How many of you out there.... [Archive]

DChamp

03-13-2009, 04:22 AM

Have never had your Vette out in the rain? Ever?

Me, mine's never seen the rain. Why... I don't know, but I may have to change my ways if I want to go to Carlisle, or to the Corvette Museum with my baby.

So, tell me your thoughts, and drive safe out there!

j0n

03-13-2009, 04:34 AM

You would be one of those guys that would cringe to see my vette @ home. It typically has rubber covering the rear quarters and.... sits in my driveway. NO GARAGE! :eek2:

:smilielol5:

sato

03-13-2009, 07:45 AM

Yes I have had mine in the rain a handful of times, couldn't help it.

Slicktop

03-13-2009, 08:02 AM

My C3s were parked outdoors all the time when I lived in Illinois and saw rain, sleet, ice and snow. That was when I discovered that fiberglass does not rust:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

jimmymack

03-13-2009, 08:08 AM

Only saw sprinkles of rain while trying to get her home a couple of times!!Just don't like rain on her!!:catfight: :thumbsup3:

jamesc4

03-13-2009, 08:51 AM

I've been caught out in the rain a couple of times. Didnt like it!! I'm going out of town this weekend and its calling for rain. The vette is staying in the garage so she wont be exposed to the weather!! :flasher: :flasher: :rofl: :rofl:

marz06

03-13-2009, 09:01 AM

My two stay dry as a baby's behind. Only water they see is when I hand wash them in the driveway. :beerbang:

Marz

NOTAZ06

03-13-2009, 09:30 AM

Mines a DD only stays home when it snows or there is an ice storm.

Black Label Vette

03-13-2009, 10:47 AM

I've been caught a couple times. It's a pain to clean after being in a downpour

j0n

03-13-2009, 01:06 PM

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h92/jmyzie/Corvette/1028081133.jpg

:leaving::leaving::leaving::leaving::leaving:

David

03-13-2009, 02:40 PM

Once, and that was today.

bigblock427

03-13-2009, 03:11 PM

Since mine is a daily driver I have driven my car in the rain countless times.

BenC5

03-13-2009, 04:28 PM

I've only had my car for 3 weeks now but I've had it in the rain and will continue to as the car is now my DD. I have a Toyota Tundra for when I need to tow/haul and for my winter beater up here in MA, but any other time, I'll be in the C5 like the Post Office, in the rain, sleet, dead of night . . .

redvettegirl2004

03-13-2009, 05:33 PM

Only been caught in the rain once. No one is more tuned into the weather than me!!:thumbsup3:

sting75ray

03-13-2009, 05:40 PM

bigblock427

03-13-2009, 05:42 PM

Rain:wtf: is that? It is so dry out here the trees are chasing the dogs down the street.:rofl:

Sting that is one of the funniest things I have heard in a long time. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That reminds me of a funny story in a 58 Vette, but I won't go into the details.

02RonZ06

03-13-2009, 07:25 PM

I try not to get out in the rain if I know of it ahead of time, which I usually do know ahead of time, I have an iPhone with me basically all the time, and can check the weather in a few moments from about anywhere.

I have been in the rain a few times, a couple times during car shows or on the way home from them, and a couple times when farther away and had no choice, I do not mind it, just more to clean, and the driving in the wetness is what really sucks for me.... Plus my windshield washer resiviour does not hold washer fluid anymore, it is converted over to a methanol holding tank.... so I do not have washer fluid to clean the windshield if I needed to, of course the wipers still work though....

Plus if you've never been to Tennessee, there are some huge *** ditches next to lots of the road sides here, with nothing there to block cars from falling off into them, wet roads and big ditches do not go well together, and yes they are scary....

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/ronvette/cid__cp1_imagejpeg_2.jpg

That was on dry roads there

XPOSE C5

03-13-2009, 09:04 PM

Not mine but Do I need to tell you if this vette seen the rainhttp://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll143/Cesarjames/Misc%20File/wavetoC5.gif and when the owner put this Vette For Sale, He will claim the car was Garage kept, Babied and all other BS and Sting probably buy it. he he he

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll143/Cesarjames/Misc%20File/wheelsgone.jpg

BlazingC5

03-13-2009, 09:17 PM

i like to keep the car clean as possible so I avoid rain if possible, but I've driven in it lots of times. Surprisingly, it still looks pretty good after it dries, even after it's been out in the rain. Cleaning up the fender wells is a pain afterwards.

I always see lots of Porsche drivers driving their cars out in the rain and wonder why Vettes are so paranoid about it?

c5alive

03-14-2009, 06:54 AM

A handful of times! Sorry I couldn't help it, just like some people you are out and about and the weather all of a sudden turns on you and before you know it you are driving in the rain!

airwolf99

03-14-2009, 08:19 AM

vettlovr

03-14-2009, 08:40 AM

Dry as a Babies behind? How about dry as a funeral drum?:hehehe:

comp-spec

03-14-2009, 06:38 PM

You would be one of those guys that would cringe to see my vette @ home. It typically has rubber covering the rear quarters and.... sits in my driveway. NO GARAGE! :eek2:

:smilielol5:

X2 ....Drive mine all year ...... Track opens in 3 more weeks
:rockon6rk:
http://www.competition-specialties.com/images/vette/vette25.jpg
http://www.competition-specialties.com/images/vette/vette27.jpg

radioflyer97

03-14-2009, 07:34 PM

Daily driver here. I don't purposefully take it out in the rain, but if I have to i will.

I designed a lighting system specifically for rain/fog/bad weather: I call it LVL (low visibility lighting) It consists of deticated 3000K HID Dipped beam E55 projectors and a row of superflux Red LEDs in the trim of the rear tag plate to Significantly increase how well you can see my otherwise stealthy car.

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt142/RadioflyerCustoms/2009%20projects/CIMG1072.jpg

VARROOM

03-15-2009, 01:43 AM

radiofler97 you are the bomb! I avoid rain if possible, but have been on a few road trips and gotten stuck in it. Just makes for a longer washing job. But then again, I love washing it so who cares.

sting75ray

03-15-2009, 05:54 AM

scubaking

03-15-2009, 08:44 AM

My hand is being raised!

Machorn

03-15-2009, 09:30 AM

:rainfro: I Thought That Is Why They Made Windshield Wipes For!

raulck_hn17

03-15-2009, 07:22 PM

haha hell yeah i have! las weekend i took it out around 1am when it was raining and went drifting with my bodies in this empty old parking lot! and when it rains is funner.. i stay sideways lol.. i drive it a lot all the time but it sucks when u just finished washing it and it rains!

81West

03-15-2009, 07:44 PM

No garage queen here, I've been in rain many times. No big thing. The car actually handles pretty good in the rain.

highoctane

03-16-2009, 06:22 AM

X2 ....Drive mine all year ...... Track opens in 3 more weeks
:rockon6rk:
http://www.competition-specialties.com/images/vette/vette25.jpg
http://www.competition-specialties.com/images/vette/vette27.jpg

lol! This just doesn't even look right! lol I'll bet it was super fun though!

raulck_hn17

03-17-2009, 09:11 AM

id stay sideways!!

greenlight

03-17-2009, 06:38 PM

lol! This just doesn't even look right! lol I'll bet it was super fun though!

lol! that looks like it would be fun but suck to have to clean it afterwards!

Blackhorse Zo6

03-17-2009, 08:20 PM

I haven't been caught in the rain & really don't.Mine stays in the garage .
But I was thinking that if I had bought a Mustang I would had driven it in the with no thought . :wtf:I did buy a new Mustang GT 5 speed back in 83 & drove it in the rain & it never did bother to drive it . Maybe that's why I go to VA doctor :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: ............. :patriot:

Capt. Nemo

03-18-2009, 04:55 AM

Been caught in the rain. I don't look at the weather and say "Hey, it's going to rain today....maybe I should take the vette to work". She stays inside if there is rain in the forecast.

Murder-1

03-18-2009, 08:57 AM

If it is raining when I open the garage usually I won't drive it. However, the good news is that the Corvette was designed to be able to drive in the rain if need be....lol

Have been caught in the rain several times. Not a big deal. A simple wash gets it all purtty again.

raulck_hn17

03-18-2009, 11:08 AM

i agree with u

angermngt

03-18-2009, 11:13 AM

jamesc4

03-18-2009, 11:35 AM

arobber

03-18-2009, 04:08 PM

I intentionally drive mine in the rain because it is just so much fun. I got mine to enjoy...and do!

Rich_CT

03-18-2009, 05:38 PM

Hi Dave,

I generally don't take mine out if there's any rain in the forecast but I've been out of state on vacation or away for the weekend a few times and gotten stuck in the rain. In fact, my avatar was taken between down pours at the NCM in Sept 2006.

I'll catch up with you at one of the Bristol cruises one of these weekends.

Later,
Rich

MB ZR-1

03-18-2009, 06:15 PM

It seemed like everytime i went for a ride last summer I got caught in the rain. Pissed me off at first but hard to avoid every little shower. I never went out on the real nasty days.

deltaforceC5

03-19-2009, 07:21 AM

It seemed like everytime i went for a ride last summer I got caught in the rain. Pissed me off at first but hard to avoid every little shower. I never went out on the real nasty days.

Weather changes so fast sometimes that there is no way that you won't get caught in it at some point.:doh:

y2kfrc

03-19-2009, 05:58 PM

Rain:wtf: is that? It is so dry out here the trees are chasing the dogs down the street.:rofl:

Hey Sting, If I remember right when Noah launched his ark the panhandle only got about 3/10 inch of rain. I am in Alva and we are pretty dry also.