I'll grant you more fuel efficient, but if you got into a fender bender with a car from the fifties it didn't cause three thousand in damage to the vehicle. If something went wrong with a vehicle then or in the 60s or 70s it took a trip to the auto parts store and an afternoon in your own garage and the car was right as rain once again.

The first new car my parents ever bought was a 67 mustang, its still running fine and in pristine condition. My uncle bought it from them when my dad went into the service and now refuses to drive it in the winter (salt on the roads).

I do believe many products were made much better. If you bought a shirt in the 50s or 60s the odds of having a missed seam were non-existent.

If you're my age (or older) think of your first tonka truck or wagon. Those things may not have been child safe (metal and sharp corners) but they certainly lasted longer than their current equivalent.

I do miss soda in a glass bottle, but I don't miss shampoo in glass bottles. I can't tell you how many times the Prell hit the cast iron tub and shattered. But the tub brings up another thing I think was made better. My parents house was built in the 40s. The tub is original, it's never even had to be refinished. It looks as good now as it did the day it was installed in the house.