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Both are daily drivers. My son has the C5 Z06 and mine is the C6. With Houston traffic, the only time you have actual fun is when there is a opening for a bit or you are going the opposite direction.
DD, rain or shine. I find the car works very well as a daily driver, and now after almost 4 years this is the longest I've kept the same daily driver in over three decades. It's been great, I'd love to replace it with a newer one soon.
My 06 rusty and trusty Ford Taurus is my DD in the winter and the summer. The Corvette comes out to play on select summer weekends when it's dry. I don't drive it too much in the summer because I get sick of things really fast, but everytime I hop in, it's a blast
Camaro is short trips, bad weather, or bad traffic jam car.
Corvette is my highway car.
Just depends on the needs of the day. Usually split evenly depending on conditions. Although, I really don't mind driving the corvette in storms. It performs great in all conditions when your not racing it. I could easily 100% daily drive it, but it'd have to have an automatic. I hate killing my c6 clutch in traffic jams here. Corvette is an outstanding platform. As a weekend toy or a daily driver it will get you there.
In a perfect world I'll have a C7Z with auto and a C6Z with manual.
Mine is. 60 miles a day. Its probably not good for the car, but I fill up when it says 50 miles left, and I get an average of 320 miles per tank at that point, with Dallas traffic.
Its a car, its meant to be driven, not sit in a garage!
100 percent daily driver since new on my 08. I've got about 88k trouble free miles. Back in 1999 my first c5 z51 was a weekend toy and when I sold it for half of what I paid for it the new owner got a brand new car...
After that I decided to daily drive my corvettes. They are traditionally equal in price to purchase as my loving wife's luxury cars so what the hell. This is my third brand new one....the last was a z06.
Why not enjoy each mile.
I figure I stay home maybe 5 times a year because it's the first day of the many snow storms we have each year..
I wash the car weekly as it's a black z51 m6.
This cars been so good....I figure to hold onto it for another few years and then buy a c7 z06 A8.
I really enjoy this c6 coupe. Just a great car that's quite a looker too.
Tires oil and gas for 88k miles.
Just been a wonderful ownership.
5 hours of driving today with a good portion in traffics a bit of a pain in the neck....but on beautiful days...nothing's better.
Last edited by JerriVette; 03-25-2015 at 04:59 PM.
Wow, can't believe you guys daily drive your cars. I know the car is capable of it, i just can't see how you guys do it. With random traffic, all kinds of idiots who can't park, the wear and tear, etc etc. I couldn't do it.
That said mine is a weekend warrior. During the warm months i'll probably take it out for a quick spin after work during the week or i'll take a long cruise saturday and sunday. I just got the car about 4 months ago so it didn't get much use cause of the bad winter but i would want to take it out a lot when nice weather really settles in. I don't know about taking it out when it's raining.
That's what daily drivers are for. I have another car for the daily use. My philosophy is if you don't have to drive the car, why would you? These cars are supposed to be about pleasure. What pleasure is it when it's downpouring outside? Or when it's 15 degrees? If it's your only car then you have no choice but if you have another vehicle, use that for the crappy days.
Because if you think about it this way, the more time you're away from your toy, the more excited you are driving it the day you get to drive it. That's how i feel. You're bored driving your daily driver during the week. Then when the weekend finally comes, you get in your toy and go crazy lol. Idk that's how it worked for me all these years.
100 percent daily driver since new on my 08. I've got about 88k trouble free miles. Back in 1999 my first c5 z51 was a weekend toy and when I sold it for half of what I paid for it the new owner got a brand new car...
After that I decided to daily drive my corvettes. They are traditionally equal in price to purchase as my loving wife's luxury cars so what the hell. This is my third brand new one....the last was a z06.
Why not enjoy each mile.
I figure I stay home maybe 5 times a year because it's the first day of the many snow storms we have each year..
I wash the car weekly as it's a black z51 m6.
This cars been so good....I figure to hold onto it for another few years and then buy a c7 z06 A8.
I really enjoy this c6 coupe. Just a great car that's quite a looker too.
Tires oil and gas for 88k miles.
Just been a wonderful ownership.
5 hours of driving today with a good portion in traffics a bit of a pain in the neck....but on beautiful days...nothing's better.
I'm curious, since your car is now a number of years old, a DD, with 88K, have you experienced the low beam headlamp failure?
Wow, can't believe you guys daily drive your cars. I know the car is capable of it, i just can't see how you guys do it. With random traffic, all kinds of idiots who can't park, the wear and tear, etc etc. I couldn't do it.
That said mine is a weekend warrior. During the warm months i'll probably take it out for a quick spin after work during the week or i'll take a long cruise saturday and sunday. I just got the car about 4 months ago so it didn't get much use cause of the bad winter but i would want to take it out a lot when nice weather really settles in. I don't know about taking it out when it's raining.
That's what daily drivers are for. I have another car for the daily use. My philosophy is if you don't have to drive the car, why would you? These cars are supposed to be about pleasure. What pleasure is it when it's downpouring outside? Or when it's 15 degrees? If it's your only car then you have no choice but if you have another vehicle, use that for the crappy days.
Because if you think about it this way, the more time you're away from your toy, the more excited you are driving it the day you get to drive it. That's how i feel. You're bored driving your daily driver during the week. Then when the weekend finally comes, you get in your toy and go crazy lol. Idk that's how it worked for me all these years.
I agree with all of your points. As I mentioned in my previous post, mine gets driven to lunch nearly every day in the summer, weather permitting (I work at home, and am semi-retired).
I've still got at least a foot of snow in front of the barn where it's stored, so it won't get out for 2-3 weeks yet, and we still haven't had a good rain to wash the salt off the roads.
What fun is driving a high horsepower sports car in the rain? -- I have no clue. If I get caught in the rain then it doesn't matter, but I wouldn't leave home if it was raining.
Am I itching to drive it again? -- you bet (it's been put up since Oct. 27) and I cherish every day within our 6-7 month "toy" season here in upstate NY.
I call my 2008 coupe a "daily driver". I say that because:
......It isn't spotless and had 60K miles on it when I bought
(so someone had been driving it a lot. I now know I should have looked longer and found someone's "garage queen" to buy for me to drive, haha)
.......I do drive it in the winter (not that "winter" here is much in the way of snow, so I can easily avoid that)
......if I know it is a for sure going to rain, I will drive my truck. but if I get caught out in a surprise shower, it doesn't kill me that my Vette got wet.
.......and sometimes when it is really nice and warm and sunny, I ride the Harley
so I don't drive it "every day", but I do often. Probably more than the truck and the bike combined.
I agree with all of your points. As I mentioned in my previous post, mine gets driven to lunch nearly every day in the summer, weather permitting (I work at home, and am semi-retired).
I've still got at least a foot of snow in front of the barn where it's stored, so it won't get out for 2-3 weeks yet, and we still haven't had a good rain to wash the salt off the roads.
What fun is driving a high horsepower sports car in the rain? -- I have no clue. If I get caught in the rain then it doesn't matter, but I wouldn't leave home if it was raining.
Am I itching to drive it again? -- you bet (it's been put up since Oct. 27) and I cherish every day within our 6-7 month "toy" season here in upstate NY.
Yeah all the snow finally cleared about a week ago. Even after the hiccup we got last friday, that immediately got cleared the next day it being 55 degrees that day.
I understand peoples logic on its only a car use it but owning soo many cars in my time, as i'm sure you guys owned many as well, that daily abuse puts a toll on your car big time and fast too. That's why i was quick to learn to just buy a bang around car for your daily commute and have your toys for nice days.
And yes if i'm out and then it rains oh well, that's life and i deal with it. But if there's rain in the forecast or already raining, i'll skip using the car that day and wait for the next opportunity.
Mine's my daily driver. However, I also have a 95 F-150 that I drive too. I typically use the F-150 when I have to get something big or if I washed the Vette recently and the weather's looking lousy. Now that pollen season is in full swing, I'm tempted to drive the truck more til it's over.
03-25-2015, 01:01 PM
Any chance of rain 20% or more then I drive my "beater" car.
