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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Cortlandt Manor? I am in Peekskill and I know how you feel!
Great...maybe we'll meet at Dunkin Donuts on 202 on Tuesday nights or Cortlandt Town Center on Sat. nights IF IT EVER STOPS RAINING. I'm in a torch red vert.
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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Damn-rain until mid week AGAIN. Anybody want a house in NY? My car needs Arizona or anyplace dry!
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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Send some of that rain down here to Fl. 110 heat index in the shade and no relief in sight
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 02:57 AM
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I'm gonna let everyone of you in on a secret. Drive the car. Rain will not hurt it. Letting it rot in a garage does more damage than rain.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Thank God it's supposed to rain again today, I was worried it wouldn't
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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I'm gonna let everyone of you in on a secret. Drive the car. Rain will not hurt it. Letting it rot in a garage does more damage than rain.

What fun is driving in the rain?
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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I am also in the same boat, but i take the vert out, but rather take the bike out, freaking rain, needs to stop, enough allready
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Camjamsdad
I'm gonna let everyone of you in on a secret. Drive the car. Rain will not hurt it. Letting it rot in a garage does more damage than rain.

100%. On some of our trips, we've been caught in rainstorms
so bad, we've had to pull over because the wipers
could not keep up....

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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Camjamsdad
I'm gonna let everyone of you in on a secret. Drive the car. Rain will not hurt it. Letting it rot in a garage does more damage than rain.
c'mon, your telling me the car won't melt ? I find that hard to believe
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Head south to Texas. After a few weeks of 100 degree temperatures and no rain, you won't mind getting your car wet.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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HMMMMM...drive Corvette in rain or drive Corvertte in garage?
Had mine 3 years, driven in rain many times. No evidence of melting, many smile miles. Good excuse to wash and wax.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
Head south to Texas. After a few weeks of 100 degree temperatures and no rain, you won't mind getting your car wet.
How's about 130 degrees like we have here just now?
The pavement is too hot to walk on and the vette roof may
as well be welded on as it ain't coming off until October
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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All it's been doing is raining here as well. If it's not snow, it's rain ...
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Camjamsdad
I'm gonna let everyone of you in on a secret. Drive the car. Rain will not hurt it. Letting it rot in a garage does more damage than rain.
I spent soooooooooo much time detailing the body, interior and engine>>no way will it see rain. Well at least for a while.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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All those hours just to admire it in your garage. That's cool. I can think of a lot cheaper garage ornaments. You shoulda bought a poster if you weren't gonna drive it. Mine sees daily duty in all weather. Yes snow has been thrown in to the mix a couple times as well. In fact I drove home from De_Vette's house in a snow storm.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 11:57 PM
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Mine has not melted,,,from the rain OR the heat!! I however almost melted today in a father son golf tournament,,108 heat index!!Had a blast with my youngest son,,we took the FRC out there!! I HAVE found this past week that my silver foil/bubble wrap center windshield sun shade is PRICELESS!! Pewter car with BLACK interior,,,man does that shade help!!!
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by De_Vette
What fun is driving in the rain?
More fun than NOT driving the Vette! Drive or wish you were driving. hmmmmmmm.........
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:07 AM
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More fun than NOT driving the Vette! Drive or wish you were driving. hmmmmmmm.........
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:10 AM
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Same here;
One or two days of sun followed by two or better weeks of rain.
It's been this way since the snow left, we had only one above 80 degree day and it's been in the 60s since.
I agree the rain isn't all that bad, though, where I live, I'm two miles into the woods on a dirt road, I'll wait until I see the sun!
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