Drive or flatbed??
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Burning Brakes
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Drive or flatbed??
So it finally worked out and I'm picking up my car in a few hours however yesterday it snowed a bit and the roads have been salted pretty good. Would you drive it home 2 hours or pay 350 for delivery?
Melting Slicks
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Melting Slicks
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My concern is that even if the roads are dry, I'd worry about chunks of salt flying onto the car, from other cars and trucks. They can cause damage to the paint sometimes just like rocks. I have lived in Chicago for a while; I know.
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Definitely flat bed. Even if the roads are dry, the salt residue is still on the road surface. They crap will crawl into ever nook and cranny under the car. At least, when I lived in Buffalo, NY, that's a fact of life in these winter months.
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Melting Slicks
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Rear tires outside-to-outside is almost 78 inches. It should fit into the trailer, but the door will not open unless the trailer has a raised floor. Your option would be to pull it in the trailer with the top off to make climbing out of the car easier.
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Melting Slicks
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We are driving up to Bowling Green this weekend and have Museum Delivery on Monday. Hope to have it home Tuesday night. A friend of a friend loaned me an enclosed trailer, so we are going to trailer it back.
Melting Slicks
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Would love to do that, but I don't have the car yet. Let me know the next time you have a Cars & Coffee.
We are driving up to Bowling Green this weekend and have Museum Delivery on Monday. Hope to have it home Tuesday night. A friend of a friend loaned me an enclosed trailer, so we are going to trailer it back.
We are driving up to Bowling Green this weekend and have Museum Delivery on Monday. Hope to have it home Tuesday night. A friend of a friend loaned me an enclosed trailer, so we are going to trailer it back.
What trim and aero pkg is your LB/Kalahari Z?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1588468369
Melting Slicks
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Would love to do that, but I don't have the car yet. Let me know the next time you have a Cars & Coffee.
We are driving up to Bowling Green this weekend and have Museum Delivery on Monday. Hope to have it home Tuesday night. A friend of a friend loaned me an enclosed trailer, so we are going to trailer it back.
We are driving up to Bowling Green this weekend and have Museum Delivery on Monday. Hope to have it home Tuesday night. A friend of a friend loaned me an enclosed trailer, so we are going to trailer it back.
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Almost there, you're going to enjoy it! Btw, your VIN and mine are quite close... built the same day relatively near each other on the aseembly line.
What trim and aero pkg is your LB/Kalahari Z?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1588468369
What trim and aero pkg is your LB/Kalahari Z?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1588468369
I saw your car on the line during the Buyer's Tour. Love the SG with the red. It's a fantastic combination.
My LB/Kalahari is 3LZ and I went with Stage 1. I was concerned about the Stage 2/3 splitter getting damaged, so I went with the base. I'm seriously considering adding the side skirts to protect the sides of the car.
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I remember you telling me about the trailer. Well, The trailer deal I was originally promised fell through. I went ahead and reserved a U-Haul open trailer and truck in BG, and we flew out Monday morning. Picked the car up and went to U-Haul, to find out that the trailer rails have side lips with only 79 inches in between, with the car almost 78 inches outside-to-outside of the tires, not to mention ramp clearance, etc... Not wanting to risk wheel or even tire scratching/damage, I canceled the U-Haul and we drove it back.
Glad you are home safely and enjoying the car!!
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