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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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I feel for you. Mine is in kind of semi-hibernation - if it is really nice and the roads have not been salted/sanded, the car may come out. No use letting it sit for months when I can occasionally get it out.
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 02:33 PM
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Lots of people come to AZ just for the winter. Lots of twisties and great weather all winter.
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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Not everywhere in AZ....
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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as a resident of the Pacific NW I am somewhere between the extremes:
can sneak her out once or twice a week until spring.....cruise between the raindrops.....
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ptdrummer54
yeah but those warm places are all flat and the roads are straight - what fun is that?
Yeah, I'm thinking of packing up and moving to the Kettle Moraine myself.

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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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Thats too bad, I'am sorry the fun this year is over for you!
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by boarddirector
So MOVE.
I'd love to, but I can't leave my son here with the ex and I have a killer job that I'm almost vested in. Oh well, just anotherf decade and I'll be free. Jeff
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