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Well, let's see. -no state income tax -no state sales tax -cheap insurance rates -low unemployment rates (we're riding the storm out pretty good compared to most other states) -people for the most part are very real, polite, and down to earth, and have a live & let live attitude about others -beautiful surroundings (like the rest of New England, the vast majority of New Hampshire towns could have come out of a Norman Rockwell painting) -tons of history -if you like the outdoors, pretty much the entire state is your playground for camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain biking, etc. I could go into detail more if you could narrow down a region you're considering moving to. I live in southeast New Hampshire (Milford to be exact). Most towns here are far away enough from stuff to be quiet and peaceful and secluded but close enough to not have to drive more than 15-20 minutes for big town conveniences (grocery stores, pharmacies, good restaurants, etc.). It's an hour east to the coast with beautiful beaches in Rye and Hampton, or if you want to hop over the border into Maine, you can be at York or Ogunquit in another 15-20 minutes. An hour or so north puts you into the White Mountains and Lake Winnepesaukee region, an hour or so west brings you out to the Keene area (another 20 minutes west sends you over the Connecticut River into Brattleboro and the Green Mountains of Vermont), and an hour south will put you in Boston, MA if you want to spend a day in the big city for shopping, seeing a major league sporting event, etc. I can't think of another region in this neck of the woods where such a short amount of travel time in any giventdirection will give you such completely different options. It's pretty neat to be able to choose the ocean, the mountains, the lakes region, the city, or one of a million other different things and be there in a short amount of time. Hell, even Canada's not so far away. That's what I have to start with. Once again, if you can name some towns or a county or something you're considering I can get deeper into it.

I live in NH and love it; what do you want to know?

A small update: the car has been buried, and I mean BURIED in storage for the last year. Car parts, boat parts, and the entire contents of my late grandmother's house have prevented any sort of work to the car being done in its current location, but that's all about to change. I've spent the past month's worth of weekends along with my father digging out all of the stuff. My grandmother's stuff has all been sold or donated, the boat parts have moved back to the boat shed where they are ready to go back into my father's newly refitted boat, and the Cadillac and Packard parts have all been organized and moved into a corner. Real work on the Eldorado will resume again shortly. Pictures to come.

How about the fact that like every girl out there gets birth control the second her period starts; all of the hormones and stuff inside affect their development.

There are people out there right now restoring custom-bodied Brass Era cars and you're whining about not being able to find every single part you need for one of the most common cars ever, an 80's G-body, dirt cheap and in perfect condition on the very first day you looked? If that's the case, quit immediately and buy a Hyundai; this hobby isn't for you. Ask knightfan; he probably knows people who have everything. If they don't, try eBay, Car-Part.com, or get creative like the others have suggested. Hunting stuff down is half the fun!

That all depends on what your definition of "are" is

I wonder if it comes with the special rig made out of old car horns so you can fade it into Runnin' With The Devil properly. At least it's got David Lee Roth in it. It's VAN HALEN, not VAN HAGAR!

A flat tire appears to be the least of the car's problems as it quite obviously overheated not long before the writer of the story happened upon it. Look at the top of the radiator, around the hoses, and how it blew through the rear grille and ran all over the rear bumper.

Oh no! Maybe it's been sold already and he's deleted the ad, but it hasn't been taken down on craigslist's end yet?

True, but that's crazy and too selfish for me. Sure, I could be like Sandra West (the lady that got buried in her Ferrari), but I'd rather my stuff be dispersed amongst others that like the same stuff I do. I like going out and hunting down that next piece of whatever that becomes a member of my permanent collection. I like hanging onto something so that future generations will be able to know of its existence beyond what wikipedia says.

Just ask if it's still available and, if so, is there a phone number the person could be reached at to talk more about it.

Same here. I know I can't take it with me when I die (never seen a hearse with a luggage rack, have you?), but that doesn't mean I shouldn't enjoy it while I'm here. Just decide what you really want and go after them. I'm selling off some stuff right now to drum up extra funds for the Eldorado. Working for a foreign car dealer makes it all the more a priority to drive something big, obnoxious, and unmistakably American (even moreso than my Suburban) ASAP!

Thanks dude but our e-mail is such that I can't even e-mail people ON craigslist. Lame, I know. Who wants to do some homework for me?! See if it's still available, and if so, get me a phone number!

Oh no! I'm stuck at work and can't use craigslist! Somebody get me a phone number now; I'll buy that car TONIGHT!

The House just approved another two billion dollars for this program, and the first round of cars hasn't even been paid for yet: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32228179/ns/business-autos/ It's gonna get reeeeeeeeal ugly!

DEATH WATCH DAY 2: There was a small glimmer of hope for the Cutlass, but alas, it was not to be. When I got to work this morning, all of the clunkers had been moved to a different area in the lot but the Cutlass was still in the same spot. The keys were in the door so I got in, started her up, and took it for a ride around the lot; it ran and drove great. So I grabbed a salesman and asked him what the deal was and offered him a couple hundred bucks for it, giving him the old line about just selling it to me as-is instead of going through the hassle of prepping it for the auction, blah blah blah. So he writes the stock number down and tells me he'll find out. About a half hour goes by and he comes back and tells me no deal, it's a clunker. It's headed for the pile and I took its hood ornament for a souvenir. I would have bought it on the spot. Tried to save it but was shut down. And another one is gone forever.....

Not my cup of tea, but a champagne colored '96ish DeVille showed up in beautiful shape. The Cutlass is still the one that burns me the most though.

Just checked the pile again (we close at 9) and a beautiful triple navy blue '88 Cutlass Supreme has shown up. The last of the RWD G-body Oldsmobiles. Next week it has its engine seized and gets shredded for no practical reason. Awesome.

On what? And were you able to/did you go the route of trading in your F150 for cash for clunkers and then also trade in your wife's GP?

I work for a foreign car dealership and just went to survey the cash for clunkers pile on my lunch break. 18 of the 24 vehicles are domestic, most of which are rotted out Jeeps, no big deal, but there's also a '93 Sedan DeVille with 99K on it that looks like it left the showroom yesterday (charcoal gray with a burgundy interior, no padded top, very sharp) and a '96 C1500 regular cab shortbed fleetside FIVE SPEED with 120K in beautiful shape I'd buy right now. But instead they'll be trucked to our off-site lot, ran with an additive in the engines until they seize, and be turned into steel pancakes. And for the foreign car/autocross nerds out there, one of the six foreign cars of the bunch is an early 90's five-speed RX7 convertible, which goes to show that some neat foreign stuff will die at the hands of retards too.

Update: I have moved to said town since this post. It's a ten-minute ride from my place: http://www.milforddrivein.com/

I've got plenty of ideas, but how much money are we talking?

QFT

How about she gets tossed in an oven herself so she can see how funny it is?

Yeah but I've always been a packrat; a lover of stuff. Plus I'm an old-fashioned nerd and like popping the cartridge in and playing it the way it was meant to be played. But I have used emulators to play games I couldn't get my hands on otherwise, and also for taking screenshots when needed.