28th Sep 2010, 09:56
No, I've owned my Tacoma for 14 years so far and GM was putting on a free event, so I'll give them kudos for that. They had a few Corvettes you could drive around a track for free. So I figured why not? I was not exactly impressed.
I too have gotten promotions and raises and in fact make a 6-figure income. So does my wife. I could quite easily afford any number of semi-exotic sports cars if I wanted to. But I like saving money and will one day soon buy our first house for cash and have quite a bit left over.
My Tacoma is well-built, rock solid dependable, and thus saves me lots of money. If I spent all my money on toys then I wouldn't have any savings. Then again most Americans do exactly that and blow it all on big TV sets, gadgets and cars. There is no rule that if you make lots of money that you automatically have to buy the most expensive car you can afford. Some of the richest people in the world drive absolutely mundane cars and live in utterly boring houses.
Even if I were to buy an expensive sports car, I sure as heck wouldn't be buying a Vette because for one thing I'd have to grow a mullet and secondly the things are simply overrated shoddy cars to begin with.
28th Sep 2010, 08:50
Sounded to me like they already had the Tacoma when they test drove the Vette and was thankful to get back to their higher quality Toyota. Vettes are overrated by a long shot.
How long ago are you talking here? A new NSX? Who even remembers those overpriced slow cars?
I'd sooner take a Mustang even over a Vette. Who needs to get to 60 faster than the mid 4 second range anyhow? The new Boss coming in the spring should be a sweet car to drive given the 2011 GT already is. I'd rather have a car I can live with on a daily basis than something hard to get in and out of and hard to see out of. Plus at least the Mustang has a little more room and isn't claustrophobic.