OT: "Mixed up the brake and accelerator"?!?

I could have used one. I did have a come-along that I used one 20 below night to pull the fifth wheel pin. I couldn't budge the thing by hand but could back in next to another trailer to use as an anchor point.

Trucking in the winter sucked.

You want to try the Manitoba Ice Road - - - -

No thanks. I'm not much on reality shows in general and three episodes of 'Ice Road Truckers' was enough. North Dakota is as close as I want to come.

I bet I have travelled more in te USA than you have

Yes. I have been to Montana. And Utah and Nevada and New Mexico and Massachusetts and Virginia and Iowa and Ohio and Washington and New York and.......a lot of other places.

I've driven over the Sierra Nevada at 10,000 ft too.

But Whilst there what I didn't see were traffic lights on steep slopes,. In fact the high and steep places are not populated at all.

You need a mulholland drive or laurel canyon for THAT. And Id fer sure be using a left foot brake on those.

I'll admit the

Its a standard mistake for Americans to think that other people are as ignorant about America as they are ignorant of the rest of the world.

I travelled coast to coast in 1974. I probably know it better than you do.

So you'll have seen all of it then? In the same way as a tourist does the UK in a couple of weeks?

When you make a statement about the country being big and flat, perhaps you might want to throw in an emoji or you sound merely ignorant.

My parents were driving but I traveled coast to coast for the first time in 1952.

No. I have made many trips since then MOST of the densely populated areas are flat.

I'm 100% sure that I drive considerably faster than you. Unless there are people in the way, the car is maxed out, the engine is hitting the red line, or the tyres are squealing.

I've owned about 15 cars and drive many more belonging to others. Maybe I'm just not so fussy about pedal positions?

The clutch does not wear out by being held in the disengaged mode. It wears out by slipping it. I don't slip it, I hold the car on the footbrake. I've only had one clutch replaced in my entire life, and it was already f***ed when I bought the car, it would actually slip when the pedal was fully released and trying to take off slowly in 1st. I had to take off in 2nd to stop it doing so. That car (a Rover) had done 35K when I bought it with the busted clutch. The replacement clutch lasted for 100K when driven by me and was still operating perfectly when I collided at 80mph with a tractor.

Funny thing about that... People tend to build cities on flat ground unless there are in LA, San Francisco, Seattle, or some other place where there were other considerations.

Conversely, going by square miles, most of the flat area is sparsely populated.

Well, when you drive a '58 Hillman Minx that isn't exactly a land speed record.

Faster than a 59 Mini

Kid brother ran it for one season

ACTUALLY, most of the flatlands are VERY sparsely populated

Unfortunately this guy has no relatives. He has a couple of neighbours (including the people I was going to) that show a vague interest, but not enough to have a tracker.

With current technology.

Is 15 cars not enough?

None of my 15 failed to engage reverse while rolling forwards. Way easier to do 3 point turns that way.

My Golf was Mk IV. I'm not as old as you.

A shorter distance to move the stick means faster and more impressive maneuvers.

No, because only morons need reminding of the gear pattern, especially when it's a bog standard: R135 _24