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Old 06-21-2012, 01:25 PM
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I may have an opportunity to move to the Austin area in the near future and was just wondering what the car scene around there is like. I've heard it's a really cool place to live and could use some input from you guys.

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I live north of Austin, but I would say it is one of the best places to live in Texas. Nice area, great lakes and plenty of work. Not enough highways, but other than that it is a really nice place to live.
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Originally Posted by trdavis222
I live north of Austin, but I would say it is one of the best places to live in Texas. Nice area, great lakes and plenty of work. Not enough highways, but other than that it is a really nice place to live.
My girlfriend's grandparents are house shopping out there and apparently you can get a lot of house for not a lot of money. They said the same thing about there being plenty of work.
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Originally Posted by R1ch
My girlfriend's grandparents are house shopping out there and apparently you can get a lot of house for not a lot of money. They said the same thing about there being plenty of work.
You can get some good deals on houses depending where you want to live. Anything around the lake gets kind of pricey though.
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Originally Posted by trdavis222
You can get some good deals on houses depending where you want to live. Anything around the lake gets kind of pricey though.
Which lake?
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^Lady Bird.

The Austin car scene is great. The only thing that sucks is emissions testing.
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check out AFBforums.com for Central Texas LSx related stuff...I lived in ATX for 9 years (moved back to Houston in 09), the car scene there is pretty good. There are quite a few f-body guys around the area as well.
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I live in northwest Austin pretty much at Mopac and 183. Love it here.
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Originally Posted by stoverz28
^Lady Bird.

The Austin car scene is great. The only thing that sucks is emissions testing.
Yeah... I have been expired on emissions since May of 2011... It's my weekend warrior, so I don't drive it a lot. Still looking for a "friendly" shop.
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Check out faststreetcars.com as well it's an austin local car forum. It'll get ya pointed in the right direction for a car meet or two
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Scene's dead around here, time to part it out.

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Check out dramaqueens.com as well it's an austin local car forum. It'll get ya pointed in the right direction for a car meet or two
fixed.
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Car scene is pretty good. I'm on both AFB and faststreetcars. While AFB is OK, the members on faststreetcars tend to be more active like going to the track, going to meets, taking their cars out of the garage and driving them the way they were intended. The cars (and trucks!) on FSC tend to be faster too.

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Originally Posted by westtexasbuff
Scene's dead around here, time to part it out.
I thought about posting that too, but it's an inside joke and someone new wouldn't get it.
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Originally Posted by TWS
Car scene is pretty good. I'm on both AFB and faststreetcars. While AFB is OK, the members on faststreetcars tend to be more active like going to the track, going to meets, taking their cars out of the garage and driving them the way they were intended. The cars (and trucks!) on FSC tend to be faster too.
Yeah, pretty much what he said. Make sure to wear your big boy pants though on FSC
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^this
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All the FSC cars are slow.
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Originally Posted by LSX-coupe
All the FSC cars are slow.
This is true. At least the ones that are running anyway.




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