Warp Factor

Most car owners will never drive any car to its limit. So what? Performance car owners still tend care about what those limits are, even if only to get a kick out of reading about them.

However, there is one performance aspect of Corvettes where many owners will test the limits quite frequently, and that's straight-line acceleration. Higher horsepower versions of the C7 are severely traction-limited during full-throttle acceleration.. The mid-engine should substantially improve that shortcoming.

ByByBMW

Same went for the C6, especially the Z06.

Atari_Prime

If you can't see it, I can't teach you.

pdiddy972

Uhmmm... I see plastics everywhere. A normal screen. Buttons. Nothing that looks that great.

Warp Factor

It has more fake metal trim than the C7. Appeals to people with poor taste. Reminds me of a Buick.
Only tasteless thing it's missing is the fake wood trim on my Audi.

Atari_Prime

Yes...those Germans are known for subpar interiors, not to be confused with the top tier interiors of American cars.

Warp Factor

You aren't the first person who has fallen prey to "confirmation bias".

4thC4at60

Well, I've got 300K miles in P-Cars - 800K miles in Corvettes, and 40K miles in Ferraris.... guess where my confirmation bias is based on experience: - hint: it' ain't Bowling Green.

roadbike56

All true, BUT, the average age of a new Porsche buyer is 54 (possibly lower) while the average age for a C7 buyer is 59. The C7 actually lowered the average age from a high of 61 during the C6 era. The C8 may not be targeting young people as much as it's targeting "younger" people than the current Corvette buying public. That's why GM is less concerned about the current older Corvette buyers than they are influencing new, younger buyers. This is a very hard pill to swallow for the traditional Corvette buyer.
Oh, that includes me as I am a retired, baby boomer. I just understand what's happening, not saying I like it.

Warp Factor

LOL, are you an old-school traveling salesman or somethin'?

MitchAlsup

At that point in time, fighter planes where piston powered, too.

Atari_Prime

Smoke another one bra.

Warp Factor

Thanks for the offer, but I don't use it.

rrsperry

My uncle was the same, right up to the day he dropped dead on the treadmill at the gym. You just never know.

Reefdude

That little clock cost 1700cdn, more with white back,
I was with my brother in law when he ordered his 911,
138k base, 195k finished.
corvette options seemed cheap when I ordered last week.

sly1

What model 911? $57K in options is steep, even for a Porsche.

Reefdude

Not sure as I’m not a Porsche guy to be honest, it started as a base, and went up from there, I was there with salesman and the options were steep, the next one was 205k.
either way a very nice car, but not my flavour.

sly1

The 911 is an umbrella which covers a lot of models from a base which stickers at $91K to GT2RS at $293K. Not sure what your brother in law ordered, but if I paid that much money I'd be ordering a GT3.