🙂 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…[Read more]

This 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!”

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Yep. That’s another Dell Webb community. Think Sun City! Will be overcrowded and over expensive in another 3 – 5 years.

We all need to move here:

Hey allIm 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…[Read more]

Vicenc,

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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…[Read more]

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 Co…[Read more]

Those are just minor blemishes, after 2 tours in Vietnam, nothing to keep you awake at night.

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…[Read more]

Joe,What brand and part number coilovers did you use and who sells them?Thanks and God bless,Andy

BooHoo,

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Yup.

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.

I can relate. Mine sat with a car cover and tarps over it for almost a year, waiting on my garage build.

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…[Read more]

Love that poster too.

It just keeps getting nicer and nicer.  Well done!

Been too cold to spend much time in the garage, without running the smelly kerosene heater. As long as daytime temps are in the 40s, it can be comfortable since it’s insulated to R-16, but those temps won’t return until mid-week. So, I have continued a bit of decorating, in short bursts. First a cheap 3×5′ MG flag from eBay.Add an original,…[Read more]

10 hours out for me, so I don’t think I’ll be making this run. Have fun, boys. Post lots of pics and brag when you’re done.