# Ask the man who owns one **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728 "2022-12-04T04:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/1 "2022-12-04T04:11:32Z")
Did you ever? What did he say? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/2 "2022-12-04T04:52:07Z")
Yeah about 1979 our pastor took us out for pizza in his olds diesel. He said he really was impressed with it. So in 81 I bought one for $10,000. So much for his advice. Numerous repairs and a couple engines later but 480k, I got $200 for it. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/3 "2022-12-04T06:21:40Z")
My grandmother said she would never buy another Chrysler, oops not a man ;( ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/4 "2022-12-04T09:46:41Z")
That was the Packard Slogan, but then we knew that. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/1/4141c8f556ef128a1e36b8aa9ca87c819ff21d1e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/5 "2022-12-04T12:11:46Z")
A friend of mine owns a 56 Packard that used to be his dad’s. He loves the car and conserved it so it drives and looks good. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/6 "2022-12-04T16:06:26Z")
I miss white wall tires, and chrome wheel covers. A good idea that was eliminated to save a few bucks. Interestingly, my Dodge Aries has metal wheel covers, not chrome, just brushed steel. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/7 "2022-12-04T16:08:35Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > I miss white wall tires The sidewalls of white wall tires were actually weaker than those of the “plain Jane” black walls. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/8 "2022-12-04T16:28:28Z")
Wheel covers could go off into the woods when you hit a pothole . White wall tires were more trouble to keep clean and look terrible after a curb strike. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/9 "2022-12-04T18:18:40Z")
I don’t remember what year but my last set of whitewalls were getting pretty hard to find. I said I only planned to keep the car for another year. I ended up with a no name set for about $100. They were actually good tires though. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/10 "2022-12-04T18:35:35Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > I miss white wall tires, and chrome wheel covers. Agree especially with the spinner or full moon wheel covers. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/11 "2022-12-04T18:40:44Z")
You mean like the fake wire wheel covers that you needed the proper key to remove. I still have a Buick yellow one if anyone needs it. I ended up just welding a nut on the thing instead. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/12 "2022-12-04T22:07:15Z")
Usually folks reply they like and recommend the brand of stuff they own. The only notable negative response I’d had to that question was somebody who owned firestone tires. Appeared he wasn’t a firestone fan. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/13 "2022-12-05T13:20:47Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > I miss white wall tires Anyone that wants white walls can also buy rims with a white painted stripe and use low profile tires. I’ve seen this occasionally on the televised classic car auctions. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/1/61bbd54a2b8dfd3fa94f81139232fd5f50683596.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/14 "2022-12-05T20:07:01Z")
Used to be able to buy those inserts that fit over the tire bead. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-the-man-who-owns-one/187728/15 "2022-12-05T20:45:41Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Used to be able to buy those inserts that fit over the tire bead. Still can, look for “Port A Walls” on Amazon: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/3/b3ddad25242e480114eef98e7f69942bbf96d8f2.jpeg)