where to move in TN?

[Grizzlybear34]

I've already give our car choice consideration. I have a two weheel drive ranger and my wife drives a front wheel drive Escape. I believe her car will be fine as a lot of the weight is up front on the wheels. It's a great little SUV.

My Ranger, however, gets stuck leaving my driveway and is very light in the tail. I love my truck, but I will be getting something 4 wheel drive when I get there. Love the convienence of a pickup though, so I'll be looking for something.

[twinkletoes38372]

West TN would be best. Not much snow or ice but tornadoes do frequent the area.

[knoxgarden]

Originally Posted by Grizzlybear34

I've already give our car choice consideration. I have a two weheel drive ranger and my wife drives a front wheel drive Escape. I believe her car will be fine as a lot of the weight is up front on the wheels. It's a great little SUV.
My Ranger, however, gets stuck leaving my driveway and is very light in the tail. I love my truck, but I will be getting something 4 wheel drive when I get there. Love the convienence of a pickup though, so I'll be looking for something.

If the Escape is 6 cylinder it will be fine. If 4, it will struggle to make it up a lot of the mountains and even the Interstate grades. I've got a 6 cyl. 4-wheel drive Escape and love it. It does fine in East Tennessee.
4-cylinder cars wear out fast around here. East Tennessee doesn't believe in a lot of switchbacks and curves. The roads send you straight up the hill or mountain!

[JMT]

[quote=Grizzlybear34;1207450]

Originally Posted by JMT

A Half Back is someone from up North who retired to Florida then realized they don't like it and move half-way back, usually TN or NC. I laughed the first time I heard the term. There's another term for people from Florida who move up here but don't know how to drive in the mountains: Floridiots.

Originally Posted by JMT

JMT - Just out of curiousity, what are the driving patterns in the mountains that are nerve racking? That is one thing my wife gets on me about is that, you're going to have to take it easier when you get to Tennessee. I don't consider myself an aggressive driver, but I do get irritated when other drivers are blabbing away on the cell phone in the left lane, or don't know that you can actually turn right on red, or get trapped at a traffic signal for 3 minutes with no traffic coming or the light turns and the first car doesn't move....whew, I feel better now!

What is poor mountain driving? I certainly don't need to add another aggravator to my list!

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There are a couple of things I can't stand about people who don't know how to drive in the mountains. One is when they ride their brakes. I mean at every single curve in the road, they slam on their brakes. Cars (even automatics) have lower gears specifically for driving in the mountains. And even though there are usually places in the road where cars can pull off to let others pass them, these people don't do that.

Another thing is on I-40 through the mountains. There are signs posted that tell trucks to stay in the right lane. I guess some drivers assume that means that ONLY trucks are to be in the right lane, because some drivers will drive ONLY in the left lane, no matter how slow they're going. I mean, they go SLOWER than the speed limit in the left lane. grrrrrrrrr

[Grizzlybear34]

Originally Posted by knoxgarden

If the Escape is 6 cylinder it will be fine. If 4, it will struggle to make it up a lot of the mountains and even the Interstate grades. I've got a 6 cyl. 4-wheel drive Escape and love it. It does fine in East Tennessee.
4-cylinder cars wear out fast around here. East Tennessee doesn't believe in a lot of switchbacks and curves. The roads send you straight up the hill or mountain!

It is a 6 cylinder and it is sweeet!!!

I don't think I've driven a better, more responsive car. Nice acceleration, perfect handling,...

Does it seem that there are some cars that the brake lights go on when they let off of the accelerator? They don't touch the brakes and the brake lights go on because the foot comes off of the accelerator??

I believe that there are some cars like this...

[lovelylady702]

my husband is thinking about moving to chattanooga TN, he loves it we are a young couple with 4 children, we are living right know in las vegas N.V and i dont see my self raising my kids hear. He already has a job out there he works for a trucking company. Its just a few concernse that i have. where in chattanooga is the best place to live i want some where close by the water. And second is there tornados there?