Granny's gone and done it again

[pertnear09]

Been drizzling alllll day with spurts of honest to goodness rain. But it's all good, we needed it.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

we finally got a decent 20 min rain here too

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Toyotas are amazing. I once had an '85 Toyota Corolla on its last legs, which I got for $1,000 in 2003, and that little car got 50 mpg!!!. I finally knocked the muffler off on a rock by accident and decided not to fix it but traded it in on a little Ford Focus. The dealer gave me $3,000 trade-in value on it. It's probably living a new life as a taxi in Mexico or somewhere.

MISTAKE! Memory lapse. It wasn't a Corolla, it was a Tercel. I'm sorry.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Volvo had a ring thing to pull up on the collar of the shifter.

Yay corollas!

TWIST!

I find it keeps you more engaged with your driving too.

You know, it took me a while before I wasn’t stalling out here there and everywhere because not only was I learning stick, I was learning to drive. A lot of stuff that needed to go into my noggin!

Or chirping tires lol.

what ???

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My first day as an empty nester. Actually got some stuff done.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

The long pic with long hair shows his natural coat grown out.
We considered part Maltese, but then I met some that live near... they are tiny and dead white. With a close trim, Scoot's face looks poodle-esque... pointy nose. But we really don't know. When he plays he acts like a terrier... 'kills' his toys whacking them on the floor.


The only benefit I can think of is it can help you control your speed a bit more by downshifting and using the engine to slow you down rather than braking. It's more fun on hilly country roads.

maybe a westhighland terror ??? I get those 2 confused some times.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

The long pic with long hair shows his natural coat grown out.
We considered part Maltese, but then I met some that live near... they are tiny and dead white. With a close trim, Scoot's face looks poodle-esque... pointy nose. But we really don't know. When he plays he acts like a terrier... 'kills' his toys whacking them on the floor.


The only benefit I can think of is it can help you control your speed a bit more by downshifting and using the engine to slow you down rather than braking. It's more fun on hilly country roads.

a stick can be a real BUGGER when a stop light catches you facing up hill and the IDIOT behind pulls right up on your bumper.

I finally put the car in park GOT out and and walked back to said idiot and told him he could either back up and give me a little space for possible back rolling OR we could sit here ALL day.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Thats really fast!

that's Granny really "fast"

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Fred is heading our way, dumping rain that causing flooding on Florida/Alabama line currently.

send MR Mertz my way. Popcorn farts have more moisture then we have around here lately. OH and more of the invisible rain again this evening.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

a stick can be a real BUGGER when a stop light catches you facing up hill and the IDIOT behind pulls right up on your bumper.

I finally put the car in park GOT and and walked back to said idiot and told him he could either back up and give me a little space for possible back rolling OR we could sit here ALL day.

You coulda just rolled backward into him. In most states, if there is a rear-ender fender-bender, the guy in the rear is legally at fault, regardless of the circumstances, for following too close.