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First Rain

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C5Rick

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Well today was the first time I drove the Vette in the rain. This is only because this was the first rain we had since I got it and since this is my only car, I'm sure it will see more. Thought it handled great and held the road just fine.
 
Actually I drove the C5Z in HOPES of getting it rain here. Trees were beginning to look like they were on their last legs. Of course, Murphy got me anyway. Rained like hell up in Tallahassee where we were at, but just a sprinkling down here at our place. Quarter inch under the surface it is still dry as the moon. Radar shows some rain coming, but this is just a weird spot we are in. Rains this time of year can be all around us, but we won't get more than what a bird can spit.

So yeah, washed down the C5Z when we got home and put the cover on it. But they don't melt in the rain...... :hehehe:
 
I agree. My C6 handles like a dream in the rain! The only reason I hate to be out in the rain around where I live, is because I have to drive it up our dirt/sand/washout road (when it's wet) and it gets all over the paint and under carriage!:banghead:
 
Most vetts have seen rain and lots have seen snow ,possibly even yours.It works like this--Car comes out of the plant and it sits in a big yard with 300 other cars waiting to be shipped.After two weeks of Jan sleet ,rain and snow plus a inch of ice we're ready to ship.Guys come out with scrappers ,axes ,crow bars and hammers to remove the ice.Car is loaded on the truck and it heads for say up state New York in a blizzard. Car gets to the dealer for dealer prep.This includes replacing two fenders and the vert top.Customer picks up his new vet Mon am with a enclosed trailer and police escort to be placed in the heated garage.

Finely spring arrives ,the owner tells people for the next ten years ,my car has never seen snow or rain.
 
vett boy said:
Most vetts have seen rain and lots have seen snow ,possibly even yours.It works like this--Car comes out of the plant and it sits in a big yard with 300 other cars waiting to be shipped.After two weeks of Jan sleet ,rain and snow plus a inch of ice we're ready to ship.Guys come out with scrappers ,axes ,crow bars and hammers to remove the ice.Car is loaded on the truck and it heads for say up state New York in a blizzard. Car gets to the dealer for dealer prep.This includes replacing two fenders and the vert top.Customer picks up his new vet Mon am with a enclosed trailer and police escort to be placed in the heated garage.

Finely spring arrives ,the owner tells people for the next ten years ,my car has never seen snow or rain.
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:lmao: :lmao: Man, ain't that the truth...... I'm sure GM doesn't put those things under cover when they roll off the assembly line and out the door. But I sure wouldn't want one driven on salt covered roads, if I could help it.
 
Vett Boy you're completely correct! That's the very reason they tell us to clay bar it the first time it's detailed. I was amazed the "stuff" that came off my new '04 with only 13 miles on it when I bought it!
 
Oh I know .I worked a B.G for a short time in Jan 03.I was amazed at the car inside the plant taken on each car.I was amazed what actually happen after it gets out the big door.

No matter what the Corvette is the ultimate car of our time. What a dull world this would be without 'em
 
vett boy said:
Most vetts have seen rain and lots have seen snow ,possibly even yours.It works like this--Car comes out of the plant and it sits in a big yard with 300 other cars waiting to be shipped.After two weeks of Jan sleet ,rain and snow plus a inch of ice we're ready to ship.Guys come out with scrappers ,axes ,crow bars and hammers to remove the ice.Car is loaded on the truck and it heads for say up state New York in a blizzard. Car gets to the dealer for dealer prep.This includes replacing two fenders and the vert top.Customer picks up his new vet Mon am with a enclosed trailer and police escort to be placed in the heated garage.

Finely spring arrives ,the owner tells people for the next ten years ,my car has never seen snow or rain.
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:rofl1: So true!
How does one justify having a vehicle they can't or will not drive in the rain?
I understand it's a personal choice. Some people have the $$ to blow for a Garage Queen and have other DD's they'll use instead. But IMPO that's :crazy03: . I bought mine to drive rain or shine:vette: .

~Ray:brick2:
 
So, what exactly is the bad thing about being driven in the rain? Getting wet? Doesn't that happen when you wash the car?

Getting the underside wet? Why would that be a problem?

I would be MUCH more concerned with getting a car from up north that had been driven on salt slush covered roads.... :ack2:
 
vett boy said:
Most vetts have seen rain and lots have seen snow, possibly even yours. It works like this-- Car comes out of the plant and it sits in a big yard with 300 other cars waiting to be shipped..."
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I made the trip to Bowling Green to tour the factory before taking museum delivery. Chevrolet can't "promise" that you will get to actually watch YOUR Corvette being built on the tour, but in our case, we were lucky enough to watch as it as it came down the assembly line... It was a truly fantastic experience!

For example, I had the pleasure of snapping a picture of my odometer with all zeros (000,000) displayed on it because the wheels had never even rolled up to that point. Also, I was the very first person to start her engine --- what a gas.

Then after riding along as it was put on the dyno --- I watched amazed as they lastly put it in a water booth to check for leaks --- by deluging it with gallons and gallons of high pressure water spray. A worker on the assembly line saw me staring in amazement and told me that most buyers never realize that every new Corvette gets a douche. So much for the "my 'Vette has never gotten wet" claims...

This was back in December. Temperature was in the single digits at night and my "baby" sat outside in the snow & ice with every other Corvette coming off the assembly line to await delivery (after the quality-control holding period).

Another interesting "factoid" was that a GM employee periodically selects vehicles (randomly) to test by taking them out for a spin on the local interstate highway... Said the Kentucky cops generally "look the other way" during these test drives. This explains why some brand-spanking-new 'Vettes arrive with thirty or forty miles on 'em. I was pleased to see that my new coupe didn't get chosen for testing, and when I took delivery at the museum three weeks later --- it was beautifully detailed and sitting inside the museum with less than 2 miles on her.

All in all, a once-in-a-lifetime event for me. :dancer01:
 
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