Why I'm glad I live in the South and not the North!!

[HarryBallz]

After my trip last week, I have a little more love for the South.

Main reason.... the salt on the roads. I rented a 2008 4Runner which I have to say is a really nice truck. I was very impressed with the ride and the TC of the 4WD system.

After picking it up it was a nice shiney clean white..... after getting to the resort.... HOLY CRAP!! The thing looked like it aged 12 years! I now know why alot of you guys put your SRT8's "up" for the winter. If I had to drive my Jeep around and get that nasty I think I'd cry or never leave the house. Not to mention all the damn wiper fluid I went though!! I am kind of a freak when it comes to a clean windshield but it was getting rediculous.

Driving the 4Runner around was great, but after my fiasco and had to rent a Honda Oddy van, I missed the 4WD!! Even thought the Oddy had TC, it was so far from safe feeling I hated it. My wife has an Oddy Touring and this was the basest of base models and wow, what a difference. I can't believe it didn't have the damn ECONOMY mode in it where it shuts off 3 cyclinders for cruising like hers does. Cheap bas****s!

I defintely have a greater appreciation for "Yankee's". You guys have a lot of chit to put up with in the winter time for sure. Granted I WAS driving around in one nasty gnarley storm that came though and dumped 8" of snow, but still, hat's off to you guys for being troopers. Me....... I'm liking my mid 70's right now a whole lot more!!:obscene:

[SRT8bby]

Amen to that!!!:alc::beerchug:

[HarryBallz]

Cheers and back at ya! What part of Fla. are you in?

[HEMISFEAR]

Ouch that sucks Stevo. My ride is safe and sound in the garage and holed up for the freakin' winter. I miss it so. I'm driving the wife's AWD Pacifica today and that thing is awesome...I reallyc an't see how it could get stuck in the amounts of snow we get which normally isn't too bad. We've probably had about a foot of snow in the last 7-8 days though. Hate it. Just saw a flight on Spirit Air, leaving for Ft. Lauderdale the week of Jan.21st for 8 bucks! Problem is finding the return flight.

[HarryBallz]

Damn SteveO. I'd be looking for a new house with a GARAGE!! I feel for ya. that picture sucks!


Ouch that sucks Stevo. My ride is safe and sound in the garage and holed up for the freakin' winter. I miss it so. I'm driving the wife's AWD Pacifica today and that thing is awesome...I reallyc an't see how it could get stuck in the amounts of snow we get which normally isn't too bad. We've probably had about a foot of snow in the last 7-8 days though. Hate it. Just saw a flight on Spirit Air, leaving for Ft. Lauderdale the week of Jan.21st for 8 bucks! Problem is finding the return flight.

There's a reason it's so cheap...... you won't want to leave after being down here for a while vs. up there in the FREEZING cold!:D It was a nice big difference going from the 4wd in the 4Runner to the 2wd Honda Van. Crazy what a FWD in snow does. It was actually kinda fun, but more scarry due to my kids being in the car with me. I now know why I saw so many damn Audi's and Subaru's!!

[HEMISFEAR]

No joke. I'm looking for return flights now. Cancun is also on my list. 28 bucks to get there from Detroit.

[SRT8bby]

Cheers and back at ya! What part of Fla. are you in?

Been in Bradenton for 3 years, Grew up in the Ft. Laud. (Coral Springs) area, went to school at UM.

[HarryBallz]

Been in Bradenton for 3 years, Grew up in the Ft. Laud. (Coral Springs) area, went to school at UM.

Nice.... been down there many a times at the track. Nice area. Gator fan by chance?

[Atlas]

agreed, this is why I left the mountains of VA to live in St Augustine beach...

[RichieRacer]

im glad i didntget hit that hard

[SRT8bby]

Nice.... been down there many a times at the track. Nice area. Gator fan by chance?


Yeah, I'm about 6-7 miles West of the track. As for your second sentence - I KILL YOU!!!!

[mommiety]

i have never seen that much snow in my 26 years on this earth.....lol we get maybe 2 inches if we lucky a year...

[Retro]

Damn SteveO. I'd be looking for a new house with a GARAGE!! I feel for ya. that picture sucks!

It looks like at one point the garage was converted into a living area.

None the less a garage in deed is in need!!
My truck scoffs at me if I leave it outside over night.
(aka - To drunk to try and pull it into the garage!)
If it got hit with that shit it wouldn't start for a week just out of spite!

[markus]

i <3 fl but my heart is still in philly

[mommiety]

ya know the funny thing is we will be moving to Indiana soon.... so i will more than likely make up for the snow that i have never seen!........lol

[HarryBallz]

agreed, this is why I left the mountains of VA to live in St Augustine beach...

Nice..... my cousins are from Roanoke. I used to go up there a bunch. Know the Dandridge boys by any chance? What part of St. Auggie?


Yeah, I'm about 6-7 miles East of the track. As for your second sentence - I KILL YOU!!!!

Nice..... what 2nd sentence? Nice area? :pounding table:

[Atlas]

anastasia island... and no, i do not know any dandridges...

[Johnny--2k]

consider yourself lucky. We got a total of about 26 inches in 4 days. Friday was 13 inches, then sat through wed was another 12-14 inches combined.

[SRT8bby]

Nice..... what 2nd sentence? Nice area? :pounding table:



OK, so I meant the 3rd. :tantrum1:


:D

[BJB]

i <3 fl but my heart is still in philly

And your :love-smiley-039: is in North Carolina, LOL Or was that Georgia..

[Johnny--2k]

maybe both?

[The_Main_Event]

I like fl cuz i dont have to worry about the snow

[The_Main_Event]

And your :love-smiley-039: is in North Carolina, LOL Or was that Georgia..

his :love-smiley-039: is in every state along the east coast

[BJB]

We have smiles that cover just about anything!! :pounding table:

[HEMISFEAR]

Snow sucks my cornhole. If I knew the wife and I had jobs and I could get all my family and friends to move there....I'd definitely think about it lmao.

[CTS-Veo]

I normaly dont mind the snow, but it owned my shit this morning! The first time I take my V out in a month, and I'm burried in my driveway with about 12-14" of snow around it...:puke: Luckily the pole barn is just about done and I can just park my car behind it untill its ready. Up untill now I've been leaving whichever car I wasn't driving at work, so I had to call for a ride to work this morning... If I had thought about it a little more, I should have just rode my snowmobile into work today:tantrum1: