Your vehicle: what do you have, why do you like it, and what do you not like?

**Canada_Rockies** · 09-16-2021, 11:33 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by cdd29

I do some pretty remote photo shoots (abandoned bridges and structures). Good thing I decided to take the truck this time. Had a little fun too.

Back on the current trend, I too grew up on a manual. Had a 6 speed 370z several years ago that while fun was but tedious running through the gears while in traffic. Plus it was very finicky getting into 6th.Recently picked up another 370z but this one is an auto. Must admit I prefer this for the most part over the 6 speed. It does have the option of manually shifting (paddle shifters and also on the gearshift itself).

When I arrived in Germany for my NATO tour 1965-1967, I picked up a 1958 Mercedes 220S for Cdn $405.00. No tach, but top/bottom limit marks on the speedometer for each gear.
1st: 0-50 kph, 2nd 30-80, 3rd, 40-120, 4th 50 +. Note the crossover at 50 kph. The manual's suggestion for city traffic was drive up to 50 kph in 1st and drop it into 4th for mileage. The shift pattern for the on the tree shifter was much closer to an X than an H and facilitated the move.

I liked the tailgater deterrent as well; moving into the reverse gate turned on the backup lights.

slartibartfast01 · 09-16-2021, 11:47 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Canada_Rockies

When I arrived in Germany for my NATO tour 1965-1967, I picked up a 1958 Mercedes 220S for Cdn $405.00. No tach, but top/bottom limit marks on the speedometer for each gear.

1st: 0-50 kph, 2nd 30-80, 3rd, 40-120, 4th 50 +. Note the crossover at 50 kph. The manual's suggestion for city traffic was drive up to 50 kph in 1st and drop it into 4th for mileage. The shift pattern for the on the tree shifter was much closer to an X than an H and facilitated the move.

I liked the tailgater deterrent as well; moving into the reverse gate turned on the backup lights.

If you can reach 50kph in city traffic

**ThorSanchez** · 09-16-2021, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by Just1MoreDave

The shifting speed is sort of like lens sharpness. It's easy to measure, show on a chart, discuss on forums. It's just not relevant to driving, and electric cars would make it a quaint blip in history anyway. In real driving and ownership, you'd probably reconsider those launches after the first transmission (or battery) replacement.

I've only had four daily drivers since 1991, all manual transmissions. The last three I've kept until nearly 150,000 miles. The last clutch I replaced was... actually my Dad replaced it because I was a poor college student in 1992.

So you can infer how many times I've revved it up to redline and dumped the clutch to try to get a killer 0-60 time.

bogwalker · 09-16-2021, 05:58 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ThorSanchez

I've only had four daily drivers since 1991, all manual transmissions. The last three I've kept until nearly 150,000 miles.

Hmm, my car is now 6 years old, and I've only got 35,000 miles. It's going to take another 20 years to get to 150,000 miles at that rate!

That does include a year and a half of working from home though, and no long trips during that time. I've only been filling up every other month. I should be adding more miles pretty soon, but I was definitely doing my part to reduce greenhouse gases, intentionally or not.

**Canada_Rockies** · 09-16-2021, 09:45 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by slartibartfast01

If you can reach 50kph in city traffic

The manual didn't include that caveat

**Mooncatt** · 09-17-2021, 09:51 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

The dumbing down of the masses is being facilitated by all this technology.

And that's assuming the technology functions like it's advertised.

**Canada_Rockies** · 09-17-2021, 11:30 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Mooncatt

And that's assuming the technology functions like it's advertised.

Like backup warning cameras in the Rockies? They don't seem to handle snow very well.

**ChrisPlatt** · 09-17-2021, 04:25 PM - **1 Like**

If you drive that fast (50 kph / 30 mph) in first gear your engine should warm up pretty quickly...

Chris

**Canada_Rockies** · 09-17-2021, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by ChrisPlatt

If you drive that fast (50 kph / 30 mph) in first gear your engine should warm up pretty quickly...

Chris

I think Mercedes catered to the drivers of Germany: Don't waste time.

**ThorSanchez** · 09-21-2021, 06:30 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Automatic transmissions have enabled those who have no business driving motor vehicles to do so.

Now we have cars that will see an obstacle and stop the car, even when the driver is taking no action to avoid a collision.

And we also have cars that notice a driver is drifting out of the lane of travel and alerts them.

Then there are the cars that parallel park for the incompetent snoods who can’t manage on their own.

The dumbing down of the masses is being facilitated by all this technology.

The masses have always been inattentive, they didn't know the rules of the road, they'd do stupid things, they'd get angry or annoyed... they're people, and they've always been people. Technology now keeps those people, us people, from rear ending and sideswiping quite so many others.

Racer X 69 · 09-21-2021, 07:09 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by ThorSanchez

The masses have always been inattentive, they didn't know the rules of the road, they'd do stupid things, they'd get angry or annoyed... they're people, and they've always been people. Technology now keeps those people, us people, from rear ending and sideswiping quite so many others.

There are far too many people who shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

For example:

Tesla driver arrested for allegedly using Autopilot while drunk, unconscious

Driving is a privilege, not a right. People like the woman in the Tesla while drunk should have that right permanently revoked.

**ThorSanchez** · 09-21-2021, 09:02 AM

Originally posted by Racer X 69

There are far too many people who shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

For example:

Tesla driver arrested for allegedly using Autopilot while drunk, unconscious

Driving is a privilege, not a right. People like the woman in the Tesla while drunk should have that right permanently revoked.

Sure, but that's always been the case. 10 years ago that woman would probably be dead, and may have taken others with her.

**ChrisPlatt** · 09-21-2021, 04:57 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

There are far too many people who shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

Years ago a coworker who had a cast on her arm got a ticket for driving impaired.
She was incensed and complained loudly about this abuse of her "right to drive".

Too many confuse rights with privileges.

Chris

Racer X 69 · 09-21-2021, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by ChrisPlatt

Years ago a coworker who had a cast on her arm got a ticket for driving impaired.

Now I feel bad Chris.

When I had my left foot in a cast, and later a cast boot, I drove my Legacy with a manual transmission. I found a device for handicapped drivers that I could clamp to the clutch pedal, allowing me to operate it with my left hand.

A few years later when I had the right foot worked on, I tried the same thing, using my left foot to operate the brake and accelerator. I just couldn't get the coordination down.

So I bought the 95 F150 from my oldest grandson, as it has an automatic. Drove with my left foot for six months.

**richard0170** · 09-22-2021, 12:14 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

The dumbing down of the masses is being facilitated by all this technology.

It is not being facilitated but rather caused by. People need free agency to be fully alive, even if that means they make mistakes and errors. Television and computer games remove individual imagination. Tech which takes tasks away from folk do the same for the physical interaction we have with the world around us. We end up becoming zombies.

Now I am no luddite and certainly appreciate a certain amount of tech, but one can have too much of a good thing. It appears many people already do.

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09-16-2021, 11:33 AM - 1 Like	#2491
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by cdd29 I do some pretty remote photo shoots (abandoned bridges and structures). Good thing I decided to take the truck this time. Had a little fun too. Back on the current trend, I too grew up on a manual. Had a 6 speed 370z several years ago that while fun was but tedious running through the gears while in traffic. Plus it was very finicky getting into 6th.Recently picked up another 370z but this one is an auto. Must admit I prefer this for the most part over the 6 speed. It does have the option of manually shifting (paddle shifters and also on the gearshift itself). When I arrived in Germany for my NATO tour 1965-1967, I picked up a 1958 Mercedes 220S for Cdn $405.00. No tach, but top/bottom limit marks on the speedometer for each gear. 1st: 0-50 kph, 2nd 30-80, 3rd, 40-120, 4th 50 +. Note the crossover at 50 kph. The manual's suggestion for city traffic was drive up to 50 kph in 1st and drop it into 4th for mileage. The shift pattern for the on the tree shifter was much closer to an X than an H and facilitated the move. I liked the tailgater deterrent as well; moving into the reverse gate turned on the backup lights.

09-16-2021, 11:47 AM - 1 Like	#2492
slartibartfast01 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,931	Originally posted by Canada_Rockies When I arrived in Germany for my NATO tour 1965-1967, I picked up a 1958 Mercedes 220S for Cdn $405.00. No tach, but top/bottom limit marks on the speedometer for each gear. 1st: 0-50 kph, 2nd 30-80, 3rd, 40-120, 4th 50 +. Note the crossover at 50 kph. The manual's suggestion for city traffic was drive up to 50 kph in 1st and drop it into 4th for mileage. The shift pattern for the on the tree shifter was much closer to an X than an H and facilitated the move. I liked the tailgater deterrent as well; moving into the reverse gate turned on the backup lights. If you can reach 50kph in city traffic

09-16-2021, 12:02 PM	#2493
ThorSanchez Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,807	Originally posted by Just1MoreDave The shifting speed is sort of like lens sharpness. It's easy to measure, show on a chart, discuss on forums. It's just not relevant to driving, and electric cars would make it a quaint blip in history anyway. In real driving and ownership, you'd probably reconsider those launches after the first transmission (or battery) replacement. I've only had four daily drivers since 1991, all manual transmissions. The last three I've kept until nearly 150,000 miles. The last clutch I replaced was... actually my Dad replaced it because I was a poor college student in 1992. So you can infer how many times I've revved it up to redline and dumped the clutch to try to get a killer 0-60 time.

09-16-2021, 05:58 PM - 1 Like	#2494
bogwalker Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Chicagoland Photos: Albums Posts: 145	Originally posted by ThorSanchez I've only had four daily drivers since 1991, all manual transmissions. The last three I've kept until nearly 150,000 miles. Hmm, my car is now 6 years old, and I've only got 35,000 miles. It's going to take another 20 years to get to 150,000 miles at that rate! That does include a year and a half of working from home though, and no long trips during that time. I've only been filling up every other month. I should be adding more miles pretty soon, but I was definitely doing my part to reduce greenhouse gases, intentionally or not.

09-16-2021, 09:45 PM - 1 Like	#2495
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by slartibartfast01 If you can reach 50kph in city traffic The manual didn't include that caveat

09-17-2021, 09:51 AM - 1 Like	#2496
Mooncatt Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2020 Location: Wisconsin Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,373	Originally posted by Racer X 69 The dumbing down of the masses is being facilitated by all this technology. And that's assuming the technology functions like it's advertised.

09-17-2021, 11:30 AM - 1 Like	#2497
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by Mooncatt And that's assuming the technology functions like it's advertised. Like backup warning cameras in the Rockies? They don't seem to handle snow very well.

09-17-2021, 04:25 PM - 1 Like	#2498
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,696	If you drive that fast (50 kph / 30 mph) in first gear your engine should warm up pretty quickly... Chris

09-17-2021, 05:27 PM	#2499
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by ChrisPlatt If you drive that fast (50 kph / 30 mph) in first gear your engine should warm up pretty quickly... Chris I think Mercedes catered to the drivers of Germany: Don't waste time.

09-21-2021, 06:30 AM - 1 Like	#2500
ThorSanchez Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,807	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Automatic transmissions have enabled those who have no business driving motor vehicles to do so. Now we have cars that will see an obstacle and stop the car, even when the driver is taking no action to avoid a collision. And we also have cars that notice a driver is drifting out of the lane of travel and alerts them. Then there are the cars that parallel park for the incompetent snoods who can’t manage on their own. The dumbing down of the masses is being facilitated by all this technology. The masses have always been inattentive, they didn't know the rules of the road, they'd do stupid things, they'd get angry or annoyed... they're people, and they've always been people. Technology now keeps those people, us people, from rear ending and sideswiping quite so many others.

09-21-2021, 07:09 AM - 1 Like	#2501
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,073	Originally posted by ThorSanchez The masses have always been inattentive, they didn't know the rules of the road, they'd do stupid things, they'd get angry or annoyed... they're people, and they've always been people. Technology now keeps those people, us people, from rear ending and sideswiping quite so many others. There are far too many people who shouldn’t be allowed to drive. For example: Tesla driver arrested for allegedly using Autopilot while drunk, unconscious Driving is a privilege, not a right. People like the woman in the Tesla while drunk should have that right permanently revoked.

09-21-2021, 09:02 AM	#2502
ThorSanchez Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,807	Originally posted by Racer X 69 There are far too many people who shouldn’t be allowed to drive. For example: Tesla driver arrested for allegedly using Autopilot while drunk, unconscious Driving is a privilege, not a right. People like the woman in the Tesla while drunk should have that right permanently revoked. Sure, but that's always been the case. 10 years ago that woman would probably be dead, and may have taken others with her.

09-21-2021, 04:57 PM - 1 Like	#2503
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,696	Originally posted by Racer X 69 There are far too many people who shouldn’t be allowed to drive. Years ago a coworker who had a cast on her arm got a ticket for driving impaired. She was incensed and complained loudly about this abuse of her "right to drive". Too many confuse rights with privileges. Chris

09-21-2021, 05:49 PM	#2504
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,073	Originally posted by ChrisPlatt Years ago a coworker who had a cast on her arm got a ticket for driving impaired. Now I feel bad Chris. When I had my left foot in a cast, and later a cast boot, I drove my Legacy with a manual transmission. I found a device for handicapped drivers that I could clamp to the clutch pedal, allowing me to operate it with my left hand. A few years later when I had the right foot worked on, I tried the same thing, using my left foot to operate the brake and accelerator. I just couldn't get the coordination down. So I bought the 95 F150 from my oldest grandson, as it has an automatic. Drove with my left foot for six months.

09-22-2021, 12:14 AM - 1 Like	#2505
richard0170 Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2017 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,034	Originally posted by Racer X 69 The dumbing down of the masses is being facilitated by all this technology. It is not being facilitated but rather caused by. People need free agency to be fully alive, even if that means they make mistakes and errors. Television and computer games remove individual imagination. Tech which takes tasks away from folk do the same for the physical interaction we have with the world around us. We end up becoming zombies. Now I am no luddite and certainly appreciate a certain amount of tech, but one can have too much of a good thing. It appears many people already do.