My Chevelle was bought with the purpose of being my daily driver. The only time it was not my daily driver is when it was getting body work done and my Corvette was the daily driver. I put in the 700R4 because I wanted better gas mileage for the long trips, although I don't take them any more in the Chevelle. The car was my ski trip car when I was single and we took it (fully loaded with three guys, five pair of skis on the roof, and everything else in the trunk) on trips from LA to Taos, Salt Lake City, Tahoe, Mammoth, etc.
The Chevelle has seen a high of 24 MPG in sedate highway driving, and it can pull 1G on the road race track. It may be a bit tightly sprung for some, but I like it. The only reason I don't take it on long (ski) trips is because with a wife and daughter along it makes sense to take the Blazer that has A/C (helps when visiting Arizona in the summer) and 4wd (for those ski trips). Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1 '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john john > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Chevelles as Daily Drivers > > How many people here have built their cars up to be a daily > drivers. I know > there is lots of resto people or all out race cars. But has > anybody made on > conscious decision to modernize a Chevelle rather then buy a new car? > > I much rather put $25000 into a Chevelle then go out a buy a > cookie cutter > car you can pick up off any lot. > > What's your thoughts? > > Steve > > > >
