I can believe that, my basement stays in the 60's Fahrenheit, year round no matter what the temp is outside. That's without heating or cooling down there, three sides are under ground.
A classic for sure, I could write a best seller book about the old days of hauling some drunks around. Some of them drinking the real mountain moonshine, wanting to fight everyone they saw. Others I took them home and they crawled on all fours up a steep yard to their house.
You mentioned...
So sad for sure, but you would be amazed at the people that have driven over a human body in the roadway thinking it was an animal and just kept going...... :mad: :eek:
Not many people will ever know what it looks like or smells like after a human body has been ran over by several vehicles...
I must add this part indeed. IF, there was not some sort of tire squealing or the back end was not hung out side ways then you were not doing your job at the wheel...... :D 😉
The GORGE was one H$LL of a place to test one to the limits for sure. Not by choice, but I put a many of vehicles to...
@THEFERMANATOR , your 99 was not a slouch for sure. It was as fast as some that I have driven.
Disclaimer: The ones I were driving were not plain Jane models they were PPV versions.
I drove some some early 2000's Tahoes with the 5.3 and the 4 speed I seemed to think they ate my 2011, 5.3...
Just remember the most Horsepower does not always win......;)
The most efficient drive train system that gets that power to the ground wins.............😄
What SAND? 😉
Only sand around these here parts is the sand in some of these river bottoms. Only vehicle I ever saw stuck in sand around here was my grandpa buried a 2 wheel drive, Case 650 tractor to the hub while plowing his bottom land. I jogged 2 miles (up a mountain) to the truck to get...
Great driving skills are king..... ;)
One other thing of advise, flat land drivers learn to drive curvy mountain roads before you venture into those areas, you must stay on your side of the yellow line....
There again its knowing how to drive, if you don't know what to do, then a 6 wheel drive, aint going to do you a lick of good.
I have took 2 wheel, front wheel drive vehicles all over the place and passed up all kinds of jeeps and four wheel drives, its all about knowing what to do baby.... ;)...
I have drove 4, S-10 trucks since 1984, one 2 wheel drive the other three were 4 wheel drives. None ever left me stuck beside of the road in snow.
I currently drive a (daily driver) 2002 S-10, 4.3, V-6, 4x4, the 3.73 rear gears, with almost 150,000 miles on her, none of them ever left me...
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From an older post on batteries.
My original factory batteries AC Delco batteries that came in my truck lasted for over 11 years, mileage was at 73,053. Replaced them with Dekalb xbo-778mf batteries for $222.00 on 8-11-2016.