ferd1971

Was watching the local WGN news tonight in Chicago and saw a C7 vert drive by in the background during a snowstorm. We are expecting 3-6 inches of snow tonight. This guy must really love driving his vette to risk driving it in this weather.

Steve_R

Nobody says that. There are two other threads, with pics, about this exact same topic on the first page of this forum right now. Some Vettes are kept as garage art and some are driven every day. They don't melt in snow or rain.

Stan0324

They may not melt, but they do not stop any faster and they will not stop another car from plowing into you. If its your DD, then you have no choice, if not, then make it a work of art until at least the roads clear up.

Weasel

It's not so much, "with a car like that," but it's, "with tires like that." If you were to put summer only tires like are on our C7's on a car normally good in light snow and the car would instantly be bad. I'm still driving my base coupe/7speed, but gingerly.

AORoads

Nothing wrong with it at all, unless something does go wrong which is more likely in bad weather conditions, and then the pristine car loses some "value." Tow truck operators love this time of year, wonder why. This, from C6 observer, in a closed thread:

"So its 27℉ here in Virginia today and yes its snowing...

Dear sir who brought out your shiny new grey C7 - you are an -----.

Your Vette straddling the median with the Honda CRV crashed into the side of it angered and saddened me all at the same time."

dvilin

I would worry more about other drivers losing control and sliding into me. Although I would not be out there in my Vette, but for some reason a few owners have no problem with driving year round no matter what the weather conditions are.

C7-Beast

^ This. I feel I can drive any car in any condition. It's not me I worry about. It's the SUV owners who drive on show/ice like it was 60 and sunny. 4 Wheel Drive does jack sh*t on ice. Yet I continue to see accidents because many SUV drivers have a false sense of confidence.

BTW, my DD is a 4 wheel drive SUV but I drive according to conditions not the number of drive wheels my car has.

mksz51

Body shops love this weather also. We had our first major snow last evening, about 6 inches. DD is AWD SUV - I'm happy to have it this AM.

TKay

Dont' forget the biggest destroyer of cars in the midwest, salt. True, they will not melt, but any iron will rust for sure.

Greg00Coupe

I love the logic you all use>>>>>>>>>>> or not!!!! Tell me then you don't drive your car in the rain??? I mean it gets more dangerous then sunny days!!! Or maybe you don't drive in the sun because of the glare. Point is if you really wanted to protect your ride you would never drive it.

I trade mine every couple of years and not one dealer has ever asked me hey has it been in the Ohio salt? We got 3 to 4 inches this morning and it did quite well.........even went out before the plows.

I'd rather be driving my car everyday then hanging on the forum counting the months til summer. But each to their own.

Some day if I am in a nursing home I'll be glad I drove the car daily. Only regret is it took me years to realize this.

AFVETTE

Didn't GM do extensive COLD weather testing on the Stingray? I hope so because yesterday it was 10 degrees out when I left home to head to work. My Stingray didn't break, in fact it seemed to perform and enjoy the COLD temps.

In fact tomorrow it's supposed to be single digits when I leave for work, the Stingray is going with me.

1SG_Ret

Plowed plenty of snow with my 87 when I lived in Illinois. Was my daily driver and biggest concern was other drivers. Most forget how to drive as soon as the first flake hits the ground.

After the obligatory learning curve (usually a couple of weeks) things settle down as do the other drivers.

Biggest problem I had was having the front brake freeze up while it was parked for 8 hours outside. Zero steering with snow on the ground as wheels would not turn and trying to get them to break free was a PITA.

Other than that, it was like driving any other RWD car.

Duntov7

Same here.....amazing how creative we get when we live in the great white north, have snow up our yin-yangs, but have only ONE car....a Corvette.....and have 50-mile return drive to work. SNOW TIRES. Worked for me 'several' years ago.

peter pan

Wow that is cold weather to be Vetting in, glad you get to do it

rrod436

The car was ARCTIC WHITE, of course he would drive it in the snow!

C7-Beast

With the right snow tires, there is no reason not to drive the Corvette if that is your only vehicle.

I used to have a 1990 LX Mustang. This was the worst car EVER in snow. Take your foot of the brake and the wheels would spin. Put a set of winter tires that would take studs (I never had studs installed) and I drove that car in up to 4" of snow with no problem.

It's all about the tires. Even all season tires are a trade off. I have other vehicles to drive in winter so I don't typically drive my vette in snow. My daily driver is a 2014 Subaru Forester and even though that has FT AWD and all season tires, I swap over to a set of Blizzaks for the winter. Just makes driving in any winter weather easier.

Do they even make Blizzaks in 19 and 20 inch?

glennhl

I have always driven all of my sports car in the winter time. Best time of year here in Arizona!

silversmoke1957

Well, it is wintertime and I drove my C7 today. It was a sunny, blue-sky day with afternoon temperatures in the middle 60's. Took a pleasure cruise along some twisty back country roads and then topped it off with a higher speed blast on the toll road with an 85 mph posted speed limit. Car ran like a dream. It may be hotter than hell in Texas in the summer, but every now and then we get a nice day in the winter time.

daytonagary

I had a 1961 Corvette in the mid 60's and drove it in Ohio weather every day 52 weeks a year. Rain, snow, sleet, etc. etc. No different today, if you want it to be your daily driver, drive it.

Vetteman Jack

If he chooses to drive it in that kind of weather, more power to him. As for me, that's why I have a daily driver - no need to get the Vette out and have to worry about all the crazy drivers around here. Besides, if the roads were covered in snow, no way I would be able to get the car out anyway since I live at the bottom of a steep hill with only one way out.