Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[lilranch2001]

Most car rentals do not allow you to take the car out of state, unless contracted to do so

 

[Too many Kubotas]

California is a great state, easily the best weather in the lower 48, and with amazing landscape to boot. If you could only get rid of most of the Californians, all of the illegals, and nearly all of their government, it'd be a great place to live.

I dunno.

Having spent a couple of decades there, including living right by the most fun part of Mulholland, I wouldn't call it great.

To me it was too hot, even living near the coast, and the fire and earthquake possibilities were always on my mind. Sure enough, a couple of years after selling my house it burnt down.

Weather? It was either a drought or it poured and caused landslides. Then fires. Taxes, traffic, most everything, became too much for me, so I fled while it was still legal.

 

[two_bit_score]

Never been to Seattle and now that it’s the remake of San Francisco. I don’t think I’ll ever go there in my future.!

I actually miss going to Seattle and San Francisco back the way they were over 15 years ago. I hvae almost 0 interest in going to either now. On my own dime anyway, certianly.

 

[lilranch2001]

I actually miss going to Seattle and San Francisco back the way they were over 15 years ago. I hvae almost 0 interest in going to either now. On my own dime anyway, certianly.

I wish I would’ve gone and seen Seattle when I was a young man and before it kind of went…… Well, I won’t say the what I was going to say because it might get a little political, and I promised myself to be better about that, but I have seen enough on the news about how it is now that I do not have any desire to go

 

[two_bit_score]

I wish I would’ve gone and seen Seattle when I was a young man and before it kind of went…… Well, I won’t say the what I was going to say because it might get a little political, and I promised myself to be better about that, but I have seen enough on the news about how it is now that I do not have any desire to go

I really enjoyed the Seattle area. Some very nice interesting places there at the time.

SF was really nice the times I went there. Usually stayed a week at a time for different conferences.

Baltimore is another city I always enjoyed going to but now I wouldn't waste time going back to, if it was my choice. The Inner Harbor area was were we usually stayed.

 

[lilranch2001]

I really enjoyed the Seattle area. Some very nice interesting places there at the time.

SF was really nice the times I went there. Usually stayed a week at a time for different conferences.

Baltimore is another city I always enjoyed going to but now I wouldn't waste time going back to, if it was my choice. The Inner Harbor area was were we usually stayed.

In 2016 and 2017 I traveled to SFO and the east Bay for about 22 trips so I spent a lot of time in the general vicinity, as it was just starting to fall apart as far as what I understood. I never felt safe enough to spend any time downtown, although I did drive through it just to get the general feel and also took the time to drive across the bridge, but I did take the time to see the coast and travel down Highway One halfway to LA and to go see the redwoods a few times on weekends that I stayed over. Took several road trips around northern California on the weekends I was stuck there.

 

[two_bit_score]

I never felt safe enough to spend any time downtown, although I did drive through it just to get the general feel and also took the time to drive across the bridge, but I did take the time to see the coast and travel down

Our conferences were always at either the Mark Hopkins or the Fairmont. My preference was always the Mark Hopkins. I'm sure that area has a lot of cops now. It did even back years ago. I just have the 'been there, done that' attitude about it now and from what I've heard and seen in the news I'm right.

 

[goeduck]

I lived in Seattle for a while when I was college age, and it was a great, fun place at that time and age. Now I live nearby and dread going there. I liked San Francisco back then as well, but I would never go there again. Or any of California for that matter. Oregon has many great places outside of Portland as does Washington State outside of Seattle. Similar to Colorado and Minnesota, stay out of Denver and Minneapolis.

 

[Renze]

I have probably already made my last trip out there!

My mate was helping another mate who married to the West of the country, which is more or less city to city with a single farm between them. His inlaws said, it seems youre getting used to the city west ! No, he said, tomorrow night i take off with screeching tires back east. They looked dumbfounded

 

[Oaktree]

Anybody remember American Graffiti? That movie captured, mirrored, the California I grew up in. Beach Boys, Wolfman Jack, car culture.

We used to drag race on unopened new freeways. Now those same stretches are elbow to elbow traffic on even more lanes, seemingly 24/7.

I remember seeing it, though I was several years out of high school when it came out. Being an east coast kid, I had no idea who Wolfman Jack was, just thought he was an actor playing a DJ.

Movie didn't seem very realistic to me...almost no one I knew from school had their own car, and the few who did drove old clunkers. The likelihood of any of our parents allowing us to take the family car out cruising was somewhere between slim and none. Not that there was really anywhere to go, pretty small rural town.

 

[Oaktree]

I lived in Seattle for a while when I was college age, and it was a great, fun place at that time and age. Now I live nearby and dread going there. I liked San Francisco back then as well, but I would never go there again. Or any of California for that matter.

I lived there for a couple years when I was in my mid 20s. My only experience of living in/near a large city. Glad I did it for the experience but culturally I felt very much like a fish out of water. Guess I'm a New Englander at heart.

When I could, I'd get away on weekends, really liked the Wenatchee area. I'd hike & camp in the national forest around there.
This was in the mid 1970s, post Vietnam when Boeing was laying off employees right and left. I doubt I'd recognize the place today. Looked at my old neighborhood (145th near Aurora) on Google street view, everything's totally different now.

I wish I would’ve gone and seen Seattle when I was a young man and before it kind of went…… Well, I won’t say the what I was going to say because it might get a little political, and I promised myself to be better about that, but I have seen enough on the news about how it is now that I do not have any desire to go

I found it, for lack of a better term, rather "socialist" 50 years ago when I was there. Homelessness issue wasn't what it is now, but as noted above the local economy wasn't great and the gentrification hadn't happened yet.

 

[square1]

View attachment 848136

So it's hereditary!

 

[gstrom99]

Long ago I got a stern lecture from the local U-Haul manager that local rentals are NOT to be taken out of the area. And there's a major surcharge if it is seen far away. I don't know if this is still their policy.

Probably still their policy... I don't remember if I was asked or not. "don't ask - don't tell" would be my attitude.

 

[gstrom99]

I actually miss going to Seattle and San Francisco back the way they were over 15 years ago. I hvae almost 0 interest in going to either now. On my own dime anyway, certianly.

I was in Seattle for a funeral, right before COVID hit. The air museum is great (we found a way cool restaurant very near there that had TONS of airplane stuff all over). Drove out to the Mt Rainier Park, and all around the area. Had to visit the fish throwing guys (yawn). Very pretty, but I won't be going back.

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[Jstpssng]

View attachment 849015


Bruce

Just for reference, they are both 2500 series. I believe that the truck on the right is 2WD, while the newer one is 4wd.

 

[California]

View attachment 849015


Bruce

Now compare the Datsun 1300 pickup (BTDT) to their modern Nissan monster!

Something like 7 x the hp and towing capacity. Same gas mileage.

 

[goeduck]

Just for reference, they are both 2500 series. I believe that the truck on the right is 2WD, while the newer one is 4wd.

And 2 door on the left vs 4 door on the right. Apples and oranges.

 

[spitter]

and $50 k

 

[kenmbz]

And high enough off the ground, getting ladders and items on the roof looks more difficult?