Relax, you’ll get your turn to destroy what’s left.

Gen X’ers have plenty of money. And we aren’t buying Corvettes. Our kids aren’t dreaming about Corvettes either. They want Teslas... and maybe Mclarens if they have a stretch goal. 

I hate to get pesky with real numbers, but unless the price is going to drop drastically, this is exactly what GM is not building. If GM were targeting the young, hot rod loving crowd it originally went after, the new Corvette would cost $33,557.61, which it obviously will not.

The youngest GenXers are between 37 and 38, they were born in 1981.

I’m a GenXer myself, as are most of my friends. Note I said many. I don’t mean to belittle your situation but many of my friends have new Corvettes, and are interested in this one. I myself also am interested in this, in the same way I’m also considering importing something like a R32 GT-R, Lotus Carlton, or some…

The end of Gen X is not even 40 yet, it ended in 1981.  

Another way I’ve seen it put recently - Millenials aren’t the kids just out of college anymore, and in some cases they are now the parents of college kids.

This Boomer is not yet 60.  The transition from Boom to Gen-Xer was ‘64/’65.

Funny, I worked in media while paying off student loans while in Topeka. I guess it’s all the luck of the draw in terms of which town you can find employment in. While working as a newspaper reporter (earning a teachers salary) I considered living in 10-15 towns before eventually moving to Honolulu, KC, Chicago, and…

Yeah, none of this applies to the midwest. Cities around 100k population and below have very little fluctuation in houses over 10-15 years. Let me put it this way: The housing crisis of 2008-9 affected most midwestern towns exactly 0%.

Everyone’s one day closer to death everyday. Millennials are dying everyday too.

The youngest GenXers are getting into (already in) their forties.  The oldest GenXers are approaching their 60s.

A mid-engine Corvette is way more appealing to me than the older ones, for sure. The fact that the Boomers seem to hate it is just icing on the cake, because then it might just shed some of its aging Boomer image.

The important thing you mentioned was “2005.”
That was right as the housing bubble started to expand rapidly, and you got your house before it became expensive. Even a year later and you would’ve been paying twice as much for it. And even since the housing bubble burst and took everything with it, houses are still…

No jobs though, especially further away from the city.  :(

Gen Xers have money? They bought in too hard on the bullshit the Boomers were selling. 

I’m with you. Vonnegut called them Granfalloon

As an early Millenial, I find it fucking hilarious that you think I can afford a home, children, their college, or the numerous prescription drugs I’ll need to stay alive to be upset about such a non-issue in 40 years.

I still don’t understand why GM didn’t take what appears to be the easy route: market it either as a new brand or under Cadillac, and put the C7 into maintenance mode for 2-3 more generations. Milk the shit out of it and profit from what’s left of the boomer generation willing to buy them, which is shrinking - fast.

I know you’re used to everything in life going the way you wanted, and not having that happen is a new experience for you, so I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.