Maybe it's a hoot, but it's true, you are taking my comments out of context as this is turning into more of a witch hunt than a discussion.
It's this simple:
2 products similar in price in quality. (1) made in US, (1) made offshore.
I try to buy the US made product. It's that simple my friend. You keep coming back to me looking for trouble, but there's no trouble to find.
However, I still don't like your Porsche/Vette comparison because as you said, the porsche costs twice as much as the Vette.. What does the American Vette have to do? Outperform your Porsche AND cost 1/2 as much for you to buy it? I'm confused because I'm comparing similarly priced products.
I dont recall saying that I had a 911 at 125,000 I probably wont get one. Too much money for me to spend on a car. I did look at the Carrera for about 80,000 but they have a back seat and to be honest I did not want a back seat nor did the extra horsepower do it for me. I have a Boxster which is the cheap porsche. They are similar in price to a vette. As a personal thing I like the boxster better. It is a mid engine vehicle and holds the road better than anything I have ever driven. I live in the mountains and do some fun driving when there is no traffic around. The boxster also has a front and rear trunk. That is enough room for my wife to put her laptop and overnight bag in one of the trunks and me to put my laptop and overnight bags in the other. It will not begin to keep up with the vette in quarter mile times and I dont need it to. It does to me seem to corner better but that is just an opinion. I will repeat that for customer service my porsche dealer is at a whole different level above the chevrolet dealer where I bought my truck which by the way they are just across the street from each other. I had a problem with my GPS system not having all the city streets on the map that I thought it should have. I pitched a pretty good fit about it because it is an expensive option. Porsche finally told my dealer that to use a different map they would have to load a different software program. I made an appointment to drive to Tulsa, OK to the dealership. When I got there and they started to load the software they found out that they had the wrong software for my car. I complained that it was a 2 hour drive each way and I was going to have to make it twice. The manager informed me that when the right software came in they would send a truck to get my porsche then take it back to the dealer load the software and then have the truck bring it back I would not have to worry about driving it back. I am very sure that the chevrolet dealer will not do that for me. But for someone wanting a high performance sports car made in the US the vette is a very good way to go. If I wanted to just get in the car and hit the gas and snap my head back I would pick the vette for that. It is like a most things different tastes for different palets.
Not for you because you have enough money to spend twice (I'm presuming $60K) as much for a car that handles better. I won't ask for proof, I'll believe you that it handles better. I would think with minimal effort & expense, the Vette could be made faster in a straight line race, if it already isn't stock. The vette might have some off-shore parts, but it's still an American made sports car. my guess is your Porsche has parts made outside of germany, so what are we talking about here? Nothing.
Me? I'd rather have the Vette and $60K in the bank, but that's my preference as I think you should have your's. AS I said above depending on the porsche you buy they are very comparbly priced.
Have fun and don't be so astonished/indignant when someone expresses an opinion that's different from yours.
