Avoid if possible.
Oh My God
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Pearland TX
St. Jude Donor '03-'06-'07-'08-'09
Originally Posted by BudgetPlan1
Black Car + rain + infantile obsession to keep clean = wash, wash, wash, wash.
Hopefully i will tire of this soon.
Hopefully i will tire of this soon.
don't count on it! if by some miracle you do, post the secret. 
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Vancouver Washington
Originally Posted by dbirdhouse1
I finally drove my Vette in the rain yesterday AND IT DIDN'T MELT....I may do it again sometime..... 
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Vancouver, WA.
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From: The Beautiful Pacific Northwest
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09, '14-'15-'16-'17-'18
I bought my '02 coupe in last May 30, at the start of the good weather. For all but maybe just a few days here in the Pacific Northwest, it's been beautiful weather...top off driving for the most part. Soon as I'd get home, out comes the cleaning cloths, getting it back to it's pristine condition. Tires shined, lint removed from black carpet, glass Windexed, polished aluminum wheels sparkling, etc. etc...
NOW, it looks like rain for the next week or so. I hate the thought of driving a less than perfectly detailed Vette but as it is my daily driver for now, I guess I have no choice. Not sure I'm ready to start washing my car in the rain. Oh well, that's the price of living in the nicest part of the country.
NOW, it looks like rain for the next week or so. I hate the thought of driving a less than perfectly detailed Vette but as it is my daily driver for now, I guess I have no choice. Not sure I'm ready to start washing my car in the rain. Oh well, that's the price of living in the nicest part of the country.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Jacksonville Florida
Considering that our weather around here lately has been, "partly cloudy followed by a hurricane, tropical storm, tornadoes" and a few other just nasty thunderstorms - it's kinda hard to avoid driving in the rain. 
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Melting Slicks
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From: Lino Lakes, MN _________________________ I Figured out how to do this!
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06
Day I picked up mine from the dealer it was raining. NOw it is made of sugar so I can't take it out in the rain any more!
Pro
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From: Prattville AL
I drove mine to my g/f's house the other day in the rain.......she lives on a dirt road 
As soon as I got home, I took out a hose and sprayed off any mud, and the next day once it cleared up, I washed it!
As soon as I got home, I took out a hose and sprayed off any mud, and the next day once it cleared up, I washed it!
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: yardley, pa 19067
If you were at Corvettes of Carlisle on Saturday then your vette got wet!! ....It was funny as the sun came out after the rain to see hundreds of people cleaing their cars at the same time.. 
....It was funny as the sun came out after the rain to see hundreds of people cleaing their cars at the same time..
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: South East coast Florida
Originally Posted by dbirdhouse1
I finally drove my Vette in the rain yesterday AND IT DIDN'T MELT....I may do it again sometime.....
Le Mans Master
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From: Murphy TX
Originally Posted by boatboatboat
I find it funny, that the same guys who won't drive in rain, are the same ones who spend all day Saturday dumping water (washing) their Vette, and getting water in every knook and cranny.
It was very defeating, and after a while I just couldn't keep up with it.
Now, my '04 is not my daily, so if there are storms, snow etc. I don't have to drive it. It stays pristinely clean and looks great when I do drive it. It's a nice change.
That being said, I have run on the track in the rain, which is a really great learning experience.
So, the net of it is I like to avoid rain because I simply don't have the time that it takes to detail a VERY dirty vette, and I love to have it clean and shiny when I do drive it. It has nothing to do with water actually touching the car.