12-30-2015, 11:05 PM | #1 |
Drives: 2011 1SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Dec 2012
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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...
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12-30-2015, 11:15 PM | #2 |
The BBOMG fill-in husband
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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...
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01-01-2016, 11:48 AM | #3 |
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.
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01-01-2016, 05:26 PM | #4 |
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Rochester New York or Rochester Minnesota?
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01-03-2016, 08:26 PM | #5 |
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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.
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01-04-2016, 06:49 AM | #6 |
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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
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01-04-2016, 10:19 AM | #7 |
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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.
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01-04-2016, 10:36 AM | #8 |
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".
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I got screwed up on the Saskatchewan reference and didn't realize until a day later that it is the NY/NJ/PA section.
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01-08-2016, 03:44 PM | #10 |
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Here's the parking lot at work - the area away from everybody else:
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01-09-2016, 07:27 AM | #11 |
You must wash it a lot. They lay a ton of sold around here. I can't bring myself to take my car out.
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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).
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01-10-2016, 02:21 PM | #13 |
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 ?
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01-10-2016, 07:13 PM | #14 | |
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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)
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