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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 09:46 AM
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just let a Corvette sit and only drive them on sunny days?
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:36 AM
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my car is a fair weather daily driver but not a garage queen. If you only take it out once or twice a year or never then it is.
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:39 AM
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I also only drive mine on nice days.
I drove it less than 500 miles this entire winter. In the Summer I'll probably drive it at lease twice a week.
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:46 AM
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miles add character...mine has PLENTY of that :smash:
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:54 AM
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If I get caught in the rain, it just gives me some quality cleanup (Bonding) time with her :yesnod:
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 11:11 AM
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FWIW, I drive mine when I can, and the weather is gorgeous!! :cheers:
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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Why drive it in crappy weather if you don't have to?
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 11:37 AM
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Our vette is not really a garage queen...but I don't drive it in bad weather.
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 12:14 PM
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Why drive it in crappy weather if you don't have to?
My sentiments exactly. :yesnod:
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 12:31 PM
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i drive the avalanche or the trans am every day. i drive the vette on special ocasions...special ocasions when the weather is nice.
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 12:55 PM
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if its nice out, there is no good reason not to drive it :smash:
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 12:57 PM
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Our vette is not really a garage queen...but I don't drive it in bad weather.
Ditto. I will drive in bad weather if unavoidable or something really special like the recent Covered Bridge Cruise in Alabama. Yep, we had some rain.

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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 01:23 PM
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I enjoy driving our Vettes to death, so they're not "garage queens". But then again, they're too nice to drive in crappy weather, if I don't have to!
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 01:42 PM
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I only drive mine in perfect weather. Last year aloe I put only 150 mi. total on the '89. If they are going out of town it is in a enclosed trailer, but that is just me. I constantly take flack about being so peculiar about them. :crazy:
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Why drive it in crappy weather if you don't have to?
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 03:06 PM
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JUst keep it out of snow ;)
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 04:20 PM
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Does my mileage qualify mine as a garage queen? : :)
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 04:29 PM
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It's your car, whenever you'd like to drive it....drive it. When you want to let it sit, let it sit!

It's that simple.
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 04:47 PM
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My baby might melt :D
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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 04:50 PM
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No Rain Garaged but out on sunny days!!!
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