where you live

what do you think does where you live determine how long your car lastest and does affect preformence????..... and maintaince

For starters, performance. The higher the altitude, the less air your car is getting, which is the reason you hear about corrected e/t's

How long your car will last, absolutely. I live in Michigan and they use salt on the roads here (lots of other places also). Salt make vehicles rust quick. Not to mention around here, there is a good possibility of a deer turning your car in prematurely. Or the big tree in the ditch when your car slides off the road from the ice. (Sorry 89, these are the only two examples I could think of)

Maintenace also. I a week or two I have to check the antifreeze in my car and truck to make sure it's good below freezing.

I live in the middle east in a country which some of you may have heard of called the United Arab Emirates, and yes where i live affects absolutely everything in the car. for starters the 40degree heat minimum every single day means that the engine isn't running full capacity due to the heat, second the sand all over the land gets into the engine bay and as a result its impossible to keep your engine looking clean for longer than a few hours, third the sand scratches the paint so bad sometimes and leaves these tiny scratches all over...I could go on but i won't, so yes where you live does affect the car.

I live in the middle east in a country which some of you may have heard of called the United Arab Emirates, and yes where i live affects absolutely everything in the car. for starters the 40degree heat minimum every single day means that the engine isn't running full capacity due to the heat, second the sand all over the land gets into the engine bay and as a result its impossible to keep your engine looking clean for longer than a few hours, third the sand scratches the paint so bad sometimes and leaves these tiny scratches all over...I could go on but i won't, so yes where you live does affect the car.

damn you live in dubai, i've been there like eight times, i use to be in the navy, yeah everytime i went there it was hot, i liked going out to town though, i bought alot of stuff in the gold souk(don't know if i spelled it right) but actually that town was pretty fun, so are you stationed there or just living there?

which state would you guys say would be a good state to owna car for a long time???

which state would you guys say would be a good state to owna car for a long time???

CALI we always have the best weather it's never too cold or too hot, it's the best of both worlds

Yea I Iive in Cali here you have to own a car if you want to get around we dont have effective public tranportation like the states back east

yup if you don't have a car in cali you suck, you cannot get around at all, and there is no way your going to pick up a girl with no car here

im from Michigan also, and driving my car in the winter is horrible.. although i've never crashed it, but the salt eats it alive..

shit, :evillol: My exhaust consists of a 3 inch down pipe and an ATR race muffler... Thats it. ( I know it has nothing to do with the topic) I just wanted to say it because I don't like Cali. Too crowded for my blood

cali is too crowded for my taste too.. i hate going into bigger cities like Detroit and Grand Rapids.. cant imagine living in a place like NYC or LA...

i live in chicago so no winter driving for me. Salt just murders paint and snow would eat a camaro alive

i drive my camaro through the rough michigan winters.. where snow falls by the foot.. especially living right on lake michigan, lake effect snow sucks my ass.. but its cool to drive down the road before they plow, pushin 2 foot of snow in front..

i live in chicago so no winter driving for me. Salt just murders paint and snow would eat a camaro alive

I was in chicago for about two months for boot camp and i fucken hated it. it was so fucken cold i'm from los angeles the coldest it gets here is about 60-70 deg, and my last week there it was about negative 25, i think the city is so beautful but i couldn't live in a place like that, i can't imagine driving a camaro in the snow, i hate driving my camaro in the rain.

I lived in Santa Monica, Cali and at no time did I feel crowded although the super cold Pacific Ocean did cause some shrinkage for my package but I have heard Arizona is the best state to own a car due to dry moderate Temps.

Took mine through this past NJ winter, was fun lol. Also cuz I plan on not selling my car, just owning her til death, so it's not like I care too much about resale value or nething. Was all I had to get around so i did (i wouldnt mind a 100-200 dollar beater truck just for fun tho)

CALI we always have the best weather it's never too cold or too hot, it's the best of both worlds
I disasgree. we do have good weather, but we also have smog, monster traffic, bad roads, etc that could lead to deterioration of your vehicle.

maybe but not as bad as the right coast

I live in the middle of it all, iowa...somewhat middle...i think weather here is just fine...

shit, :evillol: My exhaust consists of a 3 inch down pipe and an ATR race muffler... Thats it.

shit thats all my car has is a 3" downpipe.. Its anoying though.. I need ta get a muffler on there..


There are a million different geographical aspects that can affect a cars appearance, reliability, and performance.. Most of them have already been named im sure..

dust, salt (they use a lot here in winter) altitude, heat, cold, if you live on a farm and use a lot of farm fuel its hard on everything, gravel roads, how well the roads are paved etc etc etc

damn you live in dubai, i've been there like eight times, i use to be in the navy, yeah everytime i went there it was hot, i liked going out to town though, i bought alot of stuff in the gold souk(don't know if i spelled it right) but actually that town was pretty fun, so are you stationed there or just living there?

nah dude i'm doing university here coz my father is a professor at my uni here. By the way, really sory to hear about your car mate, some really horrible people out there, gotta be careful.

Southern Calif. Can't beat the weather here.