“The Ultimate ’80s Page”: 50 Posts About The 80s That Today’s Kids Probably Won’t Get

Do today's kids say "roll down the window?" Do they even know what that means? What about "hang up the phone?" These things are not valid verbs for the devices they are used to.

Boss move was managing to partially open the passenger window from the driver seat on the freeway cuz no AC but didn't want the noise right in your ear. And your car was size "seats about 20" "it's as big as a whale".

Omg these were so annoying. Especially if you're the one driving and someone leaves the window down in the back so now YOU need to go over to it to roll it back up. Don't miss this at all.

I miss these have you ever tried opening an electric window a tiny bit just to get a little bit of air, it's a nightmare!

Kids today will never know why we say “roll down the window”. I actually had a zoomer kid who was telling me a story and instead of doing the motion for roll down the window he “pressed” the button. I felt so old in that moment

Or up when it starts to rain.

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The window down was the easy part 🤪. Getting it back up required two arms!

What do you do in today’s cars if you accidentally drive into a lake ???

strength of an olympic rower

Or the struggle when it slips off the rail and your window is stuck in limbo

I'd love to restore a classic car, keep the crank for the look, but install an electric mechanism that you "crank" it clockwise to roll down and counter clockwise to roll up

I love how the winding hand signal is still used by police etc. It's like the floppy disc icon being used for saving, youngsters probably don't even know where they originated

Or the meaning of "Lock & roll!"

Especially if it was off track

Especially if something gets spilled in it! Had a girl at Dog 'N' Suds spill my tray, when she was handing me my food. The soda went all over and into my door, and my window was never the same, lol. I wasn't mad though. My car was an old beater, anyway. It was just an accident. And the poor girl was just a kid, and she was absolutely mortified. I still feel bad for her, 20 years later.

Mid 70s Toyota Celica. Hardest windown crank known to man. Several mechanics and auto-body folks just said to live with it. It was legend.

How many of y'all had that window that wouldn't go back up, so you'd have to yank it up with one hand while you furiously cranked with the other?

Had these in my first car.

my daughter still use that way in my 33 years old Patrol

Or to pull the garage door up and down by hand

I drive a 2014 Smart Fortwo; has a hand-crank window--but heated seats🤷‍♀️

My mums car still has these. (I'm a teen)

I do, my grandma has a car with one of those, that handle is committed to staying exactly where it is 😂

I have a 2017 Chevy Spark. It even has a back up camera.... but crank windows! Its the weirdest thing!

My current car is the first one I've had with power windows and locks. Just had to shell out a ton to fix the electrical, and opted to leave the lock issue because it can still be done manually. Without one of these though.. that window repair was expensive

Or that you can avoid getting wet when someone next you drives through a puddle, ‘cause I can roll that window way faster than the motor raises it.

That my friend, is a 1984 Toyota Corolla.

Rolling them down while still rolling your car towards the tool booth because you were digging coins out of the ashtray to pay!

Actually I saw that newer base model cars don't have power windows.🤣🤣🤣

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Or be driving and roll down the passenger side window WITHOUT having an accident! Skills

My (2012) car has manual winders in the back. In fact, electric rear windows aren't even an option on this model.

Especially with snow and ice and everyone was smoking in the car and I'm 7.

My moms 2015 Chevy still has crank windows. So did her previous car. Lucky her doesn't know the pain of paying +$1k for a power switch. I miss my 2005 S-10 manual transmission with crank windows.

my grandpa's car has these so i do too know😝

I had a 2007 Toyota Yaris with this. My GenZ kiddos had the pleasure of riding in it. I upgraded in 2015, and my top of my must-have list were automatic windows and remote locks. I can’t tell you how many times I accidentally locked my keys in the Yaris… running as well.