The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2025

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I imagine the Bleu and Gorgonzola cheeses were the first she tossed...and explains why she's an ex.....

Yes it does. Regardless of why she says she did it, it was certainly a passive aggressive slap at me.

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[Cyber Liberty]

I thought Memes were your "Professional Help?"

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[berdie]

More truth than humor.

[ChemEngrMBA]

@mystery-ak is a proud Alaskan.
They have a saying up north:
"We're all up here because we're not all there."
A-yup.

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[Smokin Joe]

Perhaps I carry that to extremes, but I have a wood burning fireplace, and two of my 3 vehicles have crank down windows, one has a manual transmission. Not much on automatic stuff when it comes to things I can work by hand.

[berdie]

Perhaps I carry that to extremes, but I have a wood burning fireplace, and two of my 3 vehicles have crank down windows, one has a manual transmission. Not much on automatic stuff when it comes to things I can work by hand.

Same here. I'd rather control things myself. I bought manual transmission vehicles until the last one. Aside from worrying about  my knees refusing to operate the clutch...a manual is hard to find these days. And , as far as alexa and siri...I have no interest.

[Smokin Joe]

Same here. I'd rather control things myself. I bought manual transmission vehicles until the last one. Aside from worrying about  my knees refusing to operate the clutch...a manual is hard to find these days. And , as far as alexa and siri...I have no interest.

Well, I will admit it is nicer to be able to push a button and have 4 wheel drive than getting out in whatever mess you were in and locking in the hubs, but I can still do either.  I like my pickup (2WD), but it was built with the 55 MPH limit on, and it's geared a mite low for running the highway now (80 on the interstates, speedo pegs at 85). I really like the wing windows, though, and 'granny gear' is low enough to get going on ice. But that's why I have 3 vehicles, one for every purpose.

[Hoodat]

Same here. I'd rather control things myself. I bought manual transmission vehicles until the last one. Aside from worrying about  my knees refusing to operate the clutch...a manual is hard to find these days.

You only need a clutch for 1st and Reverse.  If you're looking to buy one, you actually have an advantage with less people competing.  I bought a used VW (6-speed) with less than 10k miles on it just before Covid hit.  Best purchase I ever made.  Two years later, I could have sold it for double what I paid.

[Smokin Joe]

You only need a clutch for 1st and Reverse.  If you're looking to buy one, you actually have an advantage with less people competing.  I bought a used VW (6-speed) with less than 10k miles on it just before Covid hit.  Best purchase I ever made.  Two years later, I could have sold it for double what I paid.

I have rev-shifted pickups and even Harley Davidsons (broken linkage for the pickup, and broken clutch cable the first time, respectively), but using the clutch in conjunction with RPM control lets you steer on surfaces that are poor for traction in a 2WD (especially if you have chains on). I have used the gears to spin a truck in a 180 on gravel more times than I can count, so that clutch isn't so useless after all. It depends on the type of driving you are doing.

[berdie]

You only need a clutch for 1st and Reverse.  If you're looking to buy one, you actually have an advantage with less people competing.  I bought a used VW (6-speed) with less than 10k miles on it just before Covid hit.  Best purchase I ever made.  Two years later, I could have sold it for double what I paid.

OK, I gotta know...how do you get from 2nd to 4th?

[Smokin Joe]

OK, I gotta know...how do you get from 2nd to 4th?

To rev shift, come off the throttle just a tish, which takes the gears out of compression, and slip it out of gear. If your speed and RPMs are right, it will slide into the next gear up.

[berdie]

Thanks! But in my head a hear a trans dropping on the road behind me. Too many ifs.

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Well, I will admit it is nicer to be able to push a button and have 4 wheel drive than getting out in whatever mess you were in and locking in the hubs, but I can still do either.  I like my pickup (2WD), but it was built with the 55 MPH limit on, and it's geared a mite low for running the highway now (80 on the interstates, speedo pegs at 85). I really like the wing windows, though, and 'granny gear' is low enough to get going on ice. But that's why I have 3 vehicles, one for every purpose.

Oh, man, I miss my wing windows. Those would be absolutely fantastic for winter hot flashes.

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