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Old 11-03-06, 10:12 PM
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A sad day for my Rx and I

Its rained the last three days, and its the time of the year that the weather keeps going downhill until my Rx is sitting under five feet of snow.

So off came the Enkei mesh, and back on went the factory + wheels. The only good part of my factory wheels is that now every one gets to see one of the remainders of my drift fanatisism, 155 series studded snow tires stretched onto the + wheels.

I'm so tired of Reno/Lake Tahoe wheather, 100+ degrees in the summer, 0- degrees in the winter. Some one please tell me where I could live that I wouldn't have to put the FB in hibernation. Also a place that doesn't regularly get over 100 degree's in the summer.
Old 11-03-06, 10:15 PM
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Old 11-03-06, 10:18 PM
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Not south texas
Old 11-03-06, 10:19 PM
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Old 11-03-06, 10:23 PM
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new zealand hell where i lived there was no such thing as snow just sun sun sun
Old 11-03-06, 10:27 PM
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canada qubec get 6 feet i was told so dont go there in winter
Old 11-03-06, 10:31 PM
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Haha just move 3 hrs away to the Bay Area pretty descent wetther. Unless your 7 is afraid of the rain, youd never have to store it.
Old 11-03-06, 10:32 PM
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So I have my choice of leaving the country, leave mainland USA, or move to the east coast, great, no good choices.

New Zealand sounds great, but is it like Australia where you have to have a job before moving there? Yeah New Zealand sounds pretty good, even if it is 1/2 the world away.
Old 11-03-06, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Rx Seven
Haha just move 3 hrs away to the Bay Area pretty descent wetther. Unless your 7 is afraid of the rain, youd never have to store it.
except cali is pricey, especially the bay area.
Old 11-03-06, 10:38 PM
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Well San Antonio isn't that bad really, maybe a week or 2 total of 100* weather. But not consecutive days. This year i think we had only like a week total.
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cool, maybe texas then.
Old 11-03-06, 10:55 PM
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its so freaking cold here in Socal but my heines arent getting cold. Its around 62 degrees. brrrrrrrrrr.

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It is in the 90's a good amt of time tho. But I've never had heat issues.
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Only problem in Texas is that it doesn't snow, it just ***** ice a couple days a year and the people freak out and don't know how to drive.

This year I just put in a 3 row radiator in my FB, new thermo, stock everything else; even in rush hour in 100+ heat, the temp wouldn't even hit the halfway mark.
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I can deal with the heat, and I can dodge traffic by living in a small town, but I can't stand the snow any more. Can't drive, can't skateboard, what are you supposed to do?
Old 11-04-06, 02:11 AM
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Buy a Subaru, and learn to snowboard.

Oh wait. Flatland. Nevermind on the snowboarding thing.
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Come to San Luis Obispo AKA SLO...its stays about 78 year round..gets down to about 48 in the winter (at night) and about 95 in the summer.

zip is 93401 google it, its nice here, and its only afew hours from snowboarding, you can skateboard, many parks around, and you got world famous beaches (Pismo beach). Its pretty nice here, and relatively inexpensive.
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I know how to snowboard, I'm just not a fan.

And ever heard of Lake Tahoe? One of the most popular ski regions in the US? Most clear apline lake in the world? That would be 30 min from Reno.

And Subarus/AWD is for suckers.
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Originally Posted by Cowboyfun
Come to San Luis Obispo AKA SLO...its stays about 78 year round..gets down to about 48 in the winter (at night) and about 95 in the summer.
but cali is still pricey

maybe I'm asking too much out of a location.
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read above, its actually one of the cheapest places in cali to live (slo county) I've been here my whole life, and 30k a year is enough to be happy with
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only cheap place nearby you is Sacramento, but it still gets well over 100F in the summer but you will be hard pressed to see snow even in the foothills here. rent isn't all too bad here compared to the bay area.
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yeah, but its sac, lol...its the ******** of cali, hense the name Sac, they actually only recently officially changed it to sacremento to bring in more rich folk like karack.
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hah, i bought my house when it was sac, now i have about $150k in equity.
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Don't come to Michigan. I have a race in a few hours and I'm hoping that the snow melts before then... Otherwise they'll cancel the race.


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