Garage Queen owner?
03-10-2012 | 07:51 AM
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Garage Queen owner?
I was curious to know how many “Garage Queen” owners we have here other than me? I am also interested in knowing what conditions (read weather conditions) need to be in place before you take your car out? What model year is it, and how many miles do you have on it? I own a 2007 which was purchased ( Oct. 2006) off the delivery truck before they had even pulled all the plastic off of it. It has never been rained on and the top has only been up 4 times, and only then to clean dust off the top and to make sure it operated properly. I drive it year round, but only when it’s dry and the sun is out. My friends think I am nuts to be this extreme about this car. I plead guilty as charged. What about you?
03-10-2012 | 08:09 AM
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Bought my 2007 with 19K on the clock, now 24K.
It has never seen rain either, except for the S2K rally last October.
It's garaged for the winter and also enjoys top down most of the time otherwise.
I do question why I pamper it so much.
I don't abuse it either like some of the turbo-driving-exhaust-farting-Vteching dudes around here. LOL
Acouple more week until de-hibernation
-jazzman
It has never seen rain either, except for the S2K rally last October.
It's garaged for the winter and also enjoys top down most of the time otherwise.
I do question why I pamper it so much.
I don't abuse it either like some of the turbo-driving-exhaust-farting-Vteching dudes around here. LOL
Acouple more week until de-hibernation
-jazzman
03-10-2012 | 09:53 AM
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03-10-2012 | 12:31 PM
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03-10-2012 | 12:36 PM
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03-10-2012 | 12:40 PM
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Yes, a garage queen car. 2002 bought in 2003 with 13k on the clock.
36k now. Sunday go to meeting car.
Looks new. Drives new.
Truly in the garage until the first nice day comes.
I plan on someday putting antique plates on it.
36k now. Sunday go to meeting car.
Looks new. Drives new.
Truly in the garage until the first nice day comes.
I plan on someday putting antique plates on it.
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03-10-2012 | 12:42 PM
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I have a 02 (bought new 10 yrs ago) that now has about 31k miles. Because I'm so far north we usually get plenty of cold/snow, and when the roads are clear they are salt covered. Mine usually stays inside from Nov. till late March. Hasn't been driven in the snow and not too often in the rain.
For me and others that hibernate their cars during the winter it is like getting a new car every spring.
Levi
For me and others that hibernate their cars during the winter it is like getting a new car every spring.
Levi
03-10-2012 | 01:02 PM
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I have a 02 (bought new 10 yrs ago) that now has about 31k miles. Because I'm so far north we usually get plenty of cold/snow, and when the roads are clear they are salt covered. Mine usually stays inside from Nov. till late March. Hasn't been driven in the snow and not too often in the rain.
For me and others that hibernate their cars during the winter it is like getting a new car every spring.
Levi
For me and others that hibernate their cars during the winter it is like getting a new car every spring.
Levi
Hopefully on the road in a few weeks; unseasonably mild and snowless winter here in Quebec this year. Will be passing the 5,000 Km (about 3,000 miles) mark then. Probably will run the engine tomorrow as the forecast is for 10C
