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Originally Posted by RoadTripRob
I hate that people judge others on what car they drive, if i could i would ride my bicycle locally and a honda grom long distance. Even though i dont like it it is still a factor. If you have a nice tasteful car you get a lot of benefits, a few include: higher perception of you by your boss= more likely to get a promotion, higher perception of you by women= choice from more and better looking women(im 24  ) = better genetic children. Some people with no taste get huge lifted trucks and gold wrapped lambos that look vulgar and give a negative view of the driver. I think i have a good taste in cars so i would avoid this problem. If i saw the woman below looking at me i 110% care what she thinks of me. I think spending some alone time with her is worth a few less mpg and higher running costs? |
Fun story: I used to have a Viper (bought it when I was 27). It never got me a promotion and never got me laid because only in adolescent fantasies do bosses and women "think better of you" because you drive a 15-year-old sports car. If the woman you posted thought better of me because of what car I drive, I would take that as a sign she's not worth my time.
I dispute your statement that hybrids are "bad for road trips." Hybrid versions of conventional models are almost always more aerodynamically efficient and get better highway mpg than their non-hybrid counterparts; nickel-metal hydride batteries have also proven over the last two decades to be extremely reliable. Buy the right hybrid and you can even:
5000 mile road trip, no hotels, 57mpg. Let's see a Corvette do
that.
That said, if you want the Corvette, get the Corvette. Just know that, beyond the higher initial cost, you aren't going to get 38mpg out of it, there are no snow tires and a handful of not-great-in-snow all-seasons available that fit, and people will be more likely to drive by and laugh at your Vette stuck in a ditch in the snow because of schadenfreude than stop to help.