Pellet heads!! What's up today?

That limited-slip diff is good stuff - wish I had that here Smoke.

Imagine if Lambeau Field was filled with dirt, and had roads going over the top - that is what a hill looks like here.
(To see an actual hill, I think you'd have to travel further west, to Wyoming..)

 

Well, like you showed us last year, you don't get any snow out there.

 

I'm a 4X4 guy. You people can have the AWD.

 

Well I'm back from the hunting trip. Had a good trip, it was fun being with my son and brother in law for the week. We saw some big deer but no shots were taken. Its tough to get it done with the bow. Ohio is a beautiful state and all you folks from there are lucky. It certainly is a hilly state. especially the Hocking hills. The other thing that's certain is its getting harder for me to navigate those hills. I tried to explain to my brother in law that Ohio is getting bigger. He thought perhaps I had gotten bigger. Maybe your out of shape he said. Round is a shape I said. Great he said, roll up that hill then and stop making so much noise when your breathing or are you gaging on your breakfast bar. I may have to lose a few dozen pounds before next years hunt.

It was nice to catch up on the forum today and I can say a few things;
Sorry Imac I loved my Rogue. It was a 4 cyl. good on gas AWD and with good tires (Cooper CS3 touring) never had an issue with s**w. It had a diff.lock that could be activated if you had to get through some deep stuff or up a steep driveway. Of course not as good as a 4WD, but almost everything is a compromise. Change the CVT fluid and it should be OK. We have a new Subaru Crosstrek and after putting some seat time on it ( its the wifeys car) its OK but I still liked the rogue more. I may like the new Outback more because of the size, but she wanted smaller. I do however like the eyesight feature when on the highway.

I like the Cooper AT3 tires for the price, I think they are the next tire for my Silverado. We mount and balance a lot of Coopers. The HT is also a good tire and the Zeon is nice but for the money the Michelins are right there. If ya gotta go in s**w and mud on dirt roads the Maxx tire is hard to beat.

bogieg congrats on the new ride. You should be fine in the s**w. Bigger tire and 4WD.

Jay, your a Ford guy, the escape or an Edge out of your range?

Doggy

 

Yeah, when I was a flatlander (born & raised in Kansas, moved to NH in '87) I didn't even know anyone that had 4WD and I did just fine with RWD vehicles. Just the hills make it going difficult around here.

Plus, back then I lived right at the edge of the city so getting to work was a couple of miles that I could walk if I needed. Here, I'm in the country and it is 30 miles to work - which I ain't walking. And there have been jobs that I drove 55 miles to work. I don't worry so much about me, but watching out and staying out of the way of all the other idiots on the road.

The hill that I start up, directly off my street rises 600' in 2 miles. A lot of people get stuck on that hill and foul it up for the rest of us.

 

Ain't that the truth ,the ones that think the can still drive 70 mph in a snow storm .

 

X 2 !!

 

this is the biggest hill we have.

Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Yea those idiots .

 

Pretty nice day today. I brought in the hoses, blew out the water line to the outdoor spigot, raked a few leaves away from the house, then got the sn*w thrower running and ready for whatever may come. Fired up the generator and let that run for a bit also.

Now it's time for a beer.

 

I like the way you think wash and vac my car and hers , taking a break ,then tidy up in the garage , it's really nice here too.

 

That happens so often. Usually someone who is too cheap to run some decent tires and has no business being out in weather they don't know how to drive in.

 

Homemade lasagna w/ parmesan, whole milk mozzarella and ricotta, meat sauce w/ organic tomato sauce.

major nommage in about 20 minutes.

 

yeah, the stoners need the extra stopping time.