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Trust us, you want to live in Sebring, FL
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I live on Carabel Ave. I don't even know what a Carabel is. You probably live on a street named after a Shakespeare character or that describes rolling acres that used to be where your development now resides. Not so for residents of Sebring, FL who live in a neighborhood populated entirely by streets named after automakers of the world. There's LeMans Dr., Thunderbird Rd. and Corvette Ave. Austin St. is right next to Healey St. and Lexus St. will dump you right onto Porsche Ave. Vantage Terrace, however, is far away from Aston Martin Dr., but a stone's throw from Corvair Ave. The whole neighborhood is right next to US 27 N, so each resident has ready access to an onramp for some fun. What street in Sebring, FL would you call home?
all these streets are named after automakers!
Thanks for the tip, Kevin!
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vitaly76 3:36PM (10/19/2007)
Pretty cool address. Except for those who live on Hyundai lane.
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thane williams 10:43PM (10/19/2007)
I got a better one. Do a google map search for "fiero place, sioux falls". Yes, its the car since the next street over is pontiac pl. Then switch to sat view and zoom in. Its a trailer park!
beanspants 3:43PM (10/19/2007)
i live on Midway. I think it was named after a WWII battle, which would be cool. Or it could have been named so beacuse it was the middle of the city, which is less cool.
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Rafa 3:46PM (10/19/2007)
You can´t protest... when I lived in the US it was in 9th street, which is dull, now I live in Sancho el Fuerte, long name...
As for that neighborhood in Sebring, is an awesome idea.
Keith Griffin 3:46PM (10/19/2007)
Unfortunately, US 27 is not a limited use highway, so there are no fun on-ramps. Plus, there's the matter of all those snowbirds and full orange trucks in March. However, one can't forget these lucky residents also have the 12 Hours of Sebring, which may have been the inspiration for a lot of these street names. (It's a great town BTW.)
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Rafa 3:52PM (10/19/2007)
Yeah, that´s probably why they have those names, and why chrysler´s model is called sebring.
k.w.a 3:54PM (10/19/2007)
123 Veyron St. hell yeah!
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Tom Fjord 3:56PM (10/19/2007)
I'm SO moving to Lexus Street.
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Justin 3:57PM (10/19/2007)
Too bad the car that uses the town as its namesake sucks such massive donkey balls.
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AlfaMike 12:43PM (10/20/2007)
Wow I peed myself a little laughing at that one. I agree, you'd think that the Chrysler design team that penned the latest Sebring iteration would have had the self respect to commit hari kari before offloading such a weak effort on the American public. Butt ugly.
The one advantage to Chrysler being owned by rich guys now is that bad cars may get dumped or fixed sooner than they would have under the old beauracracy, so hopefully the Sebring gets put down soon.
Yggdrasilly 4:00PM (10/19/2007)
Yeah It Looks Like Crap But It's Paid For Boulevard
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Jim in Tampa 4:04PM (10/19/2007)
Have you been to Sebring? I have! Even if I lived on "Maserati Way", I wouldn't want to live in Sebring!
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Mobius_1 7:09AM (10/20/2007)
The names are probably to compensate for the lack of those cars in that neighbourhood then...
ermax18 1:48PM (10/20/2007)
Yeah I goto the 12h race every year and you couldn't pay me to live there. Night life in Sebring is hanging out at the local Cheveron station with all your kids running all over the parking lot and blocking the door and crap like that.
Yeah.. Sebring (the town) blows.
paul34 4:16PM (10/19/2007)
Interesting how the name "Porsche St, Sebring, FL" is able to combine some of the best cars with some of the worst vehicles ever made.
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bobo 4:17PM (10/19/2007)
That isn't necessarily unusual. Las Cruces, NM has a neighborhood with Stutz, Bearcat, etc.
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nissanfreak87 4:19PM (10/19/2007)
sweet, I wonder if living on Schumacher street makes you a better driver
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TrueDis 4:27PM (10/19/2007)
Yeah, it's in the middle of goddamn nowhere too! Awesome!
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kballs 4:30PM (10/19/2007)
Which came first, the street names or the cars? If it's the cars, aren't the names trademarked? Can't the automakers sue the city (which is also a corporation)?
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nissanfreak87 4:33PM (10/19/2007)
the cars, and I guess they could, but why would they want to?