Why garage a Camaro? When more expensive/rare cars are driven the heck out of.

[rberns]

Ive got a 2011 2SS thats also garage kept. I wrote out a check for 43k. Some people think car are just cars where to me this car is special. Before I was sent to Iraq, I knew that I wanted to come home to this car and thats exactly what I did. Save up for a whole year while I was gone and bought this awesome car. Because this car is so special to me, I plan on keeping it for a lifetime, but I can't do that if I am driving it in the sand, salt, and snow where I have a higher chance of getting into a car accident, rust, or paint getting sand blasted. Everyone has their own reasons. If its your only DD and you drive it year round and you enjoy...kudos to you.

[62nalide]

Mine lives in storage and stays outside a few days. Reason for buying it? Racecar . Only gets driven to race.
I have an HHR for work and a (2011) Harley F150 to travel 2011 6.2L F150 with 18,900 miles

[Msmall143]

Honestly...My view on this is so skewed

I DD my 1le but I work from home.

If it snows I don't drive. If it raining I don't really like to go anywhere anyways. I also will often just borrow my wife all wheel drive Benz.

So I dd it but put maybe 500 miles on it a month.

I did get caught off guard at the gym the other day....walk out side and it had been snowing, maybe an inch tops. Car handled like shit on the way home on stock g2's

[2012-1822]

I think it is 100% to each his own. Some people will still have a really nice car in 20 years to leave to a family member, others will have a few good years of hard driven memories. I'll be somewhere in between. DD now, hoping to retire it before it hits 50k on the odometer and garage it from there.

[Blue17CamaroZL1]

I garage/store my Camaro in the winter time for a few reasons:

1) So this doesn't happen:


2) I like to take my Camaro to car shows, and driving it in the winter time just kills that car show quality. Between the de-icing salts, the mud, the crap and everything else. I like to have my car in tip top shape for car shows.

3) I really like this car a lot so I want it to last and not reach the 100K mile mark in a few years like I have on other vehicles.

[14pilot]

My Camaro does spend a bit of time in the garage and it never sees any bad weather either. If a bug hits it or a bird shits on it, it gets a detail - LOL !!!

So the point here is that I have 6 vehicles and can't drive more than one of them at the same time. I do jump in the Camaro once or twice a week for a spin. Gotta circulate those fluids and keep the battery up you know. Oh, and it's a thrill too.

[SIN R G]

Originally Posted by Fast/Furious

This is my only car that I have ever owned. I saved up the money for it and I want to drive the hell out of it.

My Camaro is not my only car, I have 2 others. I also saved up the money for it and will also drive the hell out of it, but only on bright sunny days.

Originally Posted by Fast/Furious

I do not store my car it sits outside in the rain/sleet/snow. Two days ago I even drove it through 2-4 inches of snow with P Zeros on it. (find the other thread)

It is your car and if you want to drive it in the snow I don't care. However, please be responsible and remove the P Zeros for at least an all season tire for everyone's safety. Not that I want to see anything bad happen to you, but if you put it in the ditch driving in snow with P Zeros on it you will deserve it. And if you do kill someone I sure hope it isn't one of my loved ones.

Originally Posted by Fast/Furious

A couple months ago I went to a Cars & Coffee near me (Katie's in DC) and there was a Red GT-R I respected so much because he had brake dust all over his wheels dirt all on the low parts of the body. You could tell he drove the heck out of his $100k car.

I take tremendous pride in my Camaro and I would be totally embarrassed to have my car seen like this.

Originally Posted by Fast/Furious

Please do not think I think negatively of you if you garage keep your Camaro. I respect everyone's decision even if I do not agree with them.

If you really mean this then what is the point of this thread.

[ex-SS-ve]

All mine are daily drivers. Just depends on which one im driving that particular day. Already 9k miles on my zl1. I get the usual why are you driving them and putting miles on them. I guess i prefer to enjoy what i pay for and get good use out of them while staying in pristine shape. Besides im not saving my cars for anyone else. However they all sleep in a garage .

[angryv6]

Originally Posted by Msmall143

Honestly...My view on this is so skewed

I DD my 1le but I work from home.

If it snows I don't drive. If it raining I don't really like to go anywhere anyways. I also will often just borrow my wife all wheel drive Benz.

So I dd it but put maybe 500 miles on it a month.

I did get caught off guard at the gym the other day....walk out side and it had been snowing, maybe an inch tops. Car handled like shit on the way home on stock g2's

It seems like you and the OP might have your panties in a bunch because people don't have or want to drive their Camaro everyday. So you make assumptions on why people don't drive their cars daily and you work from home? Then there's the comment about retaining the car's value which no one brought up but you did. Stop thinking that you know people's situations and tend to your matters. To each his own, think about it.

[eymang]

Ah yes, my weekend fun machine!

[Chalk_2]

Mine is a daily driver. Just had a bad ice storm here in north Texas and thanks to a new set of nitto motivo's I didn't have much trouble. I also have a manuel trans that I think saved me.

[dgriddick]

Why.. the exact reason some 69 camaros are still around and others rusted out and look like crap. Its not about the cost.. its about how you want it to look.. if your standards are low.. door ding.. scratches are ok... smell of cigarette smoke... then treat it that way, its yours.. for others .. based on their income it is their exotic car and who cars if someone respects it because its beat, has up high miles and dirty.. its yours and no ones else's business.. That's why they made more than one.. enjoy yours.. appreciate others..

[Mannsiam]

Mine is garaged and covered for the winter (only 770 miles on it). I saved up and got a daily driver before I got the Camaro just for that reason, so I wouldnt have to drive it everyday. My neighbor has a 11 vette as a daily driver (his only car) so he drives it in rain, sleet, and snow.

[GMTool]

Originally Posted by Fast/Furious

Hey all,

So I own a 2013 Camaro 2SS/RS it is my daily driver and my ONLY car.

I do not store my car it sits outside in the rain/sleet/snow. Two days ago I even drove it through 2-4 inches of snow with P Zeros on it. (find the other thread)

I have a friend of a friend who has a slighty older Camaro 2SS I believe it is a 2010-2011 and he stores his in the garage and says it he has not even touched the windshield wipers. He not only does not drive it in any thing that is not sunny, he barely drives it period.

Why?

This is my only car that I have ever owned. I saved up the money for it and I want to drive the hell out of it.

A couple months ago I went to a Cars & Coffee near me (Katie's in DC) and there was a Red GT-R I respected so much because he had brake dust all over his wheels dirt all on the low parts of the body. You could tell he drove the heck out of his $100k car.

BUT then you have $30-40k-ish Camaro's being garage kept?

I guess I just do not see the point of a Camaro less than a ZL1 being garage kept and not driven more. (I cannot be alone right? lol)

Please do not think I think negatively of you if you garage keep your Camaro. I respect everyone's decision even if I do not agree with them.

Come on now. That's a silly question. Are all people suppose to be the same?