Picked up a new daily driver.
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Nice SVX I was trying to get one of those before I purchased my P5 however I had no luck finding a blue one in good shape.
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Where abouts in fl do you live?
wishingfora ms3
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hey those are turbo too right?
and an awesome awd system. nice find!! good luck. i was also looking at a red one before the 3kgt.
and an awesome awd system. nice find!! good luck. i was also looking at a red one before the 3kgt.
freekwonder
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hell ya. I love those cars.
I've got a casa 'round those parts. Well, the house is like a mile or two from Satellite HS, right outside of what used to be PAFB south housing. We also have a condo in cocoa beach about a block or two from ron jon. That place has changed so much since I used to live there. I moved out of the area in 1994.Scott said:
Yep, I know exactly where you're talking about. It has changed a lot, especially on the mainland. You wouldn't recognize the Suntree/Viera area anymore. Back in 1994, I think the only thing west of Wickham Rd in Suntree was the Interstate on-ramp and the government center. Now we have a Wal-Mart, Target, couple of hotels, a mall, baseball stadium, high school, and probably around 8,000 new homes. It's now built up almost all the way from the Gov't Center all the way to the south end of Rockledge.
Scott said:
gat damn! I didn't realize it has developed that much. I go back at least once a year, but I never really go to that area. Maybe I'll have to make a trip out to the zoo the next time I'm there, that's a pretty good excuse to keep going down wickham toward 95.
Haha, yep, the zoo is still there. They actually renovated it a couple years back and added a bunch of new stuff. But once you get out west of there, it's all built up. They're even building an overpass for Viera Blvd to extend past I-95 because the traffic on Fiske and Wickham is getting so bad during rush hour.
The mall out there (called The Avenues of Viera) is pretty nice. It's part of the new trend in Florida of making every single mall an outside mall. It's nice because it looks more upscale than, oh, say the Merritt Square Mall. But it sucks during the summer, when it rains every day. The movie theater there is super nice though, and pretty cheap compared to a lot of places.
Palm Bay is built up quite a bit too. There's a huge new high school there, and some big upscale homes that seem really out of place considering the majority of Palm Bay. The car scene has also improved a lot in the last 5 or 6 years. There's still lots of beat down old Civics, but there's also a lot of nice cars that come out to meets and shows. Things like Vipers, NSX's, S2000's, and even a few Skylines every once in awhile. A lot of people with money have moved south to here from New England, and a lot moving north here from Miami. Housing prices skyrocketed about 2 years ago, but have since leveled off, and are gradually starting to drop back down. But just for perspective, my folks bought a 3 bed/2.5 bath house in Rockledge in 2003 for around $90k. Last summer, similar houses in their neighborhood were going for over $200k. Now, it's back down to about $160 for a similar structure.
The mall out there (called The Avenues of Viera) is pretty nice. It's part of the new trend in Florida of making every single mall an outside mall. It's nice because it looks more upscale than, oh, say the Merritt Square Mall. But it sucks during the summer, when it rains every day. The movie theater there is super nice though, and pretty cheap compared to a lot of places.
Palm Bay is built up quite a bit too. There's a huge new high school there, and some big upscale homes that seem really out of place considering the majority of Palm Bay. The car scene has also improved a lot in the last 5 or 6 years. There's still lots of beat down old Civics, but there's also a lot of nice cars that come out to meets and shows. Things like Vipers, NSX's, S2000's, and even a few Skylines every once in awhile. A lot of people with money have moved south to here from New England, and a lot moving north here from Miami. Housing prices skyrocketed about 2 years ago, but have since leveled off, and are gradually starting to drop back down. But just for perspective, my folks bought a 3 bed/2.5 bath house in Rockledge in 2003 for around $90k. Last summer, similar houses in their neighborhood were going for over $200k. Now, it's back down to about $160 for a similar structure.
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NICE! I always liked SVX's. I always thought they were underappreciated.
