rocketraider Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Sorry if I'm tromping on anyone's toes here, but in a lot of my car magazines the car owners are always saying "we wanted a car to take the kids/grandkids for an ice cream". What's up with the obsession with "going for an ice cream"?🍨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 It’s good! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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avantey Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 When my grandchildren were little they always had to in "grandpa's yellow ice cream car", my '31 A cabriolet in brown and yellow. Soooo- I just had to get 3 or 4 or 5 in and go for the ride first and end with ice cream! A treasured memory now with them all grown up and some away. As a veteran tour planner and tourist there are many tours that include (sometimes require?) a planned daily ice cream stop so the big kids can get their fix. Never underestimate the power of the cone!! 🍦 = 😊 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 The uninitiated think old cars run on gasoline. They don't. They run on ice cream, and they and their passengers get grumpy if there isn't any. 6 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avantey Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Oldcarfudd- you said it better than me !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Unless youre lactose intolerant 😨 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Just a reason to go for a ride I guess. More fun than going to the broccoli farm. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Ice cream is an important part of dating history. Ole Evinrude invented an out board motor because his ice cream would melt by the time he could row across the lake to his girl friends. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Motorcycle riders aren’t much better. I was more of a go for coffee guy cause I liked to hit the road early in the am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Many old and not so old fuddy duddies used to complain when Dixie and I let our young sons eat ice cream in my Pontiac. I always thought cars were to be driven and enjoyed by everyone in the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) I let the girls (Gracie & Sophie below) eat ice cream in my Studebaker! Edited September 1, 2020 by SC38DLS (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Yep first place a load of Grand-kids and I went in the DeSoto was to the drive inn for cones. Just one reason I'm not interested in getting new interior. Let her drip. Priceless to look in the rear view mirror and see a bunch of smiling faces covered in ice cream. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Our golden retriever was always ready for an ice cream run! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Most every dog I have had would hear an old car start and come running, of course the place we went put milk bones on top of the dog cups which they enjoyed. Im in the any excuses category when it comes for a ride... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) Growing up as a kid in antique car clubs during the 50's, 60's, and early 70's, I was often called home from play just before dusk, to "go for a ride." Sometimes it was just my family in our antique car, sometimes with other car-loving families who lived nearby, or sometimes in our modern convertible cars (first a 1957 Bel Air convt, and later a 67 Impala convt). We cruised through the nearby rural countryside slowly, enjoying the scenery and waving at people we saw along the road. (I recall being amazed at how many lightening bugs I saw over farmer's fields). Inevitably we ended up at the root beer stand, where we had root beers and floats. From about the age of 10 I used to stare at the pretty car hops who brought our food, and was thrilled when one of them might smile a greeting my way. When we finished Dad would put the top up, and we drove home in the darkness. Wow, what wonderful memories. I miss those days. Edited September 1, 2020 by lump (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 6 hours ago, rocketraider said: What's up with the obsession with "going for an ice cream"?🍨 Most old cars don't have air conditioning! You need SOMETHING to keep yourself cool on the trip, and it may as well be an Ice Cream or two!! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithb7 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) One of the leading excuses to take out the old car and go for a treat. Ice Cream. Kids, wives, the dog...I don't know anyone who has said no to me when I say, "Lets jump in the old car and go for an ice cream." Nobody has ever said "no, "I'm not into that". A few examples of us getting ice cream are below. What's the big deal? Try asking your adult sons if they'd like to come over and perform yard maintenance with you. Spend some quality time together ripping out a tree stump or raking leaves. Notice there are no glum, grumpy frowns on any faces shown. Off we go, for ice cream! Edited September 1, 2020 by keithb7 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, 8E45E said: Most old cars don't have air conditioning! You need SOMETHING to keep yourself cool on the trip, and it may as well be an Ice Cream or two!! Craig And here I thought I was COOL just driving an old car to get the ice cream! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/minneapolis-1953-chevrolet-delivery/7181669373.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 An ice-cream run makes everyone happy. The car's owner wants to take it out because, well, of course he does. And kids love ice cream. So if you go for an ice cream run, they really want to go with you. Everyone has fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) What police officer would give you a ticket, with a car full of kids, when he asks why you drive your historic plated vehicle every day? Edited September 13, 2020 by Roger Walling (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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