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Moving to Dallas
I recently accepted a job offer and will be relocating from Denver to Dallas in the next couple of months. Thought I'd reach out to see what the car scene is like in the Dallas area... and if anyone has any recommendations on where we should look to buy? We'll be down for at least one house-hunting trip in the upcoming weeks, but it'd be great to have some ideas on what to look for, and what to avoid.
Husband and I are kid-less, unless you count the 3 labs who greet us every night. We have a full garage: my E92 Individual Santorini, F31 dog-hauler, E36 racecar (NASA GTS2 spec), Chevy 2500, a class-C RV and enclosed trailer. So we're thinking an acre of land and a workshop with RV storage are must-haves. Because we're practical. Edit to add: I have the Akra Evo (high-flow cats) system - do I need to worry about anything emissions related? I still have the stock setup... just contemplating if I need to bring it with me. Pics for those who I know will ask TIA for the tips! Christina
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Hey Christina,
Warm soon-to-be welcome to big D! I think that you'll find an avid car enthusiast community in DFW - both street and track oriented. The pros include the track season lasting all year with preferred time in the winter since our summers are so damned hot - can you say Coolshirt? We have several tracks within a 3-5 hour drive. Also, no need to worried about inspection - you'll pass as long as you don't have an active fault code. Lots of track-oriented support and shops with my favorite being Texas Track Works. Unfortunately, Forest and Kyle are in Fort Worth, but I find it well worth the drive. They do all of the usual mechanic work on street cars, but they also support several racers with NASA and travel to all the races and many local HPDE events. Those guys have saved my ass on numerous occasions. If that's too far for you (45ish min drive), try Clownshoe racing or Vorshlag (they don't just make camber plates). With your real estate requirements, I don't have many recommendations. It sounds like you'll be looking outside of the metroplex if you're looking for at least an acre with a workshop. If you're looking closer to the city, check out Lakewood which is west of White Rock Lake. This is an older neighborhood with more of a community-focused vibe. Not inexpensive, but not the ticky-tacky suburbs with all that goes with that that you'll find in north Dallas. BTW, love the E36! I'm looking for one myself - want to sell? I'll take the truck and trailer as well! I'm running part of the WRL series this season, and we plan to run the 24-hour race at High Plains at the end of August - let me know if you have any tips or suggestions re: running there as Denver will be a first for all of us. I look forward to meeting you and your husband at the track! Good luck with the move! -Daniel Byrd
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So much win in here Daniel - thank you!!!
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Will be great to have another enthusiast in the area. Love the Santorini!
Regarding real estate... Not sure where your job will be or how far you want your commute to be, but an acre with workshop is doable in the metroplex but when we were looking for something like that a couple years ago, we'd have needed to spend a million or more to get a place that would have worked. Fairview, Allen, Frisco, Lucas, Murphy, McKinney, Melissa, Anna, north Garland, are all cities north, and northeast of the Dallas metroplex that aren't so packed together yet that you could still find a VERY nice plot with workshop. Give those a look. |
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traffic is getting worse by the day. May want to try and find something as close as possible to work. For reference - From frisco to downtown can take 45-60 minutes in the am. Without traffic it's about 35 min. Commute from Allen and McKinney is worse |
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Alright, so I've been here almost two months. We ended up in Forney... which probably has you scratching your head based on the above thread. The commute from anywhere up north pretty much killed those options, and off of 20, I can get downtown in 30 minutes on any given day. And there's this:
S'anyway. Here's my question... my E92 didn't pass the State Inspection. Because the tint is too dark. I really REALLY don't want to have it redone. Am I SOL? Or is there a way around it? If I'm SOL, recommendations are appreciated...
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Welcome and hope you're settling in nicely. Great looking place, looks like some serious garage action out back...
Some inspection places may overlook tint if they're super busy but they're not supposed to. If it's too dark its too dark. The state reworked the inspection process so that it made it next to impossible to grease the inspector and pass. I used to run dark tint but it became too much a hassle so I now run legal tint. You can get a prescription from your doctor for an exemption, it just depends how far you want to go. You'll still get pulled over for dark tint, but when you hand them this exemption they have to let you go. Just make sure you're 100% legit every where else because they hate seeing these forms (most of them are frivolous) and will make a mission to find something else to ticket you for. https://www.dps.texas.gov/internetforms/Forms/VI-4.pdf I have a fantastic tint guy as well if you need to go that route. |
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go to another station with your windows down, take the fuse out.
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Windows down - awesome idea.
Take the fuse out though...? Not following what you mean.
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so they don't try and roll them up.
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I had the same issue on my E46 M3 recently. I decided to remove the tint on my front windows and leave the back rear windows the same dark tint. I'll then get the legal tint on the front windows at some point in the future. Doesn't bother me if the front tint is a little lighter than the back tint.
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Small world..you may not remember but I reached out to you once when I was visiting family in Denver to see your M3! Unfortunately you put it up for the winter and sent me some drool worthy pics. Cool to see you moved to Dallas! I also just moved here so hopefully that means I can finally see a santorini blue m3 in person.
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State Inspection - finally passed
So. It turns out the Akra Delete-R module resets EVERYTHING every time you start the car. Which means every time I looked at in the OBD reader I have (and what the OBD reader the state inspection peeps use), the engine registered as Not Ready. I'd guess I ran through 8-10 drive cycles... complete nightmare. Finally took the entire Akra setup off, bolted up the OEM setup and ran it to a different inspection site... who said the car is gorgeous and they loved the tint.
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