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I have a rather large remolding house project going on now . New kitchen , new floors etc. Since most of the sawing was done in my garage where I store my car for the winter . I covered it up to keep the sawdust off it . I haven’t seen it in 3 weeks and I am sure it will be a couple more before it is unearthed . I must say I miss seeing it .Before I covered it I would walk by it and think MAN AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER !I miss seeing this shinny green thing that is all covered up .
Think that many in the northern climes suffer from separation anxiety in the winter when the TDR is in hibernation. We look with envy at our brothers in the south who get to use their TDRs all 12 months of the year. Mine is waiting for install of front disk brakes, new walnut dash, new vinyl and carpet. Once temp gets above 0 degrees C will recommence work in ernest, in time for spring runToller2016-02-15 19:10:07
David B Dixon
Port Perry ON CA
SabineI can relate. Mine sat with a car cover and tarps over it for almost a year, waiting on my garage build.
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...I have always been fond of saying that no one hates winter like a man with a motorcycle in his garage. I’ve changed that statement to “a motorcycle or a TDr” but either way it’s the same. I can’t wait to get back way below the Mason-Dixon where winter won’t be such an issue anymore.
Vicenç - (bee sense)
Pembroke Pines, FL
1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"(1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")
BooHoo,
Another 90+ degree day here in Southern CA, a trip in Rosebud to the mountains, with my girlfriend’s hair flying in the breeze. Maybe, just maybe you should consider Southern California. I came here in December of 1965, Uncle Sam decided this young Marine should see paradise before going to Vietnam. It was December and the natives were wearing short sleeve shirts. I promised myself then and there, if I got back from Vietnam, I was going to become a Southern Californian.So quit moaning, come join the year round fun, no more PA winters for me.Bill
Bad Bill
SoCal is beautiful and it would be great if not for the traffic, pollution, taxes, earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides and illegal aliens. It’s a great place to visit if someone else drives in their car, but after my SUV was caught, and nearly burned up, in the wildfire near San Bernardino along I-15 last year … I’ll stick with Vegas. Two months out of the year, you have to go out early to avoid the heat, but otherwise it is SoCal without the disadvantages. Right now we are enjoying our second week in a row of sunny skies and 70 degree temps.
Those are just minor blemishes, after 2 tours in Vietnam, nothing to keep you awake at night.
BillBad Bill
I grew up in Anaheim, lived there and in San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Oceanside, Del Mar housing in Camp Pendleton and San Diego. Love California, miss In-N-Out Burgers like I can’t even explain and I get nostalgic for the old OC every now and then. The problem is that there are just too many people that want to live there. When the Corps sent me to Quantico I thought I had found a home in Virginia (lived in Woodbridge, Quantico base housing, Stafford, Fredericksburg and Springfield) unfortunately too many people have ruined that as well. My goal now is Louisiana, I spent four years in the Rouge and can’t wait to get back.
Vicenç - (bee sense)
Pembroke Pines, FL
1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"(1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")
I keep my LR in a storage garage about a mile away, and go at least once every week just to check things and start it up. If it’s warm enough ;30+, I’ll take it out for a short one or two mile trip. Can’t wait for May!
As to living in S. Cal, I have family there and been there many, many times. I agree with the traffic, air,water, and other problems, not to mention cost of living.
Brother lives in L.V and many of the same issues a S. Cal.
As the saying goes,”Home is where your heart is.”So no matter where you are, if your happy, that’s home.
ANOTHER saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” If your NOT happy, the OTHER place always seems nicer.
Anywhere you choose will have its pro’s and con’s. Just how much you’re willing to tolerate.Amor Conquista Todo
Vicenc,
As you know I live in Stafford Va – very close to where you lived and although I like it here I am going south at some point again – just cannot cope with the winters. Family here for awhile so we stay for the short term.Most likely I will end up in Texas or Florida – Louisiana is off my list – lived in Shreveport for 3 plus years and it is crazy hot and humid. Lived in Africa for a number of years and believe that at least that part of Louisiana is hotter. Still better than cold weather.Hey all
Im here in Surf City CA and you are right about the crowding of people. Theyve been building these mega apartment complexes with three to five hundred one to three bedroom units. Rush hour here now lasts all day.
I sold my Highland home and we now live in Huntington full time. My wife is retired and I keep most of my business close to home to avoid the freeways.
I have to park Eliza Jane in a storage container a mile away since parking is so bad around here. Still you cant beat the scene down here so Ill deal with the people and the expense.We all need to move here:
A community near The Villages in central Florida.All custom built homes, designed for people with wheeled toys; oversize garages, workshops etc.Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Yep. That’s another Dell Webb community. Think Sun City! Will be overcrowded and over expensive in another 3 – 5 years.
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackThis from a web site touting Lake Weir Living: “HOAs take the fun out of homeownership.??? LWL offers Toy-owners (i.e. RVs, campers, boats, jet skis, motorcycles, haulers and more), new custom-homes with no HOA and toy-fitted garages at prices starting from the $90s!”
Let’s review here. Houses under $100K and no restrictions. We live in a gated community with an HOA and (supposedly) restrictions. All houses are single-story and cost several times what houses cost in Lake Weir, all lots are 1/2 acre, and there’s a six-foot concrete block wall around the perimeter of the lot. RVs are allowed “as long as they are screened from view from the abutting lot,” so why worry about that, we thought. And at first it was great. We had perfect privacy in our back yard and pool — until the neighbors pulled in their 42′ RV that is 13′ high, and parked it right next to the property line and then started going in and out of it day and night. This thing gave them a view into my bathroom, bedroom, and our entire back yard, including the pool that (up to then) had been so private and peaceful. First I asked them to please move it forward so at least it wasn’t looking into my back yard — they said “yes” but didn’t do it and thereafter claimed I was unreasonable. So I went to the HOA. “Why isn’t this screened from view as the covenants require?” Never got a reply other than “There is a six-foot block wall, what is your complaint?” Well, my complaint is that their *&&^% RV stands seven feet above the six-foot block wall and every window and door on the thing is ABOVE the block wall.This is our retirement house. We’ve worked tirelessly for almost three years to get it right, and we aren’t going to let @$$holes drive us out. However, I am a retired lawyer and realistic about things. I know that if we were to sue to enforce the covenants, we’d either have to represent ourselves or pay for our own lawyer, while the HOA would use community funds and our neighbors’ homeowners’ insurance would pay to defend them. They could tie us up in court for years and certainly would make our lives far more miserable than if we just ignored them all and paid to fix things ourselves. So we did. Five figures later, we’ve put in huge trees all along the property line and a solid steel 8′ x 8′ gate/fence at the corner of my house. It was a huge and unplanned expense, but at least our house is pretty much back to normal again.The point is this: If things are like this in a fairly upscale community WITH restrictions, what must it be like at Lake Weir with $90K houses and no restrictions. Pack people in really tight and couple that situation with encouragement of RVs, boats, Harleys, etc. I predict there will probably be some shootings within a few years.🙂
Having lived all over the US in a variety of housing, from urban townhomes, suburban subdivisions with HOAs and privacy fences, to New England villages, I retired back to my roots in hilly/mountainous East Tennessee. Comfortable, though not fancy, house on a hilltop in the middle of 12+ unrestricted acres with my closest neighbors hundreds of yards away.
I target practice standing in my driveway. My RV is parked beside my driveway, and I doubt they can even see it – especially when there’s leaves on the trees.
We see 4 seasons, but none are likely to kill you, nor last long enough to drive you nuts. Based on the bikers and cyclists, the TDr can likely see between 9-10 months of use, on winding, scenic mountain roads. Only January and February are consistently too cold to drive it.
To each their own… 🙂 KentT2016-02-16 23:07:20
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...Ken, being able to shoot from your driveway, ride your TDr or motorcycle 9 to 10 months a year and your closest neighbor hundreds of yards away sounds like my idea of heaven. 😆
Vicenç - (bee sense)
Pembroke Pines, FL
1986 Aston - BCW Model 52 - "Montse II"(1983 FiberFab MiGi II - "Montse")
Re: Lake Weir
Lake Weir does not advertise “$90k houses”Look through their floor plans. They run from the $190s on up into the $400s. All homes are on 1/4 or 1/2 acre sites.And for those with RVs, the homes are designed to accommodate, either in garages, or on dedicated pads.I’m not advertising for them. I just think the neighborhood looks pretty cool.PMOSSBERG2016-02-17 18:24:07
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
Although envious of your shop, I’m glad I don’t have one like it because I’d go in and never come out! 😆
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackI lived in Central FL for 5 years and it would take a lot to get me back there. Developers still worked the old fashioned way there: paper bags of hundreds on Xmas and press-gangs of Guatamalans throwing up sh*t-boxes on flood plains.
edsnova wrote:I lived in Central FL for 5 years and it would take a lot to get me back there. Developers still worked the old fashioned way there: paper bags of hundreds on Xmas and press-gangs of Guatamalans throwing up sh*t-boxes on flood plains.I was stationed at Homestead AFB, below Miami, back in the day before the hurricane blew it away, and I agree. Also stationed in San Antonio for 4 years. Without a screened in pool, aka Florida room, the summer heat/humidity can be oppressive enough to give you cabin fever just like Massachusetts or Minnesota winters – where I also lived. Other than the Southern Appachians, where elevation tempers the heat/humidity my second choice would be the Central Rockies. I’ve lived in both Denver and Utah, and you can follow and extend both spring and fall by simply changing elevations in the mountains. Still, there’s no escaping winter without becoming a “snowbird”…
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...I worked in West Palm Beach from 2000-2007, had Hurricanes Frances, Jean, and Wilma all hit my house, and in spite of the hurricanes, we absolutely looooved it. My son went to high school there and returned to Florida to live there permanently. So nice to never see snow … to grow things year-round … to go to the beach or go scuba diving whenever you feel like it .. to ride bikes or TDrs almost any time. When we left, we were just beginning to harvest our coconuts, pineapples, and papaya. The humidity never bothered me because of the sea breeze, and mosquitos don’t bother you in your screened porch. We would be there now if not for family obligations and the hurricanes. The hurricanes didn’t cause that much damage but those three were only Category 1 and 2, and we had no claims, but our insurance went through the roof because of others. And, eventually there will be another Andrew. We figured Vegas would actually be somewhat similar (relatively warm year-round with no snow and the same palm trees and pool), but without the hurricanes. Frankly if I had a do-over for retirement, I’d pick Florida — but we’re in Vegas now and Vegas has its charms, too. And we go to Florida several times a year anyway.
Gotta agree about Central Florida, though. That place has the awful humidity and mosquitos, everything is a toll road, and there is never a sea breeze like we enjoyed in West Palm. All the disadvantages of living inland with none of the advantages … they’re not even exempt from hurricanes.I grew up in Southern California, just north of downtown Los Angeles. When I first moved to Phoenix, AZ, I thought I’d be back to California in a few years. 31 years later, I have a house and yard that I’d never be able to afford back home. It’s sunny over 300 days a year and yes, it does get hot in the summer. I’d rather pay for air conditioning in the summer than shovel snow and not drive top down about 9 months of the year. We get some humidity in the summer, but not like the mid-West or the South, and not as long, either.
So Cal is a 5 to 6 hour drive when I miss the ocean or when I get a chance to drive the Malibu canyon roads, and Phoenix has given me a chance at affordable housing. I could have done a lot worse.MGLondonRoadste wrote:We get some humidity in the summer, but not like the mid-West or the South, and not as long, either.We have a saying in the Mid-West.
“It’s not the HEAT it’s the HUMIDITY!”:cool:
RIIIIGHT…If it’s 102F in the shade, I don’t care WHAT the humidity is, its still freaking HOT!:evil:Another good one is, “It’s a WET cold.”
At -6F it’s not WET…it’s FROZEN!Amor Conquista Todo
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