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Head to Head: Manual Cogs vs the Slushbox – A Chris Collard Rant

Manual Cogs or a Slushbox — Chris Collard’s Rant There has been a long-running debate over the question of which is better, the free-and-easy automatic transmission or the venerable manual gearbox. Though I’ve spent plenty of time in vehicles with a slushbox between the mill and rear wheels, I will disclose upfront that I prefer…

Morocco in a 1975 Rover P6

Ignoring hard lessons learned from his previous adventures on the African continent, Ben Coombs planned his next trip to Morocco perched upon a stool inside his favorite house of creativity, a British pub. Squinting through the proverbial beer goggles, he perused a thread of adventure-mobiles provided by the Ebay app on his smart-phone. His mission,…