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ryivhnn in Outdoors and more • 2 months ago

Those shots are lovely.

I have a knob in my car that makes it go into all wheel drive mode. It's useful sometimes when the roads feel particularly wet/slippery/flooded or when it's an unsealed road/track but I wouldn't take it off-roading.

_{it would be perfectly fine as long as the track wasn't too hairy/actually needed proper 4wd, it's me I'm the problem and not confident}

I remember the second/tiny gearstick when I was a kid and we would regularly go off-roading to get to the more interesting places/picnic spots in my dad's ute. I even remember him trying to explain it to me when i asked him what it was for back then and I still didn't get it XD

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galenkp 2 months ago

Back in the day those second gear sticks were how it was engaged into 4x4 and one even had to get out of the vehicle and "lock in" the hubs. None of that now though, all buttons and electronics. I miss the old days.

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ryivhnn 2 months ago

Ahh I remember Dad doing that too, he just described it as he had to "lock the wheel". I think there's a button for the wheel lock now but his gearbox isn't as techy looking as yours.

He still likes his jungle hikes but I don't think he misses doing all the manual stuff with the cars much as he is pushing 70.

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galenkp 2 months ago

Yeah, some have buttons, mine is a knob, the one above the terrain selection one in the image.

I think I'll be the same as your dad as I get older, four wheel driving takes effort, not so much driving, but when one gets bogged it's a lot of work to extricate oneself and that's not an old man's game. (Not that I'm old yet, but you know what I mean.)

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