View Poll Results: How many Stars would you give your streets?
1-Star
6
12.24%
2-Star
8
16.33%
3-Star
13
26.53%
4-Star
15
30.61%
5-Star
7
14.29%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll
How are your streets?
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2006
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From: Midland TX
How are your streets?
Ok... not necessarily C5 Specific, but I am a lurker here.
Just curious how drivable the streets are in your town/area?
I have marked off about 75% of the town I live in as "C5-Undrivable" now. Pretty soon I will not be able to leave my garage as the 3rd-World keeps encroaching. It may be time to give up on West Texas, it's outrageous property taxes and getting nothing in return, but where to go? Is it this way everywhere now?
How would you rate you local streets overall?
Just curious how drivable the streets are in your town/area?
I have marked off about 75% of the town I live in as "C5-Undrivable" now. Pretty soon I will not be able to leave my garage as the 3rd-World keeps encroaching. It may be time to give up on West Texas, it's outrageous property taxes and getting nothing in return, but where to go? Is it this way everywhere now?
How would you rate you local streets overall?
Last edited by Choreo; Dec 16, 2016 at 12:25 AM.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2012
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Ok... not necessarily C5 Specific, but I am a lurker here.
Just curious how drivable the streets are in your town/area?
I have marked off about 75% of the town I live in as "C5-Undrivable" now. Pretty soon I will not be able to leave my garage as the 3rd-World keeps encroaching. It may be time to give up on West Texas, it's outrageous property taxes and getting nothing in return, but where to go? Is it this way everywhere now?
How would you rate you local streets overall?
Just curious how drivable the streets are in your town/area?
I have marked off about 75% of the town I live in as "C5-Undrivable" now. Pretty soon I will not be able to leave my garage as the 3rd-World keeps encroaching. It may be time to give up on West Texas, it's outrageous property taxes and getting nothing in return, but where to go? Is it this way everywhere now?
How would you rate you local streets overall?
They are all terrible, with a capital "T"
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For the most part they are OK (average), and I've not had any problems driving my C5 on any of them. Could they be better, sure, but as with many other things these days, money is tight for road improvements.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2013
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From: Lynn MA
Up here in the northeast it's a crap shoot. Each city has a reputation for good, bad, or terrible. My city is in the bad area, potholes all around and even if they get filled the next time it snows the plows and salting trucks bring them back up again. It's a never ending battle and that's why my Vette is asleep for the winter. 
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From: Wisconsin
now we move into frost heave season up here, all the cracks and patches pop up, not that i drive my c5, but it beats your dd up. it gets so rough on some highways it will make you change lanes with your not correcting
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My side of town is awesome but some of the other parts of the city have some really bad roads that are not low car friendly. Don't get me started on the construction areas that are never going to be finished, or so it seems 
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From: Buffalo Texas
I have to go 250 feet on basically a dirt one lane prv. drive then fine after that. If it's dry and I come home with a hot engine with the fans on full sends dust all over the Vette, not good !!!
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Joined: Mar 2016
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From: Wilmington Nc
My street that my driveway connects to is 3 miles long, flat, straight, and newly paved. Makes for a fun ride👌
but in all seriousness my main streets are decent, nice new buildings but the only big complaint is that no one here can drive lol. There all crazy
but in all seriousness my main streets are decent, nice new buildings but the only big complaint is that no one here can drive lol. There all crazy
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From: Boxford Massachusetts
Highways around Boston are mostly good, with a few rough spots. Major city streets mostly good. Some trouble spots. the roads in my rural town up north are pretty good, nothing so bad as to make me reluctant to take out the Vette.
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Up here in the northeast it's a crap shoot. Each city has a reputation for good, bad, or terrible. My city is in the bad area, potholes all around and even if they get filled the next time it snows the plows and salting trucks bring them back up again. It's a never ending battle and that's why my Vette is asleep for the winter.
Choreo, you probably wouldn't last long up here in the Northeast. It was -8° here this morning. Needless to say, the Vette hibernates during the winter - something I wish I could do...
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From: Allenspark Colorado
Southern California has the best roads since they don't get winter or much rain......LA doesn't even compare so you must be confused.
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I have highways a couple hundred feet from my door that are kept in great shape. Secondary roads have a few problems from trucks cutting grooves in them but are still very drivable. Neighborhood roads are very drivable too. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
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From: Grover North Carolina
I live just a little north of South Carolina in North Carolina and the roads here for the most part are good, Now if I venture south I can tell when I'm in SC with out looking for the welcome to South Carolina sign, The roads there are horrible.
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From: East Side San Jose CA
My hometown South Bay Area/San Jose is the 3rd worst city in America. Not only are the roads in poor condition, there's always street repairs that take a long time to fix and when they do... it's worse than what it was more than half of the time. 10 construction workers and only 2 of them are actually working. 
I'm pretty sure that list doesn't count the ladders, small dressers, pieces of wood, metal junk and recyclables you have to dodge on the freeways.
I'm pretty sure that list doesn't count the ladders, small dressers, pieces of wood, metal junk and recyclables you have to dodge on the freeways.