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I am wondering if there are a lot of steep spots or hills out there. I am thinking of relocating and I currently live in a place that is pretty flat and great for driving manual but am worried since I am not used to areas with too steep of an incline. For example Los Angeles has some crazy inclines.
Albuquerque is fine, most of my experiences driving stick in New Mexico have been pretty effortless. I could imagine parts of Santa Fe being a little cumbersome as Riverdog has stated, but even there I haven't had problems just sticking to the main roads.
Thank you all for the feedback. To add on the the question, would it be ok in the winter if said vehicle was also RWD?
I drove my Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) truck ('84 GMC full size) at least once a week in the Rio Rancho/ABQ for about 10 years. There were a few scary moments, and I had the liberty of choosing not to do...
It depends on your vehicle, tires, skills, and your experience. Some cars are worse than others. Some people will wait for the roads to clear, some will not. ABQ seems to have more two hour delays than other places I have lived.
Thank you all for the feedback. To add on the the question, would it be ok in the winter if said vehicle was also RWD?
Most of the winter would be fine, the few times you have to venture out into the rare icy storm, have some tire chains and you'll be fine.
Stick's are great in hilly areas, I kept going with a bad starter for months once, because everywhere I parked was on an incline. Who needs the starter when you can roll start
Most of the winter would be fine, the few times you have to venture out into the rare icy storm, have some tire chains and you'll be fine.
I have never in the past 14 years seen tire chains being used on a road surface in Albuquerque. I believe they are illegal to use. New Mexico Statute 66-3-847 says:
B. A person shall not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer having any tire surface in contact with the roadway that is wholly or partly of metal or other hard nonresilient material, except a snow tire with metal studs designed to increase traction on ice or snow.
C. No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery a block, flange, cleat or spike or any other protuberance of any material other than rubber that projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire.
You made a thread about driving a manual car in Albuquerque? If you've drove a manual for over a month you should know how to drive it on hills..If not, you should probably get an auto
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