First Arizona Thread....

[ROC1ROB]

Hey guys. Been following this thread for a bit. My wife and I are visiting the last week of August to check out AZ. Hopefully we'll be moving by the end of the year, so we're looking at places to live. Any places we should avoid? Area's you like? Scottsdale and surroundings are out. We're not that well off!! How about places to see? Phil @ Vivid is on my list. We're staying @ the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, so anything close-ish would be great. Thanks in advance for the info.

[XwChriswX]

Originally Posted by ROC1ROB

Hey guys. Been following this thread for a bit. My wife and I are visiting the last week of August to check out AZ. Hopefully we'll be moving by the end of the year, so we're looking at places to live. Any places we should avoid? Area's you like? Scottsdale and surroundings are out. We're not that well off!! How about places to see? Phil @ Vivid is on my list. We're staying @ the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, so anything close-ish would be great. Thanks in advance for the info.

Welcome to Hell on Earth lol. First off I have to ask so its done, overwith, and out of the way... Is your wife your avi?

Ok, now that thats said... Phil @ Vivid is an Awesome guy! All the guys at Vivid I talked to when I went there were really cool and they hooked me up with my baselines, so I recommend them.

Lets see, places to avoid...

Metro Center (Ghetto)
Sun City/Surprise (Unless you like old people)
Once you learn the roads here, there is a road called Van Buren Ave. Pretty much Anywhere south of that road, is Ghetto lol. But if you ever need a quick fix of pretty much any illegal substance, Van Buren is the ticket!

Scottsdale/Paradise Valley is where the rich people are, so its up to you how close you'd wanna be to there. Paradise Valley Mall is ridiculous because you'll see these blinged out Escalades and Armada's pull up and drop off a load of kids @ 11am, and then those kids will just wander the mall all day until their parents come pick them up @ 6. lol It's hilarious. $500 and your friends in the mall shopping all day... Wonderful parenting...

It depends though on what you're looking for, the West Side is very spread out and slowly growing, whereas the East side is pretty compact. So nothing is too far to get to, but you have zero space.

Hopefully this helps you out a little bit, and welcome to the area!

[cmmonte92]

Originally Posted by ROC1ROB

Hey guys. Been following this thread for a bit. My wife and I are visiting the last week of August to check out AZ. Hopefully we'll be moving by the end of the year, so we're looking at places to live. Any places we should avoid? Area's you like? Scottsdale and surroundings are out. We're not that well off!! How about places to see? Phil @ Vivid is on my list. We're staying @ the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, so anything close-ish would be great. Thanks in advance for the info.

I'm guessing you're not making your way down to Tucson..., that's too bad. Tucson and Phoenix maybe close but really are completely different in atmosphere and people.

Phoenix is generally 5-6 degrees hotter than Tucson, has more of a Metropolitan, big city feel to it, and has more of a republican flavor to it's politics. But I love both places and hope you enjoy your visit and find a great area to live in.

Also, never confusingly call Arizona State University (ASU, the Sun Devils), the University of Arizona (U of A, the Wildcats) and vice Versa. We take our college athletics very seriously down here!

By the way, you'll be visiting during the monsoons, so pack umbrellas and good rain jackets and be wary of underpasses when driving once the rains begin (flashfloods).

Welcome to Arizona!

[XwChriswX]

Originally Posted by cmmonte92

By the way, you'll be visiting during the monsoons, so pack umbrellas and good rain jackets and be wary of underpasses when driving once the rains begin (flashfloods).

And with that, just FYI they have the 'stupid drivers' law where if you see the road is flooded and its marked that it could flood, and you still drive through it, if you get stuck, YOU cover the cost of everything it takes to get you out. Helicopter, fire/rescue, gas, taxes, salaries of every worker that comes out... the whole shebang...

Not saying your the sort to do so, just something to think about and remind yourself that intelligence is a good thing.

[INTENSEPOWER]

It's not that bad out here. 9 months of beautiful weather and 3 months of hell. Not a bad trade off.

Arizona is random as hell. Mesa has its nice and its not so nice just like Scottsdale. To say all of Scottsdale is nice and for the rich is incorrect, there is some major hood in SNOTTSDALE.

Stay out of the Ave's (West side) for the most part if you can

Gilbert is really nice and some parts of chandler as well.

Be sure to visit us at Intense as we are a pretty good bunch of folks too. Some on here and in this thread used to think so and I hope thats still the case. LOL

We're honest and not just out for your money. I'll leave it at that.


Enjoy your visit and feel free to ask any questions that you may have.


OH yeah - directed @ cmmonte92 "GO DEVILS GO!" "GO DEVILS GO!" ... U of what? the wild whats? Never heard of em.

[XwChriswX]

Originally Posted by INTENSEPOWER

It's not that bad out here. 9 months of beautiful weather and 3 months of hell. Not a bad trade off.

Arizona is random as hell. Mesa has its nice and its not so nice just like Scottsdale. To say all of Scottsdale is nice and for the rich is incorrect, there is some major hood in SNOTTSDALE.

Stay out of the Ave's (West side) for the most part if you can

Gilbert is really nice and some parts of chandler as well.

Be sure to visit us at Intense as we are a pretty good bunch of folks too. Some on here and in this thread used to think so and I hope thats still the case. LOL

We're honest and not just out for your money. I'll leave it at that.


Enjoy your visit and feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

Awww Intense!!! I never knew you were so soft! lol

^^ True though, they are an awesome bunch of guys as well. Would highly recommend them too. Only problem for me is BOTH of them are right up the street from eachother... However comma... on the OTHER SIDE OF FREAKING TOWN!!!

Why doesn't 1 of you move out to the west side and run a gold mine over here. It would be so nice to have a shop close by... they would get my business for sure! :wink wink:

[cmmonte92]

Originally Posted by INTENSEPOWER

...OH yeah - directed @ cmmonte92 "GO DEVILS GO!" "GO DEVILS GO!" ... U of what? the wild whats? Never heard of em.

Wow...,


...and to think I almost drove from Tucson to check your place out and spend some "cash moneys!"


Thanks for the warning!

[INTENSEPOWER]

Originally Posted by cmmonte92

Wow...,
...and to think I almost drove from Tucson to check your place out and spend some "cash moneys!"
Thanks for the warning!

Ahhh come on now.. I joke I keed.

I have family in Tookson that I go back and forth with about college sports all day... on a serious note we keep it hood at ASU and give our Mascot a weapon just in case other mascots get a bit rowdy!

[cfleming2226]

Originally Posted by INTENSEPOWER

It's not that bad out here. 9 months of beautiful weather and 3 months of hell. Not a bad trade off.

Arizona is random as hell. Mesa has its nice and its not so nice just like Scottsdale. To say all of Scottsdale is nice and for the rich is incorrect, there is some major hood in SNOTTSDALE.

Stay out of the Ave's (West side) for the most part if you can

Gilbert is really nice and some parts of chandler as well.

Be sure to visit us at Intense as we are a pretty good bunch of folks too. Some on here and in this thread used to think so and I hope thats still the case. LOL

We're honest and not just out for your money. I'll leave it at that.


Enjoy your visit and feel free to ask any questions that you may have.


OH yeah - directed @ cmmonte92 "GO DEVILS GO!" "GO DEVILS GO!" ... U of what? the wild whats? Never heard of em.

[vividracing]

Originally Posted by ROC1ROB

Hey guys. Been following this thread for a bit. My wife and I are visiting the last week of August to check out AZ. Hopefully we'll be moving by the end of the year, so we're looking at places to live. Any places we should avoid? Area's you like? Scottsdale and surroundings are out. We're not that well off!! How about places to see? Phil @ Vivid is on my list. We're staying @ the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, so anything close-ish would be great. Thanks in advance for the info.

Come on down! I will give you a tour of our facility!

Thanks,
Phil

[XwChriswX]

Originally Posted by vividracing

Come on down! I will give you a tour of our facility!

Thanks,
Phil

And tons of goodies.

Phil, would you guys wanna do a dyno run with just the intakes? LoL

[vividracing]

Originally Posted by XwChriswX

And tons of goodies.

Phil, would you guys wanna do a dyno run with just the intakes? LoL

Of coarse we would!!! we would love to see gains from each mod! We are working on a deal with a company so we can start flashing the 370 ecu!!!

[XwChriswX]

Originally Posted by vividracing

Of coarse we would!!! we would love to see gains from each mod! We are working on a deal with a company so we can start flashing the 370 ecu!!!

Since I'm sorta doin you guys a favor, how about a discount on Dyno's

The only problem for me is getting out during the week to do them, Saturday's my best day, but I know you guys are closed shop then so I dunno how that would work out?

Hopefully I can get another 2110 RWHP run I like your dyno lol.

[vividracing]

Originally Posted by XwChriswX

Since I'm sorta doin you guys a favor, how about a discount on Dyno's

The only problem for me is getting out during the week to do them, Saturday's my best day, but I know you guys are closed shop then so I dunno how that would work out?

Hopefully I can get another 2110 RWHP run I like your dyno lol.

Well....... I think we can work something out!

Saturday is hard for us to get our tuner in here for dyno runs.

I'm sure we can get another 1000+ hp out of your car!

[cfleming2226]

Originally Posted by ROC1ROB

Hey guys. Been following this thread for a bit. My wife and I are visiting the last week of August to check out AZ. Hopefully we'll be moving by the end of the year, so we're looking at places to live. Any places we should avoid? Area's you like? Scottsdale and surroundings are out. We're not that well off!! How about places to see? Phil @ Vivid is on my list. We're staying @ the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, so anything close-ish would be great. Thanks in advance for the info.

EAST SIDE (Gilbert). I love it out here (well as much as you can love AZ) it is a bit closer together but nice and quite