I’ll need you to boot up your favorite racing game and try to understand how incomparable a 2 ton EV that zips straight is to a sports car. Driving dynamics of EVs suck and will continue to suck until they can get battery weight down.
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I feel like the corvette is the worst of every world. Pricy/frequent repairs, not particularly fast, weird stigma. Compared to many cheaper electric cars with surprising oomf, it feels silly to go with gas. If you have the ability to charge it, anyway
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I mean, I’m cornering fine in the city and easily placing myself in any location within eyeline when I choose to be there. On a track, it’d have me beat. Running from the police as well. But on tax payer roads, dividends are small. The second set of brakes make it feel much more manageable, as well.
kungen@feddit.nu 6 days ago
It’s because the attention is more important than the oomf for these kinds of people.
If they could easily modify an electric car to make a ton of noise when revving, they’d probably switch.
BogusCabbage@lemmy.world 6 days ago
What car a “car person” buys is not because of a numbers games, or its features, or its practicality, it is just because certain cars give a sort of “emotion” that connects with them. As someone who has driven loud but genuinely slow cars like Toyota Chasers, RB20 swapped Silvias, forged billet built 4g63 evo’s, but then something like an Audi E-tron GT, the etron of course is faster, more comfort, more festures, but they feel “sanitized” where as the others you have to conform to the car. EV’s are amazing cars, but give you no connection to the car or the road, there is no personality. If you’re not into cars, it sounds dumb, but as much as corvette owners, or dodge demon buyers will tell you the 0-60 times, the 1/4 miles trap speeds, the power of the car, the real reason is it conveys an emotion that connects with them that a Tesla doesn’t, a Porsche Taycan doesn’t, a ioniq 5 N doesn’t, etc, they’re great amazing cars, but they don’t let you turn your brain off the world and needing you to focus on driving, like listening to your favorite song does, some songs are just noise, but some let you forget about the world and just focus on the moment
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I vaguely understand what you mean, but it’s impossible for me to fully grasp, as someone who sees cars as a means of conveyance with utility in speed solely owing to the ability to avoid frustration on the road. Frankly, the idea feels so alien to me that I am absent of questions. Which is rare for me.
BogusCabbage@lemmy.world 5 days ago
And that’s okay! Cars as an interest isn’t for everyone, to me it is my passion, and my means to a living, but for most they are merely a tool and a burden, nothing more, but for some it goes beyond that. It is one of the very few hobbies/passion that is shared by the majority of those who don’t care for it. Imagine if suddenly everyone in the world had to spend and hour of their day listening to heavy metal music, no negotiation, just has to as a means to living, for the majority, they would hate that hour of the day, but for those who are into it, they’d love it, well that is the automotive hobby, majority have to drive to live, so not everyone has to be interested in it, its just a tool, but for some, it is an expression of themselves, a connection to a past, something to improve themselves upon, or just a way to disconnect, cars can tell a story to some, but to others they’re as colourful as a hospital hallway, and both are okay.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I really enjoyed your description of car people and the metal comparison. If by any chance your means of living is lyft or uber, I hope you are my driver one day soon.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The zr1 is 0-60 in 2.3 seconds with a top speed of 233 miles per hour.
The C8 is 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, with a top speed of 194. the electric is 0-60 in 2.5
These aren’t slow, not even close to being slow.
The corvette is literally one of best price per performance cars in 2026
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I never got the “top speed” thing. The fastest I’ve ever gone in a car was 110 mph, and that felt like far too much on a freeway.
But I never said slow, it’s just not particularly jumpy when compared with electrics. I should have clarified acceleration, you’re right.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 5 days ago
0-60 in 2.3 seconds is ridiculously jumpy, Most people can’t control a car accelerating that fast. 0-60 in <=5 seconds is considered sports car territory
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
It scared JEREMY CLARKSON like 3 generations ago
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 6 days ago
This is nonsense. You know nothing about corvettes or sports cars. The reason it’s popular is that it’s faster and more fun then just about everything at its price point while being reliable even after modding.
The ignorance in your comment is one of the best cases I’ve seen in a while of confidently incorrect 🤦♂️.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
This reads almost like an ad for a matchbox car. I’m a nerd calling your hobby silly, not misinformed
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 5 days ago
No I read your responses. Your intentionally being dense. Fuck off.
faltryka@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You could not be more misinformed here. I say this as someone who drives an electric. The modern corvettes are insane value for a sports car, extremely moddablr and reliable, as quick or quicker than an ev while annihilating most evs on top speed.
You sir, are the worst kind of incorrect. You are confidently incorrect.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Their reliability is comparable to a new Tesla, and their parts are pricy as hell. Who’s telling you these things?
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 6 days ago
I don’t know enough about cars to join this conversation but I feel like the people arguing with someone calling themselves Gullible are probably wearing uranium horseshoes.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Shhhhhh, you’ll ruin the bits and confuse the ones where it’s not a bit
brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I know older Corvettes are a pretty good starting point for getting into stock car drag racing
Source: I drag raced my family’s 15-seat Chevrolet Express, and synced the video to the audio of a Corvette that got exactly half my quarter-mile time XD
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I think I know what went wrong with the van. You probably forgot to paint flames on it.
brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Shoulda painted it red, red is faster 👍
tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
The Chevy Express is such a good van dude. What year?
mbp@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
Dream van
Bob@feddit.org 5 days ago
The C8 is pretty incredible value for money if you live in the US. It’s essentially half the price of a 911, and you get a lot more performance for the money, and a nicely balanced mid engined layout. Servicing costs probably aren’t that high because you take it to a normal GM dealership for GM parts. I don’t know what kind of acceleration you consider quick, but even the base model Stingray does 0-60 in 2.9 seconds. Top of the range models do it in under two. I can’t think of any comparable electric cars for the money. If you want similar performance to a ZR1 in an EV, you’d have to buy a Taycan Turbo GT with factory Weissach package and Manthey kit, which would set you back around 370k usd.
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Didn’t even give the idiot that. Dune even give them that. The Corvette can turn laps all day out of the box while every EV out there requires brakes and charging every 30 minutes.
EVs are just not great enthusiasts cars even at the most expensive levels.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
If I could afford 3 electric supercars I could definitely have an enjoyable full day at the track. Keep 2 charging and being maintained, and switch out
87Six@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I see your point… But in no world is an EV a replacement of a Corvette or similar car…
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 6 days ago
My silly FR-S is pretty fun, cheap-ish on gas, and was only like $11k with 56k miles. When I was looking there weren’t many fun electrics in my price range.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 5 days ago
I loved my FR-S (after a chip tune to smooth out the torque dip). I put a Borla cat-back on it and it sounded amazing. I loved how you could rev third all the way out and not be going ridiculously fast. Parking lot drifting was so easy with the LSD too. Oh, and I loved how it used the standard Toyota cruise control stalk; that one is one of my favorites. Great car.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 5 days ago
I don’t really need something insanely fast, just something fun to drive lol! Sadly no drifting for me yet, I may have gotten too old for that when I wasn’t looking. I’m just glad for a no frills manual transmission in today’s world.
Mine came with an invidia exhaust and a pretty nice ingen intake… Makes it a bit louder than I like, but it sounds better than a few I’ve seen (deeper, less like a pissed off weedwacker).
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
56k miles on a 10 year old car?? Damn, I need your search skills! But yes, the secondhand market is rough for electrics. It’s like they’re made of gold, the way the price refuses to dip.
synapse3252@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
?? EVs depreciate like a rock
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
All of my rocks retain value pretty well?
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 5 days ago
Actually it was 13 years old, it was one of the 2013’s that somebody absolutely loved. They installed the starlight headliner mod, ingen intake, and invidia exhaust. It’s got the bespoke radio (sadly the 2013 bespoke that didn’t have native apps, it was powered by zypher), and the optional bazooka sub in the trunk; when I bought it there was zero base because someone tried to wire in a kicker and ended up starving the signal so neither sub was working.
The only gripe I really have with it is the black velvet like stuff they covered the interior with and the insanely worn gear shifter.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Are the seats black velvet? That sounds rough in the summer. Hot and slipping across a smooth, sweat soaked surface is, perhaps, the least comfortable way to drive. In my opinion, anyway.
That is an incredibly sweet deal, though. It sounds like you got someone’s leisure car. I can’t think of another reason for all of the mods and mileage being as low as it was. It must have been tough for them to give up.
karlhungus@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
15k cad, and 26k km for my very serious brz (also 13 years old). I also had the same lack of evs in my price range (not even including fun ones).
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 5 days ago
The BRZ was what I was originally wanting, but they all seem too expensive in my area. My wife has been driving a Scion xD for around 14 years and as her household mechanic it’s been a dream so I figured why not for the BRZ’s sister car.
karlhungus@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Looking in my area FR-S’ seem about the same price, gr86’s seemed a bit more pricey. I considered them all equal when i was looking (at the time i was looking at wrx’s or miata’s also). Really enjoy driving this this car so far only downside is more expensive gas, and the paint which seems to chip super easy.
DonGirses@lemmy.world 6 days ago
C8 also looks like derivative trash
C5/C6 forever
X@piefed.world 5 days ago
If only McLaren brought back the body of the F1 with suitably blistering electrics, I’d overthrow a few small nations to get one…
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
If they manage to fit the engine in such a flat vehicle, I’d be impressed. The only company going as low as a corvette is aspark, and I don’t even know when or if they’re actually going to deliver those things. And they cost 3kk usd each.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Electric cars just aren’t entertaining. They’re not entertaining to watch race, and they’re not entertaining to drive.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I don’t find any races entertaining to watch. Electric gets me from point a to point b extreme rapidly, and that’s where I find my fun in driving. In instantly flying past the doofus sitting in front of me going 10 under, and arriving at my destination without the aggravation their inappropriate pace could have offered me. Doubling my speed to catch the next green cycle. Hauling what I need without worrying about space. Never hearing “oh, you’re a ___ guy.” It’s just a fast car with trunk space to me. Romanticization of cars is utterly absent in me.
Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
You sound like a reckless driver. Remind me to stay at home when you’re driving.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Please do. Sitting behind slow moving, hesitant, unpredictable drivers is agony. I imagine you choose not to use your blinker, seize the gap, or follow the flow of traffic like everyone else in this godforsaken city.
If I see you crawling down the freeway on-ramp at half the speed of the drivers you’re attempting to merge between, I will transfer to you the aneurysm you planted within me by sheer force of will as I pass by you.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 5 days ago
Nah, definitely Ferrari. Tires are like $50K. An oil change is like $2-3K. Just buying one is a huge hassle. You can’t just walk into a dealership and buy one, you have to agree to buy a few used ones first, then they’ll allow you on the waiting list for a new one.
it feels silly to go with gas for fun
If you’ve never rowed through the gears of a roaring V8, listening to the RPMs climb and crescendo into the smooth thunk of the shifter, you should really try it some time. It’s a uniquely satisfying sensory combination that electric vehicles just can’t replicate. A Model S can’t have supercharger whine, a blowoff valve, or even induction noise. Those things might not be sensible, or even practical, but they are sure as hell fun.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Pretty sure you can just walk into a dealer and order a new one. It’ll just be a basic Ferrari. The limited production run models are the ones reserved for repeat customers.
It’s also to make their customers feel special
The entire ownership experience is ass though. New, you’re stuck going to the dealer for repairs. Old, good luck finding parts
Tja@programming.dev 5 days ago
I honestly prefer the silent acceleration of an EV, all the sounds are annoying. I have fun accelerating from every traffic light to 50 km/h in a blink of an eye. I can have fun on my commute, save money and as a side effect “save the planet”. Without annoying everyone around me.
Kanda@reddthat.com 5 days ago
The 3-year old in their head likes it when it say big wroom
piconaut@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Everything I’ve heard about the ZR1 is generally positive. I was under the impression that it was very competitive with other “super cars” often for substantially less money.
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 6 days ago
Agreed. Not sure what this guy is talking about. Are they perfect? No. But for an ICE car, it’s really fast. Electric have the benefit of all the torque available without the need to rev.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
That’s my point. Electric does the same for a lower price with better optics and more storage space and range. If you want to get slammed into your seat, a 50k usd electric is going to do just that, and it will last longer, and it won’t yield any “corvette guy” vibes, and it probably won’t break down anywhere near as frequently. (Obviously model specific, and it goes without saying but fuck Tesla)
YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf 6 days ago
I’d love a used model s p100d, but then I’d be in a Tesla.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Also they tend to be the more reliable sports car too certainly cheaper to maintain than anything Italian or German.
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 6 days ago
They are on crack, ignorant, and trying to pull an ’ ACHKTUALLY the Tesla/byd is faster’ argument.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I’ve only mentioned teslas to disparage them and I don’t actually know what a byd is. Feel free to ctrl f.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
3 second 0-60 on the base model and 2.5 seconds with the sports package. Thats right in there with the sportier electrics, but the sportier electrics (broad, I realize) go from 50-120k usd and the zr1 from 70-120k usd. Thats not bad, but corvettes are notorious for maintenance.