How do you use your C5?
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 3,905
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From: Orlando FL
00 with 57K on the clock. I drive it to work everyday. I eat in it, drink in it. If it rains, it gets dirty and wet. I even put my wet shoes on the Lloyds mats. It is a great driver and I NEVER get home from work in a bad mood, all of the crap from the day just melts away on the drive home.
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,639
Likes: 39
From: Winston-Salem North Carolina
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
As a race car. As therapy. As an escape. As a fountain of youth. As an object of pure pleasure. As much as I can. As a place to bend the ole lady over. 
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 810
Likes: 0
From: Kennesaw, GA Peach State Posse
Cruise-In VI Veteran
I drive mine to work occasionally and go on trips in it but it isn't my DD. I try to keep it as clean as I can, but if I get caught in rain or have to go somewhere while it is wet I just clean it up afterwards. I like to show the car, but I'm not going to win any awards so I don't have to keep it in pristine shape. I got it to have fun with and sitting in the garage all the time or putting extreme limits on when I can get the car out of the garage wouldn't be very fun. I'd love to have one as a DD, but I keep the Trailblazer for hauling stuff and it is also a little cheaper to insure as my primary vehicle.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 3,424
Likes: 0
From: Las Vegas Nevada
St. Jude Donor '07-'08
My intentions were to drive it only on the weekends but that didn't last but one weekend. Have had the vette for twenty one months and have put 26,000 miles on her. Lately i have been trying to keep her in the garage and drive my truck... But, again it has only been a week...Must admit i am an addict. And no i don't want help. 
Just admitting to it 
Just admitting to it
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,159
Likes: 2
From: Stillwater, OK
I'm new to the C5 scene. I am going to purchase a 98 C5 that has averaged 11k miles a year for a new DD. I am young, work part time and attend college. I cant afford a newer low mileage car so I am picking up something entry level that has been well kept for my commuter, a kick *** commuter at that.
Why buy a car if your not going to drive it? Why buy a vette if your not going to enjoy it?
There are tires on them for a reason lol!
Why buy a car if your not going to drive it? Why buy a vette if your not going to enjoy it?
There are tires on them for a reason lol!
Pro
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 569
Likes: 0
From: Nashville TN
I've got an F-150 for a DD. I work a week on / week off and drive the truck to work and the car on my off week, unless the weather is bad.
'04 with 6500 miles (had it about 18 months), so not a lot of miles. My daughter asked me the other day if the windshield wipers work, and all I could say is "I guess they do sweetie, but I'm not really sure...."
Enjoy it!
'04 with 6500 miles (had it about 18 months), so not a lot of miles. My daughter asked me the other day if the windshield wipers work, and all I could say is "I guess they do sweetie, but I'm not really sure...."
Enjoy it!
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 16,795
Likes: 62
From: Lake Havasu City, AZ
Our '88 Vert with 18k miles is the "fun in the sun" weekend car.
Our '01 Vert with 87K miles is our "rain car" ie we take it everywhere and do everything with it as long as there is no snow or ice on the road....
Our '01 Vert with 87K miles is our "rain car" ie we take it everywhere and do everything with it as long as there is no snow or ice on the road....
Pro
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 729
Likes: 18
From: Oxford Pa
St. Jude Donor '05-'10-'12, '15
Originally Posted by vette99coupe
I'm 59 and we have a 99 arctic white coupe A4. When we bought it about 14 months ago (on ebay from a guy in FL), it had 30K miles. It now has 44,600. My goal is to put about 10K/year on it. Logged 9,500 in 2005. Being in PA we don't drive it too much Nov-Mar so that allows us to have more miles to use during the nice weather. (We DO drive it in the winter on weekends when the weather is good and there's no salt, snow, ice on the roads). We also take 5-6 road trips a year to the shore (Ocean Cit, MD), etc.
Our next door neighbor has an 87 coupe and only has about 30K on it. Needless to say his philosophy is different than ours. Theirs sits in the garage most of the time collecting dust.
Our next door neighbor has an 87 coupe and only has about 30K on it. Needless to say his philosophy is different than ours. Theirs sits in the garage most of the time collecting dust.
We have waved to each other!!
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,511
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From: "Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been
Mostly a daily driver...I do haul some fish in it once in a while and in the winter I have a snow plow attachment for clearing the driveway...
Hey John....HOW ABOUT POSTING A BIGGER PICTURE!
Hey John....HOW ABOUT POSTING A BIGGER PICTURE!