mschuyler

This place sure is classy at times.

1 HOT 07

Every Corvette I have owned has been a weekend, Pleasure Car. I have a Truck that I drive daily and my wife has an SUV. When there is no need to drive my traction-challenged C7 Z06 in the rain, why would I? I will drive my lifted 4-wheel drive truck, just in case someone else loses control of their car and hits my truck....It's a truck and it has a lot more frame and cage around it to protect me. The Corvette will not be taken out when it is raining, but if a I am out and it begins to rain, oh well, I just have to drive carefully. I have very little time to enjoy my Corvette so I don't want to spend all of it cleaning, when I could be driving...besides it's "MY" Corvette. I won't tell you what to do with yours, so please don't tell me what to do with mine.

mjross

Yawn... and I really mean YAWN! What next?

17Z

Special car for special conditions. Usage rate doesn't necessarily apply to corvettes. And since this is kind of a gripe thread, the continual reference to resale is pretty out of place also. The "you won't get more for your car if you drive it less" argument is absolutely irrelevant. Unlike a house, this is a pleasure item for most. The strategy is for my happiness and that alone.
I don't want to plan for its disposition in the future...that becomes work.

449er

Larry/car

I drive my Corvette all year, never store it (sometimes it does sit a few weeks account of snow). As for rain, I live in Central Pennsylvania, seems to rain every day here. I don't care what others do with their cars. Only thing I don't under stand is covering the car as it sits in a garage?

sumrtoy

Just don't like salt or other ice melt chemicals. Rain is fine. Maybe the newer cars have better treated undercarriages but '90's and prior... not so much.

LT4CMG

We do it for dust Larry.

mpuzach

Putting a cover on and off is bound to do more damage to the finish over time than simply leaving it uncovered and wiping it with detail spray and a microfiber cloth. Not only that, but by not covering the car you can still gaze at it and sit in it, even when you're not driving it.

449er

23/C8Z

I like the fact that I purchased my 97k corvette brand new, it's my first new vette had one other (an 08 I bought from original owner at 93k miles back in 2013).

I store mine in my small yet fully climate controlled garage on a tender with a quick disconnect no cover. Walk past it every morning and every evening (we use the side garage door not the front idk why lol).

I get no pleasure in driving my "gift" to myself in inclimate weather or getting chewed up by chemicals and salt.

it's a reward to drive my car. Work hard play hard. If you drive it All the time it takes away from the specialness imo.

having said that, the longest over the winter I didn't drive the car was 3 weeks. To me that's not such a long time.

You guys trying to force guys like me to drive it more? Why do you care? Forcing your beliefs on us is very much like leberalism. You do your thing and we'll do our thing..

to some of us these cars are a lot of money, a reward, special. To you? Maybe not. But then maybe you're playing in the wrong sand box. Go buy one of the Italian Supercars and enjoy them.

rant over. And I still over you all.

LanceVette

Weather here in Oregon is not really extreme, but we do get rain. When it's raining and folks ask me why I'm not driving my Corvette, I just tell them "it won't start in the rain"

LT4_CE

I can offer my perspective on covering it in the garage, since that's what I do with mine. There are only two reasons I can think of for doing that. First, if you don't drive it that often, the cover is nothing more than a dust cover. Maybe some have a dust free garage, but I don't! Also, in my case, I have cats that go in the garage, and they climb all over it. I'm not so much worried about scratches, but if I don't cover it, there are cat paw prints all over it. So covering it keeps me from having to wipe those off.

walker3

daily driver new F-150, wife has a new SUV- my Stingray is a toy, don't drive if raining but if caught in rain no big deal - also in South Louisiana you never know what road will be flooded - my F-150 is higher - why take a chance

C7GrandSport

Make sure to mention this when you go to sell the car on the forum in the future

Mrc100

I only drive mine if it is snowing or raining. It makes me feel like Rambo.

Fasteners201

This thread is like the guy and wife that is jealous and giving you the finger because you drive a vette. I have a daily drive BMW 2017 640i xdrive and my vette that I drive when the weather is sunny and no rain is in the forecast. That's right it sits in the garage for that nice day I can take the top down and have the beautiful fresh air blow in my face and listen to the rumble as I go down the road. Sometimes I will take it out to dinner on Friday night but this is how I enjoy my car that I paid for not you. As I said I have a real nice daily drive that also has nice performance. So go and beat the **** out of your vette if you feel that works for you.

LT1 Z51

Not to pick on you specifically, but I don't get responses in a thread like this. A thread is created, justly or unjustly, about how there are certain owners who don't use their cars as often as they could (not should, but could). The guys who don't then feel the need to further the argument by insulting the opposing side because they feel they've been insulted by the threads creation.

I'm personally a guy who drives his car daily when I can. But there is nothing I dislike more than when people get uppity about being wronged. Every time I see the phrase (regardless of topic) "I bought the car with my money don't tell me how to use it" I feel like, oh great this is about to get political and childish.

Why do I say that, because when people stop focusing on the topic and get defensive it's going to go down hill. Sometimes comments are just comments. Cars are cars, you drive it, you don't, you paid cash, you borrowed money. Who cares, share your opinion about what you do, but keep the belittling and bragging (the it's my car I'll do what I want crap) to yourself.

This is a subjective topic where there is no wrong or right answer. It should be treated as such.

Jeffthunbird

I'm fair weather! My car hasn't seen rain yet after 5000 miles in its first summer. I drive my '65 Impala SS even less. If weather looks bad, I drive my truck. Please don't judge!!
I'd still like to talk cars with you!

mpuzach

Bingo.