Jeep humor waiting room ( ** NO POLITICS ** )

[Mikeoso]

As much as I appreciate a good Manual Transmission, I still like my auto. The Rubi in front of me at the Jeep event was making me nervous... She kept rolling back a lot and that was even before we got to the obstacles.

When I was a mere Yout, the received wisdom was that manuals were best for off road, being sturdier and more reliable...cheaper too. You could buy a rebuilt GM 3 spd from JC Whitney for $35.

This was, by the way, the same period when the wise old heads insisted on revolvers and bolt action rifles, also for reliability and sturdiness. My DIs all referred to the M16 as a Mattel toy piece of shit. Only reason they accepted the M-14 was that it "just a Garand with more rounds"

About the time I was discharged in 69, people began to believe that an AT could handle the rougher stuff, though I didnt have a jeep with auto until the 90s.

I kind of wonder about the motives for the folks who insist on a stick nowadays. Is it more fun, more control? Is there an image thing, or tradition? Not judging or criticizing, just curious.

Just random thoughts for a retired Monday.

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[wahlsaint]

They'll keep trying until they actually see negative consequences.

Very likely getting one while reading this, right now

 

[wahlsaint]

Ok, here we go.

The charcoal kilns at Surprise Canyon, built in 1877 to supply charcoal to nearby mining camps. You can still smell the burnt cedar pitch inside of them.

Back on Wildrose highway, through Rattlesnake canyon and into the main part of the park.

We detoured up through Beatty Nevada to fuel up and check out Rhyolite ghost town (no pics), and then headed down to the road into Titus canyon. Stopped at the ruins of a town called Leadfield (interesting history of this mining camp that was built on false advertising and died quickly thereafter).

The old post office in Leadfield:

And an old wharehouse:

And then into the belly of the beast, Titus canyon. Believe me pictures cannot even come close to doing justice too the scale of all of this, you will feel small, very small.

Very nice, and full of exploratory coolness

 

[HDinkH]

I like this picture! It looks like a matchbox Jeep in front of a rock!

 

[JimLee]

I like this picture! It looks like a matchbox Jeep in front of a rock!

That's exactly what I was telling my wife! What's funny is that rock behind it is very dark colored and as smooth as glass, under all the dried mud caked on it from the flooding that happens in this canyon.

 

[HDinkH]

I kind of wonder about the motives for the folks who insist on a stick nowadays. Is it more fun, more control? Is there an image thing, or tradition? Not judging or criticizing, just curious.

Just random thoughts for a retired Monday.

As someone who's been driving a manual since I was 16 - I can tell you, it's because it's fun!
That said, my next Jeep will be an automatic. My left knee, which lacks all cartilage, is tired of shifting - especially now that we live near the mountains.

 

[obwahn]

As someone who's been driving a manual since I was 16 - I can tell you, it's because it's fun!
That said, my next Jeep will be an automatic. My left knee, which lacks all cartilage, is tired of shifting - especially now that we live near the mountains.

Left knee is what sent me towards auto too.

 

[Mikeoso]

As someone who's been driving a manual since I was 16 - I can tell you, it's because it's fun!
That said, my next Jeep will be an automatic. My left knee, which lacks all cartilage, is tired of shifting - especially now that we live near the mountains.

Yeah, I learned on a stick at 16 also...in 1965.

 

[MtBaldyDave]

I like this picture! It looks like a matchbox Jeep in front of a rock!

I thought the same thing. lol

 

[obwahn]

I thought the same thing. lol

So, does that mean that all them pics that @JimLee showed us were faked?!!

I am sooooooo disappointed!

 

[JimLee]

So, does that mean that all them pics that @JimLee showed us were faked?!!

I am sooooooo disappointed!

Hey, that dead bug on my windshield in half of those pics is real! Besides, I'm too lazy to create fake pics, easier to just drive it.

 

[Gaitero]

I haven't driven anything myself that had the floor starter, but I was only familiar because of some videos of old cars from the 30s.

I've driven plenty of HMMWVs that have the high beam toggle on the floor though, lol. And my uncle's 68 Plymouth has it as well.

I had a 78 Dodge van that still had the floor headlight dimmer.

 

[cedxc2005]

As much as I appreciate a good Manual Transmission, I still like my auto. The Rubi in front of me at the Jeep event was making me nervous... She kept rolling back a lot and that was even before we got to the obstacles.

My current parking situation has me backing into a depressed driveway to orient myself. No room for error, as I have to get right up on a brick wall to fit (only in NYC...).

Solution: Use the e-brake to hold yourself steady until the clutch can pull you forward. I brace my arm on the console, keep the button depressed with my thumb, and use just my grip strength to hold the Jeep while I feather in the clutch. Took a bit of learning on my part, but works like a charm. Was gonna try it at Moab.

 

[grimmjeeper]

Yeah, I learned on a stick at 16 also...in 1965.

I got to learn stick in a Yugo.

 

[Gaitero]

As much as I appreciate a good Manual Transmission, I still like my auto. The Rubi in front of me at the Jeep event was making me nervous... She kept rolling back a lot and that was even before we got to the obstacles.

I'd venture that the driver was lacking in 3-pedal experience. One learns to move the handbrake and clutch in opposite directions to minimize rollback. It also seems to be an idiotic modern trend to avoid using lower gears.

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