I know what you mean about being sick of the snow.

We just received an unexpected Xmas present and this year it could not have come sooner. The snow this year seems to be the worse I've seen in a long time (at least before Xmas).

We had planned to go to Florida right after the new year but this year we phoned around to see if we could rent an Xfire convertible. After calling several rental companies, we found one that we can pick up around the Port Charlotte area and it is exactly what I was looking for, a yellow roadster.
The downside, if you want to call it that, is that the vehicle is an AutoTrans (not unexpected) and we have to leave a little earlier than scheduled in order to ensure we get the Xfire (not many available for rent, I guess).

Anyways, getting down there earlier this year will not be hard to take. We leave on Weds. and plan to come back in early April. Hopefully, we will be keeping in touch with the forum from down there. We have a laptop that we take with us but we will have to arrange for internet service once we arrive at the house.
Looking forward to the warm weather again and I can't wait to drive the Xfire with the top down (I'm sure it will feel different than the coupe).

Mightjlr, if you read this post and if we happen to be the winner of the $1,000. please get in touch with us on Tuesday (ha ha).