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basicly this thread is about whether you like the newer or older version of something, and old doesn't mean from way back well i'm post mine to start with.

cars: i perfer older cars from the muscle car times, i like a car that sounds like a tiger purring, hybrids nowadays can hardly be heard at all... they are good on gas and all that but i like the sound of a good old V-8.

trains: i'm sort of middle ground here i love the sound of an old steam engine, but the look and designs of the newer trains like the tgv and bullet trains, are good as well, and diesels just look powerful.

planes: new all the way i love newer planes like f22 and the f35 look so cool and are so high tech. but i still love the older ones, like the b52 and the British landcaster, as well as the p-51 mustang and the a-10, but i do love to watch them evolve as technology evolves.

game consoles: i like the more old school style of gaming that didn't involve flailing around like a monkey, but i do love the nicer graphics, smoother gameplay, and precise controls. and i do not like the 3d going into newer games at all. i'm not buying a whole new tv after i just bought my current one, it's not even two years old. i like the 3d we already had which ment 360 degrees of movement.

country songs: like the 1990s to 2000 era. there is some new country that is good but most of it is sung by the artists who were in country since they started singing. everything before 1990s i don't like at all.

i listen to more then just country but i've been listening to country since i was little. i haven't listen to the other genres of music long enough to have a real opinion on it.

those are just the few things i can think of right now, what are your opinions?

Modern popular country music is embarrassingly bad. I'm not a fan of old country, but at least I can respect it. I'd rather get pissed on by a camel than listen to 15 seconds of Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, the Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, or Rascal Flatts. Screw waterboarding – we should be using this stuff as instruments of torture. How anyone who likes Johnny Cash or Dwight Yoakam can tolerate that crap is a mystery.

I prefer older music over newer music. I'm partial to the bands of The British Invasion of the 1960s over Top 40.

I prefer vintage unisex Mod fashions over what teenage girls and young women are wearing today.

I like both LED TVs and TV sets from the 1950s and 60s.

I prefer a Nintendo Wii over the game, Pong.

My older Ibanez bass is better than most of the other basses I have played.

But my new digital piano is better than most of the digital pianos I've played.

I am at a crossroads.

I grew up with them and still prefer Johnny Cash.

Not much of a country fan, but I do love Mr. Cash.

Cars: Older.
The reason for this is that I feel older cars have more soul and passion put in to them. They have personality.....newer cars are all about science and math, which is fine because in the automobile world science has helped technology by leaps and bounds. 40 years ago do you think they'd ever produce a production car that could have a top speed of 268 miles per hour? Everything is monitored by computers that micro manage everything and corrects your mistakes, basically driving FOR you. With older cars YOU are the one driving and you become one with that car. Sounds silly, but thats just how I feel.

TVs: New
For obvious reasons. Hmm......fuzzy black and white or 1080p HD? Tough choice that one.

Music: Old
Well, its not really old, but its older to me. Stuff that came out in the 80's and early 90's. The stuff everyone today is trying to mimick. I can't stand when a new band comes out with a cd and on the front there's a sticker that says "For fans of Slayer, Testament, and Metallica!". Why would I buy it when I can listen to the originators who came up with all the great riffs that this new band slightly altered and try and call "unique"? I also don't like how music is becoming more and more digitally distributed. I love buying a cd that I can hold in my hand, look at the artwork and read the liner notes. It feels more personal, like the band made it just for you. With digital distribution all of that is lost. True, its more of a "green" approach but I don't care.

I've been using mx518 computer mice since 2004, I keep buying the same model when it dies. Been through 4-5.

I think I'm a mixture of new and old.

Musicwise I love the mid 70s to mid 80s in particular, but also a lot of 60s, 90s and more modern stuff. There's an element of nostalgia in the stuff I grew up with, the rest I just like if it is good. Johnny Cash, is there anyone that doesn't love him?

It's the same with films. I love the 80s for films, but so much of that is nostalgia. There have been some fantastic films in the last 2 decades, but it's a rare one that I truly love.

Technology, I am a bit of a luddite. I'm quite resistant to change when it comes to gadgets. I have things from the 80s still for the kitchen. I have an ipod, but I haven't used it for a long while as I don't go out much now, plus it went all wonky which was annoying. I miss LPs and 7 inch singles. CDs are still a bit new fangled for me. What annoys me about technology is how it feels so wasteful. All these resources going into gadgets that everyone replaces every 6 months, because they want to be trendy and also because things aren't made to last anymore. I loathe mobile phones. I love my laptop though, obviously.

In my house I have furniture that was tatty in the mid 90s. I've carted it around me with every time I move. I still have a shabby bookcase from childhood too. Why chuck something out if it still does the job? My house doesn't match, like people seem to like these days. Matching curtains and decor and sofas etc. It's lots of different colours and textures and I like it that way. Although I'd get rid of the beige carpets if I owned it.

If I could live in a different time I probably would. I'd like to go back to a time when there was more of a community, people all knew each other and looked out for each other. Although I could be wearing my rose tinted specs there. I suppose every generation looks back and thinks how simpler it was in the past compared to now.

Hmm... let me think about this.



as compared to...



I'd say it's no contest here.

The real question is whether or not the Ferrari F-40 is better than the F-430.