bilbo
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- South Florida
- Vehicle Year
- 1983
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
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- 2.3L
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- Manual
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- 2WD
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That's true, snow reliability has gone down over the years I think. Winter without snow really sucks. Too cold to do most summer/fall activities and no snow for the winter ones. That said, there was always decent snow within a couple hours' drive I could ride when I lived up North. The sleds kept me busy and satisfied my reckless streak. That's kind of the reason I recently bought dirtbikes for my son and I. I was starting to get a little stir crazy, and didn't have enough internal combustion engines to maintain to keep me miserable enough. Riding the DRZ brings me right back to being 13 years old, just like the sleds did. Though I don't remember being sore for so long after riding when I was 13.I USED to love winter more than almost anything. Could hop on the sled at my house in the most populous County in maine and ride straight up to Canada without much fuss.
Now.. we don't get enough snow down here to make sled ownership a worthwhile deal unfortunately.. so I ended up selling all of mine off. Good riding these days requires a 2+ hour ride north.
Trail closures and access are a thing too. Less and less places to ride anything. Down here everyone's all about SXSs and muddin' so most of the off road opportunities are geared toward that. It's kind of a shame because there are some beautiful woods/forest areas even here in South Florida.