Come up to trail ridge road.  Want to feel a Corvette with as much HP as a base 4cyl camry?  Well do I have a show for you...  

Not a huge fan of big S/C motors either.  I want a turbo on the thing.  

-30% HP at my door, -50-60% on the roads I like to drive, where you then get beaten by a stock GTI... N/A engines are dinosaurs, and I live no where near sea level.  Turbo lag hasn’t been a thing in a decade, unless you’re going extreme with your mods.  Plus, quick tunes get you way more power than modifying N/A…

Gap?  Not entirely following.  

Sadly pricing on that puts it right out of reach.  I could do 80k for the right car.   For 120?  Nah, too many other options.  

I’d have taken a twin-turbo version of the same thiing at the same power.  I live above 7k ft - this makes less HP than the stock C7 at sea level :(  

Yep.  For me, when the Z06 was announced as N/A, it became a giant shrug for me.  Meh?  

There are two types of people buying BEV right now - folks around town (Leaf/Bolt/etc - I don’t believe the 50 mile range “city car” people actually exist) - and those who buy the mega high-end to have the latest, and want the power, since the Model 3 starts in the 400 range. Tesla doesn’t sell a ton of the base…

This.  I’d honestly consider it for my next - depending on when the BMW finally gets too old, and what’s available BEV at that point - but I’m not driving that power up where I live.  Altitude hates N/A engines, and I keep moving up the hill farther. 

Because, for better or worse, that’s how the law works.  

This is a nonsensical comparison. 

Sirenia?  All right, now you’re my favorite writer here. 

And choose to specialize quickly into things that fit their needs/desires/interests vs what hte union expects/wants, letting them grow their career as desired. 

MBAs without experience are useless. Experience without understanding of business, accounting, and other associated fields is limited. Put both together, and you get the potential for great leadership and capability. (Note: potential, not guarantee).

I call bullshit on that. There have been attempts to unionize in my field a few times, and it always gets shot down - because the underperformers are typically the ones trying to unionize. If you’re in a field (especially one that primarily uses mental abilities over physical) where labor is at a premium, individual…

My sanity is worth a hell of a lot of money, given how much I drive.  Buying “the cheapest car” isn’t going to get the job done, and my car literally enables my job.  It’s an expense in the cash flow.  

Mini - valet parking.  

I’m betting daily driver for someone with a territory to cover.  And now they want a bit more space/luxury/breathing room.  I work a similar job - initially started with a GTI, but when you’re easily cranking 20k+ a year just for work into the car, priorities change.  Moved up to a G37, then an M550.  Each time it was…

I was 18 and in college.  Forced - either sell this and we’ll get you something newer (because cars blow up at 100K!), or it’s 100% on you.  Given that I was a full time student, and had other things to spend money on...  yeah.  I took the deal, otherwise I’d have been damned broke just paying for shit (I was taking…

1989 Jeep Cherokee Laredo, red, automatic.  That was my first car.  And...  Yeah.  I’m pissed that my folks forced me to sell it at 100k miles.  It was MINT.