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Old 07-28-2003, 11:23 AM
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Default Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter?

Just wondering if HP was a problem or ground clearance. If you do, do you change tires?
Old 07-28-2003, 11:26 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

i drove mine everyday for 6 years before this year,snow rain hail sleet,it never kept me off the roads.same tires too.
Old 07-28-2003, 11:29 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

I do. But, our winters are very mild. High temps avg in the 50s, low temps prolly avg in the 40s. And, NO SNOW OR ICE!!!!!!

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Old 07-28-2003, 11:29 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (patsnitrovette)

I would prefer not to. The defroster sucks, the low ground clearance does not help.

Old 07-28-2003, 11:30 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (patsnitrovette)

Sure, I drive mine mostly in the winter.
Old 07-28-2003, 11:32 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

Winter??? OH, you mean that time of year when the temperature drops down into the 70's? I still drive mine. :D

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Old 07-28-2003, 11:38 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

Only drove mine a few times in the snow. It did fine, but I was always worried about the ground clearance.
Old 07-28-2003, 11:42 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (jerryp58)

I drive mine in the winter, but winter isn't bad here, so it isn't a problem.
Old 07-28-2003, 11:47 AM
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It is the best time to drive her :cheers:
Old 07-28-2003, 11:48 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

i dont even open my garage if it's under 50 degrees..not a big fan of spiderweb ceacking the gel coat from the underside...but thats just me. and the ice here in missouri in the winter would surely be no fun witha posi rear end

Old 07-28-2003, 11:49 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Chris@VetteFinders)

Sure, I drive mine mostly in the winter.
Exactly! :withstupid:
Old 07-28-2003, 11:59 AM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Fasteighty)

:iagree:
I can only drive in the evenings right now with no A/C. When I was banished to North Dakota for a while, I drove my C4 a couple of times in the winter. Scariest thing I ever did. Not cool when sitting at an intersection at idle and the back tires are spinning on ice while the front tires remain stopped.
Old 07-28-2003, 12:07 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (SAC)

i live in winnipeg............you would have to be severly retarded to drive in winter

temps of -10F to -40F

5 feet of snow

my car would act as a sliding snow plow and I would be in the morgue
Old 07-28-2003, 12:20 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

I guess this question is for US guys only :lol:

Up here, one would have to be nuts to even think about it. :lol:

All that salt on the roads, you would have to get a new frame every 5 yrs.
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Glutamine83)

Once and only once! It was in mid December and I had just bought it and was on my way to pick it up an hour and a half away. As luck would have it, it turned out to be the day that we got our first major dumping of snow that year. The wide tires got up on top of the snow and scared the livin bejesus out me when I started fish tailin. Heavy traffic on the left and a deep ditch on the right. All I could think of is "I've owned this thing for 10 minutes and I'm about to wrap it around a freakin telephone pole!" I made it home in one piece and it tool about ah hour to wipe the silly grin off my face.
Old 07-28-2003, 12:28 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (desi)

Of course! :hurray:
Old 07-28-2003, 12:35 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Skyhigh)

Just once, 8 hours on a slushy slippery highway in April.
I managed to keep it on the road, despite the blad tires.




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Old 07-28-2003, 12:59 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (OHSIXX)

Of course! :hurray:
:iagree:

That's the best time for me to drive it especially since I gutted the AC.
Old 07-28-2003, 01:27 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (Alwyn678)

It is the best time to drive her :cheers:
:withstupid: But we're both in the south! :cheers:


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Old 07-28-2003, 05:54 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone drive their C3 in the winter? (74-Roadster)

In the winter? I'd rather walk.....too much snow!!! :nopity


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