jimm

Oh NO!!

I DEFINITELY don’t agree with you on that! Almost ALL experts agree
that Corvettes are - by far - the best sports car value in America!

I would NEVER be without a Corvette! Drive one. You’ll LOVE it!

jimm

NCE500

Jimm,

Not wanting to go off topic, but I have owned six Vettes between 1991 and 2007. I traded my last one (2004 Lingenfelter built) for my Grand Cherokee SRT-8 early this year and have never looked back. Compared to MB and other competitors, I do find the C6 to be overpriced. Just my opinion.

DWP

The Corvette experience has, regrettably, two sides to it. On the one, it is, as you point out, a screamin' bargain of a supercar, a car that can run with the best European iron at a relatively reasonable price. The unfortunate flip side is that the Corvette would have to tow an Airstream to hold all the psychological baggage that comes with it. If your're male and over 30 and drive a Corvette, a large part of the population will think that you are (there is no polite way to put it) pathetic. Even more unfortunate, most of that large part is female. The Corvette has an undeserved reputation as "a vehicular codpiece, a high-performance sock-in-the-crotch favored by men of a certain age and hairline". Unfair, but that's the way it is, and that's why I'll never have a Corvette, even though I appreciate its sports car competence. As this forum makes clear, there are social aspects of car ownership that cannot be captured by a Road & Track data sheet.

OK, your turn to hate me.

SushDawg

We think the Lexus is a better car - but have you visited the Lexus Forums:

Check the links below and this is just for the LS430/460. Did not even check the other models

E class harsh shifting - Lexus Version http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums...howtopic=39296

E Class Wind noise issue for some - Lexus wind noise http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums...howtopic=33572

MB Rriding rough - Lexus Riding Rough http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums...howtopic=38421

I think any car will have its issues today - I doubt we can say Lexus is a better car and offers more\better quality. MB does offer a higher level of safety that I think goes further than any other car, along it it is the handling and German engineering - most of us bought it for that reason.

Yes its pricey, but for the safety and the kick *** look (not to mention to be valet parked out front of a restaurant and not far back with a Saturn ) - I think its worth every depreciating penny.

edspider

It seems to me the price of new E-Class varies from upper 40s to lower 70s depending on options and time of year. I think the E550 is more "overpriced" than the E350. The Bluetec is a great value.

To me the E is more valuable because of subjective values. I love the styling. I love the dash board. I can't say that of the LS4xx and I think the BMW's have ugly dash boards.

jimm

Well .. how could I hate you? But, I most humbly “differ.”

Size matters? For YEARS some have ‘tried’ to relate the purchase of certain
cars to the buyer’s “man-part.” Big car .. little .. you know. That conclusion
would mean that EVERY male big car driver on the road is a “size challenged”
man! And, every tiny car .. an appendage+ guy! Now does that seem
reasonable?

One “could” conclude that this effort to degrade successful people who can
buy the fancy cars stems from jealousy. (No one on here.)

At 16 I got my pilots license. At 17 I bought my first airplane for $350. An
old ratty army surplus Aeronca. Some thought I was showing off. I didn’t
care! (Later went to Air Force). I’ve had a LOT of cars, airplanes and
motorcycles. Bought them all for ME! To please MYSELF! I Never gave a
damn about what others thought! (That didn’t always win friends.) My vette
with loud pipes, pleases ME!

So, again - most humbly of course - I suggest that old wives tales can be
greatly misapplied!

jimm