I got it bad!!
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: MI
I got it bad!!
My first Vette. 2012 GS and I am about as **** as they come. Though I've had it for less than 2 months now I'm completely out of control here. Seems I'm always detailing it, not a speck of dust makes it to the paint and I'm quick detailing it. I wash it once a week whether it needs it or not, I avoid highways taking secondary roads to the families crawling in the right hand lanes, avoiding construction areas creating dust clouds. Every evening before it's garaged I quick detail any bugs or road tars etc off it. Got 3000 miles on it already.
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: DFW Texas
My first Vette. 2012 GS and I am about as **** as they come. Though I've had it for less than 2 months now I'm completely out of control here. Seems I'm always detailing it, not a speck of dust makes it to the paint and I'm quick detailing it. I wash it once a week whether it needs it or not, I avoid highways taking secondary roads to the families crawling in the right hand lanes, avoiding construction areas creating dust clouds. Every evening before it's garaged I quick detail any bugs or road tars etc off it. Got 3000 miles on it already.
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Racer
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Niagara Falls NY
My first Vette. 2012 GS and I am about as **** as they come. Though I've had it for less than 2 months now I'm completely out of control here. Seems I'm always detailing it, not a speck of dust makes it to the paint and I'm quick detailing it. I wash it once a week whether it needs it or not, I avoid highways taking secondary roads to the families crawling in the right hand lanes, avoiding construction areas creating dust clouds. Every evening before it's garaged I quick detail any bugs or road tars etc off it. Got 3000 miles on it already.
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2011
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My first Vette. 2012 GS and I am about as **** as they come. Though I've had it for less than 2 months now I'm completely out of control here. Seems I'm always detailing it, not a speck of dust makes it to the paint and I'm quick detailing it. I wash it once a week whether it needs it or not, I avoid highways taking secondary roads to the families crawling in the right hand lanes, avoiding construction areas creating dust clouds. Every evening before it's garaged I quick detail any bugs or road tars etc off it. Got 3000 miles on it already.
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: Cleveland (Ohio City) OH
My first Vette. 2012 GS and I am about as **** as they come. Though I've had it for less than 2 months now I'm completely out of control here. Seems I'm always detailing it, not a speck of dust makes it to the paint and I'm quick detailing it. I wash it once a week whether it needs it or not, I avoid highways taking secondary roads to the families crawling in the right hand lanes, avoiding construction areas creating dust clouds. Every evening before it's garaged I quick detail any bugs or road tars etc off it. Got 3000 miles on it already.
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
2 months and 3,000 miles. That is the important part. It means you are out driving it which is why you got it. Good for you.
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2011
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No flames, just a thought. Owning and appreciating how good a C6 looks is just part of the fun. Experiencing its performance capabilities is the other part of the fun. Getting it dirty by the latter and then washing/detailing it for the former gives you the full experience!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Frankfort Illinois
No flames, just a thought. Owning and appreciating how good a C6 looks is just part of the fun. Experiencing its performance capabilities is the other part of the fun. Getting it dirty by the latter and then washing/detailing it for the former gives you the full experience!
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Burning Brakes
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From: NJ: the garbage state
yeah basically its losing money just sitting there. im losing the same amount of money on my investment but atleast it drives me places. you should have purchased a corvette monument/statue instead. they are wateproof too.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania
Wipe it down after every ride . . . have 183 miles on it . . . . Soooooo, you've wiped it down twice
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Frankfort Illinois
I expected all the responses, I'm ok with it, I have a company truck, work way too many hours like a lot of you. Busy on the weekends & such but honestly really enjoy having the car, when I do drive it I really enjoy it, as many on here say, it's mine & I can treat it or drive it as I choose. I've had 3 C6's & average about 2-3K per year.
Drifting
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,618
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From: Southport North Carolina
My first Vette. 2012 GS and I am about as **** as they come. Though I've had it for less than 2 months now I'm completely out of control here. Seems I'm always detailing it, not a speck of dust makes it to the paint and I'm quick detailing it. I wash it once a week whether it needs it or not, I avoid highways taking secondary roads to the families crawling in the right hand lanes, avoiding construction areas creating dust clouds. Every evening before it's garaged I quick detail any bugs or road tars etc off it. Got 3000 miles on it already.
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Are there support groups for those of us with this problem?.......lol
OMG, I am the same way and it is a 2007 AW Vert. It's true love!
Drifting
Joined: May 2012
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From: Southport North Carolina
I feel your pain. I've had mine for half the time and have put over 2500 miles on it. I suspect my neighbors are starting to crack jokes about how often I wash my car. But I refuse to be like the guy up the street who leaves his GS Vert outside all winter and seldom washes it.
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