so i looked at a truck the other day, im in the market for a first car.
clutch in, truck running, first gear seemed hard to find, almost like it was nearly gone. is this a transmission needing to be replaced, or could it be something else?
transmission fluid there, but not quite full.
EDIT: btw, im just trying to see if the truck is too much work to get, other then that it is strong.
a feel not enough time was spent on the fact that there is a bike called a handjob, most people really seemed to just skip over that rather astounding detail.
But I do lol; it sat in garage all weekend, and I will take it to work today, and come home today, and it will be in garage until tomorrow, haha that's.. what my car is, my daily driver from work to home.
I do believe it's going up to the mountains this weekend though for Thanksgiving.. for that, I cannot wait!
Oh, when I was driving back from a small meet last Thursday night I crossed under a short bridge, which is awesome for sound reflections, so I dumped a gear and floored it for half a second. OH MY GOD that was loud! LOL!
Cop immediately caught up from behind me and sat on my tail until he realized I did it for the sound, not to go fast as I was sitting there going under the speed limit on a cruddy road.
About a minute or two later he pulls next to me, turns on his search beam (is that even legal to use or point at other drivers while driving?! I doubt it) wasn't sure what it was but it freaked me out.. Imagine driving down a road at night and being blinded from the side by a high intensity spot light. Yeah I got disoriented which was stupid. Turned it off, a few seconds later hit his warning lights (yellow lights on the sides), and drove off. I was still behind him before I had to pull onto my street, but just before doing so.
Yeah I used to be pretty much a diesel hater but after hearing close up and actually driven some old machinery with big diesel engines, NA & turbo (old russian tank, old Volvo dumper truck + now almost as a daily routine a rather old Nissan forklift) they have grown on me, I rather enjoy them. The sound and the smell.
+ A big power diesel with lots of black smoke is a really ballsy thing.
Of course an ordinary TDI Golf etc. can't be compared to these but just saying diesel might not be that bad. Maybe the louder exhaust will hide a bit of the typical "diesel knock" from that Golf.