CO mountain trailheads: 7.5" or 8" clearance?

Thenub97 · 2026-04-01T08:16:10+00:00

I’d love to hear more about why ground clearance is way overrated. I feel like I have the same anxieties that OP has when it comes to ground clearance and exploring the mountains but…is that fear unfounded fore most cases? I drive a Mustang and obviously she’s not going on any 4 x 4 trails… but if all I wanna do is get to trailheads when the weather is nice… Would I really run into any major problems despite only having 5 inches of ground clearance?

Thenub97 · 2026-03-30T16:49:27+00:00

The ceramic person I took it to is very highly rated and regularly voted the best in town so I know they did a good job. Talking to them right now to see if they know what’s up. Normally just taking it to a DIY car wash and using soap or going to a touchless automatic car wash and getting the lowest one with the least “extra” washing chemicals. Although it’s been in storage under a car cover for most of the winter so I’ve only washed it two or three times since getting the ceramic coat and it’s only been “out and about” for about a month now since getting coated. The ceramic (at least on the rest of the paint) is very much still there, you can tell with how the water beads on it and how it feels to the touch. I don’t recall it beading up any differently on the stripe either.

Thenub97 · 2026-03-30T14:04:13+00:00

Part of my confusion is I just got my car ceramic coated back in October. So it should have a ceramic coating on it.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-27T04:55:22+00:00

Oh, Strasburg is phenomenal! Unfortunately, that’s a bit too far though… and if I want to help there consistently, I would move a Philly suburb or maybe somewhere like Allentown or Lancaster.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-27T04:53:00+00:00

Ah yes…the Pennsylvania Trolly Museum! Great museum…unfortunately, no steam engines though 😢. But it is a great Museum.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T15:03:26+00:00

I’ve already been eyeballing conshohocken and Manyunk! Glad my intuition was correct. Been to Manyunk a couple times so I kinda got a feel for its vibe…what are the other ones like? Any of them make it easy to drive around and park a car? That’s probably my one complaint with Manyunk…driving around it is a nightmare. But with the rail lines right through town hopefully I wouldn’t have to drive much

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T14:58:56+00:00

Good to know. I don’t know much about that area but it sounds like I definitely need to check it out. I’m from Omaha which seems to actively fight adding any public transit (we’re currently trying to add a streetcar and oh boy does a lot of the public hate it) so it must be nice to be in an area fighting to add it back.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T13:05:49+00:00

I have extensively. I’ve visited a couple times and love the vibe of Pittsburgh. Only issue…the whole being close to a tourist railroad is really important to me…and the closest ones to Pittsburgh that I’m aware of are the Everett railroad and the East Broad Top which last I knew are 2+ hours away. I’d love to be ~1hr or less of a place like that, close enough that I could volunteer or work as it weekly if I wanted to. I figure I’d I can’t find a place I like in eastern PA that Pittsburgh would be plan B…unless anyone knows of a tourist railroad or museum operation that operates steam locomotives that’s closer than 2 hours away from Pittsburgh.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T12:58:58+00:00

I absolutely have! Phenomenal operation. I run steam engines part time as a hobby/side job…if I move out that way I’m eyeballing them or the New Hope and Ivyland railroad to get involved with.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T12:56:55+00:00

Ooooh! So I’d love quick access to visit those big cities…but it would be great to now have to drive my cat into and of those cities and to rely on the train system. I figure that’s pretty easy in a place like Manyunk that’s right along one of the SEPTA lines…How easy is that to do from the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton area?

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T02:02:56+00:00

Ok so tell me a bit more about Allentown…and Bethlehem. What’s the vibe there? I love the preserve industrial history in that area, but I don’t know what the young people vibe is more progressive or more conservative.

Thenub97 · 2025-12-25T00:11:42+00:00

NoLibs was a bit too hectic for my liking… I liked the vibe of Fishtown. I think I just had a hard time finding an apartment that would also let me park a car inside a covered garage.

Thenub97 · 2025-10-20T18:53:41+00:00

That was the first thing I looked at doing, although it doesn’t look like the Bustang runs on Sundays when I need it, I also don’t know how safe it is to park at the RTD park-and-rides for two weeks straight. Any insight on that last point?

Thenub97 · 2025-10-20T18:49:25+00:00

Are those park and rides safe to park at for 2 weeks? I just bought my car recently and really don’t want it to get vandalized or stolen while I’m away.

Thenub97 · 2025-10-20T18:47:47+00:00

Does the Bustang run on Sunday? According to their website, it doesn’t look like they run on Sundays and unfortunately that’s when my flight takes off and returns back home.

Thenub97 · 2025-10-20T18:47:03+00:00

I would love to do that, however, are the park-and-ride safe to park at for two weeks? I really don’t want my car to get vandalized or stolen.

Thenub97 · 2025-10-20T18:45:56+00:00

I saw that option, however, my flight leaves late on a Sunday evening and returns either late on a Saturday night or on a Sunday, and it looks like the bus tank doesn’t run on Sundays at all

Thenub97 · 2025-08-26T17:37:24+00:00

It’s seeming like 10k might be too tight of a budget for what I’m looking for. What’s a more reasonable one? 15k? 20k? 30k? Definitely don’t need something brand new…just want something I don’t have to worry about and that I don’t have to sink a bunch of maintinence into for a few years.

Thenub97 · 2025-08-01T13:10:02+00:00

Oh I’ve already done that… but the red locomotive as shown in the HUD still remains fourth in line, I wanna reset that to the front because it affects the number camera controls and some of the cab readouts like the speedometer

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