i'm in the midst of trying to move to florida no more winter for me sold my house this week(we're in going down in 3 weeks to check things out and look at houses i have a black on black z06 my question is it going to be too hot for a car like that and should i consider tradibg it for a vert?

 

If your looking in Florida for a place I highly recomend Fort Myers Beach. It is the best priced beach in all of Florida and also has the best weather. Everyone comes to our Island for fun and to vacation. You really should check it out. I live between there and California. I traveled all over Florida before I found this Island.

 

I have a black z06, black expedition, my parents drive a black srt8 300c, my sister a black g8 gt. No real problem other than the pain that it is to keep black clean.

Check out suburbs of miami (western areas of Broward county). The city and its comforts are a short drive away but you get the high-end lifestyle with little congestion or annoyances.

 

I recently moved to Florida as well,a place called Estero(SW Florida naples-ft.myers) great placeyou really cant go wrong in this area

 

It ain't the heat, its the swampiness....

 

you will be fine, but it sucks washing a black car on a hot summer day

 

FL is freakin' hot. Period. Welcome to paradise.

 

BTW I'd tell you to bring your guns, but I see the state you
are leaving.

In that case, stock up when you get here.

 

you might consider a carport depending on the style house or car cover, obviously a garage is optimum

 

been to estero...couldnt believe all the golf courses out there, i felt like i was in palm springs...every block has a golf course. Seemed like a very nice community.

 

Your car will be fine.

As to moving/buying, my advice is to come down and rent first. That lets you find out the details of different neighborhoods before making a commitment. Also, Florida property costs vary widely these days, as so many are being sold short or are distressed. You could save yourselft many tens of thousands by looking for the right deal.

 

You may not enjoy a vert down there during summer months. Winter, spring, and fall, sure. Carport or garage is well advised once you see how the heat builds up inside the car down there. My parents live near Ft Myers. They were out on Pine Island, but recently bought a foreclosure in Cape Coral for dirt cheap. There are many investments buying the homes up down there in the hopes the market comes back. They bought a large, almost new home for $67k.

 

Lived in Naples for eight years. Had two verts, TOO hot for them or sun roofs. Black OK.
If you are retiring, look at the Villages in Ocala. Middle of the state, away from storms and high insurance costs.

 

Give it a rest Utah!

 

I live Naples, as you can see, it's a very nice and CLEAN town. Not too big, so the traffic is light. Although in the season the snowbirds come down! A BIG plus is alligator alley (I-75) Between Naples and Ft Lauderdale the highway is straight and little traffic. I drive over there once a week for work. If you would like to run your car, this is the road. 160mph for me plus a valentine 1 !! Yea baby!!

 

Black BMW X5. Cold as ice in the summer. Keep the Z. Car color is no problem down here.

 

You realize, of course, that there are more than a few LEO's who follow this forum .

 

So!!

 

It gets to 110 out there, but it's a dry heat!!!! Yeah.....right!!

To the OP, I lived in Ft Lauderdale for 15 years, but escaped in 1997. Even back 12 years ago the place was getting overpopulated and overbuilt.

I lived in the Panhandle (Pensacola) for 3 years before that, and that area along the Gulf Coast from Ft Walton to Pensacola is very nice.

I've got a sister that lives in St Pete. There are a lot of beautiful areas over there, but I hate driving in that area. South of Tampa down to Sarasota has some very nice areas, and SW FL is nice in Ft Meyers/Naples areas.

You've got the East Coast from Jacksonville down to Stuart (just north of Palm Beach, where South Florida starts). You've got a huge area to look at.

Then you've got Central Florida with Orlando in the middle.

So.....when you say you're moving to Florida, you're talking about a HUGE area and everything from some of the most hick rural areas of the south to the most upscale high-roller glitzy scene of South Beach.

When I moved in the same state from Pensacola to Ft Lauderdale, we had to drive more than 650 miles from our old house to our new one.

Unless you have some connection to a particular part of the state with family, or you've lived here before, when you say you're moving to Florida, you've got to come down and spend a couple weeks driving around the whole place to figure out where you really want to live.

I like Daytona. Get a Harley and you'll enjoy Bike Week in March and Biketoberfest in October. We've got Speed Week (actually about 6 weeks!!) from January through March with the Rolex 24 road races and continuing right on through the Daytona 500 and motorcycle races during Bike Week. The Coke 400 runs July 4th. The Turkey Run car show (a HUGE event) goes down at Thanksiving. There are several HPDEs on the Rolex 24 course in the fall for you to run your car on the track (you can't run a vert in track events without a cage).

So....come on down, but you've got a very large area to select from with hugely different societal/cultural/development differences.

Bob

 

and while the deals on housing can be substantial, check with a few mortgage brokers, too, regarding short sales and repo housing. the trouble I hear with those in another state is that they take a long time to close---meaning months, not weeks. after all, the bank will have to take a bath on the price and old mortgage, so they're in no hurry to "book the sale," so to speak.

the suggestion by at least a couple of posters to go down and check out the area and figure out where you want to live, I think, is a good one. maybe even rent for awhile.