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Gene363
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4 years ago

#381

Good Monday Morning! It's 63° on the way to 90° today and I'm headed to the range today.

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Sunoverbeach
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4 years ago

#382

Back to the airport and home to Hoosierland

Ram27
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4 years ago

#383

Hello Monday...........

MACS
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4 years ago

#384

I can drive a stick shift vehicle. I prefer not to.

Spend an hour in CA traffic and lemme know how ya feel afterwards.

rfenst
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4 years ago

#385

They don’t make any mass produced manual transmission vehicles?
Some innovative company should go all retro and create a line of manuals.
Guess the idea of only 10% of people know how to drive one and are all over 50 should put the kibosh to that.

8trackdisco wrote:

I think some trucks have electronic, bush-button shifting and modes instead of stick shifts, for changing gears with a load. My wife's four wheel drive/all wheel drive Honda Pilot has those features and more. IMNSHO, Dan needs to buy a new truck and just keep it 10-15 years and he'll always know what condition it's in. Plus, this is a great time to sell his lemon/clunker.

BuckyB93
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4 years ago

#386

I can drive a stick shift vehicle. I prefer not to.

Spend an hour in CA traffic and lemme know how ya feel afterwards.

MACS wrote:

If I had my druthers, I'd buy a manual transmission. The lemon Silverado was my last one. When I went to buy one, they didn't have anything on the lot with standard transmission so I waited a couple weeks for them to find one for me. Pretty much held to this concept until I was doing one hr commutes each way in Boston area traffic.

Converted to smaller commuter cars with auto transmission like Hyundai Sonata, Elantra, Ford Focus. I was putting about 500+ miles/week on them just for getting back and forth to work, kids softball/baseball/soccer games.... Just wanted a small dependable car, nothing expensive since I'd be putting a ton of miles on it.

Had one Sonata (was totaled in a crash), 2 Elentras (one engine blew up because I was lax and didn't change the timing belt when I should have - I can't blame the car for that one), and 3 Focuses (Foci?). I've never had problems with these three models and wouldn't hesitate to buy one again.

GM - never again

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danmdevries
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4 years ago

#387

rfenst wrote:

My truck has the ability to manually select gears, but it's still an automatic. If you select 4th, it will use 1-4. It's really only useful for downhill engine braking and in situations where you got a lot of wheelspin like deep snow or mud. Its still a complicated transmission with all the things that break. A real manual transmission is so much better. Clutches wear out sure - but they also wear out in automatics.

I think next truck may need to be new so I know what it's been through and stuff. This truck looked new with only 50k miles but I'm thinking that was 50k miles of some really heavy towing.

I looked at the car apps again to get pricing on my truck. They were offering 34k in June. 22k now....

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danmdevries
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4 years ago

#388

Put a bunch of scorpion peppers and habaneros in the dehydrator. Gonna grind em up and make some beef jerky. Turned it on in the house but had to move it to the garage cause the air was getting too spicy.

BuckyB93
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4 years ago

#389

4 Oh NINE!

Shine on 4 OH NINE! It's got more shine {jazz hands}

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8trackdisco
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4 years ago

#390

💩ing.

BuckyB93
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4 years ago

#391

Did you get a little star on your potty training calendar.

Gene363
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4 years ago

#392

I can drive a stick shift vehicle. I prefer not to.

Spend an hour in CA traffic and lemme know how ya feel afterwards.

MACS wrote:

Same here. The truth is, humans cannot shift as efficiently as a computer controlled automatic. Sophisticated automatic transmissions are required to meet fuel economy requirements. For trucks am automatic is much better for getting heavy loads moving.

My wife's 1995 six speed manual Camaro Z-28 was fun to drive... for about fifteen minutes. It was a total PITA in traffic.

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Abrignac
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4 years ago

#393

I can drive a stick shift vehicle. I prefer not to.

Spend an hour in CA traffic and lemme know how ya feel afterwards.

MACS wrote:

Last manual I had was an ‘83 280ZX. Loved I, but driving in traffic was a PIA.

danmdevries
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4 years ago

#394

Gene363 wrote:

I've owned a lot more manual transmission cars than automatics. Honestly the stop n go stuff doesn't bother me as long as it's a lightly sprung clutch. Back when I used to race, I had one of my race cars that was still plated and insured and would occasionally drive it on the street. It was fully caged, really finicky at low rpm, and had a clutch that was pretty much on/off and at least a 30lb pedal throw. THAT was a PITA to drive in traffic. My left calf was significantly larger than my right from 06-14. But a regular car, no problem.

Getting loads going in a heavy truck, yeah automatics are nicer. But once going I'd much prefer a manual. No hunting for gears, no downshifting and spinning up to 5krpm for a hill when it's unnecessary. One gear down, little more throttle and if you lose speed whatever. The auto in cruise will do whatever it takes to hold speed. Without cruise it'll let you lose speed, dog down, and asks for a whole footload of throttle to drop a gear and usually ends up dropping two when it understands what you want. Can manually shift, but again, I'd rather just have a stick and a clutch. I'm in the single digits for mileage regardless, efficiency isn't my goal. I get it's the manufacturer's goal because they have to but let me have my 8mpg and a 5 speed.

I've never owned an auto trans that didn't have problems. I've sent many running cars to junkyards because the trans crapped out. I've changed out more automatic transmissions than I have clutches. I've probably gone through at least 30 cars in my lifetime.

I get the modern ones are better, but no way are they more durable and long lasting vs a manual. There's nothing to break in a manual save for catastrophic failure and wearing out a clutch. Automatics have a dozen solenoids, pressure switches/valves, multiple sensors, loads of electronics etc and one failure renders the entire thing dead. In a manual I can break the teeth off third gear and just shift 2-4 and keep going.

I work my trucks, I just want them to do their part. I don't need anything fancy.

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danmdevries
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4 years ago

#395

Peppers still going in the dehydrator but I prepped the meats.

Got a 4lb top round roast and sliced it about 1/4" thick. Tossed it in a wet brine with brown sugar, cider vinegar, salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders, chili powder, cumin, worcestershire sauce, some other chit I think. That'll sit overnight, then grind the dried peppers to dry rub the beef strips.

Anyone make jerky here? I'm not sure if I should smoke it for an hour or two first and then put in the dehydrator or just put it straight in the dehydrator. Seems the unit is sitting around 150, so it's safe/cooked with enough time but I'm tempted to smoke it first for more flavor.

8trackdisco
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4 years ago

#396

Did you get a little star on your potty training calendar.

BuckyB93 wrote:

No. Forgot to wipe my butt.

BuckyB93
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4 years ago

#397

danmdevries wrote:

I don't make jerky but have been tempted to try. Anyone with a pulse should like jerky.

Total uneducated opinion on the tropic, I'd say smoke it.

danmdevries
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4 years ago

#398

I don't make jerky but have been tempted to try. Anyone with a pulse should like jerky.

Total uneducated opinion on the tropic, I'd say smoke it.

BuckyB93 wrote:

Yeah. I'm gonna hit em with some smoke before I dry. Should maybe probly look at some recipes. I've made jerky before, 20 years ago when I worked at a butcher shop. We'd wet brine overnight and then drape the strips on the rods in the cold smoker, only run smoke for an hour but hold 150 for 8-10 hours if I remember right. I'd set it up at the end of the day and the morning crew did the rest.

danmdevries
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4 years ago

#399

Damn. I can't stop sneezing and coughing.

Just ground up the dried scorpions and seasoned the meat. Laid em out on the smoker for a bit. Was gonna brine overnight but I napped on the couch and needed something to do. They can dehydrate overnight instead.

This chit gonna be HOT. Ground em up outside to avoid the irritation but my eyes and nose and lungs are feeling it all. Even my ear holes are moist.

Gonna smoke for 30-60 minutes. I don't want them to cook, just take on some smoke flavor. Closed all the dampers once I got it lit and smokey. Reading 180 and falling, so im good.

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danmdevries
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4 years ago

#400

Sweating a little bit just being outside.

The sweat is activating the pepper dust in my beard and eyebrows n stuff.

This stuff is no joke. I can't wait till the jerkys done.

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