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Old Nov 17, 2015 | 04:17 PM
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C5 cover on the C7,another coat of Zaino,, Battery Tender on & wait for warm weather not this Michigan kind.
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Old Nov 17, 2015 | 04:28 PM
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Jeeeezzzz I hate to say it but mine goes under the cover probably this weekend; the following at latest. I thought about buying A/S tires and driving it at least sometime into the winter; but as you know, (fking1) the roads here are horrible and certainly won't get any better as the weather gets worse.
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Old Nov 17, 2015 | 04:43 PM
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So how well does the C5 cover fit? I ask because I also have an old cover from my previous car (a C5). Before you ask...I'm just too lazy to go try it Anyway, here in MN its been rainy but I'm still hoping to get a few more days in with the C7 before snowmobile season.
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So how well does the C5 cover fit? I ask because I also have an old cover from my previous car (a C5). Before you ask...I'm just too lazy to go try it Anyway, here in MN its been rainy but I'm still hoping to get a few more days in with the C7 before snowmobile season.
My understanding from other posters is the C5/C6 covers fit fine
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Old Nov 17, 2015 | 05:39 PM
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As you can see from the pic, it fits pretty good.
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 10:57 AM
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Geeeeze! Run that cover through the washing machine! I hope the inside is cleaner than the outside.
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 11:03 AM
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Frigid temps in Phoenix, too!
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 11:13 AM
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My C7 gets driven year round (so does my wife's Z06).

For snow, we have the Dodge 4x4
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Not yet, Gonna try for 2-3 more weeks.
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 01:43 PM
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Not yet, Gonna try for 2-3 more weeks.
1-3" snow predicted for Chicago on Sat, I suspect the salt trucks will be out.
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 02:25 PM
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Geeeeze! Run that cover through the washing machine! I hope the inside is cleaner than the outside.
Inside is clean. Don't know how outside got so dirty as it has only been used inside. Probably water and dirt from garage door.
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Originally Posted by Carvin
1-3" snow predicted for Chicago on Sat, I suspect the salt trucks will be out.
Yeah, snow predicted here for Sunday. If it's only flurries and in the 40s, we'll still be out there. Ironically the ZR1's tires (Conti's) are much better in the rain than the 'summer' tires on the C7.
Not nite-nite time just yet........
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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Globeman
Geeeeze! Run that cover through the washing machine! I hope the inside is cleaner than the outside.
I was thinking the same thing.
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Have a feeling it won't be long before mine is put away for the winter. May be able to get a few more driving days this year.
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My condolences... ( ex Ohio resident )
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Old Nov 19, 2015 | 02:48 AM
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Fleece blankets for mine. Sad day, indeed.<br/>
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Old Nov 19, 2015 | 06:50 AM
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Won't be putting mine away anytime soon.. But looking forward to using the seat heaters at some point... Still 85 here in SFLA during the daytime..
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Coming soon, possibly this weekend!
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Old Nov 19, 2015 | 07:35 AM
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Did that 30 years in a row. One of the advantages (perhaps the only one) of getting old is I can take my Corvette to FL now instead of putting it to bed Nov-April. No more periodic, pointless lifting the cover on a fender to say--still red!

This winter, too, shall pass.
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