Drive Ins ???

We have one drive in around my way that I know of. It's called Bengies drive-in. It's been in a movie...ohhhh...but I doubt you've seen that movie. ha ha. The drive-in closed a few years back, I guess it wasn't making enough money, but then it re-opened not too long later. It happens a lot around here with our historical and fairly famous stuff...the senator theater did the same thing. It threatens to close every few years and then never does. It's good because these places are great and historical but it sucks that money is so bad for them. Anyhow... I can't even remember the last time I actually went to the drive-in. Actually I do, it was the year Jurassic Park came out. I went with my mom, dad and bro and I think bro's friend to see Jurassic Park. Ghost Dad and...a movie with Robert Downey Jr. were part of the set up too. It was fun. We sat on the hood of the car I remember and it was pretty creepy to see these huge dinosaurs on a big drive-in screen! I'd like to go more often but it always seems like a boyfriendy thing to do or a group of friend thing to do and I don't know I never do that when I'm in either of those situations. I probably should.

There is one drive in not too far from where I live. It is the only one I know of. I have never been to a drive in but it looks like so much fun. I would love to go one day.

Drive Ins wow i havent even heard anyone talk about these in forever. We used to have one here in town when i was still in high school. It was great fun when we were kids and i would still go if they had not of got rid of it.

i dont understand what is this drive ins....can you explain what it is..i am fromindia and i never heard about it.. i have read some comments but still dont get what is that thing?

We have never really had them here - welol the weather isn't predictable enough really is it? lol They always seem to be fun when you see them in the films though and I would love to try the experience! xxx

It's been a long time I haven't go to one of those. I'm not sure if they have it here in my area. Usually, people go there not with the intention to really watch the movie..LOL...

We have one here in our city which is very old and still famous called Woodlands drive in.It has very faithful regular customers.Many a deals are made by the business people here.I frequent this place with my friends.Ben doing it for the past twenty five years.

I remember the drive in when I was a kid. It was a cheap form of going to the movies. * What was really fun was smuggling a car full of freeloaders hiding in the back or in the trunk. You could also bring a carload of goodies, and no one cared if your car wouldn't shut up. * Today's version of the drive in is probably the DVD. Groups of people headed to a buddies house for a movie party, but still, not quite the same.

When I was younger I used to go every once in awhile with my family. There was one probably about an hour or so away from us. I thought it was pretty fun, but could never stay awake for both movies. I don't know if there are any around where I live now, but I doubt it.

I remember my first drive-in! It all started in 1869, my first....Okay, okay...It was 1981 and my first husband, (now deceased) and I went to the drive-in. I don't remember the movie..I wonder why...*smiles*..no I am not going to tell you...HA.HA. Now back to my story..we hooked up the speaker things to our antenna that was actually on the windshield, but it went down into the side of the door panel..something like that..anyhoo, we managed to break the antenna wire in the truck, so there we were watching the movie while listening to the other cars radios. *laughing*..yep, that is my story...did you like it? I just took a percocet for my neck and I am buzzing around here and trying to respond and I don't know if I am making sense...

When I was growing up, my parents would take us to the drive in a lot. I loved it. There is one about an hour's drive from me now. When I was in high school, the drive in in the town we lived in showed x rated movies. That was the only drive in to go to locally, then.

We have a great drive in here in town. It is open all summer long, from when the time the snow is gone until it is back. Yes, the sound comes through the stereos now. They broadcast on their own frequency. We always use to load the cars and vans full of people and head out. Now, I don't get to it as much, in fact it's been a few years since I've gone. Thanks for reminding me, I will have to head out that way again tis month :)

hi! yep theres one here too! i'm english though, so i was sooo excited when i first went there as they don't have them in england! (not that i know of anyway!) ha ha

haha yes i remember them... there are only two that i know of here now.... no more can you drive off with the speaker still attached to the window.... all you do now is tune your car radio in to a certain station..

I have never been to one. They did reopen a drive in not to far from where I live. I have yet to go, but would like to.

I used to love going to the Drive-In! They don't have any around here anymore. I guess everything is so high tech now that there wasn't enough people showing up to keep them in business. Drive-Ins are about as obsolete as 8 track tapes. Yes, I remember those too! LOL

I guess we don't have that drive-ins tradition here, i don't think there have been more than 5 nationwide lol...but they looked nice in the movies...like american graffiti n such!

Hi Calais, back in the good old days I used to go every weekend just to hang out. I would pile as many friends as I could fit in my old rambler station wagon and pay by the carload. There is still one drive in about twenty miles from my house but I dont go that often anymore. About once a year is it. They dont use those old speakers anymore, now they use your a.m. radio. You just clip the thing to your antena and dial the right station and your set to go. All my best, Terry

we had an old one still up and going till a few years ago in the next town. it was called joy it was great. it had all teh old stuff. i miss it. i remember when i was a kid and went it was so much fun. i am only 31 but i would of rather of went there then the movie theater. it was great. streatched out on to top of the car friends inside sneaking in in the trunk. prices were good too. i miss that stuff

I remember drive ins!! We still have one here in Michigan but it is 50 miles from my house. My hubby told me just the other day that he wanted to go and stay the night in a hotel after. They show a double feature on friday and saturday and yes they have the sound come from a station on your car radio. He also said there was an old malt shop in the same town. I told him that it was a date. LOL. Just think no more maqitoes while having the car windows rolled half way down. Thing is it will be really hot inside the car without air. We used to pop up a paper bag full of pop corn and take 2 liter bottles of soda with us. The prices for the drive ins were cheaper back then. The price for this one is $7.00 a person but there is 2 shows. Hugs