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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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Of course most of us don't drive our Vette in snow weather, but what about every other day?
Drive mine every day and refuse to let it sit in a garage.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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I drive mine every day while it's out of storage - I usually put it away in mid-to-late October and pull it back out sometime in March.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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I usually put mine away at the end of November and out at the end of March or early April. Depends on the weather. This year I had my vette out on March 6th. Earliest ever in 25 years.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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Just about everyday, year round!
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 06:16 PM
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Just about everyday, year round!
someday in your neighborhood maybe.
Would love to say goodbye to snow.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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cars been my only car since last august. this fall however im buying a new daily driver so the vette will be a nice weather toy
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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Its my DD only in the summer and if its going to be a rainy day or chance of storms it stay in the garage.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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I can't afford "garage queen". My '91 is my DD, rain or shine, except in the dead of winter. I have a Jeep for that! I just put on a new set of BFG g-Force Super Sports this Spring and they have a tread pattern that makes them excellent in the rain.

Why wouldn't I drive my Corvette in the rain???
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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Its been my DD for more than 5 years... I haven't had the occasion to drive in snow since I left Colorado Springs. However, driving in snow was not bad on Bridgestone Potenza's however, then I bought GOODYEAR GSD3s Honestly the Goodyears rock in rain and dry however on Ice, snow and even when its dry but really really cold (not so much)
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 08:17 PM
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I drive every day year round.
I run 4 snows on the stock wheels durring the winter months (although there are only a half dozen days a year when there is snow on the road) and GSD3s on the summer chromes.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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64 miles a day plus all the ripping and romping
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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Every day. Even in the snow. Vettes since 1980.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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I drive it till the snow flies.
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My C4 ain't scared of a little snow

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Originally Posted by aboatguy
My C4 ain't scared of a little snow
I think my vette woud **** it's self if it ever saw snow...oh wait, maybe that's me.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:29 PM
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Mine is a "toy", so it does have a spot in the garage and is not driven every day.
But I do put a lot of miles on it when I do drive it.
And it gets plenty of "rain time" too.

Just finished up day 1 of the Power Tour.
About an 8 hour drive today from Newton, IA to Springfield, IL.
Normally it wouldn't take that long, but there were probably 4,000 other Power Tour cars along for the trip.

Had a great day going through the small towns.
Sarge is no longer a Power Tour virgin.
I hope he and his wife had a great time, I know we did.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:36 AM
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Well I'm looking for a C4 vert as a dd and unfortunately it can ice and snow in Texas. Ugh why can't I just move to Miami
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 09:43 AM
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Every day, seven days a week. I drive in the rain....at least twice a week, every week.
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I have a company car and free gas, so the Vette comes out only on the weekends. If I had to have a daily driver, I would certainly use the Vette for DD duty.
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