c3 in snow
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Drifting
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From: North Carolina
c3 in snow
Since I'll be living in charlotte, and keeping my C3 as a daily driver, what should I do when I encounter snow? Im not worried about much snow in charlotte, but I'll be so close to the mountians that skiing will be a regular thing(I mean like twice a month or so)...
would a nice rince after be good?(I mean rincing the frame too)...I know Im probably creating major problems down the line, but after skiing for the first time last weekend, Im hooked(even though I fractured my ankle).
Daniel
would a nice rince after be good?(I mean rincing the frame too)...I know Im probably creating major problems down the line, but after skiing for the first time last weekend, Im hooked(even though I fractured my ankle).
Daniel
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Drifting
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From: North Carolina
Re: c3 in snow (45ACP)
they do in the mountians. I took my fathers explorer up there on thursday, and by friday it was covered in salt(we went skiing thursday)...but it didn't get any worse before we left. But we only went to the slopes on thursday, the resto of the time we stayed in ashville.
So they do use the salt on the roads leading to the resorts(because the slope is pretty steep I guess), but probably not on highways or city roads.
Daniel
So they do use the salt on the roads leading to the resorts(because the slope is pretty steep I guess), but probably not on highways or city roads.
Daniel
Melting Slicks
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From: Union Ontario
Re: c3 in snow (La Orange)
I don't advise it but if you gotta drive it in the salt get the frame oiled--- very messy and rinse frequently, to get all of the salt out of the frame..... Salt on the outside doesn't hurt.. its the stuff that sits in the frame and just rots it from the inside out.
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From: Saginaw Michigan
Re: c3 in snow (MikeC)
I had a brand new 1976 Corvette in Michigan (way back when.) I drove it one winter and you wouldn't believe all the surface rust that I found under the car the next spring. Michigan is notorious for salted roadways. I wouldn't drive your Vette anywhere near a salted road.
Heel & Toe
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From: binghamton ny
Re: c3 in snow (Jim Shea)
hey guys, couldnt you use a rust pritectir device of some sort?im not sure of the name but when i bought my mustang one of the options was a little device (a samll box thing) that they installed under the hood, connected to the battery, that supposedly emits a electrical charge that prevents rust on the entire vehicle.(something about oppositely charged electrons or something )
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Re: c3 in snow (guitarangel)
I think they are called rustevaders. Salt produces an electric type of corrosion and the rustevader is supposed to cancel that out. I have heard that they work pretty well. :cheers:
Melting Slicks
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From: Union Ontario
Re: c3 in snow (flood)
I'm going to have to call :bs on the rust evader. Never heard of it before but the reaction between steel and salt is a chemical reaction that may produce electrical charge as a side effect but rust in this case is not an electrical reaction.
I may be wrong. But I don't think I am, because if it worked they would be more popular.
It sounds like an informercial. "for the low, low price of...no not 150 dollars.....not even 100 dollars... but for $99.99 you can get the rustevader. If you call within the next 5 minutes you will get, not a 4 gallon container but a 5 gallon tub of our rust eater, guarenteed to turn rust into semi precious metals." :bs
[Modified by MikeC, 10:11 AM 3/7/2002]
I may be wrong. But I don't think I am, because if it worked they would be more popular.
It sounds like an informercial. "for the low, low price of...no not 150 dollars.....not even 100 dollars... but for $99.99 you can get the rustevader. If you call within the next 5 minutes you will get, not a 4 gallon container but a 5 gallon tub of our rust eater, guarenteed to turn rust into semi precious metals." :bs
[Modified by MikeC, 10:11 AM 3/7/2002]
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From: Ajax Ontario
Re: c3 in snow (daniel77350)
I'd park the Vette for the ski trips. You can probably get a ride with friends or maybe take a bus (I know nothing of your ski resorts, so pardon the ignorance!) if buying a winter beater is not possible for you. Aside from the salt issue, driving a C3 in snow especially in hilly terrain isn't for the faint of heart. Chance of getting stuck, losing control and hitting something or someone is more than enough reason to "park it". I used to have an '86 Z28 as my "daily driver" quite a few years ago. Absolutely useless in the winter and borderline dangerous. Have never driven a C3 in the snow, but would imagine would be even worse (My Z28 had the Eagle GT 4 season tires, which most Vettes don't) can only imagine how bad it would have been with the summer only version!
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Re: c3 in snow (68shark)
Driving in snow with a fragile plastic car is not smart. Fiberglass doesn't dent, it shatters. But if you must drive the car in snow, find a large empty parking lot and test the road conditions before you drive on the roads. Drive 3 times slower than you think necessary, and drop your tire pressure from 30 psi to like 20-22psi. This will put a greater tire contact surface on the road for improved drivability. Also run with the spare tire, and additional weight in the spare tire carrier on extended snowy conditions.
I originally thougth I was going to drive my 73 in Central Pa all year round. Then I came to my senses. Drive a virgin bodied desirable collectable 73 in the snow and risk breaking up my $13K car? Then I came to my senses. I bought a $500 truck, which the insurance is only $23 a month. Enough said.
Be cool!
"TEACH"
I originally thougth I was going to drive my 73 in Central Pa all year round. Then I came to my senses. Drive a virgin bodied desirable collectable 73 in the snow and risk breaking up my $13K car? Then I came to my senses. I bought a $500 truck, which the insurance is only $23 a month. Enough said.
Be cool!
"TEACH"
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From: Wildwood IL
Re: c3 in snow (daniel77350)
Daniel: Keep in mind, salt and slush will splash up onto the whole front & rear suspension components. Onto the radiator mount and into the engine compartment/exhaust system. Your whole underside...not just the frame. Man...take it from a salt belt guy......don't do it.
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From: York PA
Re: c3 in snow (daniel77350)
I am going to be a little different here. I drove my vette one winter because I had wrecked my beater, and it handles very well in the snow if you are careful. keep in mind the vettes have a 50/50 weight distibution, unlike f-bodies. I would rather drive it than my current FWD beater. Now the salt is a much different concern and we have tons of it here in PA, so driving the vette in the snow only happens when necessary
