Hey guys, I'm an old member here (had my current ST185 since 2003, also had an ST165) from New York City...
I'm very likely to move out there to the Seattle area (Issaquah) this coming fall for my new job, and I've been researching a lot of things as one normally would, but one thing I can't find much info on is things as it pertains to cars.... I wonder how different it is than out here in NYC.
I'm also a big autocross (and track) person, so I want to know how active that is around there-- how big are the turnouts? I found websites for the Porsche Club and BMW Club and an affiliate(?) of SCCA that runs autocrosses not that far from Seattle, so that's a good sign... There also seems to be a track to the south that's not that far away, too...
Also, specifically, are there a lot of Toyota/MR2/AllTrac folks in the area? (Where I'm from, it's very rare to see another AllTrac on the road-- in my 12 years of ownership I have not seen a single one yet [that wasn't a MR2/AllTrac meet] and only know of 3 friends in the area that have one... Frequent meets? (I just browsed this subforum and there seems to be a fair amount of events...)
If my company pays for the shipping of my car as part of the relocation package, I'll bring my ST185 over. Else I might just buy another car once I arrive...
(P.S. is rally/rallycross big in the area? Anyone been to this? http://www.dirtfish.com/ )
I'm very likely to move out there to the Seattle area (Issaquah) this coming fall for my new job, and I've been researching a lot of things as one normally would, but one thing I can't find much info on is things as it pertains to cars.... I wonder how different it is than out here in NYC.
I'm also a big autocross (and track) person, so I want to know how active that is around there-- how big are the turnouts? I found websites for the Porsche Club and BMW Club and an affiliate(?) of SCCA that runs autocrosses not that far from Seattle, so that's a good sign... There also seems to be a track to the south that's not that far away, too...
Also, specifically, are there a lot of Toyota/MR2/AllTrac folks in the area? (Where I'm from, it's very rare to see another AllTrac on the road-- in my 12 years of ownership I have not seen a single one yet [that wasn't a MR2/AllTrac meet] and only know of 3 friends in the area that have one... Frequent meets? (I just browsed this subforum and there seems to be a fair amount of events...)
If my company pays for the shipping of my car as part of the relocation package, I'll bring my ST185 over. Else I might just buy another car once I arrive...
(P.S. is rally/rallycross big in the area? Anyone been to this? http://www.dirtfish.com/ )