Vettes are made to be driven!!!
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,890
Likes: 1
From: Bismarck North Dakota
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
I have too many cars to make the Vette the daily driver, I planned it that way. The lesser cars in my "collection" take the brunt of the stop and go work driving, along with the rain and snow. The Vette is for night cruising and weekend stuff. This Vette has to last for several years. That is why I hardly drive it.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 455
Likes: 0
From: Fraser MI
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (stillthere)
i drive mine every nice day (without rain) unless i am going to a customer in downtown Detroit!!...or when the vette is broken (opti, etc... :mad) ...i just don't have time to clean it every few days...i did manage to put about 4k miles on it in the last few months...on crappy days i drive my '95 Aurora
:cheers:
:cheers:
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 5,889
Likes: 2
From: Castro Valley Calif.
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
VEttes are made to be driven.
To each his own, some people might think others are crazy for beatin' up on a car like a Vette :D
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 2,466
Likes: 0
From: livin life one hold my beer moment at a time Houst Tx
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (Caboboy)
I have 170k on the clock on mine. :D Drive it every chance I get, even if its just to hop in and drive with no place to go. If im not on the forum, at work, or sleeping, im in the vette. :chevy
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 4,548
Likes: 3
From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member, Inland Empire Chapter
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
Ive had mine 3 months now and have averaged 1000 miles per month. It would be a lot more but I have a company car i use for work. They should be driven I think too but I know people have the right to make the garage queens as well. What I really hate is when I see something like that ZR-1 that had 83 miles on it a while back or that Grand Sport with 8 miles on it...THATS just not right (IMHO). :blueangel:
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 9,713
Likes: 3
From: Sachse Texas
Cruise-In I Veteran
Cruise-In II Veteran
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (konroh)
If it is not getting prepped for a race, or down because of what happened at a particular race, I drive it when it is nice out and when I have somewhere to go. I am not a big fan of driving it in stop and go traffic for 45 minutes so I take the big Suburban. I do drive it to work every now and then though. Makes the days I do drive it more smilable. :D It is not a perfect car and has the milage of a driver, but it is still my fun car so if I drove it every day, I would need another toy.
Now the '93, the wife does drive everyday rain or shine. She has put almost 40k miles on it in the last 3 years.
Now the '93, the wife does drive everyday rain or shine. She has put almost 40k miles on it in the last 3 years.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Every 2027 Corvette Engine Explained
Joe Kucinski
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Verdad Gallardo
10 Ugly Corvettes That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 12,246
Likes: 0
From: BC
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (Drewdog)
A few C4's I know of have like 70,000 KM on em. Its because in Canada we have this thing called the four seasons. Vettes only get driven about 6 months a year sometimes less.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 9,713
Likes: 3
From: Sachse Texas
Cruise-In I Veteran
Cruise-In II Veteran
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (Micky T)
We only have two seasons down here in Texas. A lot of people think it is summer and winter, but really it is racing season and off-season. ;)
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 57,132
Likes: 90
From: Kennesaw, GA www.96LT4.com
Former Moderator
Cruise-In II Veteran
Cruise-In III Veteran
Cruise-In IV Veteran
Cruise-In V Veteran
Cruise-In VI Veteran
CI3 Car Show Winner
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
I guess you're mad at me, but I can't drive mine daily. My company gives me a truck to drive. I begged for it so that I could keep the miles down. To me, when I drove it everyday, the power seemed to go away. Now, when I drive either one of them, it is like getting a brand new Vette. :cheers:
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 3,529
Likes: 1
From: Rehoboth MA
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
I don't use my car as a daily driver, but when I do have a chance to take it out, I take it out. I did not by a vette to sit in the garage all it's life; I bought a vette so I could drive it. Having it sit in the garage would totally defeat the purpose of me purchasing it. I bought this car o have fun. Right now it has 102,000 miles and it's still running like the day it rolled off of the assembly line at Bowling Green. I do the normal preventive maintainance, oil changes, checks..etc. That car is like a child to me, but if children don't get excersise they get unhealthy and so does a car. Every week I drive it 100 miles each way to the track to race it. Racing that's another thing they had in mind when they built these cars, but I'll save that for when someone creates the topic "Vettes are made to be raced."
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,498
Likes: 0
From: Bucks county Pa
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (Crusher137)
Have averaged about 1500 miles per year. Everytime I drive it it feels like I just got, like it is new to me. It wouldn't feel that special if I drove it everyday.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,498
Likes: 0
From: Bucks county Pa
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (Crusher137)
Have averaged about 1500 miles per year. Everytime I drive it it feels like I just got, like it is new to me. It wouldn't feel that special if I drove it everyday.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 6,713
Likes: 0
CI 1 through 10 Vet
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
just cruisin thru the C4 section and i know i dont belong in here but i couldn't agree more! I'll set and look at 'em when my bones are too old to shift gears, till then-drive 'em. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,857
Likes: 0
From: Yakima WA
Re: Vettes are made to be driven!!! (webs92)
I tend to agree w/you. I would love to drive mine everyday, but unfortunately, my Vette has other ideas. I can't depend on it. In fact, it just went to the shop for a prob w/02 sensor. Now probably going back on Monday because shift cable is F'd up. (I doubt I can fix it). But, in concept, I do agree w/you. I would love to drive mine everyday... I have owned it for 2 1/2 months and have put 900 miles on it.
