Annual trip to wheel behind the dam area. It just rained a TON so it looks to be a very different experience than what we had last year , where the water was way way low.
The wrinkle this year is that I'm driving the TJ I bought 3 days ago, so it's not battle tested. I have the opportunity to flat tow it home, so all I really need to do is get it there I guess. It's a manual and I've never wheeled a stick before. And on top of that my normal TJ is on 3.55's whereas this one is on 4.56's, so when you factor in all the ratios I basically have to relearn how to drive & manage the gears.
There isn't a ton of rock crawling so I don't think the stick will be a huge factor, but that sounds like famous last words. I plan to give it a nice long drive tomorrow to really see how it does, I've never driven it for more than 30 or so minutes on the highway before. Disney is 5 hrs away. At least I have cruise and I think the A/C works well enough to use.
The wrinkle this year is that I'm driving the TJ I bought 3 days ago, so it's not battle tested. I have the opportunity to flat tow it home, so all I really need to do is get it there I guess. It's a manual and I've never wheeled a stick before. And on top of that my normal TJ is on 3.55's whereas this one is on 4.56's, so when you factor in all the ratios I basically have to relearn how to drive & manage the gears.
There isn't a ton of rock crawling so I don't think the stick will be a huge factor, but that sounds like famous last words. I plan to give it a nice long drive tomorrow to really see how it does, I've never driven it for more than 30 or so minutes on the highway before. Disney is 5 hrs away. At least I have cruise and I think the A/C works well enough to use.
