Snow? So?
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My car sits 2" lower than stock, and I could have bought a nice used car for what my suspension cost me. NO SNOW for me, or salt water roads for that matter. I drive in the winter if the roads meet both of those requirements. Its a long wait until spring otherwise.
God willing,by spring I will be out of this God forsaken state anyway. I will be living in a year round driving state that still honors the Constitution!
God willing,by spring I will be out of this God forsaken state anyway. I will be living in a year round driving state that still honors the Constitution!
Le Mans Master
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From: If you wanna live life on your own terms, you gotta be willing to crash and burn Florida
I'm up in WI and mine has been asleep since Oct. I love my vette, but I don't miss driving it at all. It's like dating the same girl for a while, after a few months you get sick of her. I bought my vette for looks and power, why ruin the looks with all the salt and S!!T they put on the roads when I wouldn't have too. Have a blast driving an expensive car in the salt and snow brothers, I'd rather have mine last me and still look new. I like driving my 06 Taurus, thing can drive off curbs, hit big potholes, plow throw 3ft high drifts and keep rolling.
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St. Jude Donor '12 thru '17
Disclaimer: While I've posted pics of mine in the snow earlier in this thread, I don't make a habit of it. I had no choice on the trip those pics came from as it was that or not make it to the race. I chose to go to the race as I look forward to it all year.
Melting Slicks
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From: Baltimore Maryland
Be careful about the ASSumptions you make. 
While mine is a base model, it's modified for high speed road racing. One of the mods is wider rear wheels so I can run much wider tires. I run Michelin Pilot Sport runflats as well, not all season or snow tires.
Those pics were from a trip where I had no choice. I was headed to the BBORR race in TX and had to get there in the Vette. I couldn't drive a different vehicle. I wouldn't have ever chosen to drive the Vette in those conditions, but it did surprisingly well for having wide, high speed rated summer tires. While it was not fun in places, it proves that it CAN be driven safely in those conditions if you know how to drive.
While mine is a base model, it's modified for high speed road racing. One of the mods is wider rear wheels so I can run much wider tires. I run Michelin Pilot Sport runflats as well, not all season or snow tires.Those pics were from a trip where I had no choice. I was headed to the BBORR race in TX and had to get there in the Vette. I couldn't drive a different vehicle. I wouldn't have ever chosen to drive the Vette in those conditions, but it did surprisingly well for having wide, high speed rated summer tires. While it was not fun in places, it proves that it CAN be driven safely in those conditions if you know how to drive.
Great ********* reply
, and I certainly know some base Vettes have wider, aftermarket wheels and tires like yours. But I still say while you proved to yourself you can certainly drive on wide summer tires in winter conditions if you know how to drive, that does not mean its safe.
And while you can always get caught in bad weather by surprise, its just crazy to take a car out with summer tires for a drive in snow or ice just to prove you can do it . . . . unless wrecking a Corvette is no big deal to you.
So absolutely no snow for me in the GS . . . maybe I'll take my motorcycle out instead
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St. Jude Donor '12 thru '17
Great ********* reply , and I certainly know some base Vettes have wider, aftermarket wheels and tires like yours.
But I still say while you proved to yourself you can certainly drive on wide summer tires in winter conditions if you know how to drive, that does not mean its safe.
And while you can always get caught in bad weather by surprise, its just crazy to take a car out with summer tires for a drive in snow or ice just to prove you can do it . . . . unless wrecking a Corvette is no big deal to you.
So absolutely no snow for me in the GS . . . maybe I'll take my motorcycle out instead
, and I certainly know some base Vettes have wider, aftermarket wheels and tires like yours. But I still say while you proved to yourself you can certainly drive on wide summer tires in winter conditions if you know how to drive, that does not mean its safe.
And while you can always get caught in bad weather by surprise, its just crazy to take a car out with summer tires for a drive in snow or ice just to prove you can do it . . . . unless wrecking a Corvette is no big deal to you.
So absolutely no snow for me in the GS . . . maybe I'll take my motorcycle out instead
I would have loved to hear the comments from the drivers around me about the idiot in the Vette in that weather. I'm sure they thought I was totally and completely crazy.
It's in the mid-30s here today and sunny. Roads are dry. I drove the Vette to work. No long term winter storage for mine.
Last edited by Steve_R; Dec 23, 2013 at 04:48 PM.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23
Nope - corvettes are not designed to be driven in snow. Handling predictably sucks and I will never intentionally drive in snow. Anyone that ends up in a crash in snowy weather driving a corvette gets no sympathy here from me.
Last edited by IrishSpuds; Dec 23, 2013 at 05:45 PM.
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I just got home from two long weeks in Minnesota. I can say for sure that Randy speaks the truth. I didn't take my Vette, I drove my winter car - 2013 Sonata. Between clearing out the wheel wells and dodging the giant chunks of snow/ice that fall off trucks in the middle of the road, it was an adventure in winter driving. I have to say that snow doesn't slow Minnesotans down. I don't care how bad it was coming down, they were driving, and nobody calls in to work because it's snowing or sleeting or icing. I am glad to be back in MO where the roads are clear. Maybe I will take my Vette out today.
Take an extra long Vette ride for us northerners while we freeze our butts off...
Hoping for an early spring.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Wow, these reactions! Some of the ladies posting on this thread really got all bent out of shape about my post, taking it as a personal affront that I'd dare challenge why they won't drive their car in the winter time on clear, dry roads when conditions are great for a cruise.
Yes, I understand if you won't drive in the snow, I prefer not to either, and I have a nice sedan for days like that, but if the roads are clear, have some fun with it. They're not going up in value. I personally prefer that the next person who owns my car doesn't get one in perfect condition because it never saw the light of day. Rather, they get one that's been beat to hell and driven hard, put away wet, and in need of lots of repair. That's how I know I did it right.
Some of the ladies posting on this thread really got all bent out of shape about my post, taking it as a personal affront that I'd dare challenge why they won't drive their car in the winter time on clear, dry roads when conditions are great for a cruise.Yes, I understand if you won't drive in the snow, I prefer not to either, and I have a nice sedan for days like that, but if the roads are clear, have some fun with it. They're not going up in value. I personally prefer that the next person who owns my car doesn't get one in perfect condition because it never saw the light of day. Rather, they get one that's been beat to hell and driven hard, put away wet, and in need of lots of repair. That's how I know I did it right.