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quorum · 11-13-2009, 05:03 PM

It still doesn't make sense to me that the V6 can be made to look like the V8. I know the differences already, you don't need to tell me.

The problem with the red RS badge is that it looks like the red SS badge. I have to look carefully at pictures because it's hard to tell the RS from the SS unless the picture is up close.

And I think the Ferrari comparison is not valid. The Camaro is a sports car for the middle class - but even within the middle class there should be variation whose household incomes span from $40k to $200k. There is a reason why these muscle cars have a bazillion mods you can do on them: because people want their common middle class sports car to look/sound different from the mass of others. It makes sense for the V8 to be very different looking to the V6 - I ask you seriously: why WOULD you want the V8 to look like the V6? Honestly the only ones who want that are people who can't afford the V8. And I'm not saying that to be snooty, it's the way the world should work. If there isn't "nicer" stuff to aspire to, then we'd all be Marxists.

Think about why so many people are excited about the possibility of a Z28 - because it looks different and is therefore more special. What's wrong with the SS looking more special than the V6 I ask?

11-13-2009, 05:03 PM	#9
quorum Drives: SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Earth 1 Posts: 62	It still doesn't make sense to me that the V6 can be made to look like the V8. I know the differences already, you don't need to tell me. The problem with the red RS badge is that it looks like the red SS badge. I have to look carefully at pictures because it's hard to tell the RS from the SS unless the picture is up close. And I think the Ferrari comparison is not valid. The Camaro is a sports car for the middle class - but even within the middle class there should be variation whose household incomes span from $40k to $200k. There is a reason why these muscle cars have a bazillion mods you can do on them: because people want their common middle class sports car to look/sound different from the mass of others. It makes sense for the V8 to be very different looking to the V6 - I ask you seriously: why WOULD you want the V8 to look like the V6? Honestly the only ones who want that are people who can't afford the V8. And I'm not saying that to be snooty, it's the way the world should work. If there isn't "nicer" stuff to aspire to, then we'd all be Marxists. Think about why so many people are excited about the possibility of a Z28 - because it looks different and is therefore more special. What's wrong with the SS looking more special than the V6 I ask? __________________ There is only one rule of etiquette: Last edited by quorum; 11-13-2009 at 05:15 PM.