Go out with a Corvette club member and enjoy a great car. I have a 2001
>Corvette Convertible, have owned 911's, 912's (even 2 912E's), A 73 Real
>Carrera, 914-6, 993's and 996 Twins. And have a GT3 on order... but honesty
>just as I choose brown shoes or black... they are both different but at once
>the same. You know that the Corvette lacks sophistication but it is so
>comfortable that we would rather take that car than our C32 AMG when driving
>to the beach. And great gas mileage to boot... but the only people that
>seem to hate our Corvette are club members of other clubs with "high
>performance vehicles that cost much more" that can't keep up with the lowly
>Corvette... And I have on my A/C too.
>
>
>Sure the US has not always turned out what it should but I have respect and
>pride in my American made cars. I am pleased to be able to drive a near
>super car for $53k. I vex over the idea of sending the Germans any of my
>"salvation sponsoring and terror ending US greenbacks", I look at the Viper
>and wish for a Audi 6 speed tiptronic paddle shifting trans (like MB will
>soon begin shipping). And I wish for another hardtop Viper too, if I had
>this... I would cancel the GT3 and stop pining for a 996 X50 Tip Twin Turbo
>too. Damn the french and germans for their stances against people and for
>favoring Iraqi commerce. I will never go back to either country... and f***
>y** Dixie Chicks...
>
>Should you wish to retort and flame the group... then there you go. Stay
>off the message board with benign hate... At least I am passionate. But
>your energy would be better off spent in a political News Group, where the
>two sides will never see the others point. I can editorialize on that
>too...God Bless the USA and God Bless Texas. And kiss my *** if you don't
>care for George Bush... I would have voted for Maxine "Racist" Waters for
>president if she told me she planned to protect our people kill that evil >dictator.
>
>That give you enough to fire back with... don't forget I mentioned God, I
>believe stronger in God than anything else. That should do it. Try writing
>this in Saudi Arabia... your computer will be confiscated and your hand cut >off.
>
>Cheers.
>
>> >The $52K Z06 spanks the $52K Boxster S and the >$80K base 911. That >is
>> a fair comparison and is >uncontestable.
>> > I would listen to someone who raced a Z06 for a year >before I listened
>> to some editor that drove the car for >120 miles on a Sunday.
>>
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>> How low you set your sites ...probably why you hold the Vette in such high
>> regard.... Oh wait...I forgot...price is your # 1 comparison...that is why
>> the GT2 never gets mentioned or the 959 from the 80's.
>>
>> The Corvette is easy to understand, and from all the raving about how the
>> C-5 finally has come around to the transaxle design to improve handling
>> (once again congratulations for doing what was done in the 924, 27 years
>> ago.) And how this is the best Vette ever...even the Professional Vette
>> driver in C&D, a few months ago STILL chose the 911 as the BEST all around >> car.
>>
>> The name is Porsche...look it up and read it's history. Drive one, own >one,
>> and you may finally understand why once a Porsche is driven...a Corvette >is
>> just a cheap, cheap imitation.
>>
>> Chevy...like a rock...ugly, hard,unimaginitive and boring
>> Is it any wonder why Corvette and Chevette bear almost the same name ! >>
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