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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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when i left homw on Wednesday it was 35 degrees outside. I was thinking time to put the car away. Now here in Ft Myers its sunny and 75 and i see Corvettes all day. You are all makeing me very sad
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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Yea....life's a beach.
Enjoy your trip here in FL!!!



Boy did it get cold last night though. Low 50's...brrrrrrrrrrrr
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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Yea....life's a beach.
Enjoy your trip here in FL!!!



Boy did it get cold last night though. Low 50's...brrrrrrrrrrrr
I turned the heat on in the vette when I left school last night around 10pm. It was down into the mid 60's I can't take that polar bear weather.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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It's just one of the advantages of living in the south I guess.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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You should move to the sun belt!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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:lol ya that seems pretty horrible. maybe you just need to drop the vette off at my place. so it wont be uhhh be put in such horrible punishment
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by saj716
Yea....life's a beach.
Enjoy your trip here in FL!!!



Boy did it get cold last night though. Low 50's...brrrrrrrrrrrr
Im in the panhandle so it did get into the high 40's last night.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:54 AM
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You poor Nothern Brothers, have to put up with all that nasty weather while us in the South get to drive our Vettes year around and that is soooooo nice
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:58 AM
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Not to bad in California too!

I drive mine year round!

Thanks,Matt
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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I love having the break in seasons.....makes you appreciate the spring and your car that much more, and gives you the winter to save up and do some mods! I love that feeling when you know springs coming and you cant wait to take the car out on your first spring drive!
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I love having the break in seasons.....makes you appreciate the spring and your car that much more, and gives you the winter to save up and do some mods! I love that feeling when you know springs coming and you cant wait to take the car out on your first spring drive!
We even have car shows this time of the year going to one on Saturday
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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Im over in Fort Myers also, I drove my vette from Miami across I-75 lotts of cops. Im here for a week with work. it is very nice here.lotts of corvette's. temp is just right 6o f
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by saj716
Yea....life's a beach.
Enjoy your trip here in FL!!!



Boy did it get cold last night though. Low 50's...brrrrrrrrrrrr
Man would I like to shove a snow cone up your........
I hate cold weather! It was 25 here this morning, frost like a bit**, and I'm having issues with the HVAC not acting right. You have any idea how cold your azz can get when you're driving along with warm air blowing out the passengers side and ice cold air blowing on YOU?!?!? Now THAT'S what you call BRRRRRRRRRRR baby!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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I need to move farther north. its in the mid 50's here today, I'm in the mood for 30's now. I'm probably one of the very few who feels this way about temps, but I just like the cold! My two favorite temperatures to be outside in shorts would be 50's if the sun is out, or 70's under overcast skies. anything warmer than that and I start sweating, then I go find some A/C
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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I moved to Lutz, Florida from Sutton, Massachusetts (born and brought up in Worcester), arrived 12 November 2005. Best thing my wife and I ever did. I don't miss the People's Republic of Massachusetts at all.

I drive a really nice black on black Eldorado, which is not rusting away on me down here. If I spent another winter in Massachusetts I would have had a real serious problem with rust on my Eldo.

My wife's '98 Explorer is seriously rusted. It runs like a dream, but is so badly rusted it must be replaced. The road salt and acid rain up there just eats vehicles up!

Later this year my Eldo will partially pay for a nice C5 vert...
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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I've lived in the South my whole life. Every time I visit the north, even in the summer, I'm left thinking "why do people live up here?" Having to put away your nice car for the winter must really suck.

The only other part of the country I'd live in is the Southwest. I like it out there and you can drive nice cars year-round.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OutKlast
I turned the heat on in the vette when I left school last night around 10pm. It was down into the mid 60's I can't take that polar bear weather.
Don't make me have to email mother nature and have her send you all some of this 30 degree weather we had last night!
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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I'd just like to point out that we spend 4, or so, months of every year hoping that a hurricane isn't going to blow through and destroy everything we own.
I like to think we earn our winters.




BTW, I drove to work with the top down every day this week
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by madmatt9471
Not to bad in California too!

I drive mine year round!

Thanks,Matt
Same here!
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