Who still daily drives and has hand crank windows

[WardenRoss]

I'm a proponent of manual stuff.

But the power windows sure are handy to wipe the early morning fog/condensation off that passenger side so's I can see's the passenger side mirror.


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[H Richard]

It's probably been over 35+ years since I had a car with crank windows.

Several years ago, my daughter had to take her car to the shop and had a loaner. Her two girls, (grade school age), were in the back seat and didn't know what that crank was for, they had never seen one. Couldn't open the window as couldn't find a button.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

The daily driver is a 2001 Toyota Echo which has both crank-up windows and a stick shift.

My only car is my deceased wife's 2000 Toyota Echo, a car ahead of its time with automatic transmission. Wind-up windows, however.

 

[arjay]

My last stripped one was a 97 f150 4x4 which was totaled in 05. Followed that with a superduty 4x4 from 02 which had all the bells and whistles including the v-10. Gas was up to $3.50/gal and I got it dirt cheap with only 50k on the odometer lol

 

[wcat94]

All of them that I drive.

 

[Krogen]

I do! Have an old 2009 Chevy Silverado work truck
No bells or whistles and good old fashion hand crank windows!

Funny enough I work in IT but I can't stand the new tech and all bings and beeps in my wife's car.

The only modern thing I wish I had was blind spot alert mirrors - that comes in handy in my wife's car when merging.
I make do with tow mirrors and looking over the shoulder.

Who else is rocking old school hand crank windows or even still drives a stick for their daily?

Ha ha... I'm a techie too and have a similar aversion to some technology. Two sticks in the garage; I have no interest in automatic transmissions. For that matter I have no interest in electric vehicles either.

Paradoxically, my profession is aerospace electrical power. Recently I worked with a few electric airplane developers. They are starting to get off the ground . . . (grin). Seriously, they are indeed flying. But you won't find me in one of them anytime soon. I'm not about to ride a giant lithium ion battery in the sky. Shades of Slim Pickins on his last ride in Doctor Strangelove!

While I love new technology, sometimes it's just not for me.

 

[sigp220.45]

My rig has electric windows, but its a stick shift and only has a key, no fob.

 

[375hh1973]

I can honestly say I have never owned a vehicle with hand crank windows

 

[Countrycuz]

2006 F150, not a daily driver anymore since I retired. Still use it a few times a week for errands and hauling chores. Manual windows and locks, AM/FM, and rubber floor. Auto transmission, couldn't get the manual transmission with the V-8 at the time.

 

[Warren Sear]

I'm still driving the 2002 Wrangler in my avatar. Manual transmission, in-line 6 cylinder engine, and crank up windows. That was pretty much the end of the line for Jeeps before they went to oversized 4-door bodies, automatic everything, etc.

 

[bigwheelzip]

While I can't remember the last car we owned with crank operated windows, I've mentioned before on the forum that my favorite car is the Citroen 2CV, a car that should appeal to luddites if ever there was one.
Crank windows were an unnecessary luxury to the designers of the 2CV. They simply put hinges and a latch on the side glass, and it folded away.
However, the designers did include a crank-start ability for the engine. Never used it ourselves, but the handle was there.

Hand cranking 2CV engine - startup with the handle! - YouTube



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[swsig]

The last car with hand-cranked windows I owned was a 1979 Nissan Stanza. They weren't selling, and the dealer offered me a really good price. I was in and out of the dealership in less than an hour. It took me longer to buy my SIG P320 at Cabelas.

Currently, the only crank in our household is me.

 

[crstrode]

I did . . . up until September.

Traded the 1978 F-250 XLT camper special for a new F-150. I had the old Ford over a decade longer than my wife.

I would have kept the old one, but two-wheel drive just can't cut it in snowy Spokane any longer.

I meant the truck not the wife.

 

[islamoradamark]

2006 silverado hand crank window, man locks and mirrors single cab 8 ft bed to manually load those 8 ft sheets of plywood

 

[2wheels]

My company supplied work truck and my '18 Jeep both have hand crank windows. They always work. Both have electric start though.

 

[Rudi]

Recently cost me $500 to get one window motor replaced in my old Lincoln. Ordered my Tacoma with crank windows long ago, they don't mess up.

 

[sureshotbob]

My 2017 Ford F150XL has hand crank windows with rubber floor mats but has a automatic trany and a V6 motor. I bought it new and had to search several dealers to find it.
It is my daily driver I have to admit that at times I do miss my power windows.

 

[10mm Shooter]

Both my 2004 GMC Sierra and 1987 Suzuki Samurai have hand crank windows.

On a side note, a friend of mine took his car in for its annual safety inspection and the shop refused to do the inspection - nobody at the shop could drive a stick...

 

[31FordA]

I detest power windows. The stupid motors always quit at the worst possible time. Every car I've owned with power windows has needed at least one window motor replaced. I also really wish they would bring back vent wing windows on cars.

My daily driver is a gov't car, but it has power windows. Ford didn't offer hand crank windows on the Crown Vic / Grand Marquis after 1989, so my '01 Vic and '03 Mercury are power windows. When I find a decent pre '89 Vic with crank windows I'll buy it. The only other power window car I have is the '86 Cutlass Supreme. All my other cars and my truck have hand crank windows. Of course those other vehicles were built between 1931 and 1984.

My brothers daily driver, a 2011 F-150, has crank windows. He special ordered a stripped F-150, the only option being the limited slip rear axle. It replaced the stripped 2000 F-150 with limited slip rear he also special ordered that was totaled when a junkie drove into him head on. The salesman always try to up sell him, but they eventually give up. My brother does NOT spend money. My grandfather would've have said he squeezes a nickel so hard you can hear the buffalo scream.

 

[GB]

In 1989, I went to the Ford store and ordered the truck of my dreams. F150 Lariat XLT. 4x4, 5 speed manual, air, lock outs, short box, extended cab, 302 V8. I had to pay extra to get the lockouts and still more for manual locks and crank windows. Wasn't part of the standard package so the extra cost. Drove that truck until 2017.You could throw a cat through the sheet metal but the drive train was solid. Oh, and the windows and locks still worked.