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11-29-2006, 04:19 PM
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I just hope it's a quick winter so I can break my car back out. Putting it away for the winter helps to keep my mileage in check. It had 17k on it when I bought it 2 1/2 years ago and I've put 15k on it in that time. But once we have about 2 good rains to wash that salt off the roads it'll be back out racking up the miles.
11-29-2006, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
I still find it amusing that some of you guys seem to think you can't have fun with a car unless it gets driven 15K miles per year. I don't get that at all. My car is usually on the road at least every other weekend during the nice weather months, unless it's raining. It goes to cruise events, club events, car shows, or just a nice weather drive. What's not fun about that?
That is exactly how I feel. A lot of people seem to think we are wasting our cars or not really enjoying them by keeping them garage kept and driving them only on nice days and special occasions. But I feel the opposite. I feel that I enjoy my car more this way, and I know that I am preserving my car, not waisting it.And NC01TA put it well....to each his own!
And now the rebuttal....
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11-29-2006, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucas'02SS
That is exactly how I feel. A lot of people seem to think we are waisting our cars or not really enjoying them by keeping them garage kept and driving them only on nice days and special occasions. But I feel the opposite. I feel that I enjoy my car more this way, and I know that I am preserving my car, not waisting it.
But we seem to be in the minority here.....To me, it'd be a real waste of my car to use it for something like sitting though a 2-3 hour commute home in bumper to bumper traffic crawling along at 10mph during a snow storm. Tell me, where the hell is the fun in that?!? I don't care what car you're driving, it's a massive pain in the ***! And frankly, I'd rather be doing it in something super comfortable, something that isn't so special to me that it hurts to see it covered in salt and rock chips, and horsepower really makes no difference in those conditions. That's what I have a full-sized, roomy, soft-ride sedan for, it's like riding out the traffic jam on your livingroom sofa.
I drive my F-body purely for fun and pleasure. It's never used as basic transportation so every drive is special, and that's by choice.
11-29-2006, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
We are on the same page. I agree with your thoughts 100% and couldn't put it any better. But we seem to be in the minority here.....
To me, it'd be a real waste of my car to use it for something like sitting though a 2-3 hour commute home in bumper to bumper traffic crawling along at 10mph during a snow storm. Tell me, where the hell is the fun in that?!? I don't care what car you're driving, it's a massive pain in the ***! And frankly, I'd rather be doing it in something super comfortable, something that isn't so special to me that it hurts to see it covered in salt and rock chips, and horsepower really makes no difference in those conditions. That's what I have a full-sized, roomy, soft-ride sedan for, it's like riding out the traffic jam on your livingroom sofa.
I drive my F-body purely for fun and pleasure. It's never used as basic transportation so every drive is special, and that's by choice.
But we seem to be in the minority here.....To me, it'd be a real waste of my car to use it for something like sitting though a 2-3 hour commute home in bumper to bumper traffic crawling along at 10mph during a snow storm. Tell me, where the hell is the fun in that?!? I don't care what car you're driving, it's a massive pain in the ***! And frankly, I'd rather be doing it in something super comfortable, something that isn't so special to me that it hurts to see it covered in salt and rock chips, and horsepower really makes no difference in those conditions. That's what I have a full-sized, roomy, soft-ride sedan for, it's like riding out the traffic jam on your livingroom sofa.
I drive my F-body purely for fun and pleasure. It's never used as basic transportation so every drive is special, and that's by choice.
Oh well, smart people are a minority too! 
J/K.
11-29-2006, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucas'02SS
Yes my friend, you and I are like minded. But you are right about us being the minority Oh well, smart people are a minority too! J/K.
Oh well, smart people are a minority too! J/K.
11-29-2006, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucas'02SS
Yes my friend, you and I are like minded. But you are right about us being the minority Oh well, smart people are a minority too! J/K.
Oh well, smart people are a minority too! J/K.
To take the analogy one step further, driving a piece of **** beater 99% of the time, even when it's nice out, is like cheating on the model with the old hag down the block that has several dozen cats and smells like mcdonald's french fries.
11-29-2006, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by blackrat
To take the analogy one step further, driving a piece of **** beater 99% of the time, even when it's nice out, is like cheating on the model with the old hag down the block that has several dozen cats and smells like mcdonald's french fries.
11-29-2006, 08:04 PM
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But who said I drove a beater? I have a nice truck that I like, so whats wrong with that?
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11-29-2006, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucas'02SS
Ryan, I just went to your cardomain and your Z28 is amazingly clean! I love it!
Got any pics of your car? Or a site link? I'd like to check it out too.
11-29-2006, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
Thanks man!
Got any pics of your car? Or a site link? I'd like to check it out too.
Got any pics of your car? Or a site link? I'd like to check it out too.
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Yeah...here are the last pics I took of it. I don't have a very good camera, and the lighting probably isn't the best, but you get the idea! PICTURES
Looks fantastic! You should be very proud. I was thinking, maybe it's better if the rest of these guys keep driving their cars year round and rack up the miles. That way super clean cars like ours will become even more of a rarity and stand out more and more all the time.
11-29-2006, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
Wow! Yours looks to be at least as clean as mine. Looks fantastic! You should be very proud.
I was thinking, maybe it's better if the rest of these guys keep driving their cars year round and rack up the miles. That way super clean cars like ours will become even more of a rarity and stand out more and more all the time.
Looks fantastic! You should be very proud. I was thinking, maybe it's better if the rest of these guys keep driving their cars year round and rack up the miles. That way super clean cars like ours will become even more of a rarity and stand out more and more all the time.
And I think that you might be right about this! I wouldn't complian about that one bit.
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