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01-10-2007, 07:14 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Gilford,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR 302 carb
Posts: 8,121
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Steve..
You step on toes or heavens forbid speak your mind. 
JWD.. Steve is right. Check out those factors.
There is always Sun City for the older crowd.
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01-10-2007, 07:39 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: BAKERSFIELD,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP241 427 S/C 482 Shelby
Posts: 483
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I lived in northern Arizona (Williams & Parks) growing up in the 60's. I loved Arizona back then. Two years ago we looked around Prescott, couldn't afford to buy. WE bought a place in Oregon instead. Oregon summers & Bakersfield winters..............Ron
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01-10-2007, 07:51 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Now this is the kind of useful info. I need. Keep it coming.
Ron, I have many relatives in Bakersfield that have been trying to get me to move there. No offense but I've always thought that if the state of Ca. ever needed an enema, that's where the hose would be inserted. Crime, smog, fog and illegal's, it has them all.
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01-10-2007, 08:26 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wickenburg AZ- PHX, Cinci, Indy before,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Mk 3 408 530 - 585 T- mustang Dyno at B&R
Posts: 1,836
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Everything looks better somewhere else. Stay where you are and rent here for a summer, then decide. You may want to get back to cool weather and no traffic jams, drive bys, break ins and we have a better basketball team.
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01-10-2007, 08:50 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ferndale,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF2089
Posts: 460
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Gary: You might check out central WA. you get 4 seasons hot summers,
snow in the winter. Alot like Co. Check out Wenatchee, Cashmere, and Chelan if you are loaded.
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01-10-2007, 10:25 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Evans,
CO
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 FIA, 347 stroker with Weber 48's, building a '48 Anglia gasser, driving a '55 Chevy resto-rod
Posts: 3,119
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If I wanted 4 seasons plus the snow and cold every year in the winter I'd move back to Co.
I want warmth(and mostly dry) year around.
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"Breathe in... Breathe out... then move on with life. Lifes too short to sweat the small stuff"
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01-10-2007, 10:44 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wickenburg AZ- PHX, Cinci, Indy before,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Mk 3 408 530 - 585 T- mustang Dyno at B&R
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Your red toy looks good!
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01-10-2007, 11:25 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Higley,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Beck Lister-Corvette
Posts: 256
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All the Az guys should know better than to say to outsiders that this is a great place to live. That is why this place has grown to the size that it is now. Just kidding at this point it almost doesn't matter. Prescott and Payson both have 4 seasons and never really get that hot or cold if you want to be at about 5000 ft up. Cottonwood is lower elevation. A lot depends on what you want to do in your retirement (e.g. fishing, exploring the desert, nightlife...).
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01-11-2007, 06:46 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Bullhead City, AZ USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: too many to list
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Weather in AZ
The formula is 5.6 deg cooler for every 1000' of elevation. We are in Chino Valley (4500 ft) and have a cabin near Williams (7000 ft) . It is 10-15 deg cooler at the cabin. That is why we move up there for the summer.
Bill 
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01-11-2007, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
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From someone who moved from my adopted state of AZ in Tucson, the 15 years I lived in the Catalina foothills were the greatest. The day I moved was the worst.  (Living at the base of the Blue Ridge in NC isn't too bad, though.) Driving down Campbell Ave. from above Sunrise in the morning and back up in the evening every workday was a blast, particularly when driving my road-race prepped Mustang. Never had to worry about frost on the Windshield let alone snow. And nearly every morning and evening was a coloe show put on by the rising and setting sun.  The best place in the world to live, but with one problem . . . too many are taking advantage of the dry heat and moving in. 
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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01-11-2007, 08:14 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Bought an Exact carbon car in TX. Bought a 427 sideoiler with 630 HP
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I think the temperature lapse rate is 2 degrees per thousand.
We live about a thousand feet higher than the valley. Between the heat sink effect, the slighly higher elevation and the swamp cooler effect from the golf course we are generally 5-6 degrees cooler than the temp. reported at the airport.
John
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The average fighter pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. These feelings just don't involve anybody else.
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01-11-2007, 09:33 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
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John: Maybe it gets colder faster as you go up in Californeea. Uh, I believe the lapse rate is closer to 3F with !,000-ft changes in elevation, but maybe it's less in Scottsdale. 
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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01-11-2007, 10:12 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Bought an Exact carbon car in TX. Bought a 427 sideoiler with 630 HP
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That's what we were told in pilot training YEARS ago. Maybe it's changed due to global warming.
John
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double ugly
The average fighter pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. These feelings just don't involve anybody else.
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01-11-2007, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Bullhead City, AZ USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: too many to list
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Temp / Elevation
Here is the real formulas from the weather service:
Dry air - 5.5 deg per 1000'
Wet air - 2.7 deg per 1000'
Example Flagstaff (7000 ft) is typically 30 - 35 deg cooler than Phoenix (1000 ft) 
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01-11-2007, 10:28 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Bought an Exact carbon car in TX. Bought a 427 sideoiler with 630 HP
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We had wet air in pilot training, I guess.
John
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double ugly
The average fighter pilot, despite the sometimes swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. These feelings just don't involve anybody else.
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01-11-2007, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
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John: Wet air isn't too bad. It's the fast moving air I trained in, or 15 knots with 25 knot gusts from 170 on a 6-24 runway. 
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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01-11-2007, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 427R-095, Pro Systems carb, 2" headers, Buckshot Racefab side pipes, 10s off idle start
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I live in Scottsdale. There have been a few houses in my neighborhood for sale for months. If you buy one we could have two Cobras in the hood.
Summer is hot, but drive time is always there in the evenings. Winter is perfect in the day.
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01-11-2007, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Diego,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1715, Roush Built 434 ci Stroker, Dart Block, Ported AFR 205 Heads... 561 hp / 547 tq, Former Roush Show Car, Completed and Prepped By Olthoff Racing.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bess
Larry,
I might as well give you my two cents with regards to AZ, and especially Lake Havasu City.
Lake Havasu City is located on the Colorado River, Lake Havasu is 45 mile long lake with attaching rivers that lead all the way north to Laughlin and Bullhead. Havasu is a small town about 25'000 full time residents and 30,000 week enders. We have numerous events, the primary business being tourism and boating. Excellent shopping and great homes with hugh garages, some bigger that the house its self. Hot rodding is King here especially with all the retirees here living their second childhood. Fishing, watersports, off-roading and Jeeping....O Ya! Cobras are here too. I've lived here 6 years and love it.
Good luck on your search for the right spot.
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I agree...
I Live in San Diego but have owned a house in Lake Havasu City for the past 7 years. Great town with lots of toys from million dollar boats to hot rods, muscle cars and Cobras. Big vacation town with events going on almost every weekend. I try and get out there at least twice a month.
Bill, We are about a mile up from Windsor Launch Ramp BTW. I plan on trailering the Cobra out there this spring maybe we will see you...
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01-11-2007, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR MK-I, 302, 780 Pro-Systems custom double pumper, 425HP
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I moved from SFO to Mesa last May. We live on the northeast side and love it. It is hot but, what surprises me, it's cold too. Right now you can find deals on homes in every area. You can probably find a better deal on a pre-existing "inventory" home belonging to one of the builders (new home unsold). In my neighbor the builder is offer $100,000 discounts on existing homes and $50,000 on new homes. Probably similar offers in many areas. Don't think you can get the same type deal on vacant lots. Good luck.
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01-13-2007, 07:01 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Arps/Burroughs/Hurricane/428FE
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Lake Havasu City
spo1715,
Hey, your correct...Havasu is the greatest! We even have stock car racing at Sara Park, Go-kart track and a great BMX track for those of us who like all kinds of racing.
If you come to Havasu this spring with your Cobra, give me a call I'm in the book.
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