I drive mine rain or shine. Will not drive in the snow. I have a truck, and my wife has her Escape.

 

Also, c5's do well in the rain. They have a very good traction control/stability control which keeps the car pointed straight even if you try to get squirmy.

I have a lifted Jeep Cherokee 4x4 with offroad tires and I feel much much safer in the 'vette even if its storming. Snow is a different story, but there are guys on this forum who say with good snow tires they can get around in a c5 as long as its not more than an inch or 2 on the road.

Other big thing is the low ground clearance. Just take steep parts of the road at an angle and you should rarely bottom out.

 

Just picked up an 04 Z06 which will be my DD replacing a 2000 Dodge van. Drove it home over 160 miles from where I bought it. Nice ride except for some of the more extreme road bumps: and while it commands your undivided attention, it also commands the road. Wish we weren't in the middle of Isaac right now.....

 

After DD'ing your car, try going a few weeks with out, you'll wanna blow your brains out hahaha

I love DD'ing my C5 lol

 

I DD my '99 and it is great.

I just bought it this year so I haven't driven it in snow, but I did DD two C4's for 5 or 6 years and they were actually pretty good in the winter too.

Corvettes make a daily commute a lot better. They are fun to drive and even get better mileage than my "economy" cars.

chassed said about going with out it. It is really different when I drive something else and notice just how bad they handle and perform. I am always really glad when I get back to driving the corvette.

 

I've had mine since Feb and its been an awesome DD. I'm in Texas where we get more ice than snow. Should I be concerned?

 

It all depends on the tires bud. And your driving style of course.

 

That's interesting. Corvette's in general are a rare site here in the Bay Area. At least in the East Bay. The "fancier" cars are predominately Mercedes, BMW's, Lexus', etc.

It's very rare to come across an American sports car/super car.

I love driving down 880 noting I'm usually the only person in a Corvette. If I do see a Corvette (any gen), I get excited little kid!

 

Thanks everyone for the comments. My only concern would be the snow and salt they use here. Getting a junker for snow sounds like a nice idea.

 

I dd my c5 from spring to fall here in buffalo. The only thing that gets annoying is constantly having to avoid potholes as the roads around here are terrible.

 

Bought my '01 'vert with about 40k already on it, up to 115k now. It's served me well as a daily driver, and it's been supercharged since ~92k.

 

Really?

My commute's 85 > 237 > 800 up to Automall, and I usually see at least one or two Corvettes going my way, and usually a few going the other direction. Oddly enough, the days I end up having to drive one of our other vehicles I see even more 'vettes around.

Also, with the NorCal Vettes crowd and Santa Clara Corvettes around, there's always plenty of folks driving their Corvettes as DD's around the bay area.

 

I drive my ’04 Coupe every day to work and back and I hate it. You read correctly, I HATE it.

I hate it every morning when I’m going out the door and say, “Damn. Gotta take the ‘Vette to work again, as it is my Daily Driver.”

I hate starting it and having to put up with the initial grumble of the Corsa exhaust I installed.

I hate having to rely on the 350+ horsepower needed to squeeze into traffic nearly every morning while suffering from the roar of that damned exhaust for 4.6 seconds.

I hate that my 32 mile round trip commute is mostly made up of twisty back roads between several straight sections with a 45 mph speed limit. I mean, come on! Who can drive 45 on a long, straight back road? I try to reduce the amount of time I’m on such ridiculously posted stretches, and I hate that I have to do that.

At the end of the day, after completing my 7.5 hour job with the State, (a job that’s closed if they predict even a trace of snow the night before here in North Carolina,) it all starts over again.

Walking to the last space in the parking lot, I stare at this beast and moan, “Well, here we are. Gotta slide into that low, leather covered seat and put up with the grumbling, the roaring, and the time-reducing stretch-shortening ride, all to have to do it again and again every day.”

Yes, my ’04 Coupe is my Daily Driver.

And I hate it.

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Not DD now as I have a 100 mile round trip commute in Houston traffic but when I retire in 2 months it will become my DD