I've about had it with our weather!!!!!!!!
#21
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I've about had it with our weather!!!!!!!!
Me too. It's been 105-110 here everyday - heading to 113 the end of next week. So I just put the top down and turn the AC up.
Me too. It's been 105-110 here everyday - heading to 113 the end of next week. So I just put the top down and turn the AC up.
#23
Burning Brakes
You could live where I do...
http://globalnews.ca/news/661068/alb...ds-from-homes/
Been raining for weeks, I've had the car out 3 times so far this year for about 3 hours worth of driving. Hopefully next weekend our long weekend I can get it out...
http://globalnews.ca/news/661068/alb...ds-from-homes/
Been raining for weeks, I've had the car out 3 times so far this year for about 3 hours worth of driving. Hopefully next weekend our long weekend I can get it out...
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I'm out and about in Hollywood, CA and I saw a guy standing near the curb in the 80 degree sun with a nice breeze with little or no humidity. It looked strange so I said, Sir, are you ok? He said, I just got off a plane from IL and this weather is like heaven
#25
Drifting
What was it - last year or the year before when our June was refered to as Junuary... cold & rainy the whole month!
I would LOVE to move there! Get me a green card & a job & I'd be there in a heartbeat!
I feel for you brother. I heard the Saddledome had water up to row 10!!!
Stay dry & safe.
Peter
I would LOVE to move there! Get me a green card & a job & I'd be there in a heartbeat!
I feel for you brother. I heard the Saddledome had water up to row 10!!!
Stay dry & safe.
Peter
Thanks guys, so far roughly 10% of Calgary's population has been evacuated from Downtown (about 100,000). Has stopped raining for now, but Thundershowers later today and tomorrow.
The Saddledome is now up to row 14 with water? Stampede in 13 days should be interesting.....
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True, however it's tough to go out and drive through rain when you just detailed the car. I don't ask for much, just equal treatment. If I spent 4 hours detailing, I want at least 4 hours of dry pavement.
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Send a little of that rain this way - we could use a bit.
#31
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I think those numbers are propaganda as Seattle residents don't want more people moving there!! I was there 5 days last summer for a convention and we had the best weather ever!!
My wife is still pissed I didn't take her on that trip!! (Of course she would have sat in Starbucks for 5 days!)
My wife is still pissed I didn't take her on that trip!! (Of course she would have sat in Starbucks for 5 days!)
I know there are people here that love it, and I'm happy for them. I'm just not one of them.
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I average over 40K miles per year on my daily driver so I enjoy the special time I have on the weekends with my Corvette and other toys.
There was a thread earlier about the best way to clean an engine and the best way for me is to never let it get crazy dirty. I wipe it down after every wash and remove the road sand that my Honker sucks up into the engine bay. Works for me, however I understand that it may not be that way for a daily driver Corvette. Rain doesn't hurt these cars and I would rather drive a dirty Vette than look at a clean Vette in the garage.
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Your Corvette will not melt in the rain.
Mine has been my daily driver since I sold my Camaro 3 weeks ago. Pop-up thunderstorms are common in the South during the summer. Enjoy your Corvette. It doesn't take that long to wash it.
Mine has been my daily driver since I sold my Camaro 3 weeks ago. Pop-up thunderstorms are common in the South during the summer. Enjoy your Corvette. It doesn't take that long to wash it.
#35
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I think those numbers are propaganda as Seattle residents don't want more people moving there!! I was there 5 days last summer for a convention and we had the best weather ever!!
My wife is still pissed I didn't take her on that trip!! (Of course she would have sat in Starbucks for 5 days!)
My wife is still pissed I didn't take her on that trip!! (Of course she would have sat in Starbucks for 5 days!)
#36
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I agree with the OP that to me it seems like it rains at least a little almost every day here this year.
I like to keep mine clean too, but 25 years ago I got rid of my show car because it was just too much work to keep clean after every drive. I still try to keep my cars clean, but I drive them and I get caught in the rain too. I even had a couple daily driver Corvettes that I drove all year and they saw snow too.
Yesterday we went on a 300 mile drive with my club (9 Corvettes yesterday). It was nice for about 150 miles then we had about 150 miles of rain. I will have to wash it again. Oh well, it was fun.
I like to keep mine clean too, but 25 years ago I got rid of my show car because it was just too much work to keep clean after every drive. I still try to keep my cars clean, but I drive them and I get caught in the rain too. I even had a couple daily driver Corvettes that I drove all year and they saw snow too.
Yesterday we went on a 300 mile drive with my club (9 Corvettes yesterday). It was nice for about 150 miles then we had about 150 miles of rain. I will have to wash it again. Oh well, it was fun.
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First never tell anyone the sun shines around here. NEVER!!! Now that was yesterday. I had the C6 out with the top down myself. I competed in the state truck driving championships so no rain was nice. Last year it rained so hard I could not see the mirror through the rain on the right window. All that said we must make sure everyone knows the rain is back today. I will drive them in the rain sometimes. More often the C5 as it's a coupe. They are cars and made for that.
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When I bought my Z06 I drove it home from California. I talked with the original owner after I got home. He proudly told me it had never been driven in the rain and nobody had ever sat in the passenger seat. My response was I drove the car in the rain and the passenger seat had already been used. Rain does not hurt the cars and never having been driven in the rain means nothing to me, other than it does not get used much if you live up here.