Is the natural classic car driver dying out?
06/07/2012
Most classic car drivers learned how to operate the vehicles they drive today in driving school. Opening the door lock with a key, starting the car with the ignition lock and with choke assistance, manual clutch/shifting and even manual operation of windshield wipers and lights or rolling down side windows were drilled into them in driving lessons and with subsequent driving experience.
But if you're just learning to drive a car today, you'll never get to see some things. After all, today you get into the car with the key in your pocket, start the engine at the touch of a button, change gear via DSG or automatic transmission, drive up a slope with electronic assistance, lower the windows at the touch of a button and don't worry about lights or clean windows - after all, that's what sensors are for. Today, no driving instructor talks about starting aids, intermediate throttle or manual ignition adjustment - why should they?
Nevertheless, one or two of these modern drivers may at some point get into a car that was built 20, 30 or more years ago and will then have to learn to drive again, depending on the vehicle. The "natural" classic car driver, i.e. the one who grew up with the old cars, is slowly dying out. Let's make sure that we at least pass on the knowledge, for example with online platforms such as www.zwischengas.com. Because, at the beginning of mobilization, most drivers also acquired their driving skills through brief instructions from car salesmen or by reading books, as our series on the "art of driving" proves.
