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Bozz

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WAAAAAIT A MINUTE... .. What's wrong with Kalifornia? I mean, Comifornia, I mean Califraudia.... Ah, never mind. I live here and know exactly what's wrong with it! (LOL)
But having the desert, lakes, Baja, the mountains, the beach, killer MTB trails, snowboarding, my adult kids, and hopefully grandkids soon, all within an hour's drive, doesn't suck... Plus the 25-year-long business I've built. It would be super difficult to start over at this point. Just can't stand the cost of living, the politics, and some of the people. Haters are gonna hate... But Cali has its pluses and minuses. It is what it is! HAHAHA!

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If Kalifornia was deserted.....like after an apocalypse....... like 1 person per 1,000 square miles......it would be a vacation paradise!
 
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Dealership pictures do not make it official.

Pictures at Starbucks, ok.
Pictures offroad, better.
Pictures flying thru the air, best.

Dealership pictures might as well be no pictures.
Alright, I grabbed one quick in the garage!! I'll take some better ones this weekend. Installed the tonneau cover, and a full bed rug. Next up, mud flaps, window tint and PPF. Then an order is going into Tufskinz for a few things.

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WAAAAAIT A MINUTE... .. What's wrong with Kalifornia? I mean, Comifornia, I mean Califraudia.... Ah, never mind. I live here and know exactly what's wrong with it! (LOL)
But having the desert, lakes, Baja, the mountains, the beach, killer MTB trails, snowboarding, my adult kids, and hopefully grandkids soon, all within an hour's drive, doesn't suck... Plus the 25-year-long business I've built. It would be super difficult to start over at this point. Just can't stand the cost of living, the politics, and some of the people. Haters are gonna hate... But Cali has its pluses and minuses. It is what it is! HAHAHA!

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I see some SXS's in a pic!!!!

Here's our current summer ride,

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Alright, I grabbed one quick in the garage!! I'll take some better ones this weekend. Installed the tonneau cover, and a full bed rug. Next up, mud flaps, window tint and PPF. Then an order is going into Tufskinz for a few things.

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Be careful with tufskinz. Nice stuff but if you later want or need to remove it, invest in Goo Gone stock.
 

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I was born and raised in California and moved here to az in 1990, I’ve been back a couple times to visit, but I’d never go back there to live, I’ve got everything I need here, more hunting, fishing, pretty much anything I want
 

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Born in Hollywood back in 1960. Worked in LA from 1984-2015, then retired.
Been living in the HI Dez since 2012.
Homes were cheap, parcels were huge, and the desert is right outside the gate.
Family responsibilities are keeping me here for now, but that could change at any time.
A sub-4% mortgage with a small payoff and paid for solar panels make life cheap & easy. But there's no denying it, the state is horribly run, and has been for decades.
 

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I was born and raised in California and moved here to az in 1990, I’ve been back a couple times to visit, but I’d never go back there to live, I’ve got everything I need here, more hunting, fishing, pretty much anything I want

I was actually born in AZ… I’m there quite a bit. Really like northern AZ and could see my self there! But just too many ties to Cali!
 

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Do you remember the soap opera general hospital in LA, I was born there in that hospital in 1955 and grew up in hacienda hts about 8 miles from Whittier, California I used to cruise Whittier Boulevard in Van Nuys Blvd in my 1965 mustang and Go to Hollywood on Friday nights it was a blast all the street races from signal to signal it was great growing up in the 60s and 70s back then you could hitchhike to the beach 30 miles away and get back in one ride with our surfboards
 
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One more decent pic!

Window tinting next week, PPF in a few weeks and who knows what else??? Considering this one is my wife's, she's began asking about custom wheels and tires, which have typically done on hers and mine. So I guess that could be coming down the pipe as well.
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