"Would we love to roll up the windows against the onslaught of dust and blast the AC to keep cool? Of course. Would it be nice to press a button to shift into 4WD and not have to hop out to manually lock the hubs? Sure. But, on the bright side, we aren’t trying to decipher cryptic diagnostic codes or troubleshoot software when we break down, so sometimes running old school has its benefits. We just try to ride the middle as much as possible."