This is not the sort of vehicle that you want to buy with every factory option box checked. The base 2-door model is very reasonably priced at about half of the $45K MSRP on this one.

There’s no way resale value would be as high as it is if that were the case.

The important thing about those headlights, and the only good thing about them, is that they are easy to replace with LED TruckLites.

Dem Mach diamonds.

WTF? “Gorgeous?” It looks vaguely ridiculous, like something out of Corvette Summer.

Unless he drove it through an incinerator, a brush fire, or a roadside IED ambush, it’s GM’s responsibility.

How about designing a truck that’s a little more... oh, I don’t know... spider-resistant?

How so?

There is traffic congestion because the turn lanes aren’t long enough. Your beef is with your city or county’s road works department.

True. Just think of how badly the domestic brands had to suck, in order for foreign brands to gain a foothold in this market.

They will, for a while. Haven’t you seen Google’s prototype? It looks downright, er, huggable.

1. It’s a car centered around its performance alone

To be clear, I’m not “pardoning” anybody. I’m just pointing out that Porsche has unquestionably gotten better in their current generation, while early indications are that Corvette may have gotten worse. Especially the non-Z06 cars, which as you suggest were really pretty bulletproof in the C6 generation.

You didn’t give your opinion of the cars, you gave your opinion of the drivers. You’re getting nothing back from the people who are criticizing you that you didn’t bring to the thread in the first place.

Actually you have it backwards. Options are the parts of a Porsche that depreciate the most. Even with a Boxster or Cayman you can easily add the price of a very nice car in options alone, and you will never get that money back. They won’t show up in the blue book valuation, which is the best excuse anyone will ever…

Big difference: Porsche’s got better in the 991 incarnation, good enough to go up against the likes of Lexus in JD Power’s surveys. No major Achilles’ heels have shown up in the 9A1 engine or either of the transmission options. The jury is still out on the C7, but the quality of the powertrain in particular is not…

To say the materials in the Porsche are higher quality would not be an accurate statement.

*It was literally a no brainer.*

Clearly, the important thing is that you’ve found a way to feel superior to both Corvette drivers and Porsche drivers.

Translation: “Wow, those people are pricks. I’m going to let them dictate what car I buy.”