Eh, that's mostly B.S... I've got plenty of friends in their late 20's / early 30's who are in the audi S5 / BMW M5 / etc market that could easily be into a Corvette if it wasn't such a junker inside. Then there's also the guys that have an STI / Evo track car and some other daily driver- maybe GM could convince them…

So, on one hand you say that one should regularly check their tires for proper inflation... On the other hand, you suggest that it's too much work to figure out which tire is low, when the system steps in... That's an interesting contradiction. Then you propose that the entire system is worthless because you have to…

They need to upgrade their wives, not their cars. :)

Why should we pay? Couldn't the marine core be considered negligent for training this guy to beat the shit out of people, mind f'ing him until he's a nut job, then turning him loose on some poor cabbie? How is that any different then a company employing a drunk crane operator, or similar?

It's not like it died... That thing could burn to a crisp and they would peel off the chassis # plate and rebuild it from photos.