Retirement!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Rio Rico, AZ
The engine should be in my hands tomorrow or Friday. I'm delivering it to Tom Wong's shop (Wong's Performance Engineering in Vancouver, WA) for the install and tune. The install will likely start next week.
Went
Went
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Indianapolis IN
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Unmodified
C4 of Year Finalist (stock) 2019
Congrats 
Yeah...Good luck with that sleeping in thing. I pop out of bed like a jack-in-the-box just as early if not earlier than I used to. Of course, now I'm actually excited to get up and dig into the days events. Sometimes I think I work harder now than I did when I had to head out to the salt mines every day!
You may not sleep longer, but you WILL sleep easier!
Yeah...Good luck with that sleeping in thing. I pop out of bed like a jack-in-the-box just as early if not earlier than I used to. Of course, now I'm actually excited to get up and dig into the days events. Sometimes I think I work harder now than I did when I had to head out to the salt mines every day!
You may not sleep longer, but you WILL sleep easier!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 1,225
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From: Park City, TN
2024 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
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2022 C4 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2021 C4 of the Year - Unmodified Finalist
2020 C4 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C4 of Year Finalist (stock)
If I could afford the insurance I'd be retired today.
Congrats, Went!
Congrats, Went!
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Joined: Feb 2016
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From: SC
Congrats. 447 days to go for me, but who's counting? They started giving me restricted stock several years ago, I don't get to keep it unless I stay till 65 or they fire me. God I wish they would fire me.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,019
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From: Conroe Texas
after I retired in 2015 at 68 I did 2 years of contracting in Connecticut and Ohio. Met a lot of nice people and corvetters and saw a lot of the country I normally don’t get to see.
know that I have the time, I use the va for my healthcare needs, except for a couple of surgeries. Each year the va saves me thousands of $$ over private care and prescriptions. And there are no insurance policy premiums to pay for.
know that I have the time, I use the va for my healthcare needs, except for a couple of surgeries. Each year the va saves me thousands of $$ over private care and prescriptions. And there are no insurance policy premiums to pay for.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 4,429
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From: Minneapolis Mn
Congrats. Myself, I retired this last year and I'm still waking up and out of bed like I did before. Now the big thing, I keep hearing about all this free time - what's that? It seems like there's a whole lot more on my list of things to do than there ever was when I was still working.
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2000
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I was 60 years old and it was 12 years yesterday that I threw in the towel. never looked back. fortunate that the company I worked for paid my social security from 60 to 62 (a little golden parachute for the working stiffs). i'm enjoying everyday, and so busy doing nothing, that I don't have time for anything - 
