HP is Overrated

[SD987]

I wouldn't buy a Corvette personally but I do like them I also know a few Corvette owners and they just like a different style car than I do. They don't bash Porsche and don't bash their vettes. I like them and they like me. Stereotypes and perpetuated by imature posts such as a few of those set out in this thread. Take a hard look at yourself before you accuse others of being the instigator. If there were no Corvettes in the world and the wide variety of owners they present it would be a pretty boring place.

Thanks for the advice 1JB, albeit patronizing. I took a good hard look at myself this morning and very much liked what I saw. And I’m not sure where you get accusations of instigator, from what was generally a good-natured back and forth on a few Porsche/Vette stereotypes.

But thanks to you and Adam we’re well on our way to compiling an anecdotal roster of non-gold chain wearing, wife-luvvin Vette owners. However if you read my post (3/13 21:16), my primary point was that the choice between similarly priced Porsche Boxsters and Vettes is a question of personal preference; which isn't a controversial or earthshattering statement and similar to your comment that: “If there were no Corvettes in the world and the wide variety of owners they present it would be a pretty boring place”.

As far as the practice of stereotyping, I don’t disagree that they’re a generally troublesome part of human nature. However, I’d say my stereotype of Corvette owners ranks pretty low on the list of unpleasant stereotypes out there. If voicing this particular stereotype was offensive to members of the Porsche-Vette detente, then I accept my reprimand, but if you’re going to question the demonstration of stereotypical behavior in another, then I suggest you follow your own advice and take a good hard look at yourself or perhaps reevaluate your choice of wording. If you've lived your 49-59 years free of stereotypical behavior then let me be the first to congratulate you and appoint you Mayor of Mayberry.

[Brucelee]

Lets unpuff our chests for a minute and calm down.

No need to escalate this any further.

Now, you may make me take off my gold chain and kick some serious ......

[dmcutter]

It appears to me that Boxster owners are actually gun totin' lunatics, although I haven't perused a Vette board to see what they typically pack. My guess would be Glock 17s that they turn sideways to shoot. And woe betide the poor fool that tells Grizzly or Dr. Kill they're driving a chick car...

[Bavarian Motorist]

If you guys remember when I wanted Corvette, I was using the Corvette forum a lot.



They didn't seem to like German cars at all. There was one thread about a guy's wife bashing her husband's 911 turbo because his battery dead and he couldn't open the trunk w/ a dead battery to fix it.