Lloyd Smale

I love the up of MI but our season is short. Time for hunting then winter sports.

4CamJon

I also put mine to bed also last weekend. The drive up from the Twin Cities to the south shore of Lake Superior had pretty good colors for this late into the fall. The LT5 loved the 45 degree air and got 26 MPG running pretty fast.













Sorry for the poor Iphone photos.

N42375

Another Vette tucked away for the winter. Summers are too short,winters too long. Counting the days till spring.

92ragtop

Only 193 more days until my car cover comes off, and the vert sees the light of day again. Sigh.

QCVette

I am more optimistic. I hope for a lot of good days yet.

I don't put mine up for the winter, I just don't drive it when there is salt on the roads. There have been quite a few years that the "salted season" hasn't been that long.

Hope for the best.

skyhawk50

Mine are driven year round ( 4 C4's )

81c3

Man, I would hate to have to put my car up for any real length of time... We live in an area that has such low humidity that when it does snow, its off the streets withing 2 days. We hardly ever get more than a couple to 4 inches of snow at a time anyway... its never a big deal. I can pretty much drive year round.

Sabre34

I hope the down time is short. I am fortunate to be able to drive my Corvette year round.

Raidmagic

Well not something I ever have to worry about. lol

nutsy

do you guys put battery tenders on? i think they can sit a few weeks without one if you start them occasionally

dmaxx3500

sad to see the leaves turning already

belairbrian

Been there. I was stationed in upstate New York for 12 years. Had to put the 79 vette, the spitfire, MG and 280Z away for winter. Then it was a Toyota 4x4 to get me to work.

And Work meant 4 to midnight on the flightline. Summer was welcome relief.
Seemed people were always doing something in the summer. No time to loose.

Here it gets hot, really too hot to be out some days. We don't get snow and we don't put the toys away. But we take summer for granted.

Then we hide inside for 2 months we call winter.

For now it's Friday Night Lights and waiting for Talladega. Another month and I'll start shuttering the pool.

billschroeder5842

Here was my Vette on a typical winter day in Texas. I used to live around Chicago but could no longer handle the cold, snow and wet. Your car will thank you if you move south.

Just say'n....

1bdvet

It's only September there is no snow or ice not drive her till the first frost!

skyhawk50

Hers a before pic for post# 6. There really is a C4 under that foot of snow.

MRPVette

Glad I don't have to put mine up for the winter.

bluestreak63

It's too early for these types of threads.

Tom400CFI

^Totally.


A few WEEKS? They should be able to sit for months w/o issue. Last year, I put mine up in mid Nov. I put a trickle charger on it for a day in late Feb (though the battery wasn't dead, it was likely down a bit). Didn't touch it again until mid June, when it fired right off on the first compression stroke.

Nick DL

I have quite a while before I have to park it for a prolonged period of time. I live in Pa, so depending on how our winter goes, depends on how long she will be parked. I do drive mine in the winter, as long as there is no snow, salt or freezing rain. The rest of the time is go time. The Vette heats up a lot faster than my Durango!

For those times that she is tucked away, yes, she is on a battery tender. I also put my truck on one if I'm not going to be driving her for a few days too.

bac22

Seems too early to put the vette away regardless of where you live! I generally get till the middle of November before Ma Nature decides to become an itch with a capital B here in New Hampshire!

Otherwise those crisp fall days with the leaves changing colors is my favorite time of the year to be driving the vette!