adamsclubs

Ironically, after the initial statement, the rest of your post talks nothing about the look, but performance.

extanker

more irony ...the rear view of the corvette they [elton posers] hate so much is the only view they will see so much of

adamsclubs

Likewise, every time I am at one of those Porsche Club organized autocross events, a few vettes there always murder all the P-cars, fast or slow.

But the P-car drivers are used to that, the performance I talked about, is mostly off the track performance, or fun factor, because the majority of the P-car drivers, or vette drivers, never go on race track or even to autocross.

This thread is about the look. All I am saying is, though I like the look of both the 991 and C7, and think many others agree with me, I am also fully aware a lot of people don't care for (or even hate) one or the other, or both. Debating about the look is often futile.

The fortunate part is, you will never be alone in your particular taste, and find plenty of people in common. So pick all the other things you like about a car, whatever it is, forget about how it looks, odds are the same number of people in the population (though somewhat different group for different car) will admire its look while you cruise down the street.

bccars

That's really strange advice. You're telling people to buy a car they don't like the look of :-)

Over here the number of people that like Optimus prime, with his quad missile launchers out of his ***, over the 991 will be small, extremely small !

adamsclubs

Where did I say that?

I am simply saying don't be too obsessed by the look. The reason is, on the flip side, just be aware regardless what car you get, odds are there will be the same number of people in the population (though different group for different car) who will vomit as they watch you cruise down the street.

JohnnyBahamas

The exterior two are missile launchers. The interior two are flame throwers. Geez.

JohnnyBahamas

Especially when grandpa's palsy meds cause his leg to cramp and jam the throttle pedal to the floor right as he's parking his C7 in the handicapped spot at the local strip mall.

News film of the accident will show lots of the rear view of the corvette sticking out of the building.

CaliforniaZombie

Besides perhaps a yawn, the only thing that goes through my kind when I see a late model corvette is thank God I have some taste - enough anyway to not want to drive one of those.

JohnnyBahamas

Just wait. Your tastes might change once your Medicare kicks in and you start wearing your elastic waistband pants up around your sternum.

mrstep

That is interesting advice - pay less so we can get cars we think are ugly because some other people will like it... But I didn't buy my car for other people, I bought it because I like it.

But that point aside, you may be underestimating the number of people who like Optimus Prime. I'll bet it's higher than the number of people who like more refined looks... I'll go out on a limb and use the never-ending stream of crappy movies and the certain-to-be-higher sales numbers of the C7 as all the proof I need.

CaliforniaZombie

Not a chance I probably will be wandering aimlessly for hours in the parking lot trying to remember where I parked, but it'll still be a Porsche. I don't think ill ever be senile enough to try my key in a corvette

chuck911

bccars, just want to say that in spite of this being a nonsense thread (zero relevance to 991) and despite all the nonsense comments (anything even hinting at the vette being a good looking car) all has been redeemed now that you have said the Corvette looks " like Optimus prime, with his quad missile launchers out of his ***."

Well done!

adamsclubs

That makes two of us, but if most Porsche drivers are like us, Porsche would be long out of business.

Since most people are not like you and me, they will want to fit in and be like most of the others.

The missile launcher design is aimed at younger buyers, as evident most older traditional vette drivers don't like the new style, much like the mature 911 drivers.

Although it is too early to tell, there is sign the younger buyers are buying the new C7 style. So anyone who wants to joke about vette drivers on Medicare, just be aware the joke might be on them instead.

I think it is a clear sign of aging when you become less and less tolerant of different styles, and your taste is more narrowed and specific. I try to fight that tendency but realize even for me it is a losing battle as I age.

Para82

Well a C7 did make last week's Vick's Pick's. Neato huh guys?


Just had a look at the C7 pics posted by OP. That has to be the ugliest color you could ever pick for that car. Also nice cheesy chrome wheels there, what an option. Is it 1997?

My enthusiasm for this car pretty much just tanked.

Viper.

CaliforniaZombie

The above post from "AdamsClubs" makes little sense to me. I highly doubt Porsche will go out of business if us Pcar drivers don't care what others think of us and we bought a Porsche simply because *we* liked it.

Younger buyers are probably indeed the target market for the corvette, as its a lower cost vehicle. I'm resisting using the term "cheaper" but I certainly think that's an appropriate descriptive term for that vehicle.

I'm sorry but the last paragraph made me laugh. "A clear sign of aging when you become less and less tolerant of different styles". Speaking for myself, I'm nowhere near old and I can tolerate the C7 design just fine. I just think it looks as ugly as a Boar's *** in my experience, age has little to do with one's taste. I know some old people with a really refined sense of style and taste, and young people who are absolute tools who can't even spell taste