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Old 04-09-2014, 08:58 PM   #1
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Where would you go??

I am planning to leave this salt ridden state with its schizophrenic weather and pot-hole mine field roads for a warmer climate at some point in the not-too-distant future and would like to settle in a place where driving and caring for my cars is a pleasant, year-round activity.

I know that some places may look nice from a distance, but living there reveals problems that could not be anticipated beforehand.

What say Camaro5 members from around the USA about the best place to retire and enjoy year-round, top-down, out-door, problem free...

Cosmetic Maintenance: Washing, Waxing, Detailing, Bodywork, Protection ?
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Old 04-09-2014, 09:08 PM   #2
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It's not fully year-round, but the Dallas suburbs are where I long for. Plano specifically. You're guaranteed to get one ice storm a year, but that's only a week or so.

I moved there for 6 years for college/grad school and it's just such a wonderful place. The weather is great, the PEOPLE are so friendly, the culture is just so different than it is up north. People take care of one another. And the cost of living is very cheap compared to up here.

I moved back up to Michigan almost a year ago for work and haven't stopped thinking about when I'll be able to get back there. I had forgotten what a colossal armpit Michigan is in literally every aspect other than craft beers.

I just took my girlfriend down to visit two weeks ago and she instantly fell in love. Things she said "Everyone is so nice and happy" "It's so clean"


Driving pros:
3 lane divided highways for almost all city streets --> 45mph speed limits
Texas mile http://www.texasmile.net/
NO POTHOLES
Proper parking lots, none of this 45 degree embanked entrance bullshit we have up here

Driving Cons:
Traffic on interstates during rush hours (7-9 and 4-7).
High percentage of idiot drivers (merge onto highway and move over four lanes at once without looking is a common maneuver)
Red light cameras often rigged with 2-second yellows (disgusting revenue grabbing)
Your Camaro will not be very cool there Dallas has a TON of very very nice cars. I saw 3 Ferraris and a Rolls Royce in an hour walking downtown.
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Old 04-09-2014, 09:39 PM   #3
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If you want your car to be cool where you move. Move down here to alabammer... All we have is huge trucks and ricers... Oh tons and tons and tons of mustangs too lol. Litterally see atleast 5-10 mustangs a day and that's a conservative guess.


But as CD said the south is just different. The culture is better and the people are MUCH nicer. People down here will give you the shirt off of you back at any point and especially when you are in need.

For example, my grandfather was recently diagnosed with stomach cancer . So the bills/copays/perscriptions etc. that their insurance won't cover adds up quickly. So everyone in their community went and bought things (ranging from pie to TVs) and donated them to a benifit held in his name. Everyone placed bids on these items and all of the proceedes went to him. It ended up being well over $7,000.

Some more basic things are just holding doors open for people and saying hi, hello, sir, and ma'am.

I got weird looks when I've been up north for holding doors open for ladies.. Needless to say I don't go up north often..
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Old 04-09-2014, 11:03 PM   #4
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Old 04-09-2014, 11:55 PM   #5
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If you can afford it join us hippies in California . . . Bay Area (I prefer the peninsula south of San Francisco personally) specifically. Our climate is about the most temperate in the US, people FREAK OUT if it gets into the 40's and most houses (including mine) don't even have air conditioning because it's really not needed.
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Old 04-09-2014, 11:56 PM   #6
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If you can afford it join us hippies in California . . . Bay Area (I prefer the peninsula south of San Francisco personally) specifically. Our climate is about the most temperate in the US, people FREAK OUT if it gets into the 40's and most houses (including mine) don't even have air conditioning because it's really not needed.
If it weren't for the crazy laws I would love to come there! I can only imagine how scenic and beautiful it is .
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Old 04-10-2014, 07:32 AM   #7
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Come on down to florida, no snow down here. A lot of camaros but if yours is modded you'll definitely stand out. Car show season all year long.
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Old 04-10-2014, 07:37 AM   #8
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Im gonna go with Australia.
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Old 04-10-2014, 07:44 AM   #9
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don't come to pennsylvania haha, Its not that much of a pain to keep the car clean for me. I would move to south carolina
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Old 04-10-2014, 07:51 AM   #10
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Seriously, I am considering hopping the pond to the land down under.
Warm all year- check
Cool people- check
sexually agressive women- double check
lots of long wide open stretches of rod to let the Camaro strech its legs- check
lots of crazy ways to die, including spiders, snakes, and sharks- check
the home of "The Last of The V8 Interceptors"- check
I am hard pressed to find a down side...
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Old 04-10-2014, 08:30 AM   #11
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Seriously, I am considering hopping the pond to the land down under.
Warm all year- check
Cool people- check
sexually agressive women- double check
lots of long wide open stretches of rod to let the Camaro strech its legs- check
lots of crazy ways to die, including spiders, snakes, and sharks- check
the home of "The Last of The V8 Interceptors"- check
I am hard pressed to find a down side...
It's not 'Merica…
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So?
he didn't ask for places in America, he asked for advice from people from around America.
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So?
he didn't ask for places in America, he asked for advice from people from around America.
I know I was just trying to be funny. Starting to think I'm not very good at it...
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Old 04-10-2014, 10:02 PM   #14
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Seriously, I am considering hopping the pond to the land down under.
Warm all year- check
Cool people- check
sexually agressive women- double check
lots of long wide open stretches of rod to let the Camaro strech its legs- check
lots of crazy ways to die, including spiders, snakes, and sharks- check
the home of "The Last of The V8 Interceptors"- check
I am hard pressed to find a down side...
Too bad the Holden and Falcon lines are pretty much done.
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