Lonely Vette
08-14-2012, 11:54 AM
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Drifting
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Lonely Vette
I dropped off my wife at the airport the other day parked the car in the lot and two slots down was a nice white C6 vert parked. It must of been their at least two days with the rust on the rotors, I took a look a the plate she was from out of state. This was no little airport mined you.
My question is would any one take a chance and leave their baby alone at airport parking lot for a couple of days?
My question is would any one take a chance and leave their baby alone at airport parking lot for a couple of days?
Last edited by myfunz; 08-14-2012 at 04:15 PM.
08-14-2012, 12:07 PM
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Race Director
Some of us only have a Corvette, no other cars to use. I park mine anywhere I need to go and don't give it a second thought. That said, if I knew I was going to be away more than a couple days I'd get someone to give me a ride to the airport and pick me up when I got back. Not because it's safer but because it gets so dirty unprotected like that.
08-14-2012, 12:54 PM
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St. Jude Donor '22-'23
I wouldn't. The car is too exposed in my opinion. Depending on the length of your trip it would probably cost less to take a cab than pay for airport parking.
08-14-2012, 01:55 PM
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Racer
Last time i flew i just dropped my Vette in the airport valet. Gave him a few extra bucks to let me park it upfront and have it waxed. When i came back car was still in the same spot and cleaner than ever.
08-14-2012, 02:15 PM
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08-14-2012, 02:21 PM
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Burning Brakes
Is this a trick question??? Is the answer "because it's too far to drive 2459 miles"... I wonder if I could make some money by opening up a "Corvette Day Care Center" leave your car with us and we'll pamper him/her while your gone!!
08-14-2012, 02:23 PM
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08-14-2012, 04:44 PM
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Le Mans Master
I travel about 200 days a year. Now I have a beater for the airport, but my two C5's were my daily drivers for 11 years and they spent a LOT of time parked at airports. Never any damage, and I always parked in the garage so no jet fuel crud either. I do have "special" spots I've scoped out that are essentially no "door ding" spots, and I can get one of them 95% of the time.
08-14-2012, 04:59 PM
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A couple of years ago, I left my C5 at the Frankfurt/Main airport for about one week to take a trip to the US. On my return, an uncle of mine who lives in that area told me a story of thieves who developped the habbit of disassembling luxury cars in the underground parking lots of this particular airport. 
Fortunately, the car was not hurt at all.
Fortunately, the car was not hurt at all.
08-14-2012, 05:08 PM
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When I was in the airline biz, our C5 would be parked outside at O'Hare for anything from a day to a couple of weeks.
It would look like cr@p when I returned, but a drive through the touchless car wash made it look good again.
We also drove it through 5 Chicago winters (on the GY winter runflats), still looked great when we traded it at 66k miles.
It would look like cr@p when I returned, but a drive through the touchless car wash made it look good again.
We also drove it through 5 Chicago winters (on the GY winter runflats), still looked great when we traded it at 66k miles.
08-14-2012, 05:20 PM
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A couple of years ago, I left my C5 at the Frankfurt/Main airport for about one week to take a trip to the US. On my return, an uncle of mine who lives in that area told me a story of thieves who developped the habbit of disassembling luxury cars in the underground parking lots of this particular airport.
Fortunately, the car was not hurt at all.
Fortunately, the car was not hurt at all.
08-14-2012, 07:55 PM
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I used to drop my C4 across the street from the Burbank airport when I was flying to Oakland for the day. They would wash it and have it parked up front and ready to go based on my arrival back in town. I think it was like $25 for their service and it was nice to fly back into town and have a clean car waiting for you. Now I would not do it with my C6 but I would park it inside at the airport parking in OAK or SFO.