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Originally Posted by ricernoob

What's wrong with you...you're putting Preludes and other FWD grocery getter in the same picture as a Vette (by saying they can be build just as fast). Come on man, you've been watching too many internet vids or something. nobody wants to give the FRONT WHEELS of a shitty ass Prelude that many ponies. Step on the gas a little and try to make a turn or something...pretty much pointless.

you know better than that...

The Vette is fine the way it is. If it was expensive maybe then you could've said it's too much or too over-rated etc etc. For its price range it's just fine.

Trust me, it's our Canadian lifestyle and economy that leads us to think the way we do. Go outside Canada in other countries (of course not thrid world) and see their lifestyle. In the U.S, for example, none of this flies man. People have more disposable income than you or me. We could hold the same type of education/job, yet end up with more money at home in the U.S.

Canada is pretty much the last place to be for car enthusiasts (or anyone with a hobby for that matter). All we do here is work work work and pay ing taxes to the mothering gov't. This is the reason why you seem to think a Vette is over-priced. :paranoid:

Think about it...
peace

Hey I just posted my opinion, and if people don't like it well TS. I think that the vette should have been better. Sure it is fast, and handles reasonably well, but go to an autocross event, and look what dominates. Honda, VW, and a pile of the old minis. So I have my opinion, and that is I liked my 380 hp grocery getter. Sure it was almost impossoble to drive in the rain, and useless in snow, but how many vipers and vettes do you see out in the rain? When I started to build my rabbit, I used to vette as th benchmark that I wanted to beat the living hell out of, and I did it for less than 15,000 dollars. And that car passed an NHRA tech inspection. At Norwalk raceway. That first weekend, I ran a 12.7 1/4 and that was the first time the car had ever seen a drag strip.
So I will stick with my undriveable FWD grocery getter.
As for taxes, well yeah I agree that we get ed. However, I would rather pay a littl extra, and have decent roads, vs a lot of the states. And I like not having a credit check before being admitted to the hospital.
Neither system is perfect, but I'm sure as hell not going to run for PM.
As for the vettes price, well I only make about 50k a year, so I will stick with my mortgage, and spend my extra money on my son and wife. There's no way I would buy a 80,000 dollar car unless I won the lottery, and then it would be an Aston Martin DB7. Or Vanquish.