A different driving experience
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A different driving experience
I'm noticing that while driving at night and with the car being so low that the oncoming headlights appear to be shining more directly into my eyes. I also experienced a dramatic situation the other day when it was raining and trying to pass a truck to avoid the spray, I encountered unbelievably more spray because I was at tire height. Just putting it out there. What are your observations?
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Do you have the mirrors which dim auto at night...really a must have in a low riding car. As far as rain from a truck...never driven the corvette on the highway with rain. I generally take back roads and avoid highway travel. Much more scenic and more turns.
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OP, yes it sits lower so expect more headlight glare than other cars.
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I've driven such vehicles all my life and I've never noticed lights or spray being worse than with my other cars. Now, I will say that where I live there have always been so many pickem-up trucks lifted to varying degrees that it makes no difference if I'm in a sports car or my Ram. Even their low-beams are always in my face. 
After reading some of these posts I can better understand why I blew by a Black wide-body a couple weeks ago on I-20 in the rain... he'd never gotten his C7 wet until then and didn't' understand what was happening, much less realize he could just drive it.
After reading some of these posts I can better understand why I blew by a Black wide-body a couple weeks ago on I-20 in the rain... he'd never gotten his C7 wet until then and didn't' understand what was happening, much less realize he could just drive it.
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It is what it is.
.There's road borne issues inherent to the C7, and sacrifices you're going to need to get used to making out on the streets. That is, if you want to keep your C7 in one piece. If this is your first Corvette, you're going to need a little coaching by us old timer Corvette owners. Welcome.
.There's road borne issues inherent to the C7, and sacrifices you're going to need to get used to making out on the streets. That is, if you want to keep your C7 in one piece. If this is your first Corvette, you're going to need a little coaching by us old timer Corvette owners. Welcome.
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.The back roads (2-lane roads/highways) you speak of are inherently dangerous death traps of travel, versus Interstate/expressway travel. Much safer to stick to the Interstates.
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You should try driving a 1960s Triumph TR-3 - you know, the ones with the cut-down doors so low you could drag your knuckles on the ground. You felt like you were driving UNDER any large trucks. Everything you describe is just a side-effect of driving a low vehicle. No mystery here.
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Yes, you might get more spray on the windshield, but the wipers do a good job of clearing the glass.
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With all due respect I don't see how anybody else's observations would be any different. The car is lower than most so yeah there's some issues you'll have to deal with when driving at night and/or in the rain.