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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 07:08 PM
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Is anyone else here in the northeast, tempted to take their Z out for a spin, after all the recent rain has washed the salt off the roads? Or should I just calm down and wait for April?
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 07:15 PM
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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Defintely ... Mine is my daily driver, so I generally dont have much of a choice. I just dont take it out on days where its snowing or going to snow. Otherwise, I'm out there driving mine. Just keep TC/AH on and have a blast. With the colder temps, doesn't take much to spin the wheels 1st to 4th.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 08:24 PM
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you have to even THINK about it?
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 08:53 PM
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Get out there and drive that thang !
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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She's not my daily but EVERY chance I get I'll be out......driving!!!![B]
Now get out there and go!!! Have some fun! That's what it for.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 09:41 PM
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Not me I look out in my neighborhood, and it looks like a gravel back country road...stone & cinders galore.
The Township usually has it cleaned-up by April/May...it's gonna be a long winter.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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Took the insurance off of ours....

Helps with the temptation
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 10:37 PM
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Drive it! You can always wash the underside at the do-it-yourself wash before it goes back to sleep
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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Just drive it carefully on heavily sanded roads(for your paints sake) then hammer down! I've been driving the hell out of mine!

Enjoy it, that's what it is made for.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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I think the extent of me driving mine right now is backing it out of the garage and letting it run for 20 minutes. Don't want to take a chance of getting chips and then having to clean it in the cold. I know, I'm a baby.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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You know, funny you posted this topic..........I was thinking the same thing!
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 11:17 PM
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I drove my z16 roundtrip from northern NJ to Stony Brook L.I. just yesterday.... drive it!
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by vette217
I think the extent of me driving mine right now is backing it out of the garage and letting it run for 20 minutes. Don't want to take a chance of getting chips and then having to clean it in the cold. I know, I'm a baby.
well at least you said it so we didn't have to
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 11:33 PM
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I drove mine to work today, and I'm not that far away from you
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 11:35 PM
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Daily driver here, too. Like the mailman - come rain, sleet, or snow, though I work for the school system, so if it REALLY snows, I have off work!
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Originally Posted by gresch
I drove my z16 roundtrip from northern NJ to Stony Brook L.I. just yesterday.... drive it!
Now that's something i would NEVER do!! (i'm not talking bout driving in the snow....i mean driving my Z on the L.I.E.
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 04:19 AM
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same here in chicago with all the rain adn warmer weather i took the car out for a spin the past couple days.....damn i miss this car
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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I drove it after the heavy rains last week and I fully intend to drive it most of this weekend as well.
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