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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 12:52 PM
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I finally drove my Vette in the rain yesterday AND IT DIDN'T MELT....I may do it again sometime.....
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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Been there, done that. Just takes a while longer to detail.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:07 PM
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I can't believe it. I had nightmares that mine would be just a pile of Yellow goo in the road.

Maybe I will give it a try one day (after another coat of Zaino).
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:17 PM
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Wife thinks I'am nut'so, must keep an eye on the sky !
Oh well, never said we covette people were normal, hahaha
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:17 PM
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Amazing isn't it....I drive mine in the rain all the time
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:23 PM
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Can't even bring myself to think about it!
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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Won't the body panels rust
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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...autocrossed in the rain a couple weeks ago....
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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All of you who drove your Corvettes in the rain are HEATHENS!!! - what it didn't...wait, nothing happened to the...ohhh they can get wet from another source other than a FILTERED water hose?? hmmmm, who knew!
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:52 PM
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The Vette is built to drive in the rain.

Very little parts in a Vette that are rustable.

GM went out of their way to make this car from materials that are light and rustproff.

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.
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If it were mine I would pull it up on the ramps and wash and wax the undercarraige, again. But then yesterday I spent 6 hours with the buffer polishing the Borla stainless steel resonators (mufflers). They look great... if you lay down on the creeper.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by boatboatboat
The Vette is built to drive in the rain.

Very little parts in a Vette that are rustable.

GM went out of their way to make this car from materials that are light and rustproff.

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.
jThat is hitting the nail on the head. It's a car....drive it.
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Originally Posted by onedog 00
jThat is hitting the nail on the head. It's a car....drive it.
Mine Vette is my daily driver, just not in the rain. Its not that the vette can't handle it or it will get wet. But I live in So. Ca and if you have ever been on the fwys here when it rains, you would go before Congress and BEG to make the driving test harder! So I drive my less favorite car, the Infinity I35, and hope/pray no one hits me.
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Originally Posted by boatboatboat
The Vette is built to drive in the rain.

If it was meant to be driven in the rain then why didn't GM include the weather stripping for the hood?

LOL
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I once drove mine down a gravel road... in the rain. I was scared it wasn't ever going to run again.
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If it was meant to be driven in the rain then why didn't GM include the weather stripping for the hood?


Obvioulsy you have not heard of the addvantages of external water cooling.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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Black Car + rain + infantile obsession to keep clean = wash, wash, wash, wash.

Hopefully i will tire of this soon.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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I love driving mine in the rain with the clear top on.
The only bad thing is that it leaks sometime.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 03:14 PM
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When you live in Oregon you either drive it in the rain or don't drive it at all. Then to make matters worse it's BLACK. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment!

As stated earlier......wash, wash, wash.
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