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Old 12-28-2007, 07:08 PM
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Default If your C5 was all wheel drive would you drive it all year long?

Of course this is for people whe get "real" winters.
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Even if it was AWD, it just doesn't have the ground clearance to handle anything a real winter can throw down.....(but yes, it wouold probably be fun!)
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Probably not. Get more than about 3-4 inches of snow and you would be a snow plow.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Probably not. Get more than about 3-4 inches of snow and you would be a snow plow.
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NO!
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Um NO
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Originally Posted by 1998whitecoupe-a4
Of course this is for people whe get "real" winters.
Even if the weather was perfect I wouldn't drive the Vette as a daily driver...it would get boring just like everything else that is used daily...I do drive my Vettes but not everyday
Note: Now I may visit, clean or just talk to them everyday but thats a different mental story
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i already do.
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let's see.......

slush

salt

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other drivers not maintaining control of their own vehicles


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no i wouldnt

but all wheel drive and not lowered would bring the new meaning the 4x4 vette
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Let 's see ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ah No,,, I like to have a car that's feels special when I drive it. If I drive it every day in all seasons, I would get tired of it. This is why I have a variety..

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I would probably not own an AWD vette.
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Lol, well we dont get "real" winters here, but I buy my cars to drive them. i will never own a car that only gets driven on the weekends. If I buy a car it's because I like it, so its gonna be driven. If I get bored of it, i'll just sell it and buy something else.
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AWD-- nope.
2 WD, did it Monday and Tuesday here, but not today-- 6 inches of snow is a bit much.
Besides, have not driven the Grand Am GT in a week!
Even the beater needs to be taken out now and again!

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I drive my ZO6 all year long (except when the roads are bad) Thats why they make beater inexpensive JEEP Wranglers!!!!

1990 wrangler Total investment - Purchase price= $1200.

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I will drive my Vette everyday all day. Of course I live where winters are almost non existent, but that's besides the point .

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If it were all wheel drive, I wouldnt drive it at all (not what Im looking for).
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IF it was AWD, it would not be a vette.
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