It’s the same old story. Everyone else has a brand new car, but you’re still driving around in your beat up old-faithful. I know how you feel. I have a 17 year old, a 16 year old, and a 5 year old car. For some people, they don’t want to be seen in a beat up old car. Personally, that doesn’t bother me. I ought to have a car that matches my personality, and under-powered, run-down, old and beat-up is a perfect fit.

But the new cars have so much better safety features. Sometimes, if you’re like me, you start to think about how the new air bags are a nice feature missing from those almost two decade old cars. And as rusty as they are, a minor collision will cause them to completely disentigrate.

It seems like safety is on the side of the newer cars. Until now. Now I realize that since my old cars don’t smell like new cars, they really are safer.

Headline Pittsburgh Post Gazette: That ‘new car smell’ could be the death of you