Do people like the old truck manual transmissions?

[weim55]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Oh no, I can assure you the area Tim is from is full of ass hat drivers. That’s part of the reason I live in New Mexico and not Northern Virginia any more. Ive driven 465’s a lot in stop and go and I really don’t see what all the fuss is about. Drive defensively and it’s not the end of the world. That said traffic in New Mexico is awesome. If I see 10 cars on the road to work every morning it’s busy.

I’ve lived on the front range in Colorado all my life and parts of it weren’t too different from living in New Mexico as far as the traffic goes. Then Colorado passed legal recreational marijuana........ it was like a buffalo stampede of people moving here from every corner of the nation. Now Denver and the front range is tasting the style of traffic in Southern California. It’s completely ruined the quality of living here. New Mexico is looking like a better place for me and my old iron every day ............

Steve weim55 Colorado

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by weim55

I’ve lived on the front range in Colorado all my life and parts of it weren’t too different from living in New Mexico as far as the traffic goes. Then Colorado passed legal recreational marijuana........ it was like a buffalo stampede of people moving here from every corner of the nation. Now Denver and the front range is tasting the style of traffic in Southern California. It’s completely ruined the quality of living here. New Mexico is looking like a better place for me and my old iron every day ............

Steve weim55 Colorado

I hear that loud and clear Durango is a friggen mess anymore. It’s such a pretty place but the pot heads have really brung it down. New Mexico is a nice place, it’s pretty quiet and there’s lots of good people, food and scenic desert views. We like the outdoor life style, jump in a truck or Jeep drive to the top of a mountain and camp for a week type of thing, so we really like it down here. I don’t agree with the predominant political culture but as long as they leave me and my guns, and the oil fields that let me provide for my family alone I won’t complain too much.

Tim, thanks for posting that picture of home. As you know I was fortunate enough to grow up 5 miles south of Harpers Ferry on VA-671 (Harpers Ferry Rd.) The waterfall that is almost across from the gas station at 340-671 is really cool, my kids love to go down there. The creek that feeds it ran right by the house I grew up in. Such an amazing place, to this day it’s my New Mexican wife’s favorite place. We go at least once a year. The ghost tours that start at the church in the picture are pretty fun and they include lots of interesting history Lessons too. I sure do miss THAT part of the area and points to the west in the Shenandoah Valley, east... meh... not missing much there.

[ManNamedJed]

In stop and go traffic, put it in low gear and just idle along. Cars stop and go ahead and you just putt along. Usually you are just getting up to them when they pull forward the next 50 ft.

[DeadheadNM]

Originally Posted by weim55

Now Denver and the front range is tasting the style of traffic in Southern California. It’s completely ruined the quality of living here. New Mexico is looking like a better place for me and my old iron every day ............

Steve weim55 Colorado

As a near life-long New Mexican with family ties there I’d recommend WY or MT as possible relocation destinations. At least avoid Albuquerque. No disrespect to Tyler. Public land access is S N.M. has been increasingly restricted and I’m very bitter about that amongst a myriad of other issues. We are now in WI - couldn’t be happier with the community here.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

As a near life-long New Mexican with family ties there I’d recommend WY or MT as possible relocation destinations. At least avoid Albuquerque. No disrespect to Tyler. Public land access is S N.M. has been increasingly restricted and I’m very bitter about that amongst a myriad of other issues. We are now in WI - couldn’t be happier with the community here.

I can certainly see your points Pete, you won’t catch me going any further south than Farmington for the foreseeable future. Abq is such a damn mess it’s not funny. Things are still relatively calm up here for now. Our current governor can go to hell.