I really like Grand Caymen. Its like a rich version of FL that's more tropical and with no trailers.

I'd spend winter down their in a heartbeat.

Also from Grand Caymen its only a short airplane hop or boat ride to Cuba.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

In a van down by the RIVER!!

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2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

That's one of the funniest Chris Farley skits on SNL I've ever seen. I heard he based that character on a real high school football coach.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Okay....since you asked specifically about it.....I'll give you my 2 cents worth.

NOT! Looking at Google Maps, I'd say Huntsville, AL is very close to the same latitude as Memphis, TN. After living in this area for 11 years, I would not recommend it if you are trying to escape cold. Granted, we don't have the cold that you receive up in Michigan, but we are far from sub tropical, too. You aren't going to be wrenching in shorts nor even long pants and a short sleeve shirt.

I really think you will want to live further south.

BTW ----- did you ever say which 2 months you are looking at? January & February??

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Come to FL. I lived in Davenport, 30 minutes from Lakeland and it wasn't bad. Polk county is rather "country".

I now live in Windermere which I prefer over poke county.

just might do that next yr

Be ready!

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Bring me a 2CV to play with lol

Why don't you come wuith me to France for a month or two and we'll buy a couple, make them roadworthy, ship them back and you can have one that way?

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

If the two of you restore a couple of those french c2vs or whatever their designation is the price of elastic bands will rise for the rest of us.

Although in it's time it was a good ideal to use them as the bottom and backs of the seats. I only rode in one once and it was pretty new.

I need my passport and funds to spare

Once you start going to central OR southern Florida in the wintertime, it's easy to get addicted to going back, IMO.

Just "2 months" you mentioned may not be enough of the winter - but if you have obligations to return to Michigan, that's understandable.

I really enjoyed my time down there during the wintertime that I've travelled it on business and pleasure.

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'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Well, I might buy a property in Florida, but would like something where nI could wrench too.

The ideal would be a building near or in a town
with the second floor as a place to live and the first floor as a place to wrench, like a 30 x 30 or larger building with a second floor for habitation.

So start looking guys.

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Question: Is "strelnik" from vb, стрелять, ie, "shooter"?

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62 220sb
67 250S
72 280SE 4.5
74 280C
77 300D
82 240D
85 190E 2.3
86 300E RIP 12/28/09
85 300SD
92 300D 2.5
00 E320 Current
Over 1,000,000 miles in Benzes, Since66

....and a whole passel of BMW 2002 and Tii

I drove one all over europe in the early 70's. Got cut off outside of Paris and drove it into a light pole and skee-daddled with our backpacks. Thank goodness we wrecked it OUTside of Pair-ee. We'd a been kilt for sure had we driven any further into that black hole.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

France and Morroco are interesting alternatives. I don't know how safe Morroco is at present.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.