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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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Just for fun, I am sure I have broken almost all of them. I'll start.

1. I drive in the rain.
2. I have gone a few days without cleaning it.
3. I have driven in through hail.
4. I have left it outside not in the garage before.
5. Sometimes during lunch I eat in my car.

-Alex
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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#1
#2
#3
#4:forgot it was outside, top WAS on and windows were up
#5but only a doughnut (and the door was open, one foot outside)
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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I have hauled tuna heads [shark bait] in mine! Also been known to smoke a good cigar at times .
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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I don't have a garage...so mine sits outside rain/shine (although i do have a car cover for it and use it often)

I eat in it all the time, i just try not to get it everywhere and always clean up afterwords.

During the summer it gets a bath ever...week or less in the winter its a lot longer than that.
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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1. I drive an A4
2. I don't have Lloyd's mats
3. I have been known to drive in the rain
4. While paying attention to the road, I may have missed a wave or two
5. I still have runcraps
6. I don't have a shirt, jacket, socks, sneakers or jewelry with "Corvette" on them
7. I hauled bags of mulch and fertilizer in the trunk before
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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I drive it during the winter!! OH no!
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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Rules are made to be broken
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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All of the above
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Oh yes, I have missed a few waves due to paying attention to traffic also.

-Alex
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what they said except no shark bait!!
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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I'm an enthusiast, so I like many of the manufacturers/models other than GM/Corvette.
Not that I'd own some of them, but I appreciate the passion, work and creativity that other enthusiasts put into their non Corvettes...
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I drive in the rain, but not the snow.
It lives outside (no garage).
I have been known to eat Rita's in car. Carefully.
Wash it often inthe summer, not so much in winter.
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I have probably broken all of them.
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Originally Posted by AlexSmith
Just for fun, I am sure I have broken almost all of them. I'll start.

1. I drive in the rain.
2. I have gone a few days without cleaning it.
3. I have driven in through hail.
4. I have left it outside not in the garage before.
5. Sometimes during lunch I eat in my car.
Yes, I have done all of these and probably a whole lot more. But, I enjoyed the car very much even with the rule breaking.
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You may not want to hear this, but a few times I have put 87 octane in my car...!

And of course I have broken every other rule mentioned including hauling a mattress strapped to the top of my car.

Well, except smoking, definitely no smoking in or near my car.
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I drove home from Home Depot with concrete patio blocks in the back and I routinely drive with as many as six little dogs hanging their heads out the windows. Oh Yea, I've spilled a Couple of 44 oz. Drinks all over the passenger seat and floor.
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Originally Posted by jraschke11
You may not want to hear this, but a few times I have put 87 octane in my car...!

And of course I have broken every other rule mentioned including hauling a mattress strapped to the top of my car.

Well, except smoking, definitely no smoking in or near my car.
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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I drive in the snow. (often),
I eat in the car..( not so much with the current wife. take it any way you like!)
Rain's a common happening...wipers work.
I have dried the vette "at speed" instead of the wipe-down.
Parked in a normal slot at the lot...once!!!
I just like to use the vette...as often as I can.
Let my ex-step son take the vette out unattended!
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Where did you dump the body? Or did you field dress a deer on that Mattress?
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Originally Posted by AlexSmith
Just for fun, I am sure I have broken almost all of them. I'll start.

1. I drive in the rain.
2. I have gone a few days without cleaning it.
3. I have driven in through hail.
4. I have left it outside not in the garage before.
5. Sometimes during lunch I eat in my car.

-Alex
Never done any of the above.
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