u/Goins2754

We're looking at moving to a new place. We currently have Astound, but they don't service the new address; neither does Century Link. Looks like we'll have to go with Verizon. I've never had "cell phone" home internet before. My old man brain says for best speeds and minimum lag for gaming, I need broadband.

Is Verizon any good? How's the lag?

I see there's the Subaru Connect app (that's a subscription) that allows remote start with your phone. But is there remote start with the key? I'd like to be able to start the car in my driveway on winter days and I really don't want to pay a subscription to do that.

My son's trying to apply for a summer job. He's getting no luck anywhere. He's applied to all of the typical places like McDonald's, Taco Bell, Chipotle, Target, Walmart, Winco..... He's not even really getting interviews. Seems like no one wants to hire a 17 year old that can't work full time year round.

Any suggestions?

I won't get too long winded and I'll try to keep it short...

I got into 4WDriving thanks to mudbogging and the dream of rock crawling the hardest trails and getting every Jeep Badge of Honor badge. But once I actually had a rig that could start rock crawling, I found I didn't like it. I'm not a fan of driving 0.5mph and all of the technical spotting, getting tire placement exactly right, winching over stuff all the time, body damage.... It turns off road into a chore.

But I found overlanding a little while later. I love overlanding! I try to do about 3 multiday trips per year. It's my favorite hobby hands down! I've done a couple of BDRs now as well as the Dempster and each have been some of the most memorable adventures I've ever done! For me, I love the camping, the grand adventure feel of it, the epic scenery, the remote locations.

Last weekend, I took my Jeep out to an OHV park. I was crawling a somewhat technical trail, some big rocks, some whoops, and about halfway through I was thinking, "I'm not really having fun." I'd much rather be driving a 50 mile 3- or 4-rated trail to the top of a mountain to camp than a 1 mile 7-rated trail just to prove I can.

It feels weird because I think I'm on the cusp of saying goodbye to a hobby that has been a big part of my life, a big part of my bucket list, for decades. But if I'm being perfectly honest, if I had the choice to drive the Rubicon Trail or overland a multiday trip across Montana (shoutout to the new Montana BDR), I'd choose the latter any day of the week.

I'm just curious if any here have gone through any of this. Feels weird to walk away from a hobby, I guess. Kinda feels like I'm leaving a part of me in the past and officially saying, "I'm not gonna cross these off my bucket list."