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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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We can't modify or use real paint on our cars. They are closing down the tracks because of noise, While they complain about street racing. Taxes, cost of living and gas is higher than the rest of the country, while there are less jobs. And now they want to give illegal's drivers license.
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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Yea, it's all just beyond ******* annoying at this point.
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:47 PM
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All reasons I'm leaving this summer!
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 11:29 PM
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Damn I might just have to revisit the idea of moving to Texas.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:12 AM
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Gotta love the good ol California.
Ain't no place like home
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:27 AM
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I want to relocate to Texas or Florida. Who's with me?

BTW @XpEdItIoUs your flat black Z/28 looks nasty man!
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:56 AM
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I've never been to California, and don't care to.
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Originally Posted by need2speed94
I want to relocate to Texas or Florida. Who's with me?

BTW @XpEdItIoUs your flat black Z/28 looks nasty man!
ill take daytona

elk grove huh my cousin lives there
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:26 AM
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Daytona sounds nice! Yes Elk Grove... the "want to be like sacramento" suburb. I hate it here, the EGPD cops are complete DICKS. They get you for anything and every little thing. It's just not the place to be if racing is your hobby. I want to relocate a.s.a.p. Does your cousin own an F Body?
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i would really like to relocate my business to another state, but i dont know where.... texas would be nice, but crap that place is already saturated with performance shops
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryne @ CMS
i would really like to relocate my business to another state, but i dont know where.... texas would be nice, but crap that place is already saturated with performance shops
Give Florida a shot man! The car scene there is pretty solid. Good luck!
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 09:37 AM
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GA just announced that unemployment is starting to fall here.

Sell your 1 bedroom 1 bath home in LA for $900,000 out there.. come here and bou 20 houses with them oney.. rent out 19, race at one of the many dragstrips within a few hours of ATL. Done and done.

why on earth would anyone actually live in CA?
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryne @ CMS
i would really like to relocate my business to another state, but i dont know where.... texas would be nice, but crap that place is already saturated with performance shops
Arizona, There are no performance shop there.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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Don't forget our gay *** anti gun laws too , as if the new year it is illegal to open carry , and ccw permits are almost impossible to get unless your law inforcement , Cali has taken away our 2nd amendment constitutional right !
Remember guys its a right not a privilege !!!
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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Sad part is I work for these hippie ***, tree hugging ,anti gun, prius driving, ***********
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
Arizona, There are no performance shop there.
yep yep I agree

in the phoenix area you have 2 options loud pedal motorsports and topgear in mesa, topgear is a 1 man shop though as far as i know

there sure are alot of off road fab shops though lol
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryne @ CMS
i would really like to relocate my business to another state, but i dont know where.... texas would be nice, but crap that place is already saturated with performance shops
May want to think about looking into San Antonio (in the process of relocating there myself). Seventh (7th) largest city in the US and growing by the minute, there is San Antonio Raceway and I only know of a couple of decent shops there. Just my .02
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I was looking around Austin, TX last night and for the price I paid for my house I could get one with a larger lot of land, newer, and a large 2 1/2 to 3 car garage. Heck if you are in the $250k range you can get something a lot bigger and better. hell I found a house for $180k that had a workshop/garage in the backyard.

I think me and the lady might look into this in a couple years, I would love to stay and change CA to be a better state to live in, but it has been this way for far too long because of the hippies.
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
Arizona, There are no performance shop there.
yeah but i cant stand the heat.... even though it is dry, its frickin 115 degrees!
Originally Posted by SonicBoom
May want to think about looking into San Antonio (in the process of relocating there myself). Seventh (7th) largest city in the US and growing by the minute, there is San Antonio Raceway and I only know of a couple of decent shops there. Just my .02
never thought of that place.... how is the weather?
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I was looking around Austin, TX last night and for the price I paid for my house I could get one with a larger lot of land, newer, and a large 2 1/2 to 3 car garage. Heck if you are in the $250k range you can get something a lot bigger and better. hell I found a house for $180k that had a workshop/garage in the backyard.

I think me and the lady might look into this in a couple years, I would love to stay and change CA to be a better state to live in, but it has been this way for far too long because of the hippies.
my buddy brian Mcmahon lives there, excellent tuner.... might be cool being closer to him to pick his brain...
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