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Somewhere in between. I avoid snow, mud etc but not afraid of rain. I don't particularly like driving it at night as sitting so low puts me in the "flash" zone for oncoming traffic. So....not exactly a daily driver.
You tell me. Test drove mine with only 3 miles on the clock, purchased that day and she was delivered just over a week later...September 2019. I hit 72,000 miles 2 days ago. Started driving in the rain when I replaced the Cups with AS3s and she's seen snow twice.
Not a Corvette, but I had a Chevy SS (sedan) that I quite modified- (-put alot of money and time that I never got back) to the point where you could hear it start 2 miles away and had such a loose converter, that the car only moved once the rpm hit 3000! Over the 4 years I owned it but I only put 6200 miles on it, and much of that was was tuning miles--driving with a laptop on the passenger seat. I did enjoy working on it and modifying it but I never "really" connected with it as a driving car, and never made any lasting memories via long trips or racing. I replaced it with a Civic Type R that I also modified but I drive it almost every day and I created a bond with the car. I am constantly cleaning and taking care of it and I don't drive it in winter but it showed me that I MUCH prefer using the car as opposed to keeping it clean in the garage and never making any memories with.
I believe that the more you drive your "special" or enthusiast car and memories you make with it, the LESS you will be concerned with any chips and and scratches--you will accept them as part of the experience.
My C 7 has 60 k miles in almost 8 years with trips pf 3200 4200 and 1800 miles with my golfing trips of 100-500 mikes traveling in Kansas and other surrounding states through many small town who properly have never seen a C 7 corvette and have talked about it with many wonderful people
daily driver
pros: your driving it (sound, feel, etc...), being seen by others (if you care about that),
cons: have to pull it and out of garage, usually cant just hop in and go unless i park outside, miles/wear and tear (if u care about that), possible safety issues (people/parking/accidents, etc...)
garage queen
pro: out of weather, stays safe, stays cleanish, you can just take a pleasure cruise when you want to not because you have to drive to work or etc.
con: sits too much and charging
in both versions you can stare and look at it and enjoy it in similar ways.
for me its a garaged car and for pleasure, yes i would like to drive it more and probably could but dont need or have to. I drive it enough for me at the moment and im good with that.
02-09-2023, 12:19 PM
