Moving to Colorado 2

[mcholar911]

I didnt want to hijack the earlier thread, but I just accepted a job in Denver also...WooHooo!!
Does Storz and the other shops shown work on the later cars like my 993?
I will be looking for a good alignment shop as I need to get new suspension and tires in the next 5K miles.
I'll be based in Lakewood, with travel to Estes Park, Fort Collins, and Security on a weekly basis.
Now we get to start on the real estate search, alway a tough thing. Of course, I'm pretty easy, as long as theres a garage I'm a happy camper.
Mike

[Grady Clay]

Mike,

Welcome to Colorful Colorado! There is pretty good scenery
here among other benefits. This photo was taken in Genesee
park, west of Denver in the foothills. That is the Continental
Divide and the peaks are above 13,000’. There are 53 peaks
over 14,000’. (Oh yes, that is 904-017 that I owned for 17 years.)



Where would you like to live? There are some nice old
established neighborhoods in NW Denver area (Edgewater,
Wheat Ridge, Arvada & Broomfield.) All of this was farming
so interspersed with more recent developments are nice
old farm houses with barns and equipment out buildings
(8-car garages).

Another popular choice is Evergreen and surrounding area
in the foothills. There is a noticeable difference in climate.
Altitude and location make a huge difference. Along the
eastern edge of the Front Range you can play golf 340±
days per year.

Right now it is 75F, 11% RH, very light breeze at my house.

To be able to view the High Rockies you have to get farther
east from the foothills or on top of one.

Where in Lakewood will you be working?
Do you have kids? What school plans?
Does your wife work?

If you guys will be here looking at houses, give us some
warning and we can have a PCA/Pelican party. I live east
of University of Denver, sorta near I-25 and Yale. We are
a small enclave of unincorporated Arapahoe County
surrounded by Denver and have some of the best schools
in the nation.


Here is Rocky Mountain Region PCA (RMR-PCA)
http://www.rmrporscheclub.com//
You should call and sign up on the web list.

Rock Mountain Vintage Racing (RMVR)
http://www.rmvr.com/

Colorado Region SCCA can be found through here.
http://www.scca.org/

We have two very strong PCA regions and are active in
almost every aspect of playing with our toys.
PCA members are permitted to participate in most RMVR
events. A PCA Club Racing license is now accepted by
SCCA for participation in Regional races. We are currently
down to two tracks; Pueblo Motorsports Park (2 hrs) and
La Junta Raceways (3 hrs). The plan is to build a new
track here in Denver to replace Second Creek Raceways
lost to creeping development. It will be owned jointly by
all the local sports car clubs as was 2nd Ck.


Aligning your 993 after suspension mods is probably best
done by Steve Rowe at 3R. 3R is a race shop but do some
specialty street 911s. They service lots of race 911s
(including Cup cars) and are just finishing the install of
993-997-Cup suspension on an early car (SC I think).
Compared to a normal alignment this will be expensive
but worth having everything right from the start. If done
wrong, you can eat-up a set of tires in short order and not
have the grip performance. You might give them a call
now, talk to Bob Raub.


I proposed to the Governor that we set up California
style “agricultural inspection” stations that will only
pass Porsches into the state. HeHe.

Best,
Grady

[Rich76_911s]

Welcome to Colorado. The Denver area really is pretty nice. I moved back this summer, to western Colorado. Here is a pic of me and the lucky lady entering the state:



This is on the second day of driving from the east coast. We still had 10 hours to go, but it was refreshing to finally get to the state we came to settle down in. Good luck with the move.

Man Grady the experience of driving a 904 must have been awesome. That is my favorite car of all time. I guess that is based on nothing more than the appearance in pictures because I've never seen one, heard one, or ridden in one. But every time I see on my heart goes pitty-patter.

[Vipergrün]

Wow Grady, you never cease to amaze us

Definately lots of nice areas here. Highlands Ranch off the 470 is nice, but kind of a trendy sprawl. Littleton, Evergreen, and Broomfield would all probably be good choices, with Evergreen being my favorite. Lots of Pelicanites here, though I have not had the opportunity to meet any in person yet. I propose an evening of Porsche and Beer at Grady's place

Good luck!!

-Brad

[loot87]

Anyone who has driven across Kansas freakin' LOVES that sign. Is that 76 or 70? It doesn't look quite as barren as I-70.

[k9handler]

I miss Colorado...someday I may move back for good.

[Rich76_911s]

Originally posted by loot87
Anyone who has driven across Kansas freakin' LOVES that sign. Is that 76 or 70? It doesn't look quite as barren as I-70.

It is on route 40 about 50 miles south of I-70. I break off in Oakley, KS and start heading south because I live in southwest Colorado.

[mcholar911]

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the information... We are really torn right now between living in the downtown area (loft style) and renting storage for all my bikes-etc., or finding a older stucco-spanish style home somewhere within 1/2 hour of Lakewood.

After we get settled, I'd like to try a pick up a little piece of property in the hills and build another log cabin (the second time should go a lot smoother than the first one I did in Oregon) for our someday retirement..

No kids, got a dog, wife's been working for Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine as an admin for the guy who runs their Childrens hospital. Before that, she did the same job for the CIO of CitiGroup. Hopefully, we will find her something decent, maybe downtown?

I'm really excited about the move, I lived in Golden back in the early 80's..my student days..I'm sure it has all changed pretty radically.

Thanks again, I'll definetely get ahold of the group when I hit the state!

[rentadate]

welcome to Colorado.

I'm guessing here, but you went to School of Mines? I live here in Boulder..yes hippie-ville...

A good place to look at is Louisville/Superior (if you can afford something) and as the other guy was saying, broomfield. Everything is rapidly growing, so it's always changing.