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Isn't it a requirement to have posted a photo of your car to be eligible for Founding Member status. I could've swore I read that somewhere on the web, so it must be true.

No, while there is an area with somewhat similar terrain west of Farmington, that's Truckhaven in CA. By Salton City. Farmington has mostly rock, Truckhaven is a weird dirt that the rain shapes into neat "micro canyons" which I love to explore. Sometimes successfully, other times not so much...

Yes, I do have a small V8 in my Jeep, but it's mostly helpful in the dunes and on the road. For the most part, about 30 hp is all it needs for the 'wheeling I do.

In the dunes, maybe?

A waste of a good engine, I think.

We're too far apart, or I'd offer to pull your Furd (and trailer) with my Ram when you need help next time.

Thanks, Old Mopar Guy, the Amphicar reminded me: I would love to have a Fiat 500 (a real one), but it won't happen.

I'd have to swallow hard to buy a Miata. But if it was even remotely close to being a sleeper, I would probably consider it. Good thing it's not, as swallowing may be part of Miata ownership from what I hear.

It's pretty sad when I can't think of another vehicle I love, let alone really would want, that I don't already have. Or maybe that's a good thing? Admittedly, I am eyeballing a cheap Jeep J8, just because.

And why would it? So you can keep your hands warm while waiting for AAA?

Same here. The nearly mandatory summer afternoon thunderstorms, but rarely a full rainy day. As far as quantity and ferocity goes, living on a ridge in SoCal was miserable. Not that it rained often, but when it did...

Can't really do that, no.

I commuted to work with a crappy car, three on the tree, non-synchro 1st, for about four months. That drive took me through the Capitol, by the way. And your example above is another reason I don't like all the current nannies. You can't crank your way to anywhere when the starter won't work...

Hmm. I've never driven my Challenger in rain. It's been either dry or snowy. It does much better in the dry.

Completely agree, Hicker. It's one thing to know how to drive a stick, but doing it correctly is a different matter. My girlfriend always wants manual cars. I tell her that she can have one when she learns how to drive one. She then says "I've driven sticks all my life", to which I respond...

So can I. Just not very far. Not even back into the garage, it seems like.

That insulation is our friend, Hunter. Separates men from boys, for example. I could go on, but you are already aware of many of its advantages. But I'll mention one more, just in case: You get rained on, you get wet. Meanwhile, if I get get snowed on, I can literally just brush it off.

Why doesn't 70s on 7 play hip hop? This is a sirius question, by the way.

Pierre, any (good, hopefully) news on your car?

It should be added that the center diff could be locked, by shifting into Hi Lock or Lo Lock. In some ways we have opened up a can of worms here, but transfer cases, hubs, and even CADs, are really quite simple. Well, with the exception of the late model computer managed AWD stuff, that is.