I知 done driving until Spring!!!!
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
Exactly why I cringe when people ... drive the Corvette in snow on the roads covered with salt and gravel.
Think they are looking cool when they actually look foolish!:
... I drove my new car one winter. It was never the same showered with pits on the front and lower rockers. Hood and windshield pits. ...
Think they are looking cool when they actually look foolish!:
... I drove my new car one winter. It was never the same showered with pits on the front and lower rockers. Hood and windshield pits. ...
My '06 is driven about 350 days out of the year, washed frequently (including the undersides during the winter) and looks just fine at 7 1/2 years in service. Of course, gravel is not used on our roads.
Finally, in 56 years of driving all types of cars during the winter, I've never had any serious issues with pits on any car from winter driving, although I have had a few windshields cracked from debris tossed up during summer driving.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
Well it does matter what climate, if it's real winter weather ice, snow because the sheer volume of stuff on the roads they put down with the gravel trucks and salt compounded by being wet. Summer driver causes WAY LESS damage to your car! You gotta be kidding?
With road construction heaviest during the warmer months, there is a lot more chance of road debris being tossed up by a vehicle in front of you. Vetteman is correct and not kidding, except in your mind!
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One could argue that it is more foolish to buy a car and not drive it, than it is to drive the car and suffer minor damage that in 10 years time will be a very minor concern.
I admire those willing to enjoy their car in any condition they are comfortable with.
It looks like the rocker area is protected by a factory applied clear-bra type material. Hopefully the long-term fix for that is to simply replace the protective layer.
-T
I admire those willing to enjoy their car in any condition they are comfortable with.
It looks like the rocker area is protected by a factory applied clear-bra type material. Hopefully the long-term fix for that is to simply replace the protective layer.
-T
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One could argue that it is more foolish to buy a car and not drive it, than it is to drive the car and suffer minor damage that in 10 years time will be a very minor concern.
I admire those willing to enjoy their car in any condition they are comfortable with.
It looks like the rocker area is protected by a factory applied clear-bra type material. Hopefully the long-term fix for that is to simply replace the protective layer.
-T
I admire those willing to enjoy their car in any condition they are comfortable with.
It looks like the rocker area is protected by a factory applied clear-bra type material. Hopefully the long-term fix for that is to simply replace the protective layer.
-T
Last edited by sly1; Jan 20, 2014 at 09:57 PM.
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Joined: Jan 2014
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From: Texas
One could argue that it is more foolish to buy a car and not drive it, than it is to drive the car and suffer minor damage that in 10 years time will be a very minor concern.
I admire those willing to enjoy their car in any condition they are comfortable with.
It looks like the rocker area is protected by a factory applied clear-bra type material. Hopefully the long-term fix for that is to simply replace the protective layer.
-T
I admire those willing to enjoy their car in any condition they are comfortable with.
It looks like the rocker area is protected by a factory applied clear-bra type material. Hopefully the long-term fix for that is to simply replace the protective layer.
-T
Yeah...What HE said!
