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Originally Posted by DGthe3
C7's have an aluminum frame, so corrosion isn't going to affect too much. Weather is weather, and even on a good day you can't open things up much on a public road anyway -even if you're driving something mundane like an Accord. Similar with traffic -no matter what you drive to work, its going to be the same. So what makes it worse in a 'nice' car? And bad parking, at least with a Corvette you're less likely to get a door dent thanks to the composite body work. As for morons, again ... will driving a different car make them any less stupid? Assholes are a different story, they do stupid things on purpose & nice cars do attract their attention. But morons are just going to do what they do, and whatever that happens to be, its not really going to be any less likely or cheaper to fix in a 'normal' car.
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No car, including a corvette, is immune from damage. Morons that cause damage can range with anything from touching a bumper to damaging a composite door (composites bend...believe it or not as well as break), the dreaded key etching from jealous people, on and on. No one says that you should or should not drive a vette daily, but if you do you have to weigh the likelihood that your car will remain safe. If you have a greater chance that the car can be damaged, then I would recommend driving something else that will attract less attention.
As far as other cars getting damaged, sure it can happen and it won't be a cheap affair getting them fixed. Again, you have to weigh your tolerance. (Loads of experience with this)For me, it was far more tolerant to go thru a damage claim with my dedicated daily driver as opposed to one of my ace cars. If that type of damage happened to one of my ace cars, I would've been a (worse) basket case......and you may even see me on the evening news......a crazed muscle car owner going apes it in a mall parking lot or somewhere.
Edit: Additionally, I highly doubt that a repair will be as expensive in a regular car as opposed to a corvette. Corvettes have unique body parts, chassis parts and components that are expensive. I can easily see a Corvette hood or fender costing a lot more to replace than a Malibu hood or fender, or an Equinox body part.