Grands on the run

[super_X_drifter]

You're never gonna be happy until you have one these sitting there. I'd forget about it though. It would probably mean the rest of your life in the dog house.

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Lol and the time until I get it robbing banks I'd be happy with a laferrari too. It's only like a mil and a half. And that pic is sweet. Back before they were hybrids . Still look very forward to spa race this weekend Vettle coming off a win too

 

[redeyedancer]

Bro you don't want to see a pic of my shagwagon...it's dented, rusted, beat up, and to boot it's a grannymobile-turned-shagwagon...(I realize this may sound awesome...to a degree yes it is but those granny legs are buckling)

Unflavored 90% of the time dude. It's a radical departure from the path I was on. I mixed up 400ml X-style of 4mg maxVG yesterday. Selling most of my NT bit by bit in the classys. And I plan to release a vlog in the next couple days talking about my new perspectives

MY kind of ride run until its dead I say .

 

[Robinowitz]

Great thread X! You brought me WAY back in time. When I was 8 (late 60's) my folks bought an "old" Jeep. I believe it was a 1949. It was the first year that the hood was rounded. (I'll have to do some research). Talk about a sturdy machine and safe for us kids to learn to drive on. Only went to 3rd but it could climb a mountain going straight up when engaged in "granny gear." Had to engage the wheels by hand.

I learned how to drive (on back roads) when I was 8/9 years old. When I was legal, that was the vehicle my brother and I used to drive around in. Folks felt safe because it was such a strong tank and there was NO WAY to speed in it (even on a hill with a tail wind). My brother and I did manage to total "Judy" twice (rolling it) but each time we walked away without a scratch. (Grateful for roll bars as she is a bit top heavy). Each time, we (insurance nod the body shop) got her up and going again. My Mom still has Judy. She sat in the garage for decades. My step dad is doing some work on her presently and plans on getting her on the road again.

 

[dwroblewski]

Bro you don't want to see a pic of my shagwagon...it's dented, rusted, beat up, and to boot it's a grannymobile-turned-shagwagon...(I realize this may sound awesome...to a degree yes it is but those granny legs are buckling)

Unflavored 90% of the time dude. It's a radical departure from the path I was on. I mixed up 400ml X-style of 4mg maxVG yesterday. Selling most of my NT bit by bit in the classys. And I plan to release a vlog in the next couple days talking about my new perspectives

Yeah, I'm slowly weening myself off flavored juices too... I'm adding what I have left to my homemade unflavored. I put about 50ml of my Strawnilla to 500ml of unflavored just to get a little flavor. When the Strawnilla is gone, I'll be ready for pure unflavored for good.

 

[JC Okie]

A kid backed into my wife's parked van a week ago. luckily it was witnessed cause the kid took off. Turned out, He backed out of the house Right across the street where it was parked. and now it's in the body shop.

So we had to get us a rental.

We picked a Jeep Wrangler cause my kids always say how cool they look. It was also like brand new ~2000 miles.

After driving it I hated it.

Until I removed the removable portions of the hard top. Now is a whole different animal.

I'd get one if I had enough money to afford a third car and a 4th garage cause I'd remove the entire top and only drive it on nice days

I'd also get a system installed in it cause the radio looks and the speakers sound like a 1992 stock system. Mans gotta have Bass and connectivity.

Here it is just now with two of my grands
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That oughta bring @filthy beast outta hiding

I learned to drive on a 1949 Willys. It was Daddy's deer hunting jeep..... I was about 14 when he let me start driving it...mostly gravel roads back and forth to the Round-up Club (barrel racing...another story for another day) and all around the backroads. I'm not sure it was even street legal....no top, no doors, you could see the road through the rotted out floorboard. I remember having to double clutch it to shift gears.

My dad was an auto mechanic and I would help him all summer. We'd have to shuffle cars in the drive all the time, so I ended up having to get behind the wheel of lots of different cars every day. This was mid-sixties and lots of cars (most) were still standard transmissions. I think he figured that by letting me learn on the Jeep, I'd be good to go on anything else. He was right.

 

[Robinowitz]

I learned to drive on a 1949 Willys. It was Daddy's deer hunting jeep..... I was about 14 when he let me start driving it...mostly gravel roads back and forth to the Round-up Club (barrel racing...another story for another day) and all around the backroads. I'm not sure it was even street legal....no top, no doors, you could see the road through the rotted out floorboard. I remember having to double clutch it to shift gears.

My dad was an auto mechanic and I would help him all summer. We'd have to shuffle cars in the drive all the time, so I ended up having to get behind the wheel of lots of different cars every day. This was mid-sixties and lots of cars (most) were still standard transmissions. I think he figured that by letting me learn on the Jeep, I'd be good to go on anything else. He was right.

Great memories indeed. I'm so grateful I learned to drive on a standard too. Can't seem to get that out of my blood. I still drive a stick shift. Feels like I'm forgetting something when I'm driving an automatic. (That changed when I needed neck surgery and going thru rehab for it, but I'm glad to be back shifting). Don't know when that will change for me, so I'll enjoy the ride until then.

Small world JC, my Grandfather was born in BlueJacket, Ok...

 

[vlodato]

You and me brother. I've had my little civic since '98.

Hondas are great cars, so easy to maintain. Just like the reo

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[JC Okie]

Great memories indeed. I'm so grateful I learned to drive on a standard too. Can't seem to get that out of my blood. I still drive a stick shift. Feels like I'm forgetting something when I'm driving an automatic. (That changed when I needed neck surgery and going thru rehab for it, but I'm glad to be back shifting). Don't know when that will change for me, so I'll enjoy the ride until then.

Small world JC, my Grandfather was born in BlueJacket, Ok...

I still drive a stick shift, too. I think it gets in your blood. I just bought a new car last year and it's a stick shift. And Bluejacket is just right up the road. Ha.

 

[Sloth Tonight]

I prefer manual trannies too, though my shaggerdagger's an auto.

 

[super_X_drifter]

I prefer manual trannies too, though my shaggerdagger's an auto.

I am lazy but do like the control of the manual mode in my rig. You slide the shifter over in "M" and use either the steering wheel mounted paddles or the shifter itself for some pretty gratifying manual action minus the clutch. It'll actually hold the gear till rev limiter kicks in or you downshift. That'll catch ya by surprise in 1st and second gear. It redlines fast and power is cut. I use it a lot but not when listening to loud tunes cause I forgot to shift on several occasions

 

[RSZ1]

 

[Alawot]

I also learned on a stick shift. First time on the open road I was 15 with my uncle in his '69 Chevelle. It had the 3 on the tree My Civic is a standard, and while not a requirement in a new car, it will be a preference.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

I learned to drive in a '68 VW bug. Looooved that car, and the stories it could tell would get me barred from several countries and most occupations.

It only had 4 gears but you used all of them every day, even in a city rush hour commute. Gas gauge was broken (had to do the odometer math to know when to refill), synchros were gone in two gears, no heater, and I drove it for a year with no starter (always parked on a hill to get a rolling start).

These days, comparitively, everything is easy to drive with relatively little personality.

 

[ed101z]

I too, learned on a Manual at 14. To this day, that's all I drive. True... it's aggravating at times, but I just cannot drive an automatic. I learned to drive using all 4 limbs : (steering = left hand ; clutch = left foot ; gear = right hand ; gas = right foot).

The clutch and gear limbs just doesn't know what to do when I'm driving an Automatic. I've found myself trying to change gears a thousand times.

 

[Danrogers]

For me it was a 73 Toyota, loved driving that little standard, I remember the battery was giving me problems, the car was so lite my girl friend and I could push it jump in a pop the clutch and off we went. Fond memory.

 

[rudy4653]

I learned to drive in a '68 VW bug. Looooved that car, and the stories it could tell would get me barred from several countries and most occupations.

It only had 4 gears but you used all of them every day, even in a city rush hour commute. Gas gauge was broken (had to do the odometer math to know when to refill), synchros were gone in two gears, no heater, and I drove it for a year with no starter (always parked on a hill to get a rolling start).

These days, comparitively, everything is easy to drive with relatively little personality.

Love it!
I learned on a '64 Karman Ghia! Wish I had it now as it would be worth some $$$ !!
Loved that car. Would siphon out gas from my Dad's lawn mower and keep me going for days!
Went on to own 8 VWs during my young discovery years. What was nice is that you could do an engine swap in a matter of hours in your own driveway!
If you had a screw driver, pliers, paperclips, and electrical tape that's all you needed for a complete VW tool box!

 

[ENAUD]

I always wanted a CJ/ Wrangler, but every time I went to buy one and sat in them, I just couldn't pull the trigger, I need to carry stuff. Always owned and drove manual trannies till about three years ago, me and the better half need to trade cars occasionally and she cannot and will not learn to drive a stick shift, ah the compromises we make for love Being in the south I can live with a dual mode tranny now, auto and sport mode works pretty well, but if we ever move back to snow country, I am having a stick shift again.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Being in the south I can live with a dual mode tranny now

I would have thought that was illegal in the south (but what do I know about these modern and more libertarian times)

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

What was nice is that you could do an engine swap in a matter of hours in your own driveway!

Preeeeecisely! I went through 2 engines in mine. $375 for a complete engine swap.

 

[Rule62]

I learned to drive standard on the fly. It was a '67 Chevy pickup. My first day on the job, as a pipefitter helper, I was given a list of stuff to go pick up at the shop/warehouse. In those days, it was SOP to send the lowest man on the totem pole on the shop runs; and that was me. The foreman handed me the list, and the key to his company truck. I jumped in, and thought, "Oh S...' It's a standard!" I was too scared to go back into the building and tell him that I didn't know how to drive one. I knew the basics, like using the clutch, the H pattern, etc. I had just never actually driven one. My mom's car, which I learned to drive on, was automatic. So, off I went, bucking away. I made it to the shop and back, only stalling a couple times, not hitting anything, just a little extra wear on the clutch, no doubt.