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Old 08-24-2016, 09:52 PM
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I work from home so often I don't drive for days at a time. However, if the weather is nice, I tend to drive the Corvette. Otherwise, I have a truck for haulin' and bad weather.
Old 08-24-2016, 10:13 PM
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no...a sedan or SUV is my DD.
Old 08-25-2016, 02:01 AM
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The Corvette is not my "daily driver." My wife has the SUV and I have my Mini S for errands. However, don't think my Corvette is a garage queen. I've owned it for ten months and it has over 11k miles on it, traveling through twelve States.

Old 08-25-2016, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by B&BVettes
By the definition (only car) I voted no. I live in the Northeast and driving a Vette is impractical with the weather we get up here. I drive my '14 predominantly during the spring, summer and fall seasons.


My winter ride works better in the snow and ice.
Only a couple weeks a year at most with that kind of weather in the pacific north west.
Old 08-25-2016, 05:00 AM
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I voted yes...the motorcycle is only ridden in the mountains. The van is only used to tow the bike to the mountains and to haul toys to the beach. The vette is used for pleasure
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2014 Buick Verano, in the near future it will be a Dodge Ram 1500 .
Old 08-25-2016, 07:55 AM
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Nope it is my drive it when I feel like it. Have almost always had a car or bike in this class.
Old 08-25-2016, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Patches
Daily driver here but have other cars serving other purposes.
Old 08-25-2016, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bluman
in the near future it will be a Dodge Ram 1500 .
Hey, I have one of those!

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I love my truck. And the HEMI that's in it. (Should I supercharge it too?)

I also plan on adding a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon to the family, though I really don't have enough garage space....

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Old 08-25-2016, 10:17 AM
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My daily driver when there's no snow on the ground / roads.

I have a Tundra or Wifey's Infiniti M37x for really inclement weather.
Old 08-25-2016, 01:56 PM
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The C7Z is my daily driver. 67 is my weekend ride.
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Old 08-25-2016, 03:07 PM
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Yes and I think I had it three days before I turned it into a work truck. It's a vert and the top is almost always down year round in LA.

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Old 08-25-2016, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ZEEEE06
The C7Z is my daily driver. 67 is my weekend ride.
i like your style sir!
Old 08-25-2016, 08:49 PM
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1st Corvette was a DD, 2007 C6, owned roughly 2 years and put 32k miles on it (was a college student)

2nd Corvette was a DD for 2 years, 2009 C6, owned roughly 5 years and put 53k miles on it (was a college student for 2 of those years)

3rd Corvette is not a DD, 2015 C7, picked it up from the museum on 10/28/14 and is right under 6,700 miles… poor car
Old 08-25-2016, 10:01 PM
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Yes they are my DDs.

The blue one is getting long in the tooth, however.
Old 08-25-2016, 10:39 PM
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I am retired and drive mine everyday.
Old 08-25-2016, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by roadbike56
Poll doesn't allow for the Vette is #1 driver, but there is another car. So I went with "no" but my Vette is my primary.
Same here. I drove my vette everyday for the first year and I racked up 13k miles. I have since gotten a hand me down SUV which serves as my flood car. The rain has been terrible here lately so it's pretty depressing to back out of my garage and say goodbye to my vette every morning.

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Old 08-25-2016, 11:23 PM
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daily driver unless bad weather but drive a camaro when more than two people. Also frequent trips to test and tune Fridays
Old 08-25-2016, 11:37 PM
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2014 velocity yellow with z51 package. My honest daily driver. 20K miles this year. Only live 1/4 mile from work. What does that tell you? When the NH weather turns greasy or worse I walk to work. Bad weather the little woman chauffeurs me in her SUV. Nice gig. In the past year we drove the Vette to Petite LeMans, Sebring, Lime Rock, and spent the Night at the Corvette Museum watching the 24 Hours of LeMans. In between did a lot of grocery shopping, WalMart runs, Red Sox trips, and the weekly Ice Cream runs with the Lakes Region Corvette Club. Daily driver and more. Helps keep my M7 skills intact.
Old 08-25-2016, 11:46 PM
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Daily for the summer and days it does not rain otherwise it's a duramax.


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