Leaving San Diego, Look out Wisconsin, here I come Options

[sean_v8_914]

I am leaving 914 Mecca for the great white north. As many of yous know, my honey Sue has been slaving away in northern Wisconsin for the past year and a half while I have been living la Vida San Diego. While she shovels snow and scrapes ice, I have been outside building toys, racing AX and going on top-down mountain road romps. I was listening to the Eagles “Hotel Ca” about 10 years ago and suddenly the lyrics clicked. I think you have to live here (and be from somewhere else) a while to understand. Then last week I listened to the Chili Peppers’ “Ca R.I.P.” Sue and me have been contemplating leaving CA for a few years now. The pay scale is lower than other places for what we do and housing costs are silly. Sunshine dollars don’t spend well. I went up there for a few weeks to scout out the job and real estate markets. "Up there" is Menomenee MI, right on teh northern WI border. that would make me a "Yooper" eh. We bought a 1500 sq ft house on a 150x60 lot. Sue loves the house but… My garage is at least 30x30 slab with built in drains, furnace, fully insulated, 15 ft ceiling, 200 amp 220vac. Did I mention that it is a steel truss building? We bought all this for under $60k! The same set up in SD would be well over $500k. Sue and me both make more than 2.5 X our CA salary so why would I want to stay? Weather? Its only weather. When I got back to CA I realized that I would not miss competing with 3 million others to reach my destination. I will not have to compete with the same 3 million to buy milk or gas.
The thing that is killing me is the car deprivation. Driving deprivation. There are not many twisty roads up yonder. They only race 5 months a year. I will miss the constant car fix I get here. There is always someone that wants to do car stuff here. The pasts supply issues concern me as well. Does that mean I will have to “buy” 914 parts now? Oh lord what have I done.
I am looking forward to meeting the cheese head racers. I am sure you guys figure out how to get your share of fast driving in. where do you guys race and how often?
I will be bringing my 73 2.0, my73 V8 car and my Geo tracker. Sue wants me to keep the Tail-dragger but I would rather spend the money on the 2.0 car or the V8. I also have a super nice 74 roller that might make the trip.
So Cal guys should get their shopping lists ready. I have an INSANE amount of 914 parts that I do not want to take with me. I’ll bring ONE extra set of parts perhaps to build the 74 chassis but I have about 15 cars worth of parts here. If you have been here then you know I am not exaggerating