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Old 01-27-2018, 08:36 AM
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*55F and sunny out yesterday. My daily driver got a much needed bath. Michelin PS A/S 3+ tires and "W" mode make driving all year a pleasure with the exception of deep snow or ice.





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Old 01-27-2018, 08:53 AM
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Yep, its Saturday bath time for mine later today!
55 in Phila!
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Gonna take mine out for a ride today and have the dust blow off it as it will be 55 or so in NJ.
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It's sunny and 54 degrees here in KC. I got my baby out today too.
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Grew up in Jersey but had a lot of extended family in Indiana and Blairsville. Great summers as a kid...........
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Originally Posted by Scruff Vette
*55F and sunny out yesterday. My daily driver got a much needed bath. Michelin PS A/S 3+ tires and "W" mode make driving all year a pleasure with the exception of deep snow or ice.




Love your wheels. Do they match the one at this link?

https://detroitwheelandtire.com/hol-...RoClwUQAvD_BwE
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Those are not the same wheels, I have the same wheels as 2016C7,paul. He has the factory wheels. The spokes have a steady curve and are gloss black.
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Originally Posted by 2016C7.paul
Love your wheels. Do they match the one at this link?

https://detroitwheelandtire.com/hol-...RoClwUQAvD_BwE
Thank you, but no. The wheels on my car are are 2016 stock base black wheels, 18" front and 19" rear. The spokes are flared where they meet the rim. The ones in the link look like stock black Z51 wheels.
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Originally Posted by Scruff Vette
*55F and sunny out yesterday. My daily driver got a much needed bath. Michelin PS A/S 3+ tires and "W" mode make driving all year a pleasure with the exception of deep snow or ice.





Well done Scruff.
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Very nice. We’re living out of a hotel at the Beaver Valley Mall currently as we sold our house and couldn’t close on the new one until 2 weeks after closing of old. Corvette is in a storage unit. Hoping to be able get it to the new house Saturday and get it washed next nice day, it’s a mess.
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Good deal. I remember those days of waiting for a 40+ degree day to wash the cars.

Was 91 deg. here in SoCal today.
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Looking Good!
Bet the garage floor drain comes in handy for washing this time of year too.
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Originally Posted by SK360
Very nice. We’re living out of a hotel at the Beaver Valley Mall currently as we sold our house and couldn’t close on the new one until 2 weeks after closing of old. Corvette is in a storage unit. Hoping to be able get it to the new house Saturday and get it washed next nice day, it’s a mess.
Good luck. We lucked out last July and moved into our new home 1 week before closing on the old one. Anyway, keep the faith. Corvettes at Quaker Steak and Lube in Sharon is in late April...just around the corner.

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A thread dedicated to washing a car.

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Originally Posted by Scruff Vette
Good luck. We lucked out last July and moved into our new home 1 week before closing on the old one. Anyway, keep the faith. Corvettes at Quaker Steak and Lube in Sharon is in late April...just around the corner.
Yeah, awesome when things work out that way. Offer on our old place came out of the blue so we had to scramble to find something we liked.... sellers of new place were building another and needed until 2/1. Is what it is. Shes got a 3 car garage to come home to though so thats a huge plus

I'm not much into Corvette shows or Corvette clubs... but I may show up to the show in Sharon... it's not a bad drive from Beaver and there's Louisiana Lickers. lol
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There made to get dirty, and they also clean-up well, for another ride.
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Originally Posted by dbirdhouse1
Grew up in Jersey but had a lot of extended family in Indiana and Blairsville. Great summers as a kid...........
I lived in Blairsville in the late seventies. Buddy of mines first car was a used vette.
Guess you could say that's where it all started for me.
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Looks good! I did a quick wash and wax on mine two weeks ago. I've found that as long as you keep a good continuous coat of wax on the car during the winter, the salt doesn't have as much of an affect. I'm surprised you DD a Corvette in Western PA! You must be VERY good at driving in the snow!

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