McLean, VA, is like a miniaturized version of LA except filled with self-important government workers and subcontractors instead of creative elites. There is no shortage of vehicles that would outshine this.

The GT500 is a faster car. The GT350 is a sportier car.

Do you regularly take pictures of the window sticker with all the options? I find that to be one of the most helpful things that most listings don’t do. I’ve been browsing used and new MY20 Volvo S60 inventory looking for cars with the Sports Chassis and the B&W sound system, and there are a few possible contenders…

They do, actually, but it’s usually just as a front to lend some air of credibility for dealerships that primarily peddle used inventory to bad credit buyers. At least, that’s definitely the case in northern VA.

The vast majority of people will not tolerate waiting months to get a car.

And there are a shit-load of rules on cashing in on those credits when you get your tax return that say...you may not get the whole credit.

Although this is a year late and probably no longer relevant to you, the Volvo S60/V60 is mediocre as a sports sedan. I have experience with the S60 T6 R-Design, standard dampers (as opposed to the Sports Chassis), no Polestar Optimization tune.

The problem in the US is that everybody wants more services AND lower taxes.

New inventory is not only low, a lot of the incoming MY21 stuff seems to have quirks I’d rather it didn’t. Audi’s introducing piecemeal parts that don’t mesh together visually and their cars are feeling older than they are, BMW is ugly as sin, Volvo has this fetish for sucking the fun out of their products in every…

I actually had “...and not be black” in there, but decided to play it straight before posting. The issue there is not overzealous enforcement of speed limits, it’s racist cops.

And isn’t it rather inert?

You know, this stereotype about VA cops being extra harsh just doesn’t seem to hold up after living here for 24 years. Almost everybody does 70-80 MPH up and down I66 and 85-90 MPH up and down I95, and cops just don’t give a shit. If you are bombing down at +20 relative to the flow of traffic and/or weaving in and…

It might actually cost them though. As a left-leaning moderate, I will vote a Republican into my state’s legislature simply to moderate the amount of bullshit they are ramrodding through right now. I don’t need or want their traffic cameras and I don’t need or want their particular brand of poorly considered firearms…

There are two key differences between a house and a car, though:

Let’s recap this thread:

There was oodles of options for years on that. In place of a used Corvette, you could’ve had GT350s or Camaro ZL1s. You could’ve had an FR-S/BR-Z/GT86. Could’ve had a Miata/Fiata.

Hey, you read my original post how you wanted to, and resulted in you posting what you did. Don’t blame me if you sound mad.

I struggled briefly with which version of the word to use and was too lazy to look it up. :p

You misunderstand me. I did not buy the Corvette new, it was 24 years old when I got it. My point is that I already have a manual sports car, what do I get for my daily driver given that I want something bigger, more flexible in its utility, and generally not simply redundant with the Corvette that I will not ever be…

You misunderstand me. I did not buy the Corvette new, it was 24 years old when I got it. My point is that I already have a manual sports car, what do I get for my daily driver given that I want something bigger, more flexible in its utility, and generally not simply redundant with the Corvette that I will not ever be…