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Bmatth1162 · 12-30-2015, 11:05 PM

It looks like I'm almost definitely moving to Rochester for a dental residency, but I didn't see a single C5 (or C1,2,3,4 for that matter) when I went for my interview. I did see ONE C7 vette, so RWD American cars must not be totally out of the question up there! Anyone use their camaro as a daily driver? Or are winters as bad as Saskatchewan? Do I basically have to sell my camaro for a truck (

) is what I'm getting it...

vinman · 12-30-2015, 11:15 PM

There's a bunch of us in the upstateC5 section, check it out. Most of us put them up since the winters kinda suck here...

SoChrisB · 01-01-2016, 11:48 AM

I'm in Rochester. Took the car out a few days ago, but mostly away for the winter. You'll see more cars after winter.

td195f · 01-01-2016, 05:26 PM

Rochester New York or Rochester Minnesota?

Flashpoint135 · 01-03-2016, 08:26 PM

I'm a Rochester daily driver year round - lots of miles every day (I work in Henrietta but live to the east out of the city). I put snow tires and steel wheels on during winter. Let me know if you need any info on Rochester.

ZED SLED · 01-04-2016, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by td195f

Rochester New York or Rochester Minnesota?

Well, this is in the NY/NJ/PA section.

OP, like mentioned above, check out UpstateC5 thread in sticky section above. Meanwhile here is a link to the members list. You can find member locations there.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...CM--4LYJ#gid=0

MMC · 01-04-2016, 10:19 AM

We average around 100" of snow and sometimes the lake dumps a lot more in some areas so I have a Silverado 4x4 as a daily driver and keep the SS as my sunny weekend ride. The last two winters have been brutal so not that many people venture out with their Camaros in the salt.

SoChrisB · 01-04-2016, 10:36 AM

I was hoping for one more week of good weather, but the snow is here now. I work from home, but have a Rogue as a "daily".

td195f · 01-04-2016, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZED SLED

Well, this is in the NY/NJ/PA section.

OP, like mentioned above, check out UpstateC5 thread in sticky section above. Meanwhile here is a link to the members list. You can find member locations there.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...CM--4LYJ#gid=0

Thanks Mark.

I got screwed up on the Saskatchewan reference and didn't realize until a day later that it is the NY/NJ/PA section.

Flashpoint135 · 01-08-2016, 03:44 PM

Here's the parking lot at work - the area away from everybody else:

SoChrisB · 01-09-2016, 07:27 AM

You must wash it a lot. They lay a ton of sold around here. I can't bring myself to take my car out.

Flashpoint135 · 01-09-2016, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SoChrisB

You must wash it a lot. They lay a ton of sold around here. I can't bring myself to take my car out.

I understand. I do try to wash it a lot (like yesterday), but the deal when I bought it was it was going to be my daily and get tons of miles, so it won't have time to rust out anyway. It has gone through 4 Rochester winters already and has 109k miles. On the other hand my wife's vert will never see snow - it's hibernating in the garage. Maybe sometime this summer I'll take close up pictures of the underside and body to show what happens in the "worst case" scenario of driving one all year.

Ironically my two incidents of damage were a freak hailstorm on a sunny july day just a few weeks after I bought it ($3k damage), and another sunny summer day when I got rear-ended by a truck (minor - $700).

SoChrisB · 01-10-2016, 02:21 PM

That's reassuring to me. I worry about the rust. I moved up from downstate where much less salt is used. I look forward to your pics. Did you get any rust protection or anything ?

Flashpoint135 · 01-10-2016, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SoChrisB

That's reassuring to me. I worry about the rust. I moved up from downstate where much less salt is used. I look forward to your pics. Did you get any rust protection or anything ?

No - no rust protection of any kind.

Forgetting these are Camaros for a second, all cars are much better now as far as rust goes. Take a look at all the Chevy Cruzes out there from the same years, I'm not seeing any of them rusting. No doubt the ones we run in the salt and snow will NOT last as long as the ones stored over the winter, but they aren't going to rust out in their first 5 years either --- this isn't 1974

(those of you as old as me will understand about 1974)

12-30-2015, 11:05 PM	#1
Bmatth1162 Drives: 2011 1SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 319	Any Rochester C5'ers? It looks like I'm almost definitely moving to Rochester for a dental residency, but I didn't see a single C5 (or C1,2,3,4 for that matter) when I went for my interview. I did see ONE C7 vette, so RWD American cars must not be totally out of the question up there! Anyone use their camaro as a daily driver? Or are winters as bad as Saskatchewan? Do I basically have to sell my camaro for a truck () is what I'm getting it... __________________ CAI intake, apex scoop, Vmax ported TB, MGW short throw, BMR 1" springs and sways

12-30-2015, 11:15 PM	#2
vinman The BBOMG fill-in husband Drives: 2015 2SS/RS 1LE AKA V1LE Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Elmira, NY Posts: 4,458 View My Garage	There's a bunch of us in the upstateC5 section, check it out. Most of us put them up since the winters kinda suck here... __________________ UPSTATE C5 MEMBER

01-01-2016, 05:26 PM	#4
td195f Drives: 2015 Z/28 #786 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hastings, NY Posts: 475	Rochester New York or Rochester Minnesota? __________________ 2015 Z/28 #786 - Black 2004 Silverado 3500 Dually - D'Max - Suncoast - Banks - Edge - Custom Tune by D'Max Tuner / Spitzer '32 Bantam Altered Drag Car - Blown Alcohol 380 CI Small Block Chevy

01-03-2016, 08:26 PM	#5
Flashpoint135 Drives: 2016 SS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Newark, NY Posts: 1,283	I'm a Rochester daily driver year round - lots of miles every day (I work in Henrietta but live to the east out of the city). I put snow tires and steel wheels on during winter. Let me know if you need any info on Rochester. __________________

01-04-2016, 10:19 AM	#7
MMC Drives: CGM 2SS/RS, 1987 & 2014 Silverado Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spencerport, NY Posts: 1,012	We average around 100" of snow and sometimes the lake dumps a lot more in some areas so I have a Silverado 4x4 as a daily driver and keep the SS as my sunny weekend ride. The last two winters have been brutal so not that many people venture out with their Camaros in the salt. __________________

01-01-2016, 11:48 AM	#3
SoChrisB Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 597 View My Garage	I'm in Rochester. Took the car out a few days ago, but mostly away for the winter. You'll see more cars after winter.

01-04-2016, 10:36 AM	#8
SoChrisB Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 597 View My Garage	I was hoping for one more week of good weather, but the snow is here now. I work from home, but have a Rogue as a "daily".

01-08-2016, 03:44 PM	#10
Flashpoint135 Drives: 2016 SS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Newark, NY Posts: 1,283	Here's the parking lot at work - the area away from everybody else: Attached Images __________________

01-09-2016, 07:27 AM	#11
SoChrisB Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 597 View My Garage	You must wash it a lot. They lay a ton of sold around here. I can't bring myself to take my car out.

01-10-2016, 02:21 PM	#13
SoChrisB Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 597 View My Garage	That's reassuring to me. I worry about the rust. I moved up from downstate where much less salt is used. I look forward to your pics. Did you get any rust protection or anything ?