Goal Driven

I bought a 2011 Z06 last September. I really enjoy the car and I drive it about once or twice a week. When I drive it seems easy to put on a couple of hundred miles on in a week.

I am amazed with the number of Z06's with very few miles(less than 5k) on them while in many cases being 4, 5 or 6 years old or older. Am I doing something wrong by driving mine? I got the car to drive cause I figure you only live once. But looking at all of the low mileage cars I am wondering if I should rethink that. What is the purpose for having such a great ride and not running it?
Enilghten me.

383vett

You're doing just fine. I also don't understand the 1 or 2 thousand miles a year owners. The cars sit and shine and depreciate in the garage and the owner doesn't get to experience the smile that Z06 drivers have.

ATC399

No OP you are not...Some just like saying they own a Z....Enjoy The Beast

tim414

I've wondered the same myself.

Mark923

Here's the term your looking for..."Garage Queen"

RedZ4me

Winters for one, 2 jobs for reason 2, kid(s) for reason # 3 and for me, not my daily driver so reason # 4 BUT I do agree, enjoy them, drive them as much as you can.

ROUTE 66

I think some own many nice cars.

Mark2009

A 2nd car, which is what a Corvette is to many, usually only gets driven on weekends. Nice weekends. Not much at all if there is a winter season. So, maybe 80 miles a week, maybe 35 weekends a year, = 2,800 miles/yr.

The math is not all that hard. While I've daily driven Corvettes in the past (my only vehicle at the time), I prefer to not do so now. Rather use the 'beater' for the bad weather commutes, the nuts on the road during the commutes in general, and the parking lots

619grappler

I'm in the 2k mile a year club too. Would I like to drive it more, sure. I drove it into work today. Main reason I don't drive to work more often is that I get out late (1 am) and don't want to wake up the neighbors. My Z is loud (cammed/headers/no cats/Akra exhaust). That, a 50 hour work week, a wife and 3 kids, and you begin to see why it's not driven as much as I'd like.

F430F1

My F430 sees over 5K a year and I have over 5K in my first year of Z07 ownership. In the good weather (not winter) my Z07 is my DD over my CTS-V. The fun is in driving, not in staring at them. I know people do it, but I can't make any sense of it.........Steve

Gary '09 C6

all of the above...

Dale1990

Some just prefer to look at them and maybe cruise a bit on the weekends. Nothing wrong with it if that's their thing - their money, their rules. The first owner of my Z put under 2k miles over 4 years, the second put 13k on in one year and I've averaged about 8k/year for my 2 years of ownership.

The way I see it, the first guy was preserving it for me, the second guy worked out the bugs through the warranty and then I got a nearly-new, sorted out car for 40+% off retail. Not a bad deal.

MTPZ06

3-3.5K miles a year...I get a new company car every 6 months; so the C6Z is weekends only, and only in good weather.

Z06pack

Drive it and enjoy it. The depreciation between a 10000 mile car and a 40000 is about $6000. Thats about 20 cents a mile. Life is short.....drive it hard and enjoy every mile.

Grim Reaper

My Z06 will hit 500 miles on the odometer on the way home from work tonight.

JJC5

Same here. We get lectured all the time on this forum though for not driving them enough and for the life of me, I don't understand this. I know that for myself, I drive mine as much as I can and that's about 3K per year and that works just fine.

20psirabbit

I don't understand it either, especially with a car that's so fun to drive

Mark2009

Time to break it in... road trip!!!!

Nick 02 Z06

I spend alot of time at work and don't have much time to drive all of my vehicles.

If I go to work at 0500 and come home at 2000, it doesn't make sense to me to let it sit in a gravel parking lot on base.

That's why I have a daily driver pick up truck and 2 Harley's.

Make no mistake, I love my vette and I love to drive it. If you don't get it, I really don't give a FK. S/f.

MTPZ06

I know what you mean...I'd love to drive it more if my schedule permitted.