C6 as a DD?
06-16-2013, 05:03 AM
#45
Team Owner
I'm daily driving mine, only 8 miles round trip per day.
Honestly,
1) anxiety about where to park in the lot, i.e. parking further away or hunting for a good spot, is a pain for me.
2) anxiety about keeping it looking pretty - when you daily drive it - is a bit of a pain, but my car is black and I like to keep it shiny.
3) it's aggravating driving a fast car slow, i.e. when you are in a line of cars and trudging along at 20 mph in stop and go.
For daily driving the route that I drive, I enjoyed my Miata a lot more, I felt I was a nimble rabbit racing around corners rather than a caged beast restrained.
Honestly,
1) anxiety about where to park in the lot, i.e. parking further away or hunting for a good spot, is a pain for me.
2) anxiety about keeping it looking pretty - when you daily drive it - is a bit of a pain, but my car is black and I like to keep it shiny.
3) it's aggravating driving a fast car slow, i.e. when you are in a line of cars and trudging along at 20 mph in stop and go.
For daily driving the route that I drive, I enjoyed my Miata a lot more, I felt I was a nimble rabbit racing around corners rather than a caged beast restrained.
06-16-2013, 03:14 PM
#46
Race Director
My C5 Z06 was my DD up to 130k miles. No issues other than wear items. My base C6 is as well. 7k miles first 6 months. Been in snow rain you name it. If not for a harmonic balancer failure it would have been perfect.
06-16-2013, 04:14 PM
#47
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St. Jude Donor '12
I daily drive my vette in Chicago. Have a wheel / winter tire combo that goes on in November and comes off in March. In 2012 there were only two days I did not drive my car as a result of weather.
06-17-2013, 02:59 AM
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Amen - bro! The only time mine isn't on the road is if there's snow, because it's pretty much uncontrollable. But we have an AWD Caddy CTS and a Jeep Cherokee to compensate. And snow doesn't happen very often here, so I can count on my fingers the days the 'vette hasn't been on the road this winter.
06-17-2013, 03:19 AM
#49
Melting Slicks
I daily drive an A&A supercharged C6. 607rwhp and 535rwtq. It's fine for a daily driver since I kept the stock cam. You could even put a mild cam in a supercharged car and it will behave fine for daily driving. I wouldn't recommend a nasty NA car with a huge cam. That gets annoying.
