Recent content by HalfmuleFarmer

Fantastic post. Thank you!

And in one more generation or two, he’ll be the only middle-aged guy among his peers who has ever touched a stick, and the remaining new cars with manuals will be Porsches and Ferraris. Maybe. PS: nice Alpha.

With memory seats!

I’m buying the stock of the makers of convolute sheathing and abrasion tape this morning. +560K repairs!

I like it dirty.

Smartest and cheapest recommendation by far.

It’s a hat tip to the classic country gentleman Rover green. Not exact of course, but that’s the vibe. Get your tweed on with your wellies.

My loan payment.

Agreed. Broncos it could be soon, also 2DRs. But what would Ford put in the ads then? ;-)

Read my lead off post maybe.

Demonstrating that was the point. 😎

Ouch.

Correct. Which is the only reason they’re doing it now. Ferrari and Rolex are of course not volume businesses, like Ford. At volume, you’re always faced with the problem of not satisfying all your customers completely. And this calculus changes with time. Rolex and Ferrari enthusiasts won’t go...

This thread makes me remember my longest stint driving a stick: a couple years in Ireland, in some Irish-built Ford, driving on the wrong side of the road, shifting with my left hand. Can’t say I really miss it!

Walking the obstacle, or even a good portion of the trail ahead = ABSOLUTELY. I’ve saved my butt a couple times with a 15-minute walk. Sometimes a trail is totally gone and impassible and going backwards isn’t going to happen. When things look sketchy, check it out. Sometimes OnX is not as...