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I've had a few 3.8's over the years starting way back in 89,and they're good engines,but GM couldn't put a decent front wheel drive transmission in the cars for the life of them. The engines were great,but their FWD transmissions sucked
Can’t say I share your love of the cold. But I’ve seen my fair share of winters. Spent the better part of 60 years in Eastern Washington, where it often gets well below zero for weeks at a time. And other years that rarely see single digits. Honestly it’s the years that hover right around freezing that were the worst, at least as far as driving goes. I’m done with that now that I’m retired. Call me whatever you want, I love warm weather and enjoying my cigars next to the pool. And yes, -40 would kill me lol
Having lived in both, I'd say hurricanes and tidal flooding do indeed suck more. On the flipside, you don't have to shovel sunshine and simultaneously freeze your items off.
I lived in the Texas Hill Country like you. Suffer through the summer months, suck down copious amounts of oak and cedar pollen and try not to die, slide off the roads when it ices over, dodge tornadoes and hurricane fallout, and that's all within a week, LOL.
Confirmed. I'm in Iowa. We got 12.5" the first snow and 5.5" last Saturday. We aren't even officially in winter. Keep telling the wife I'm about to hammer a "For Sale" sign into the frozen yard. We are due for 3-5" more tomorrow, another 3-5 on Saturday and headed to -25 wind chills (-6 air ambient temp with 15-20mph winds). So in summary, ***** this place. Over it already.
My wife want to move back to IA, like yesterday, said she's sick of all the idiots here in Oregon, oh the cost of living in IA is around 25% cheaper, housing 40% cheaper, gas in IA $2.25 gallon compared to the $3.79 here, $4.39 for diesel and $3.44 diesel in IA....
The trade-off is that the outdoor options here are very lame. Very little public land. If it's plantable, it's being farmed by somebody/corporation. The state parks are pretty limited as well. Lots of good, honest, down-***** types still around and their friendliness goes a long way, so there's that. Just filled up today at $2.35/g - yay for ethanol blends (here comes the ethanol conversation again, lol).
I am not in the Hill Country. That is more NW of San Antone and such areas. Now, I do at times go down to Marble Falls to the Blue Cafe, great pies, that be a motorcycle ride through back roads. I am in Central TX between Dallas and Austin. We get the friggin pop out of no where tornadoes, and more of the tail end/side of hurricanes as them puppies love to slam Galveston and Corpus area and move North up coast, I am no where near there. Land Lubber BOIRD I be. Yup on the pollen, and it gets so hot sometimes U do not dare not crack open a window on yer ride when it is parked.
Some pics are always nice to peruse, as long as I do not have to personally experience, lol.
Ditto.
I lived in Corpus for about 20 years. Lived in San Antonio/San Marcos/Austin area for quite a few years as well. Ran the wheels off a company vehicle all through the Marble Falls, Austin, San Marcos, New Braunfels, SA, Laredo, Waco, Wimberley, Junction, Luling, Houston, Galveston, Orange/Vidor, list goes on, parts of Texas. 70K miles a year
THAN U know the Blue Cafe, as in Blue Bonnet real well in Marble Falls. Man do they have decent chow but great Pies !!!!!
makes me shiver just sitting here responding, some things not miss.
