Northwest Members - Moving to Oregon, few questions

Bought a place in North Salem, I will be moving out there by the end of June, just picked up a silver Ws6 hardtop formula to bring with me as well : )

All that info is in the orygun guys thread:nod:

Woodburn dragstrip is about 30 miles from Albany. That would be your closest. 2 or 3 hours south is Champion Raceway in Medford, OR. 80 miles north is Portland International Raceway.

Corvalis is a college town, so I would suspect the cops are relatively thick. When I moved out here, I couldn't really find a whole lot for clubs, especially F-Body. This group on here (mostly Portland area) is about the best you will find. As for shops, no one is better in the area than TJ Wong (Wong's Performance Engineering).

thanks for the info , did read some of the orygun thread but it's almost 200 pages long and alot of it is personal conversations, I doubt you guys talk dmv fees, emissions laws ect ect , correct me if I'm wrong, is woodburn a 1/4 or an 1/8th?

Oh its in there brotha lol! But ya 200 pages is alot to search through good thing we got nice guys like Cody on here to give ya some info. You will be out in cowtown so when you come in to Portland give us a shout cause thats where most of our meets are :chug:

Woodburn is 1/4, Champion is 1/4, PIR is 1/4 on weekends, and 1/8 on Wednesday nights. As for DMV and emissions fees, sorry I can't help where as I live in Washington. You may try Oregon State DMV website. Those kinds of sites usually have a FAQ on moving into the state and contain fee information sometimes. Worth a try.

As far as I know you will not need to pass emissions. The only place in oregon that you do is int he Portland area and possibly medford.

^^^^ You are correct, no deq for him!!

OREGON = lots of Going Green, bullshit taxes, hardcore emission testing and gay's in office. WELCOME :)

OREGON = lots of Going Green, bullshit taxes, hardcore emission testing and gay's in office. WELCOME :)

well where I live now is 200 inches of snow a year, 8.75% sales taxes, huge property taxes ($5k+ on an average home) and paying for all the welfare cases in NY city oh and a blind black govenor in office that wont step down despite scandal after scandal

Ya its like $86 bucks every two years to keep your cars registered. Here in Oregon the top speed limit is 65 we have two slow lanes on the two lane highways and the prius own's the road. Oregon is said to be one of the best driving states but that's because everyone drives so slow. Oh and we don't need signs reminding us not to honk like New York haha.

Tim there is only a 195 inches of snow here, Lee

well where I live now is 200 inches of snow a year, 8.75% sales taxes, huge property taxes ($5k+ on an average home) and paying for all the welfare cases in NY city oh and a blind black govenor in office that wont step down despite scandal after scandal

I think you may have me beat :)

Tim there is only a 195 inches of snow here, Lee

hahaha you got me there man


NYs top speed is 65 also, people drive like absolute assholes, pull out in front of you, cut you off ect and then give you the finger, the DMV rapes you pretty good, I paid over $4k between taxes and registration on my 2010 Camaro last year, average registration here is $70-$100 for 2yrs, $50 title fee, forget what plates cost but they arent free, $24? yearly inspections that include plugging into the PCM on OBD2 cars, gas is currently $2.93 or something for 87, and we only have a 1/8th mile strip thats about 40mins from me, it costs $20 to do test and tune and on a good night you might get 5 runs in over a 5hr period because you have to wait for junior dragsters and snowmobiles

oh and do I have to mention what road salt does to our cars here?? :D :barf:

No road salt, no sales tax, and other than the $80 or so two year registration fees there are no other vehicle based bultshit fees. Once your car is initially registered you can renew by mail every couple of years and the DMV never has to see your car in person again.

That is, outside the Portland area which does have DEQ inspections.

Corvallis is a nice town. Not too far from I-5 if you want to travel and not to far from the beach. All 400 miles of the beach belongs to the public by the way, quite different from the east coast where access can be fairly limited.

No road salt, no sales tax, and other than the $80 or so two year registration fees there are no other vehicle based bultshit fees. Once your car is initially registered you can renew by mail every couple of years and the DMV never has to see your car in person again.

That is, outside the Portland area which does have DEQ inspections.

Corvallis is a nice town. Not too far from I-5 if you want to travel and not to far from the beach. All 400 miles of the beach belongs to the public by the way, quite different from the east coast where access can be fairly limited.

sounds sweet, where I live all we have is lake erie which creates this amazing thing known as lake effect snow, you guys have yearly safety inspections for your cars?

Nope, been here almost 3 years and only had to renew my plates just recently. No safety inspections, no emissions and really just not very much hassle. The roads are rough in some places, ESPECIALLY here in Eugene ~30-40 miles south of you.

I'd like to go on some more cruises when the weather gets nicer. It was okay for a couple of weeks but it's back to cold and cloudy. No rain yet though. :thumb: Should be clearing up next week IIRC and I'll probably take the ol' girl out for a bath and shine.

sounds sweet, where I live all we have is lake erie which creates this amazing thing known as lake effect snow, you guys have yearly safety inspections for your cars?

Nope which does mean we get some hoopties rolling down the road on egg shape tires without brakes, but they don't get rusted so they dont look horrible.

Oregon you cant pump your own gas

Here's a picture of a crowded Oregon beach.


http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/ghardester/Beachbird.jpg

^^ You must be somewhere other then Cannon Beach or Seaside then. Finding a parking spot in Cannon is insane. It went all "Yuppie" then blew up like the 4th.

That picture was in the morning in July, about four years ago I think, at the Sunset Beach access in Gearhart by the country club. It is the only access that is maintained enough to drive a low car on. I just drove down to take a few photos and then left. If it were clam digging season there might be a couple hundred cars and trucks and several thousand people in the background of the picture. There were a few people out walking their dogs and stuff, I wasn't alone on the beach. But I thought it was pretty nice to get a picture as if I were alone there.

I have never taken the car on the beach since then. But I take the wife's truck on this stretch of beach. I think there is about 20 miles that you can drive on from the south jetty at Ft. Stevens to Seaside. That is Tillamook Head in the background, Seaside would be at the base of the hill on this side and on the other side of Tillamook Head is Ecola Park and Cannon Beach.

Yeah, Cannon Beach is retired hippy town. Seaside is tourist Mecca. But compared to the East coast our beaches are practically deserted.

Here's a picture of a crowded Oregon beach.


http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/ghardester/Beachbird.jpg

beautiful pic, I was out in Seaside/Cannon Beach area last January, it was like 68 that day or something, some people but nothing like east coast beaches or Florida

Pacific City is really nice also. Pelican Pub and Brewery has some decent food and good beer.

Pacific City is really nice also. Pelican Pub and Brewery has some decent food and good beer.

nice Z28, heres my hardtop 98 Formy I am most likely selling before I come out there-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/insanecowstar/SANY0481.jpg

Thanks. Well if you still have it we will have to do a photo shoot. Well we do a photo shoot anyways.

I have been out here visiting since tuesday, man you guys need to step it up!! I have been from Portland to Medford and everywhere in between and for every 1 fbod I see, I see 50 mustangs!! In Eugene now leaving for Florence and Newport for this weekend, if and when I love out here I am going to have to bring my gold bird!

I have been out here visiting since tuesday, man you guys need to step it up!! I have been from Portland to Medford and everywhere in between and for every 1 fbod I see, I see 50 mustangs!! In Eugene now leaving for Florence and Newport for this weekend, if and when I love out here I am going to have to bring my gold bird!

HAAAAA! Mustang central huh bro! They are every where you look! It's just more stuff to smoke on the streets though in the end...lol

HAAAAA! Mustang central huh bro! They are every where you look! It's just more stuff to smoke on the streets though in the end...lol

yeah tons of stangs,havent seen many cars that appear to even be sub 13 second cars , easy pickins

I live in Florence

in fact i'm at work right now...:lol:

UPDATE on OP!

Nice let us know when you get settled. Are you in Keizer? I think that is North Salem or something like that.

Nice let us know when you get settled. Are you in Keizer? I think that is North Salem or something like that.

its listed as "Salem" zip is 97305 that and I cant wait to move :D thats all I know I will update the thread with my progress

Im in Keizer. We have a couple guys that cruise around.... Hit me up when u get here... We'll show ya around!

keizer is a nice town I have some family there and only live about an hour south of there.

keizer is a nice town I have some family there and only live about an hour south of there.

You live in Eugene?

Nope brownsville about half hour south of albany

I live in Keizer also.

I will be about 5 mins or so from Keizer, planning on being out there the 3rd week of June, cant wait!

Yeah it will be cool to have another Fbody where we live.

I use to live in troutdale which is about 60 miles from where we live and there is quit a few of them up there. We do cruises every now and then from hillsbro sonics to Vancouver lake. It's a bad ass time!!

Yeah it will be cool to have another Fbody where we live.

I use to live in troutdale which is about 60 miles from where we live and there is quit a few of them up there. We do cruises every now and then from hillsbro sonics to Vancouver lake. It's a bad ass time!!

sweet, it will be cool to meet some fbod people, when I was in Oregon back in March I saw about 20 Mustangs to every 1 fbody :bang: :barf:

actualy I am in a portland car club all tuners but real cool people. But depending on the next few weeks I may be moving to keizer area also

update: I left ny on tuesday morning and made it out here on thurs night, lots of fun driving a 26' moving truck that wouldn't go over 70mph, been unloading and unpacking, waiting for the transport company to get of their asses and get my cars here!

Well hopefully we get some decent wether when you get your cars here. Do you work weekends? that is when most of the meet ups are.

no job yet lol, I have an interview with oregon state on thurs

Well If anyone want to hang I just landed a new job and will be in training weekdays til I can start the job itself it would be cool to meet up and hang out with you guys

Well If anyone want to hang I just landed a new job and will be in training weekdays til I can start the job itself it would be cool to meet up and hang out with you guys

where you at? I don't know anyone here, or the area well for that matter lol

End of July I start working every other weekend. So I'm game to come out and play.

I live down in brownsville but my new job is in salem so I will be driving up there starting the 1st everyday plus I goto portland alot also

welcome to the area!

welcome to the area!

thanks! beautiful day today, dont know what all you guys have been bitching about! :drive:

thanks! beautiful day today, dont know what all you guys have been bitching about! :drive:

lol no complaints here! took the bike out for a ride, and also found out i have a bad front hub on the SS :(