I love driving it, love detailing it, love vacuuming it, love cleaning the interior leather, love sitting in my garage and staring at it with a nice bourbon sitting next to me……..HATE hand washing it, real PITA. So I try my best not to drive in the rain and I put it away for 4 to 6 months a year in the winter. Not my garage queen, just lazy. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

This.

At the end of the day, it’s a car, not a museum piece. It’s not like a Bugatti or a Ferrari where most of the models built are very limited, 500 units or less, and will appreciate in value if seldom driven.

A Corvette will likely never become worth millions or be the cornerstone of some ultra-wealthy car collector. And that’s s good thing.

Of course, @Kevin A Jones point is that people can do what want with their car matter what anyone else thinks.

IOW, you are both right IMHO

 

I recently purchased a spotless 2019 Z06 with 3000 miles on the codometer.
I am very happy the previous owner enjoyed in the way he did....

 

Well stated, We get one of these posts pretty often. You can drive your car over a cliff if you want to, none of my business

 

I had to take my '20 C8 to the dealership for my 3year DCT fluid change-out yesterday. The dealer is about an hour away and the weather was saying PM thunderstorms here in SW Florida..It started raining around 11AM...(lol) Florida right...My car was done shortly before noon..So I had a drive home with wet roads, but I was surprised how clean the car was when I got home..Just having to wipe down the rear clip, rockers,and front end and we'll be good to go!

 

Mine is my DD, and I do drive it every day, but I’m retired so don’t go too far. 3,300 miles after 9 months of ownership, 960 of which was the drive home from the museum. Sometimes I just look at my C8 like it was a painting.

 

Not sure anyone is as stupid as me to own a dozen plus cars, many have to sit as I can only drive ONE AT A TIME. so some are sold with really low miles, it happens

 

[QUOTE=hcvone;1606842387]Not sure anyone is as stupid as me to own a dozen plus cars, many have to sit as I can only drive ONE AT A TIME.

I could be......maybe second place?

 

i managed an HOA where home prices started in the mid seven figures. One owner had a garage with 16 vehicles - the requisite Land Rover, Tesla and a few other high end models, but most were exotics and combined were probably worth more than his home.

 

I have a friend who has 77 Corvettes as of the last time I spoke with him. He only drives a couple of them with anything close to regularity.

 

Does this apply to gun collectors that never fire their guns, coin collectors that never spend the money, jewlery/watch collectors that never wear the jewlery/watches, stamp collectors that never use them to mail a letter, wine collectors that never open the bottles, etc.?

 

Perhaps the previous owner has a bunch of other even better cars to drive and they bought their corvette just to have it because when they bought it at the time it was the latest and greatest. perhaps an injury. You never know

 

yes I agree with yr comment my vette isn't a daily driver .I drive her maybe 2 a week .just knowing the vette is clean and waxed sitting in my garage is my pleasure in owning my corvette . To each own I guess .cheers .

 

Agree, and............it's really no one else's business.

 

Perhaps 🤔

 

I find it somewhat amusing (but not surprising on this forum), that many of the people who say the OP shouldn't be criticizing other people for treating their cars differently are, at the very same time, criticizing the OP for his opinion.

Pot, meet kettle.

 

Then you obviously amuse very easy.
I bet you roll on the floor laughing every time you read one of the 'garage queen', 'saving it for the next guy', 'not driving your Corvette is like not banging your girlfriend', ‘they don’t melt in the rain’, ‘no one on their deathbed ever said I wish I had driven my Corvette less’ wise creaks.

 

Kevin nailed the common past comments on this subject, well stated

 

my truck has been very sad since the c8 came.

 

I don't drive my c8 stingray much because it is a track car with cup 2, track alignment, competition big brake kit and z51 ducts. I have many cars more comfortable and better enjoyable daily to drive. I also getting c8z06 with z07 and 2023 m2 later this month and I will use both as track vehicle too so it won't see much street. So one can say why buy z06 or M car if you are not going to track it but reality it is their car they can do whatever they want.

Most of my friends are car people, and many have cars then don't drive because they got too many cars! I just let my friend put 175 miles on my Ferrari because he says you don't drive it, why don't I drive it for you. So I let him take it to work and have fun. The last time the Ferrari was driven prior to yesterday was probably 1.5 months ago and it was same guy driving it. Both times he did fill up gas for me! Why I don't drive is not because miles, because I have more comfortable cars to drive and by choice. I drive a Tesla Plaid in which most car people hate and get 0 respect but I don't care. I just went to car and coffee and Tesla is not even welcome to park in there. I can tell many friends at car and Coffee are baffled why I keep driving Tesla there!