Well, since they're clearly not professionals I bet this suit will get
thrown out.

nate

Makes you wonder if the insurance company won't pay for injuries should the
individual require medical attention.

that's possibly true... but ISTM that kids raised watching TV in the
car have a completely different perspective than those without...  when
I was growing up, the family car was a '67 Cutlass hardtop, without
even air conditioning or FM radio...  a road trip in the summer was
obviously windows down, you got all the sounds, smells, etc. of
everything going on around you, today's cars are much more insulated
from the driving experience both for the drivers and passengers... does
this mean that the sports car or basic, no-frills (yet still fun to
drive) car will be completely dead in another generation, or relegated
to occasional weekend short trips only (and therefore an expensive,
niche market?) because people won't have the same associations that I
have with riding around in the family ride?  I sure hope not!  But
really, sometime in the late 60's or early 70's it seems that cars
really blew up into something more than they'd been before - instead of
simple transportation appliances that just did their job and took you
where you wanted to go they became something like extensions of the
home, insulating one from all the nasty outdoors around you - and while
apparently most people like that, I still enjoy driving with the
windows down, top off, etc. drinking in my surroundings, and I could
care less if my car has anything more than rudimentary climate control,
any power amenities, etc - as long as it still runs, handles, and stops
well I'm happy with it.

Man, I wish my dad hadn't scrapped that car.  I understand why he did
it (frame was rusting out after 13ish years and 300K+ miles of
year-round western PA use) but still... like it or not, they don't make
'em like that anymore...  more on topic to this group, I'd probably
prefer, say, an old Dart GT convertible, but those old Olds drivetrains
were actually some of GM's best... another proud name that's not with
us anymore...

Dang, I have no idea where that came from, but I can't wait to get the
convertible put together now!  I need an open-air road trip bad!  (I
can almost imagine it now...  that "old car" smell of various hot
automotive fluids, warm breeze, the sound of that nice old V-8 through
duals behind me, the feel of that big Hurst shifter knob...  the "giant
sucking sound" of a four-barrel through an open element air cleaner...
ah, I feel better now...)

nate

(proudly driving my beat-up old 944 every day, while I still can!)

Actually, I do. But having passengers read a book is a lot less
distracting than a prattling TV in the back seat.