Winter Corvette or WRX/STI
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Virginia Beach
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I'd love to have both... I have an '87 Toyota 4x4 5-spd truck as my beater... driving to work the past few days have been almost as much fun as driving the vette.
It's just a blast to do donuts and go off-roading for no reason in the snow, was almost late to work
It's just a blast to do donuts and go off-roading for no reason in the snow, was almost late to work
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Richmond Virginia
Originally Posted by alex1217
If you buy the Subi, you'll regret it. Sure, you'll be able to drive it all year round, in rain, snow, etc. but will it give you the same joy as the vette? No. Don't get me wrong, they're nice cars but will you get the same giddy joy from looking at it, that you get from looking at your vette? Will you be able to see a caravan of vettes pass you by in your WRX and be able to hold back the tears? A couple of months of downtime is not a big deal compared to a lifetime of joy that vette will bring you. Now if you can get both, that would be ideal.
Race Director
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Originally Posted by Saints Vette
Hi Mike, I can understand how a guy from Irvine Ca can not understand the frustration of putting the Vette away for 5 or 6 months of the year. Truse me its not easy and the thought of driving an STI or EVO could give me year round driving fun rather than waiting for spring. Anyway, thanks for the advice.
Well, it's obvious that you have another car for DD, so just trade it in on the Suburu...
Do you really think that 12 months enjoyment of the Sub will be as good as 6-8 month enjoyment of a C5? If so...get it.
But for me...there's no way.
If you're that worried about it, just drive your C5 in the winter...many people do it. Put some M/S tires on it for the winter and you'll be fine...
Don't tell is it's too nice to do that to...cause that's what you're going to do if you replace it...
Supporting Tuner
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From: ================== Houston, Texas www.englandgreen.com ================== Necessary Evil™ __________
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
Originally Posted by Saints Vette
Hi Mike, I can understand how a guy from Irvine Ca can not understand the frustration of putting the Vette away for 5 or 6 months of the year. Truse me its not easy and the thought of driving an STI or EVO could give me year round driving fun rather than waiting for spring. Anyway, thanks for the advice.
You PARK your vette for 5-6 months???????? It's not a holy relic - it's a car!!!
I drove my Vette on Saturday - 2 days ago - Christmas day - all over CT - um.. December 25th - the middle of winter...
So lesson for today :
1> THIS is a Ricer Daily Driver for bad days (see above for description of bad days
). It is affectionately known as "The Beater"
2> THIS is a Vette that does not melt in rain and can be washed, Zaino'ed and detailed. It is affectionately known as "Inferno"
...and BTW, this was a joke
EG
Last edited by EG@EnglandGreen; Dec 27, 2004 at 09:09 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lake Oswego, Near Portland Oregon
Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
I would use the WRX as a beater, sure
The Suba would be fine as a second car, but i gotta tell you, it aint no Vette. You might be well served by picking up a used front drive VW or a used Suba AWD, these can be purchased for about the same as as nice set of Vette wheels and tires. Cheap, and great to protect the Vette
Jennifer
