You may think that bragging is juvenile but when I'm hanging out with my friends whether it's cars, hockey, pool, chicks, our team that just won the championship, etc...we brag about who is better, who's is faster, who had the best one Saturday night, etc.....once again it's all a part of being "a guy", it's a guy thing and whether you get it or not it's of no consequence to me. Maybe you and your pals don't participate in such immature activities but I bet you sure as hell that when many guys in here get together at a pub watching the game and drinking beers that's exactly what they do too.

Corvette PTM is all about utilizing the entire corvette power and handling on both the street and the track.

The limits are high so I'm sure for those unaccustomed it's a bit unnerving.

Often times slower sports cars are more smiles per miles as they scare less.

I understand many people's choice for the slower track car. I can respect it. I rather not be fed a bunch of BS that the slower car is better though.....

At that point it sort of borders on sour grapes...

Corvette 2.1 seconds faster per lap than the 911s.

Just swallow it and move on.

Oh, I did some bragging when I was young and immature, just like I'm sure my friends did. But we've long since grown out of that kind of behavior. If you're lucky, you may grow out of it too.

Wow, that kind of arrogance will fit well with many who own Porsches just for the perceived prestige of the badge.:D

It's nice to know for a certainty just how superior you think you are, rather than leaving it between the lines as you have previously done.

Thanks for being so forthcoming! :thumbs:

:cheers:

How is that statement arrogant? What part of it gives you the notion he thinks he is superior to anyone?

Maybe I missed an earlier post?

Read it again. ....full fledge arrogance.....in the purest form.

I just did and I agree.

Having owned both a 911s and now a c7 they are just not comparable. I seriously doubt many people cross shop these cars and if they do they don't need a magazine to make up their mind

Car and Driver Test C7 vs 911
 

The horse is (long) dead... :beatdeadhorse: :smash:
Long live the horse.

How is it arrogant to say that you don't brag?

I don't think I'm superior. My parents believed humility to be a worthwhile approach to life. It took awhile for it to sink in, but they were right.

So, you're admitting that it's immature and juvenile? I don't think anyone is denying that it happens. I'm sure some of those guys in the pub are leering at the waitresses' funbags and joking about them, even though they're married.
Would you consider this person to be a "guy," or more specifically a "car guy?"


If not, why not?

Reposted for actual answers this time. And let's say in addition to looking like a Yugo, it had even worse build quality, materials, and fit & finish as the Yugo.

First Notch I agree with 99% of your posts and I fully agree that Monk is very immature. That said I also think it does show some arrogance saying maybe someday if he is lucky he will become mature too. If he is in his high teens or very low 20's I fully understand why he is posting the way he is, but I do not think I would brag about being more mature if this is the case, he would not understand what you mean until he gets older. The bragging peice is ridiculous, my friends and I never sat at a bar and bragged about ourselves, anyone that does that often is no friend of mine.

That was the peice that stuck out.

I'm not bragging about being more mature. I was lucky to have had people mentor me and help me grow out of a mindset that wasn't based on humility. I don't think I would have ever figured it out on my own. Hoping he is lucky enough to mentally grow out of the need/habit to brag either through his own solo cognitive progression (growth), or through the help of mentoring by others, is not an act of" superiority" on my part, nor is it bragging.

Understood, the first time I read it I did not feel you were being arrogant, I still do not think it was your intention, but I can understand why some interpreted it that way.:cheers:

It's kinda sad that so many of these threads devolve into personal attacks.:(

Once again Guibo and Notch have derailed what could have been an interesting conversation on a great Corvette win over the 911S into off topic BS.

It's not the corvette forum but rather the natch and gumbo show...

With a little cartun12 thrown in for variety..

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So now you're bragging that you're not immature, oh what a tangled web we weave.........You know what, being immature at times isn't so bad, go take a look at OT sometime and see all guys in there that are having a blast a being immature. Part of being a guy is being able to laugh it up with your friends, you know, being immature, sadly I guess that part is lost on you. I really feel sorry for you, your friends and all who agree with you that being immature at times when you're hanging out with your buds is immature and frowned upon. Yes, I'm happy to say that at times I'm immature, life's too short to be serious every day, but hey if that's how you are so be it, far from me to judge.

You and all your stuffed shirt pals can hang out at the local Starbucks, chat about how much the track package cost, exchange stories about all the people that glanced your way while driving your Porsche, meanwhile I'll be hanging out with my friends at a local pub, drinking a beer, looking at chicks, watching a football game, BRAGGING about track times after spending a glorious afternoon polishing up my Corvette or Grand National or '81 Z28 or '79 MB 450 SL, etc, why? Because I'm a guy and that's what I do. You live your life, I'll live mine. :cheers: