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I drive mine at least once a month, more often if the weather is nice, so long as there's no salt on the roads. We live far enough off the beaten paths, that we seldom get any salt. Mine has a great heater in it.
The best mechanic I ever knew, my grandfather, advised me, "The best way to store a care, is not to".
High performance tires are not suited for driving in snow, ice, or cold temps. Tire manufacturers usually have disclaimers on websites about not driving in those conditions The compounds get hard and traction can easily go away. If the roads are covered with snow, the front air dams can work like small snowplows and buildup from that can block the path for incoming air to the radiator and air intake for the engine. Snow can even rip those air dams off the car.
I usually don't drive either my C4 or C5 once the weather gets bad, I have battery maintainers on both cars and I keep about a 3/4 tank of 92 octane gas in each along with some StaBil gas treatment.
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Originally Posted by flyingmfrc
It snowed a good bit this past week. The C5 is on the battery tender. At 7,000 feet in Flagstaff, we can get a lot of snow. but the streets clear up pretty fast with the dry climate. It's a dry cold you know. I'll be taking the FRC out tomorrow though. I may not drive it as much during the winter, but I'll drive it occasionally.
Wow, nice old blower. I have the 1994 smaller TRS 22 all restored. It was my Dad's.
Stored away until spring. I have a friend who drives a newer 911, has 4 winters so he can drive it year round roads permitting. I couldn't be bothered even if I could afford 4 extra tires...
Also in the Southern Tier of NY my 02 been stored since the end of October and will stay until rain cleans the copious amount of salt of the roads usually if lucky middle to end of March.
As long as there isn't snow on the road. Single digit temps really wakes the LS up. You do have to pay attention with cold tires on cold worn smooth asphalt . It is quite fun.
One thing that I'll mention, that generally isn't discussed in these "do you drive your Corvette in the winter" threads, is the topic of tires. Beginning in 1984, Corvettes have been equipped with wider and wider, low profile tires, and they don't work well in snow. I don't mean from the temperature/rubber compound aspect, but the ability of a wide tire to cope with snow. My 50 years of winter driving experience has taught me that in order to effectively deal with snow, a narrower tire works much better at punching through the snow. There are just not any alternative sizes that fit a Corvette, that will maintain an OD that will make the operating systems happy, yet are significantly narrower, to better cut through the snow.
I never drive mine in the snow, though I do have the Run Flat All season Michelins on it. I live far enough south in Iowa that it melts several times a winter.
Since we're posting John Deere snowblower pictures, I'll add mine.
We're "somewhat" lucky here in Flagstaff. We are in the middle of Volcanoes, so they use cinders on our local roads instead of salt. When the roads are dry, it doesn't get all in everything, but the cinders can chip the paint. On the more used roads the cinders get blown off the side so it's not a problem. Even with three feet of snow, it's dry and sunny in between, so the roads are clear and dry most of the time. Gotta watch out for these guys though....
We're "somewhat" lucky here in Flagstaff. We are in the middle of Volcanoes, so they use cinders on our local roads instead of salt. When the roads are dry, it doesn't get all in everything, but the cinders can chip the paint. On the more used roads the cinders get blown off the side so it's not a problem. Even with three feet of snow, it's dry and sunny in between, so the roads are clear and dry most of the time. Gotta watch out for these guys though....
We drove Route 66 down to Flagstaff and the grand canyon from Iowa, back in 2007 or so. Really enjoyed the drive from Flagstaff down into and through the canyon to Sedona, in a Miata at the time. The caution, look out for elk signs were a bit un-nerving in a two seater. We'll have to try it in the Vette, soon.
Hey Jim- if you come through Flagstaff and see a red FRC, honk. There's another road sign you don't see often on the East Rim Drive at the Grand canyon.... watch out for Mountain Lions....
Last edited by flyingmfrc; 12-10-2018 at 01:49 PM.
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