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owhite3003 · 08-29-2015, 05:43 PM

Usually on the weekends only, not really practical driving it to work and back. I can't keep my freaking foot out of it.

p3jason · 08-29-2015, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by owhite3003

Usually on the weekends only, not really practical driving it to work and back. I can't keep my freaking foot out of it.

That self control can be a cast iron bitch.

SCHUSS · 08-29-2015, 06:40 PM

Weekend Warrior! Thats what I bought it for, I have a DD. I plan on keeping it, having a beat up old car in 20 yrs is not the plan. Having a well kept convertible monster is. I still get butterflies every time I drive it. I love the anticipation of the ride and enjoy the time I do get so much more.

pickwithaustin · 08-29-2015, 06:52 PM

I have a lot of cars. Some I don't drive very much. In fact, I tend to drive the lesser ones more often as my "chase around" cars. I work from my home so don't commute and currently have 13 cars. One of my Vette's has seen less than 100 miles in the past three years. I've had well over 100 cars over the years and I don't think I've ever really taken a loss on any of them when I sold them. Some balanced out based on use, others I got as much or more than I paid for them at time I sent the on their way. Heck, I remember selling some of my childhood toys on Ebay that had cost a dollar when originally purchased, and that I was selling for $275 each or more (because they were well taken care of). Camaro's won't go up in price like that, of course, but some cars do.

At any rate, I like cars. In the end, it's only up to me when and why and how often that I drive them.

Shark72 · 08-29-2015, 08:33 PM

It's one of four cars in the stable. I wait for the weekend to drive my Z...less traffic.

superbears14 · 08-29-2015, 08:44 PM

Daily driver here. Can't get enough of this car. Could never imagine it sitting in my garage not getting hammered on. Scratches can be fixed and parts can be replaced, but good times can't replicate.

JRBurn · 08-29-2015, 10:49 PM

WW, too many cars!

Vroom · 08-30-2015, 12:42 AM

DD and WW. Drive it all week long and then open her up on the weekend. Few cars in the world are that versatile.

Ventura 2015 1LE · 08-30-2015, 01:04 AM

Mostly it starts to rumble or talking too me on Friday and says park me on Sunday afternoon and Wipe and clean me on Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday its hard asleep in the garage.

Ventura 2015 1LE · 08-30-2015, 01:06 AM

It gets dirty by Sunday

510queen · 08-30-2015, 01:19 AM

I bought my boy toy to be strictly a weekend warrior....to get my thrills and frills

Trickskier · 08-30-2015, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by p3jason

I drive mine. It has a power train for a reason, and it's not to be a garage ornament. I don't care about resale value because I'm keeping the thing for myself. I don't understand why someone would buy a car like this just to look at it, but that's my opinion and plenty will disagree. Nobody will change my opinion and I doubt I will change anyone else's.

^^^ Agreed - I travel a lot so my wife usually drives it daliy. I always found that thinks go wrong when vehicles sit for long periods of time. Going on 2 years 17,000 miles

Jackass · 08-30-2015, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by aaaccc10

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever"
-Thomas Aquinas.
(I don't have a Z but thought this was relevant)

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But by the same token , if that captain doesn't take very good care off His Ship , he will loose it plus his all crew at once!

-RDF

2013 ZL1 #7860 · 08-30-2015, 09:08 AM

Enjoying the car doesnt have to mean destroying it everyday in traffic and weather. I prefer to burn it down on the weekend.

08-29-2015, 06:40 PM	#17
SCHUSS 709 RWHP & 677 RWTQ Drives: 13' HPE 800 ZL1..... IOM vert, M6 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: South Windsor, CT Posts: 1,140	Weekend Warrior! Thats what I bought it for, I have a DD. I plan on keeping it, having a beat up old car in 20 yrs is not the plan. Having a well kept convertible monster is. I still get butterflies every time I drive it. I love the anticipation of the ride and enjoy the time I do get so much more. __________________ 11.34 @ 124.88

08-29-2015, 06:52 PM	#18
pickwithaustin Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible and: Join Date: May 2014 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,863	I have a lot of cars. Some I don't drive very much. In fact, I tend to drive the lesser ones more often as my "chase around" cars. I work from my home so don't commute and currently have 13 cars. One of my Vette's has seen less than 100 miles in the past three years. I've had well over 100 cars over the years and I don't think I've ever really taken a loss on any of them when I sold them. Some balanced out based on use, others I got as much or more than I paid for them at time I sent the on their way. Heck, I remember selling some of my childhood toys on Ebay that had cost a dollar when originally purchased, and that I was selling for $275 each or more (because they were well taken care of). Camaro's won't go up in price like that, of course, but some cars do. At any rate, I like cars. In the end, it's only up to me when and why and how often that I drive them. __________________ --------------------------- Currently in my Garage: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible \| 1980 Corvette Stingray \| 1981 Firebird \| 1968 El Camino \| 2007 Crown Vic Police Interceptor \| 2001 Silverado \| 2001 Blazer \| 1965 Chevy C-10 \| 2007 Harley Softail Custom \| 2013 MX-5 in Copper Red Mica \| 2000 Corvette Convertible \| 2010 Corvette Grand Sport \| 2006 Audi A3 Turbo \| 2008 BMW 328i

08-29-2015, 08:33 PM	#19
Shark72 Drives: '16 Z06/Z07, '15 Z/28,1972 Stingray Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Drivers Seat Posts: 846	It's one of four cars in the stable. I wait for the weekend to drive my Z...less traffic. __________________ 2015 Z/28 #642 Black Bad Ass

08-29-2015, 08:44 PM	#20
superbears14 Drives: 2013 Black ZL1 Vert Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 194	Daily driver here. Can't get enough of this car. Could never imagine it sitting in my garage not getting hammered on. Scratches can be fixed and parts can be replaced, but good times can't replicate. __________________ 2013 Triple Black ZL1 Vert, 19000 miles, every option available.

08-29-2015, 10:49 PM	#21
JRBurn Drives: 2015 ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: 91342 Posts: 47	WW, too many cars! __________________ 2015 ZL1 A6

08-29-2015, 05:43 PM	#15
owhite3003 Z-BEAST Drives: 2013 JDP ZL-850 Track Spec ZL1, Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oregon City, OR Posts: 1,471	Usually on the weekends only, not really practical driving it to work and back. I can't keep my freaking foot out of it.

08-30-2015, 12:42 AM	#22
Vroom Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 325	DD and WW. Drive it all week long and then open her up on the weekend. Few cars in the world are that versatile. __________________ 2013 Victory Red ZL1 - 210K+ miles. Mods: Who needs mods...its a freaking ZL1 - Last car: 2006 GTO

08-30-2015, 01:04 AM	#23
Ventura 2015 1LE Ventura 2015 1SS 1LE RS Drives: 2015 2SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oxnard Ca Posts: 105 View My Garage	Mostly it starts to rumble or talking too me on Friday and says park me on Sunday afternoon and Wipe and clean me on Monday or Tuesday. Wednesday its hard asleep in the garage.

08-30-2015, 01:06 AM	#24
Ventura 2015 1LE Ventura 2015 1SS 1LE RS Drives: 2015 2SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oxnard Ca Posts: 105 View My Garage	It gets dirty by Sunday Attached Images

08-30-2015, 01:19 AM	#25
510queen Drives: 2011 LS Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Bay area Posts: 71 View My Garage	I bought my boy toy to be strictly a weekend warrior....to get my thrills and frills

08-30-2015, 09:08 AM	#28
2013 ZL1 #7860 Drives: 2013 ZL1 A6 #7860 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: CO, USA Posts: 1,279	Enjoying the car doesnt have to mean destroying it everyday in traffic and weather. I prefer to burn it down on the weekend.