I've enjoyed this post,,, here are a few more,,,
1) Your neighbor asks you" when are you going to fix the mufflers on that thing?"
2) During the winter (snow and icy conditions) when you park your bronco at night you have plastic or a hefty bag split open to shut in the door to cover the door locks and door seam to keep from freezing the lock up.
2b) (ie: door locks above) you park near a electrical outlet (when you don't have the plastic) so you can use a hair dryer to thaw the lock out or you become a acrobat and get good at crawling in the back window when the doors are frozen shut.
3) You manual shifters become proficient at "coasting" either when the engine misses signaling your out of gas,, or when you see cops enforcing the noise ordinance, or sneaking into the yard at 3am and finally when you see a prius or some other electric car and they're impressed the "quiet" operation of your vehicle.
4) Every trip no matter how mundane (going to get bread, picking up the kids, or driving to the beach), is a freakn adventure and and whether good or bad adventure is what makes us "alive".
drive on bronco Sisters and Brothers,,,,,