MangoCon 2016

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@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

Reminds me of driving home from the gym on "arms" day (driving a standard). It's a wonder I never ran into anything.

Minion Queen

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

OUCH!!!

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

Generally, I'd agree with you, but I hate it in Atlanta stop & go traffic... My knees were creakier than my grandma's front door after that last trip I did.

scottalanmiller

@dafyre said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

Generally, I'd agree with you, but I hate it in Atlanta stop & go traffic... My knees were creakier than my grandma's front door after that last trip I did.

I've done a lot of stop and go, including in hill towns and with a good car, it doesn't bother me at all.

travisdh1

@dafyre said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

Generally, I'd agree with you, but I hate it in Atlanta stop & go traffic... My knees were creakier than my grandma's front door after that last trip I did.

Yeah, just imagine doing a stair step routine before heading out into that, ouch!

For anyone driving in pas Buffalo, the museum is worth a stop. Just be aware that you'll be doing a stair step exercise routine.

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

@dafyre said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

Generally, I'd agree with you, but I hate it in Atlanta stop & go traffic... My knees were creakier than my grandma's front door after that last trip I did.

Yeah, just imagine doing a stair step routine before heading out into that, ouch!

For anyone driving in pas Buffalo, the museum is worth a stop. Just be aware that you'll be doing a stair step exercise routine.

Lots of other museums there too. Albright Knox is pretty famous.

gjacobse

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

Learned a lesson Sunday. When your vehicle is a standard, don't do the entire ship tour at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park, and immediately drive the 350 miles home! Doing a stair step exercise routine makes shifting that much more difficult latter on.

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

You say that now... Have you driving a truck with 450,000 miles on it that had a 50 pound clutch? Highway miles were fine,.. but City and hills sucked like an F5 tornado.

Oh - I guess I should say it was a commercial MACK truck so you had to have CDL (commercial Drivers License) with Air brake endorsement.

BRRABill

@scottalanmiller said

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

I miss driving a standard. One day when the ship comes in, I plan to have a second car with a standard.

dafyre

@BRRABill said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

I miss driving a standard. One day when the ship comes in, I plan to have a second car with a standard.

I'm starting to get that itch again too.

travisdh1

@BRRABill said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

I miss driving a standard. One day when the ship comes in, I plan to have a second car with a standard.

The vehicle I want and that we have the tech to actually create today is all electric drive with an onboard generator (preferably a turbine with 1 moving part). I know of none being made tho.

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

@BRRABill said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

I miss driving a standard. One day when the ship comes in, I plan to have a second car with a standard.

The vehicle I want and that we have the tech to actually create today is all electric drive with an onboard generator (preferably a turbine with 1 moving part). I know of none being made tho.

They used to make these. Porsche made one in 1901, in fact. It's called "electric transmission."

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016:

@travisdh1 said in MangoCon 2016:

@BRRABill said in MangoCon 2016:

@scottalanmiller said

LOL, I did 1400 miles in a standard a few months ago. Love it. Give me a standard any day, any amount of traffic, any distance.

I miss driving a standard. One day when the ship comes in, I plan to have a second car with a standard.

The vehicle I want and that we have the tech to actually create today is all electric drive with an onboard generator (preferably a turbine with 1 moving part). I know of none being made tho.

They used to make these. Porsche made one in 1901, in fact. It's called "electric transmission."