things that used to be good, and now suck-Page 2| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

ebonyandivory Reader
12/14/12 8:34 p.m.

DaveEstey wrote:
ebonyandivory wrote: Soooo, no one is saying "my marriage"?
Your marriage.

That doesn't work. I specifically wrappped it safely in quotation marks.

sobe_death HalfDork
12/14/12 9:11 p.m.

JohnRW1621 wrote: Nokia. Used to be the largest seller. It is highly likely you owned one. Now it is highly unlikely you even know someone who uses one. Blackberry following suit.

Whoa whoa there. Nokia still makes great phones! They had a slump where they were trying to figure out what to make, but now you can still buy good dumbphones (maybe not in N.America), but they are making smartphones with the best cameras out there, and way more rugged than the Precious iPhone. If you haven't handled one in the past year, I'd suggest giving it a shot!

egnorant Dork
12/14/12 11:05 p.m.

I currently use a Nokia phone! Needed a quick replacement for a lost phone and still use it 4 years later. I dont remember what color it used to be, half the numbers are worn off, but everything still works and has not had a nice life!

Bruce

Aeromoto HalfDork
12/14/12 11:24 p.m.

Muscle cars. Traditional hot rodding and the H.A.M.B. Basically the entire vintage car market. The entire hobby of motorcycling. NASCAR, IRL, NHRA top fuel, The motorsports industry. ebay, car shows and swap meets in Florida. The state of Florida. Music and the music industry. Speed TV and TV in general. People. All the fun in the world. Religion. Our system of government. Aviation and the aviation industry. Small business. Etc, Etc. Etc.

novaderrik UltraDork
12/15/12 12:19 a.m.

pickups.. they are too nice and cushy now. also, they are expensive.

Feedyurhed Dork
12/15/12 7:29 a.m.

Aeromoto wrote: Muscle cars. Traditional hot rodding and the H.A.M.B. Basically the entire vintage car market. The entire hobby of motorcycling. NASCAR, IRL, NHRA top fuel, The motorsports industry. ebay, car shows and swap meets in Florida. The state of Florida. Music and the music industry. Speed TV and TV in general. People. All the fun in the world. Religion. Our system of government. Aviation and the aviation industry. Small business. Etc, Etc. Etc.

Geeeez you said it before me. Everything now is all about maximizing profit and very little about quality. Everything thing is cheaply made and breaks way too soon. Pretty sad.

Your Ebay comment x 100.

sachilles SuperDork
12/15/12 7:48 a.m.

Woot.com.

Use to be awesome before amazon bought them.

M030 HalfDork
12/15/12 8:23 a.m.

European Car magazine

shadetree30 Reader
12/15/12 8:33 a.m.

VW.

And I say that with pain in my heart....

Ranger50 UberDork
12/15/12 8:43 a.m.

Coffee.

M030 HalfDork
12/15/12 9:59 a.m.

Mercedes Benz & AMG

curtis73 UltraDork
12/15/12 10:04 a.m.

distribution of wealth.

DrBoost PowerDork
12/15/12 11:22 a.m.

In response to my post in the opposite thread: Parents. Not yours, but parents in general.

Woody MegaDork
12/15/12 12:14 p.m.

My liver.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
12/15/12 12:31 p.m.

Brake Cleaner

The Indianapolis 500

My beard

clutchsmoke HalfDork
12/15/12 2:29 p.m.

Klayfish wrote: Mullets

Mullets were never good. Never.

ProDarwin SuperDork
12/15/12 2:32 p.m.

Christmas

Zomby Woof UberDork
12/15/12 3:34 p.m.

clutchsmoke wrote:
Klayfish wrote: Mullets
Mullets were never good. Never.

I know jealousy when I see it.

fasted58 UberDork
12/15/12 3:36 p.m.

wheels777 wrote: Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer

agreed, that used to be awesome stuff

Ranger50 UberDork
12/15/12 3:38 p.m.

ProDarwin wrote: Christmas

x eleventybillion.... Corporate profits have sucked the life out of it.

moparman76_69 HalfDork
12/15/12 4:07 p.m.

Everything.

fasted58 UberDork
12/15/12 4:21 p.m.

Old manufactured stuff was durable, repairable and it could last generations. New stuff is designed/ built cheaper to stretch every last nickel outta it and last X amount of time before it becomes obsolete/ disposable. Granted, new stuff can be amazing.

wbjones UltraDork
12/15/12 6:53 p.m.

except modern day automobiles ... as I was growing up ( the '50's ) a car was pretty much a dead lose after 100k miles ... now 300k isn't all that hard

Merc Reader
12/16/12 10:10 a.m.

fasted58 wrote: Old manufactured stuff was durable, repairable and it could last generations. New stuff is designed/ built cheaper to stretch every last nickel outta it and last X amount of time before it becomes obsolete/ disposable. Granted, new stuff can be amazing.

Welcome to consumerism. It's kind of disgusting to walk into a Walmart and see a ton of useless cheap junk. The thing is too that a lot of people end up buying it and just tossing it away. To think that somebody spent a few hours of there lives somewhere making it. Back than too it seemed like there were a finite amount of resources to make quality stuff. Now a days it seems like we regard our resources as infinite and pump out a ton of useless crap. The numbers just don't add up.

Btw, you can add: Walmart Target Any other big name store to the list.