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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 12:15 PM
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Well the temperature is a balmy 40 something today so I declared take your Vette to work day. Couldn't wait any longer. I bought it to drive!
This is the Hudson River Ice Flow from the Newburgh Waterfront right before work. The sunrises over Mount Beacon are beautiful sometimes.
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A lot of Ice this year in the Hudson River.
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 12:20 PM
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Hell yeah! I got ONE dry day recently, and I took full advantage of it

When I took this picture, it was 25 degree
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 12:21 PM
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Nice picture

I just got mine out yesterday. No snow here on Cape Cod. It rained and the roads dried up. No salt. Feels great when you have been deprived for so long.
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 12:22 PM
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Drive it as often as you can. I take my Z out in the evenings when the temp dips into the 30's. Traction is a negative, but it's still a blast to drive. Have fun and be safe!
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by TorchRedLS6


Drive it as often as you can. I take my Z out in the evenings when the temp dips into the 30's. Traction is a negative, but it's still a blast to drive. Have fun and be safe!
I was a little worried about the traction (actually still am) I have Firestone INDY 500 Summer tires on it, so I don't take the corners too hard.
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 01:02 PM
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Rust never sleeps. Road salt is not your friend. I used to take mine out occasionally when I lived up there. Last time I was in Newburg I was boating on the river. Nice pix!
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 04:11 PM
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Partly sunny and 75 in NC. I put the top down and went for a ride. Just a short one, and maybe some more tonight.
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Nice photo shot.
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Sounds like a good day for you. It was an unbelievable 75* here today but there is so much salt on the roads from our recent layering of ice that the car stayed inside. We need a good heavy rain to wash off the roads then it will be time to drive the car.
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nice I grew up 12miles north of there on the west side....an IBM town.

now thats a river ..........not these namby bamby southern creeks that they call rivers


heck thats motor cycle weather

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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Heyspike
Well the temperature is a balmy 40 something today so I declared take your Vette to work day. Couldn't wait any longer. I bought it to drive!
This is the Hudson River Ice Flow from the Newburgh Waterfront right before work. The sunrises over Mount Beacon are beautiful sometimes.
Enjoy.



A lot of Ice this year in the Hudson River.




New York is beautiful stare ! Jones Beach
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 08:43 PM
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that photo looks familiar, soonI will be doing the Captree run and the OBI
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Old Feb 15, 2018 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Heyspike
A lot of Ice this year in the Hudson River.
Can't be lots of ice.

Global warming...

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Old Feb 16, 2018 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
nice I grew up 12miles north of there on the west side....an IBM town.

now thats a river ..........not these namby bamby southern creeks that they call rivers


heck thats motor cycle weather
I am an old IBMer 1981-1988 Field Engineer -Paramus to Poughkeepsie, used to have an office in Building 330.
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After a few days of rain, the weather was 70+ today in the Washington DC area. Couldn't leave the Z06 in the garage. Back to reality as snow is expected on Saturday.
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Old Feb 16, 2018 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Heyspike
I am an old IBMer 1981-1988 Field Engineer -Paramus to Poughkeepsie, used to have an office in Building 330.
i was a college summer intern in the big clock building at the end of spackenkill rd and rte 9 in 1977 or 78.

i had three jobs mount tapes, retrieve tapes from tape library and make sure the printers had paper and were not jamming
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Originally Posted by MisterG
Partly sunny and 75 in NC. I put the top down and went for a ride. Just a short one, and maybe some more tonight.
And "only" 74 today! But then 49 and rain tomorrow.
I've been out testing my new Billy Boat PRTs today.
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Old Feb 16, 2018 | 05:19 PM
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Great pic, looks cold though.
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Old Feb 16, 2018 | 09:22 PM
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Love reading these threads from you guys that live in the snow areas. I would love to live there, but that won't be for a while. I guess I'm blessed to live in a place where I can drive mine year round. Cool pics!
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Old Feb 17, 2018 | 03:10 AM
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Craziness here in DC...
75 yesterday - Snow tomorrow - 75 on Tuesday
I def drive it when I can...even if I get stuck in the rain with my top off (only happened once)
It's just a pita to detail so I try to stick to dry roads and sunny days.
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