Vettes are made to be driven?
12-14-2007, 03:50 PM
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Anothr reason I don't put too many miles now is I'm retired. When I was working just driving to work everyday racked up over 6,000 miles a year. 
I'm going to VIR again in Feb. for another HPDE, that will be another 200+ hard but fun track miles.
I'm going to VIR again in Feb. for another HPDE, that will be another 200+ hard but fun track miles.
12-14-2007, 04:01 PM
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What difference does it make? I use mine the way I see fit and I'm sure you use yours the way you see fit. What are we trying to do here? Is anyone trying to convince me to use mine like they use theirs? I'm not trying to convince anyone to use theirs the way I use mine. Everybody thinks their way is the correct way. 
12-14-2007, 04:20 PM
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And another thing:
Nothing I own is a DD anymore. Between my 06 Z06, my 97 C5 and my Silverado nothing gets driven everyday because I rotate and try to drive something different everytime I go somewhere and occasionally theres a day I don't go anywhere. I got to admit however the Silverado gets driven the least.
Nothing I own is a DD anymore. Between my 06 Z06, my 97 C5 and my Silverado nothing gets driven everyday because I rotate and try to drive something different everytime I go somewhere and occasionally theres a day I don't go anywhere. I got to admit however the Silverado gets driven the least.
12-15-2007, 12:59 AM
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Oh, I figured it out long time ago...
When I left the corporate world 15 years ago I gave away every suit, every tie, and every sports coat I owned. In winter I wear sweat shirts, in summer t-shirts. So, a tux? Ha!
Owning four sets of china, yes, I do eat off my best china everyday, whether it's a well-crafted rollatini or a hot dog.
Insofar as drinking my best scotch every day the answer is YES. I only drink ONE scotch period: Lagavulin 16
Watch? Have worn Heuers for 35 years (LONG before they were popular)
Jewelry? Just the watch, which I never take off.
I lost my two best friends at 23 in Nam, my two later best friends when each of them were still below 60, and I had a heart attack at 58.
So, yes, I drive my Corvette daily - in all kinds of weather - '07 C6 - 21600 miles - 14 states in the C6 and counting: 45 of the lower 48 in Corvettes - I have more than 400,000 miles in C4s, more than 40K in C5s...
Life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain.
Here's lifting a Budweiser to you shopdog!
Oh, I figured it out long time ago...
When I left the corporate world 15 years ago I gave away every suit, every tie, and every sports coat I owned. In winter I wear sweat shirts, in summer t-shirts. So, a tux? Ha!
Owning four sets of china, yes, I do eat off my best china everyday, whether it's a well-crafted rollatini or a hot dog.
Insofar as drinking my best scotch every day the answer is YES. I only drink ONE scotch period: Lagavulin 16
Watch? Have worn Heuers for 35 years (LONG before they were popular)
Jewelry? Just the watch, which I never take off.
I lost my two best friends at 23 in Nam, my two later best friends when each of them were still below 60, and I had a heart attack at 58.
So, yes, I drive my Corvette daily - in all kinds of weather - '07 C6 - 21600 miles - 14 states in the C6 and counting: 45 of the lower 48 in Corvettes - I have more than 400,000 miles in C4s, more than 40K in C5s...
Life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain.
Here's lifting a Budweiser to you shopdog!
12-15-2007, 11:59 AM
#206
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I totally agree drive drive drive, I have a 66 big block & put approx 2k miles a season , including running the 1/4 mile on oldies day........ I freak the " NCRS" types out when i go to the Corvette only wax shine & wax affairs & ask "what your ( C2 ) do in the 1/4 mile" they 
freek out ....my 66 ( vintage 66 L-72 ) best 13.06 ET ......no hedders stock side exhaust.note I belong to NCRS 25 years.............
"drive um dont waxum".............. my other Vette is a C6
The Dog
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12-15-2007, 12:44 PM
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Can someone tell why someone would paid over 50K for a gem of a vehicle and then not drive it? I'm always seeing 2 and 3 year vettes with little on no miles on it for sale. Saw an '05 C6 today with around 285mi. I have a friend that has a 04 C5. A beautiful car and it doesn't have 3 grand on it yet. I bought an 07 convertible this year and it already has 5500+. I'm not hating, just curious. I can't stay out of mine and its not my DD.
I drive mine so much I spend just as much time trying to keep it clean
12-15-2007, 01:01 PM
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Why would anyone not use their car on the Track or in HPDE's. You can't use all it's performance on the street, at least not legally or safely. How can you be enjoying your car the way I do. I only ask this because it seem there are people that wonder how I enjoy my car if I don't put at least 24,000 miles a year on it. I think the answer is we all have our own way of enjoying our cars. It's not that anyone's way is any better than anyone else's, just different.
12-15-2007, 01:13 PM
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Why would anyone not use their car on the Track or in HPDE's. You can't use all it's performance on the street, at least not legally or safely. How can you be enjoying your car the way I do. I only ask this because it seem there are people that wonder how I enjoy my car if I don't put at least 24,000 miles a year on it. I think the answer is we all have our own way of enjoying our cars. It's not that anyone's way is any better than anyone else's, just different.
Enjoy your car your way!
12-15-2007, 01:25 PM
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12-15-2007, 02:08 PM
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I would just like to thank the previous owner of the 2006 coupe I bought for saving it for me - 2100 miles on the clock when I picked it up in Orlando this August, and it was perfect! I may have paid a bit of a premium for the low miles, but not much, based on my research at Edmunds, Kelly BB, and in Manheim auction reports.
It has a little over 8000 on it now, after the drive home to KS from Orlando, a road trip to Columbus, OH, another to St Louis, and countless trips to my local pub (and the grocery store!). We also try to do a "day trip" at least once a week to points of interest in the local area.
There's a snowdrift blocking the Corvette side of the garage right now, but I'm confident it'll be back on the road next week.
There just is no "right" answer to the question the OP posed, but I get a smile on my face every day when I fire it up!
It has a little over 8000 on it now, after the drive home to KS from Orlando, a road trip to Columbus, OH, another to St Louis, and countless trips to my local pub (and the grocery store!). We also try to do a "day trip" at least once a week to points of interest in the local area.
There's a snowdrift blocking the Corvette side of the garage right now, but I'm confident it'll be back on the road next week.
There just is no "right" answer to the question the OP posed, but I get a smile on my face every day when I fire it up!
12-15-2007, 03:41 PM
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Why would anyone not use their car on the Track or in HPDE's. You can't use all it's performance on the street, at least not legally or safely. How can you be enjoying your car the way I do. I only ask this because it seem there are people that wonder how I enjoy my car if I don't put at least 24,000 miles a year on it. I think the answer is we all have our own way of enjoying our cars. It's not that anyone's way is any better than anyone else's, just different.
12-15-2007, 06:39 PM
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Have a '06 BMW 750Li, got that rather than a z06 (dealers here wanted 10 to 15k over msrp) it sits in the garage except for long trips, have 17k on it. Love to detail it, drive it like it should be,as good at 150mph as 65mph. Getting it a brother, c6 coupe ordered 3 Dec (can't think of nothing else), it will sit on the other side. Will do the same with the Vette, drive it. My wife ask the question, why it will just sit like the BWM. I smile, yep nothing like a man an his cars. See drives the Ford.
