How often do you drive your car?
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Instructor
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From: Johnston Rhode Island
How often do you drive your car?
I drive mine usually 3-4 times per week. Every Saturday morning I go to the bank then get my wife a coffee after. During the week I try to do my Tuesday night cruise night and a couple of other times. I am self employed so I am home all the time. If I am not driving it, I am working on it.
So how often are you guys driving during the season?
So how often are you guys driving during the season?
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I drive mine usually 3-4 times per week. Every Saturday morning I go to the bank then get my wife a coffee after. During the week I try to do my Tuesday night cruise night and a couple of other times. I am self employed so I am home all the time. If I am not driving it, I am working on it.
So how often are you guys driving during the season?
So how often are you guys driving during the season?
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Scottsdale Arizona
Not nearly as much as I'd like to. The kids are out of school and I drive them every day to swim practice so taking the vette is impossible. I drive it about one day a week though. The good thing is that living in Arizona I can drive it year round.
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From: Orange Park Florida
I live about a mile off a major shopping 8 lane highway....and on MY side is every possible thing I could need.....except a hospital/doc/surgeon.....
so my vette sees about 2k/year anymore...maybe less, really....
nice to be all retarred and all.....snore.....
so my vette sees about 2k/year anymore...maybe less, really....
nice to be all retarred and all.....snore.....
Racer
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From: Leesburg VA
I drive my 74 a lot less now that I have a motorcycle that the wife loves. We take a long ride to somewhere just about every weekend now, and I commute to work every day that doesn't have a high probability of rain.
I did take the Corvette to Katie's Cars and Coffee on Saturday morning and spent some time working on it today, but I truly don't drive it as much as I did last year.
I keep chipping away at the minor issues that irritate me and I am making progress, but it takes some of the joy away from driving it any distance. The heat is a killer on any drive over 30 minutes.
I did take the Corvette to Katie's Cars and Coffee on Saturday morning and spent some time working on it today, but I truly don't drive it as much as I did last year.
I keep chipping away at the minor issues that irritate me and I am making progress, but it takes some of the joy away from driving it any distance. The heat is a killer on any drive over 30 minutes.
Last edited by LudemJo; Jul 8, 2014 at 07:01 PM.
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From: Ontario
I would say 20 times each summer season. No long trips. We are well into July and I see 752 miles on the trip odometer. That is consistent with the last dozen years. I will probably end up with 1,200 miles when winter storage comes along. Last year was 1,350 miles.
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In Los Angeles 40 miles per day round trip m-f rain or shine for about six months and before rebuild was a dd for 3 years it was either fix my civic or fix my vette guess which one is parked in backyard.
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From: Johnston Rhode Island
So great to hear how geography, age, and life in general affect us all when it comes to seat time. Today was nice and I should have taken her out, but my only errand was in an industrial part of the city so I opted for my truck. Tomm if nice I might take her to the gym.
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From: Charlotte NC
I've put 1200 miles on mine in the last two years. I need to take it out more, but my shop is about 15 minutes from my house so it makes it a hassle to get over there and get the car, not to mention bringing it back after. But every time I do, worth it!
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From: Redondo Beach, California
This summer, I'm taking the 68 out on weekends, usually just around a few blocks. It's in an inner part of the driveway and easy to get out on the road. It's now under a car cover. As inclement weather approaches, it'll go under a canopy and still under it's car cover. In the canopy location, it's difficult to get it on the driveway onto the street.
I drive it to keep the engine cylinder walls fresh and the rotors clean of rust. There's a lot of speculation about this winter. It's supposed to be an El Ninyo Winter...in which case a lot of rain due to the equatorial Pacific experincing cyclic warming. If so, I'll consider a storage unit for it to keep it dry. Opps...there's some opinion that El Ninyo warming is not very strong and we may have another dry winter.
The car is in great condition...it just needs a new paint job. It was stored from 1985 until about 2008 in a garage, and it has a lot of surface blemishes. I plan on some quotes this summer.
I drive it to keep the engine cylinder walls fresh and the rotors clean of rust. There's a lot of speculation about this winter. It's supposed to be an El Ninyo Winter...in which case a lot of rain due to the equatorial Pacific experincing cyclic warming. If so, I'll consider a storage unit for it to keep it dry. Opps...there's some opinion that El Ninyo warming is not very strong and we may have another dry winter.
The car is in great condition...it just needs a new paint job. It was stored from 1985 until about 2008 in a garage, and it has a lot of surface blemishes. I plan on some quotes this summer.
