Mine has been under cover since November and definitely having withdraws!
Withdrawals
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 195
Likes: 2
From: Exton PA
I went from a C4 to a C6 in Jan. 2011 and like you, had TWO DAYS to drive it before a major snowfall rolled thru leaving snow on the ground for >2 months! The perils of getting a new vehicle in winter.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 5,832
Likes: 1,682
From: Rochester New York
Mine has been stored over to my friends garage since November 15th. Only has 309 miles on it since taking delivery on October 22nd. Still looking at about 3 to 4 more months! Looking forward to Spring!
Safety Car
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 4,488
Likes: 1,028
From: MN
I made it until late November, but now hibernating in our heated garage. Withdrawal is a good title! My last 3 sports cars were all 4WD, and I had good winter tires for all of them. So unless it was really bad, I drove them anyway. This is the first car I have ever had that I have put away for the winter, and it's a bummer.
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Race Director
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 15,323
Likes: 2,077
From: Guelph, Ontario
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Race Director
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 10,742
Likes: 629
From: Manheim Pennsylvania
I was good to go until this past Thursday, highway department went ape pretreating the roads (what a waste). Temperatures are expected to be in the fifties later this week. A few showers should clean local roads, hopefully will be on the road again by week's end. I hate winter, cold, all the salt, and snow.
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 31
Likes: 11
From: Canfield Ohio
Mine's been parked since mid November, probably won't get to drive it till late May. The real withdrawal pains are going to come next weekend when I'm at Spring Mountain for 3 days watching my wife take the 3 day school.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,209
Likes: 933
From: Just outside a swamp in Florida
I walked out the house this morning it was 32°, and the wind was blowing about 20 mph. That stuff was painful!
I did a U turn went back upstairs and got back into bed. Told my wife the paper could wait until the sun gets higher in the sky, as I pulled her in closer to me, and she said get those cold hands off me.
I honestly don't think you could pay me enough money to deal with those kind of temperatures for any length of time.
Hats off to you that do.
I did a U turn went back upstairs and got back into bed. Told my wife the paper could wait until the sun gets higher in the sky, as I pulled her in closer to me, and she said get those cold hands off me.
I honestly don't think you could pay me enough money to deal with those kind of temperatures for any length of time.
Hats off to you that do.
Pro
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 483
Likes: 39
From: Woodville Ohio
Pro
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 514
Likes: 105
From: Georgia
Or southwest Florida! I just got back from spending a week there and must have seen over 300 Corvettes (mostly C7s). The sun was shining every single day and the temps were in the mid 80s every day except one where it only got up to 65. Not a single day of rain. As soon as my wife and I got home we booked another week there for December 2017 (in Marco Island) and we're going to the Fort Myers area in 4 weeks for a 4 day long weekend. We plan on retiring in 5 years and will spend all of our winters down there (and will have traded the C6 for a C7 by then too and will bring that with us every year). I'm sick of the cold and the snow and having to keep my Corvette parked in the garage 99% of the time in the winter (I drove it twice this week but only because the roads were dry and salt free, but last night they salted the heck out of them so it will stay parked for a while longer)
Pro
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 578
Likes: 151
From: Lockport Illinois
Mine has been in storage since December. Took the cover off last week to put in my Lloyds mats and realized how much I really miss driving and looking at my baby.
Last edited by Playboy2; Jan 8, 2017 at 07:27 PM.
