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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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All you southerners get to drive your corvettes year round. All us minnesotans have to park ours for the winter. I always get sad when i put the car cover on.

Damn Snow.....

Only thing its good for is Ice Fishing, Snowmobiling and Snowboarding.


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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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It has not been very good driving weather for old corvettes this week here in Tennessee. Snow and ice a couple of days this week.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:55 PM
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I had mine out last night for a Christmas party. It really liked the cold air. Any day without ice and salt on the road, it'll be out.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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It was about 60-70 degrees out today here in Baton Rouge. The downside is i have been spending it all inside recovering from sinus surgery. I wish I was outside cruising or at least working on my car.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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Not for nothing but it was 16 degrees here the other morning! It was almost 60 today so we are getting back to normal!
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 11:04 PM
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12 @ my house the other day in the Twin City.
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Old Dec 18, 2010 | 01:42 AM
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You need to look at the positive side: If it wasn't for this Minnesota winter, I wouldn't get any upgrades and improvements done on my '80. A wood-fired heated garage is a great get-away from the fair weather outdoor Minnesota projects.
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Old Dec 18, 2010 | 09:34 AM
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Sad that I have to park the Corvette ...BUT....now I get to drive the John Deere


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I usually am too but this being the first winter with my C3 I'm taking advantage of it and getting as much accomplished with it as I can.
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Simple solution..
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Originally Posted by Sigforty
It was about 60-70 degrees out today here in Baton Rouge. The downside is i have been spending it all inside recovering from sinus surgery. I wish I was outside cruising or at least working on my car.
Hey, good luck on your sinus recovery, It is a blessing here that we get to drive our Vette's year round.
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Originally Posted by garage-ghost
Sad that I have to park the Corvette ...BUT....now I get to drive the John Deere


So you drive with the top on in the summer and top off in the winter!

That's just wrong.
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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by golfradict
Hey, good luck on your sinus recovery, It is a blessing here that we get to drive our Vette's year round.
Thanks! And you are not kidding.
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I wanna drive it so bad. Maybe ill ship it to florida and skip high school for the winter.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Hick727
I wanna drive it so bad. Maybe ill ship it to florida and skip high school for the winter.
come on down. love to have you! it's a tough job, but someone has to live in the tropics year round, LMAO!!!
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by my 76 ray
So you drive with the top on in the summer and top off in the winter!

That's just wrong.
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Yeah...that's just wrong. Have to look into that.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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80 degrees here in Houston today. Took her out last Sunday.
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Old Dec 29, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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*Sigh*........
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Old Dec 29, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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For some reason i think this looks nice. Even though the body is bad, it shows that it is still being used and loved.
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Old Dec 29, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by golfradict
Hey, good luck on your sinus recovery, It is a blessing here that we get to drive our Vette's year round.

Except for all that rain!!!
Baton Rouge area is good for a few cold days followed by 4-5 rain days every winter....
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