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Old 08-05-2005, 08:35 AM
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Moving to Cali, should the 'maro?

Hey all,

On Tuesday I'm driving with a friend out to Cali. I was originally going to fly back, but I've decided to stay. So I guess the question is, do I sell the car and try and buy something out there, or pay to have it shipped? Oh, I live in Michigan now.

By the way, I would drive it out, but I am still sort of new to a manual, and I really don't want to drive the Rockies in it, so that's out.


Any advice y'all could give would be kickass!
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Old 08-05-2005, 12:25 PM
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drive it out there, prices are much higher out there for everything, driving through the mountains is easy, it's not like your stopping, you may have to downshift a gear if it starts to bog down, but you don't necissarily have to it's not going to stall
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I agree with Arch. Like he said going from a stop is the hardest part and this will be the best way to learn who to drive it. When I turned 16 my dad took me out in his Mustang to learn how to drive (It's a 5spd) and I did ok but once I took out my car (also a 5spd) by myself I really learned how to do it.
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Old 08-05-2005, 01:03 PM
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Sell it dirt cheap to me.
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I'd say use the trip as a learning experience on how to drive your car better.
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not to mention the country is beautiful on the way it's a great drive (give yourself at least a week to do it without wanting to drive off a cliff)
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I also say drive it.
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drive it, I have to take mine up to NY next summer.
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One thing too that I mentioned to him on the other forum, what about emissions in CA? MI has no emissions regulations, he easilly could go to CA and fail.
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maybe, from what I saw with my family's cars was cali wasn't that hard to pass unless you did a bunch of mods, and pulled stuff off
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what part of cali?
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