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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 03:49 PM
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Nice weather here today, so in honor of the C7 being announced today, I took my coupe out of winter storage and went for a nice long drive. First ride of the new year. Needless to say it felt real good after over a month of not driving it.
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 05:37 PM
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We're fortunate here, there enough nice weather that we can drive them all year long!
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Congrats on getting some seat time. Had to be a really good feeling. Can't wait to get mine back out on the road, but until the roads clear here, it will just have to sit in the garage.
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by dcandel
Nice weather here today, so in honor of the C7 being announced today, I took my coupe out of winter storage and went for a nice long drive. First ride of the new year. Needless to say it felt real good after over a month of not driving it.
I did the same thing! Mass resident here and I sure did enjoy the unseasonably warm temperatures!

Warm weather the day after the reveal of the new C7.... The gods were on our side here on the East Coast.
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dcandel
Nice weather here today, so in honor of the C7 being announced today, I took my coupe out of winter storage and went for a nice long drive. First ride of the new year. Needless to say it felt real good after over a month of not driving it.
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
We're fortunate here, there enough nice weather that we can drive them all year long!
nobody like you sun hogs...
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 08:50 PM
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You are more brave than I, during winter time all I do is sit in my stored Corvette and make vroom vroom sounds
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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As long as the roads are dry, I'll drive in the winter as well. Not much, but it's nice to get some 'seat time' !
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I haven't in the past just because of all of the crap still on the roads. Found it to easy to loose traction.
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Originally Posted by dcandel
Nice weather here today, so in honor of the C7 being announced today, I took my coupe out of winter storage and went for a nice long drive. First ride of the new year. Needless to say it felt real good after over a month of not driving it.
I did the same thing last Saturday. We had rain last Thursday overnight that washed the salt off the roads. It felt great to be out in the Vette and I got some curious/envious stares. Now it's back under cover, probably for several weeks.
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