Moving to Colorado Springs?

[goat]

I haven't posted here for a while (GS is still dead    - no time to fix her since I got back) but I was figured that someone must know something more about Colorado Springs than I do (wouldn't take much).

I'm graduating in May and I got a job offer in Colorado Springs. I'm leaning towards taking it at the moment but I don't know much about the area other than what I saw when I went out there to interview.

Whats the riding out there like? Are the roads in good shape? Relatively free of sand and other debris?

I have a 2001 Saturn for a cage. Is there any reason that it wouldn't be OK for the area? Would something with AWD be a better idea?

Any other thoughts about the area?

Thanks for the opinions.

[The Buddha]

Everyone got subaru's in colorado. 
BTW Colorado is foreclosure central for houses. Some state laws are a bit funky and thus foreclosures. Their crash started in 2004 unlike 2006 in CA and FL etc.
Cool.
Srinath.

[Jace009gs]

saturn.... what kind? FWD I assume with 185/70/14 tires?  Probably has DOHC ~ 120hp. I can't think that the winters are that much worse up there, slopes on the mountains are still under 6% for big rigs and if you get a "blizzard" subaru or not you only have so much ground clearance. Like anything else If you use your head and don't drive in the wicked stuff u be ok....good time to get an old big block 4x4 pick-up and a set of 35" swamper tires haha

no they have a bit of salt/road gunk in the shoulders year around, not to bad on the pot-holes (atleast the interstates I traveled on)

[jdanna]

I haven't posted here for a while (GS is still dead    - no time to fix her since I got back) but I was figured that someone must know something more about Colorado Springs than I do (wouldn't take much).

I'm graduating in May and I got a job offer in Colorado Springs. I'm leaning towards taking it at the moment but I don't know much about the area other than what I saw when I went out there to interview.

Whats the riding out there like? Are the roads in good shape? Relatively free of sand and other debris?

I have a 2001 Saturn for a cage. Is there any reason that it wouldn't be OK for the area? Would something with AWD be a better idea?

Any other thoughts about the area?

Thanks for the opinions.

wait so if your in madison now, have you ever been to a steakhouse called delaneys?
i was in madison for 3 days on buisness awhile ago, and my only regret is that i only went to that place two out of 3 nights.
ive thought about going back to madison just for the steak.

[goat]

Everyone got subaru's in colorado. 
BTW Colorado is foreclosure central for houses. Some state laws are a bit funky and thus foreclosures. Their crash started in 2004 unlike 2006 in CA and FL etc.
Cool.
Srinath.

Yeah, some of the people I talked to out there mentioned that the housing market is not so good right now so its cheap to buy but hard to sell.

saturn.... what kind? FWD I assume with 185/70/14 tires?  Probably has DOHC ~ 120hp. I can't think that the winters are that much worse up there, slopes on the mountains are still under 6% for big rigs and if you get a "blizzard" subaru or not you only have so much ground clearance. Like anything else If you use your head and don't drive in the wicked stuff u be ok....good time to get an old big block 4x4 pick-up and a set of 35" swamper tires haha

no they have a bit of salt/road gunk in the shoulders year around, not to bad on the pot-holes (atleast the interstates I traveled on)

Yeah, that sums up my car pretty well. The ground clearance thing hadn't occurred to me yet even though thats usually what stops my saturn. I could always put bigger tires on it ... Imagine: A raised saturn with huge wheels. Funny to think about, if nothing else. It reminds me of an old friend who was trying to convince me to get a turbocharger kit for it. "It would be so cool: you could beat a stock camaro off the line!" "Yeah, but then I would have a turbocharged SATURN."

wait so if your in madison now, have you ever been to a steakhouse called delaneys?
i was in madison for 3 days on buisness awhile ago, and my only regret is that i only went to that place two out of 3 nights.
ive thought about going back to madison just for the steak.

Actually, I don't think that I've heard of that place before. Then again, I am a student (steak is expensive) and I stopped eating meat a couple of years ago so I suppose that doesn't surprise me a whole lot. I'll pass the suggestion on to my friends who do eat meat, though.

[manofthefield]

I wouldn't worry about the car for a while, unless you are looking for something new anyway.  I'd drive it for at least a year there, then see if you want something different.  My guess is that it'll do fine though.  They have more snow there, but they have bigger plows to compensate. 

Engine will work a little harder due to higher altitude/ lower air density.  This is why turbos are popular in the mountains (many cop cars were/are turbo Saabs there); they put more air in the engine and don't suffer so much from the higher elevation.   Maybe the turbo Saturn isn't such a bad idea