I'm from the great lakes area, just south of canada. I think Michigan is a decent place besides flint and detroit. I live near Wisconsin. I have a family of honda civics. They are very reliable. I know how to work on cars. I want to convert a Volkswagen Beetle into a dune buggy. I am a mechanic. I work on cars and aircraft.
I drove up to Traverse city once. I have a vw old style beetle. It still has the vase holder. I am partial to vws. I like cars made by Honda. I can do simple car maintenance. I recently visited Traverse City and saw Lake Michigan.
I found some spare seat belts in my shop that would be perfect for your dune buggy project. Great! Seatbelts are important for off roading.  When can I pick them up? Seatbelts in a VW beetle? what is that? lol. I would be free this Thursday, so come on by Cool, I will swing by around 2 PM.  Do you happen to have any All Terrain tires also? I think I have some in the back but I need to find them. My garage is so disorganized. Maybe you can help me find them when you come by. I would, but I will be in a bit of a rush to pick up the kid from school.  I appreciate it though.  Sounds like you could use a bigger garage. That is OK, I know generally where they are so I could find them myself. Yea I need a bigger garage. I am tight for space ever since I started working on airplanes too. Wow, I can see how airplanes could take up a lot of space.  Are they similar to cars mechanically? actually they are easier to work on. Cars nowadays use more electronics. With the single propeller planes the engines are still simple and basic. That's great.  I am sure it's a great income booster.  Do you fly yourself? It's funny i work on planes but do not know how to fly them. My partner is a pilot so he tests them out. Good for him, I always wanted to learn how to fly but never had the money.  Do you own a plane?