cv67

Start at 5k see what happens this one will go another 150k. Up til 02 the most reliable of the era. NFW would I depend on a vette as a real "depend your job on it" DD.
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DJRMX

[QUOTE=Yarbie;1600454822]Why would someone not daily drive a $60k car? I'm curious. Is there issues with vettes breaking down ?[/QUOTE


because they own another car..

I plan on alternating ...

tfly858

I'm certainly going to try... Planning to sell my current car when the C8 comes in. A 2 seater with 2 kids is probably crazy but that's what the wife's minivan is for.

RapidC84B

Same here... 3 year old daughter rode in my C7 all the time. Wife's SUV is for family hauling.

Hillslam

I daily drove my 2015 Stingray Z51 thru two Ohio winters with no problem. Did swap the summer only tires for all seasons. Only car, every day to work.

I currently daily my 2017 Fifty 2SS.

I will be daily driving this car all year, barring 1 foot of snow. To work, to the grocery store, the mall, the tobacco store, the liquor store, the soft n supple hosiery corner, the feather and plumage haberdashery, the latex connection, the baby oil bulk wholesaler, all my usual stops.

IdRatherBGolfing

IF you live in Houston, you must live next door to your office if you can get there in 5 minutes. Or, the Corvette is much faster than I thought!

MauiC8

Getting a convertible non-Z51 for work commute. I plan on a a full wrap of PPF with ceramic coating and enjoying every day from the driver’s seat instead of just sneaking a peek at it from the garage door before going to bed at night.

Boba Fett

This totally seems like a question you could probably answer yourself, if you just gave it a little thought.

Warp Factor

Plenty of people "daily drive" their Corvettes in the Detroit area, when the roads have less than an 8-inch accumulations of snow, or the roads have been plowed. I wouldn't recommend it on the original factory tires though..

Funny thing is that these cars which have high mileage, and have been driven in salt and snow rather than being "garage queens", don't seem to suffer much additional depreciation.

Mr Triple Black

I mean assuming it’s like previous gens you definitely can. I won’t be as I have a DD that I love. I drive a lot for work so I prefer the great gas mileage and comfort of a not sports car.

TKay

Driving it all the time, it will get boring real fast. Might as well get a VW. Driving occasionally makes it a treat when you do drive it.

Hillslam

Naw. That's what a motorcycle is for.

JerriVette

Corvettes are built for daily driving duty. Just give them the correct tires for the job.

127 inches of snow each year...no big deal with correct tires and on huge snowstorms like 27 inches in one night...no matter what you own the government declares a state the emergency anyway.

been daily driving my corvettes for years ...

makes driving fun.

just remember its just a car...

i do park further away and or tip the valets better ....but thats no big deal

PezRadar

I live in Orange County. This will be my daily driver. While everyone suffers from snow, I suffer from traffic 😂

zhopper05

Yes. The C8 StingRay will be my wife's DD.

quick04Z06

Despite being super-dependable, I have never DD my Corvettes or Porsches. Frankly, I find DD to be worse on my cars than tracking them (except when I wrecked one of my C5Zs at Road Atl!!). Nicks and chips, bent wheels, wet crud in the undercarriage and engine bay, and now all of the semis! Big trucks toss huge rocks that hit my windshield, and they have turned highways into lunar craters.

I have driven my sports cars to work, but not very often.

As far as film, I use it and it helps. At track speeds pebbles will still punch a few holes in the film, however, and I believe most films that have paint protection warranties exclude track use. At normal highway speeds, it works well.

JerriVette

cool wife...got a photo...?

fwiw any daily driving and all the issues people worry about? Non events...bend a rim a little? Get the rims fixed...its all of a $150 ? Cant perfectly fix the oem rim?

BUY a set of take offs For $500 off the forums or local off of craigslist from a guy who bought aftermarket rims for his garage queen...

never had a windshield chip on a corvette in 250k miles of daily use but for $75 a year your insurance carrier replaces the windshield...

dirt on the car or undercarriage washes off...

i never understood the value of saving a car even one thats a corvette.

use it...enjoy it and if need be just replace it.

all cars are depreciating assets...

have fun ..one trip one journey and then life is over..

its not the things we own but rather the experiences we can enjoy that makes life worthwhile.

why save it for the next owner?

SoCalC7

I daily drive a Lamborghini.

Never. Gets. Old.

gorilla1969

I can't afford three cars (DD for my wife, myself, and then an expensive 'toy'). As such, my Corvettes have always been 'daily drivers'. My wife gets the better end of the deal as her workplace is 10 miles away and mine is 40 miles away so she's driven all my vettes on most weekdays to keep the mileage down. Cars are meant to be enjoyed so I believe they should be driven whenever possible.

saleentim

His answer was 100% correct though...

It is a production car meant to be daily driven. No ones answer here will match your exact circumstance as to what you should do. If this thing sells like GM is hoping, it will be a very common car.