Avoiding High Mountain areas

What bad things have you heard?

 

There are mountains on I-95 from DC south to Miami? WTF. How did I miss them this entire time.

North of DC I can see. But south? Those are hills. Not mountains.

Or at lest their not anything I ever considered a mountain.

Sirscrapntruckalot - There are no words...

 

I would only do what you are thinking of for $10 a mile... Seriously. And the mountains are not in play. Still trying to figure that one out. Is this the new comedy channel? And yes, I have been there, in the winter... 16% grades, but that is not the norm.

 

I have 1 question: Do you want to be the bare minimum driver or do you want to be a good, solid driver? That person who told you bad things about the mountains and auto transmissions was one of those bare minimum drivers...drives just well enough to kill himself. Will never make any sort of decent money, and 20 years from now will STILL be the bottom of the barrel driver. Is that what you want to be? Or do you want to develop the skills to accomplish anything?

FYI, sticking with what you know is like being a kid in kindergarten that's afraid of going to the first grade. After awhile, even the new kids in kindergarten will all reason that you must just be stupid or slow.

 

Mountains on 95?

 

Oh heck yeah. That's why they call Miami the Mile High City.
I think the OP is trolling. Either that or someone trolled him and he believed it.

 

I been driving an automated transmission the last couple weeks (a loaner while my truck is in the shop). My daily drive is back and forth over the Donner pass. Even though I had never driven an auto in a truck before this I have had no problems. I am usually loaded with 30K pounds going down. Not a problem long as you use your head.

 

Only mountains I ever saw in Florida came in a bikini. Or a strip club, but that's not a tale for here.

Sirscrapntruckalot - Who knew mountains could tan..

 

Well, I drive an automatic,and if u go into mountains in an automatic, find the gear u need and put it on manual and it will stay in that gear until u take it off of manual