Plano, TX Driving Tips
While Plano is a safe and well-maintained city, probably the best advice is to avoid rush hour traffic. If you do have to drive this during these hours, give yourself an ample time window to get to your destination and drive defensively.
Plano, TX Buying Tips
There are a cluster of car dealerships on the access road along northbound Highway 75 and also on Plano Parkway. These places are the best to go if you want a good deal on a new vehicle. If you're looking for a good deal on a used vehicle, my experience has shown that you'll pay more at a dealership
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than what a car is worth and dealers are not willing to haggle. For a used car, the best bet is locating a private seller through craigslist.
Favorite Driving Memory
The driving itself is not very memorable. This is a highly suburban part of town, so most of the streets and roads go through housing developments and subdivisions. Its not like Dallas proper, where there are a number of places to drive that are visually iconic of have clusters of places to enjoy. P
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erhaps the best part of driving in this part of the country is the fact that it is incredibly safe. Occasionally, there is a wreck in bad weather and traffic is bad, but outside of that, the roads are well-maintained and drivers obey most laws.
Favorite Road
Independence Parkway
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Its a common road that you can use to get from one end of the city limits to the other with relatively little confusion. It passes through the main parts of the developed city, which consists mostly of shopping centers and strip malls, which is good for such a suburban area. The city is very well ma
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intained, so its an easy and safe road to drive on in most conditions.
Plano, TX Driving Tips
You have to travel around the city a lot. There is tons to do in Plano, from clubs, to movies, bowling and sports. Be aware of other drivers, and watch the road and don't text and drive. Be nice to other drivers on the road, everyone is trying to get somewhere. Don't drive aggressive, the drivers in
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Plano are really nice.
Plano, TX Buying Tips
Make sure you go to the right dealership. Try to get the best price possible and make sure it's the car that you want. Do your research to make sure your happy with the car before hand. Also always test drive it out just to see if your happy on how it drives. Check the car fax also if buying a car,
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just in case.
Favorite Driving Memory
It would definitely be the time when I was driving from Plano to Commerce TX. I was driving on the highway 101, and the road was extremely dark. So I turned on my brights to help me see better and end up seeing a friend whose car was broken down on the side of the road. So I ended up helping him out
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and we later on went to Oklahoma that day and I won 384$ at casino there. I never would have won that money if I wasn't driving and helped out my friend.
Favorite Road
Los Rios
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Los Rios is one of the best roads in Plano! It's all along middle class houses, and it always reminds me of home each time a drive along it. Along this road was where we would always walk to CVS or Litewok and order food when we where younger. We always would use it to get to school and visit friend
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s houses.
Plano, TX Driving Tips
Pay attention to the other drivers around. Plano has a large population of people and there can be a lot of distractions around the area. I often see people on their cell phone texting, this is a pet peeve of mine, do you really need to look at it every 5 seconds. Less texting and driving mean less
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accidents.
Plano, TX Buying Tips
Looking at all available resources would be the best way to find a great deal on a car in the city. The population is high in the Dallas area so their are plenty of options. It might take some time to look for the best deal, but they are out there. I like using the app called offer up, even though I
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have not purchased a car using the app, I see a lot of affordable cars.
Favorite Driving Memory
I don't have a lot of memories driving in the city, but I remember seeing Dez Bryant for the Dallas Cowboys driving in his Bugatti. I rolled my window down and waved and he looked over a through up his trademark "X" (throw up the X) this is something his does after he scores a Touchdown. I thought t
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hat was pretty exciting even though it was for a brief moment.
Favorite Road
Plano Parkway
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I like driving on this street because it has some of my favorite stores that I like to visit. It also can save money for people because there are a lot of toll roads in the Plano area. It might take a little longer to get to the place you are going but you will save a little money.