He’s been under a lot of stress lately, with the SpaceX thing if nothing else. Not surprising that he’s looking like Peter Jackson at the end of production on LotR.

OK, we’ve added a pedal to your DSG whose sole purpose is to disconnect the engine from the wheels. Happy now? And if so, why?

None of us can get everything out of a Corvette on a public road, not even the base model. Except maybe one guy, and that guy isn’t spending his time rolling his eyes on the internet.

One problem is that not everything that’s “unique” is worthwhile. Another problem is that even a giant automaker’s resources are finite. The funding used to develop and market this thing could have earned the company more profit, more market share, more prestige, or all of the above. It could have been put into the…

What it is is the world’s first SU-vertible, a part-SUV, part-convertible that’s supposed to be just as comfortable driving to the beach as it is tackling rough roads.

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.

I know. I mean, look, I had that conversation with her so many times, and she insisted on wearing those heels. They meant something to her personally. She felt like, this is her talking, that those heels were her shield in a certain way as a woman. That’s just how she felt. She felt like surrendering the heels felt…

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.