as the E-class) were the definition of a mid-size Mercedes – but even before that, they were generally accepted all over the world, except for North America, as large cars.
- bombcar 3y agoMany of the cars people think of when they think "small sedan" are actually larger in almost all dimensions than height when compared to small and compact SUVs - the W123 240D is only 3 inches shorter than the Ford Expedition!
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