Who Feels Like This?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 2,487
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From: Palm Beach Florida
St. Jude Donor '12
You guys with the warm weather - you're lucky. You guys with the stoic statements are liars - you know as well as anyone that you will miss looking out in your garage at that masterpiece design, especially come the dog days of winter. And yes, I have snowmobiles and skis, but nothing beats an evening cruise with my wife, or wondering how it got in my garage - now storage facility. Brian K. Is the most honest one of us of us all 
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 992
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From: Sutton MA
just went home and drove ours back to work, 58 today, and low 60s tomorrow, then I'm certain it will be bye bye till spring. Short season for us, but I managed to clock around 700 miles on the new engine.
Last edited by Tooonz; Nov 4, 2014 at 09:00 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Midland Ontario
NCM Sinkhole Donor
You all should get together and set a date and all drive your vettes down here for a week. Then you can cruise the beaches in the best weather there is and enjoy your vehicles. I won't lie, our winters are what we look forward too all year long. The summers with the humidity sucks. But now that there is a breeze and the temps dropped from 100 to 75, its simply gorgeous. Whats better is that I can spend it with my wife! Its been one year since she was diagnosed and treated. Hair is growing back and theres a smile on her face.!!!
I would love nothing better than some form of get together in your beautiful part of the world Dave. My parents have neighbours who winter in Hollywood. I'm really happy to hear of the wonderful news about your lovely wife. I can't begin to imagine what the last two years have been like for you; but you guys have come through it together.........and you DIDN'T sell the vette!!!!!!!! All the best.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Palm Beach Florida
St. Jude Donor '12
I would love nothing better than some form of get together in your beautiful part of the world Dave. My parents have neighbours who winter in Hollywood. I'm really happy to hear of the wonderful news about your lovely wife. I can't begin to imagine what the last two years have been like for you; but you guys have come through it together.........and you DIDN'T sell the vette!!!!!!!! All the best.
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From: About 1100 miles from where I call home.
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 222
Likes: 1
From: Tampa Fl
St. Jude Donor '14
Daanbc - I am with you that this is my favorite time of year to drive too here in Tampa FL. Summertime I wait until it's dark out mostly cause it's too dang hot with no AC in mine on those 95 degree days.
Last edited by 69bones; Nov 5, 2014 at 12:32 PM.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
At first I didnt get it because that is an 80-82 model , then I recalled here in Orlando we have it pretty good, I think in Jan in the ncrs meet, I look forward to the swap meet, might even have a car to drive to it, the weather will be really nice
, then I recalled here in Orlando we have it pretty good, I think in Jan in the ncrs meet, I look forward to the swap meet, might even have a car to drive to it, the weather will be really nice
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Sherman CT
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St. Jude Donor '24-'25-'26
Here in Connecticut they use this stuff on the roads, magnesium chloride I think it's called, it's very caustic, so I wouldn't want to get any of that stuff anywhere near my cars chassis, I just put it away, and after the first few rainstorms in April, the roads are useful again
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From: Ormond Beach Florida
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 30,995
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From: Ontario
Scorpion,
The Corvette is in commercial storage during the winter. My DD (Chevrolet Cruze LT) is in the garage. The green posts in the pic are driveway guides for a snowblowing service I contract to. They hadn't been by when I took that pic. They are very good in removing what you see. No problems re grocery getting.
Thanks for the kind comment on the house. This is our retirement home. Four bedrooms for two people but what the heck....
The Corvette is in commercial storage during the winter. My DD (Chevrolet Cruze LT) is in the garage. The green posts in the pic are driveway guides for a snowblowing service I contract to. They hadn't been by when I took that pic. They are very good in removing what you see. No problems re grocery getting.
Thanks for the kind comment on the house. This is our retirement home. Four bedrooms for two people but what the heck....
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Midland Ontario
NCM Sinkhole Donor
Cars that you want to last more than 5-10 years are not subjected to harsh and massive amounts of salt. Daily drivers here can be in need of severe body/floor replacement in as little as 5-7 winters. Never mind the wear and tear on brakes, suspension, etc. I replace my commuter car every 3 or 4 years, but always with a good used model - usually something 4 or 5 years old that's been winter stored, or used lightly in winter. I put about 60,000 km a year on them; and usually always replace with the same type of car, a Honda Civic Si. The motors run forever, but the bodies are toast by the time I'm done with them. I don't have the heart to subject a new one to the abuse I put mine through, so my wife gets the new one as she works locally and keeps the mileage low on it. We just put her in a new Chrysler 200 S AWD, and the first thing we had done was get it rust proofed. It's just a part of life where we live; so if you want a vehicle to last, it needs to be kept away from salt in the winter.
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Joined: Aug 1999
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From: Ontario
Cars that you want to last more than 5-10 years are not subjected to harsh and massive amounts of salt. Daily drivers here can be in need of severe body/floor replacement in as little as 5-7 winters. Never mind the wear and tear on brakes, suspension, etc. I replace my commuter car every 3 or 4 years, but always with a good used model - usually something 4 or 5 years old that's been winter stored, or used lightly in winter. I put about 60,000 km a year on them; and usually always replace with the same type of car, a Honda Civic Si. The motors run forever, but the bodies are toast by the time I'm done with them. I don't have the heart to subject a new one to the abuse I put mine through, so my wife gets the new one as she works locally and keeps the mileage low on it. We just put her in a new Chrysler 200 S AWD, and the first thing we had done was get it rust proofed. It's just a part of life where we live; so if you want a vehicle to last, it needs to be kept away from salt in the winter.
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From: Ontario
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