Just got mine 2 weeks ago and it truly is a game changer. I don't think I could see myself going back to an ICE vehicle ever again.

Yes, in every objective way better.

Though it is oddly understated. You put pedal down, you feel it in your gut but it just does it without drama. No roar, no shifting, just immediate "here you go".

I see that Hyundai made the equivalent of cards in the spokes, fake roar, fake shifting. As stupid as that is, it might be an option to feel a bit more of the "drama" of fast ICE.

not particularly fast

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.

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.

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

https://www.newsbreak.com/daxstreet-308709646/4771864623017-8-cars-with-highest-top-speeds-for-their-price

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

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.

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.

This is nonsense. You know nothing about corvettes or sports cars. The reason it's popular is that it's more engaging and more fun then just about everything at its price point while being reliable even after modding. Nobody in the space gives a fuck that they are fast in a straight line or you can spend a million dollars for a hypercar that that actually can't make out through a full length event.

The ignorance in your comment is one of the best cases I've seen in a while of confidently incorrect 🤦‍♂️.

You are a nerd who has missed the point entirely.

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

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.

I see your point... But in no world is an EV a replacement of a Corvette or similar car...

Drivers didn't spend over 50 years secretly buying and dismantling public transit, forming zoning boards, and lobbying Congress to build car-centric infrastructure using tax dollars from everyone, including non-drivers; billionaires and corporations did those things. If you're going to detest people, detest them. The people driving are just doing their best to get by using the only system they've ever known.

The new ones corner well. The old ones, well, pull up some of the old top gear episodes where they tested vets on their courses.

I'm assuming the guy on the right's engine is extremely worn in order for valve float to be occurring and that is very much Not A Good Thing (will lead to engine damage once a piston contacts a valve)

So basically they're beating the new car guy in an old worn shitbox

Valve float is when the cylinder valves are unable to close completely between cycles, usually due to high RPMs beyond the engine's design, but possibly due to very high mileage, often well beyond 100-150k miles. This meme refers to the former.

Longer, more detailed explanation:

Internal combustion engines use something called poppet valves to control the flow of fuel and exhaust into and out of an engine cylinder. A poppet valve is generally a disc shaped, tapered plug atop a longer shaft called the valve stem. The stem runs through a stout spring, then through a hole in a disc attached toward the bottom. Valves are opened by being pressed by their stems, popping up toward the cylinder chamber to open whilst compressing their springs, then being released so the spring can push the valve closed again.

If an engine is driven to rotational speeds beyond its design, the springs may not have enough compressive force to fully control the valves. The valves begin to 'float', where they can be bounced open, opening too far, then are unable to completely close before being bounced open again. This can cause a number of issues, ranging from power loss to catastrophic failure. In high performance engines, this is prevented by stronger springs paired with a stronger, more precise system capable of handling the force required to open them.

The meme is describing someone presumably driving a shitbox car pushed well past its limits to ourperform a high performance vehicle. It's definitely an exaggeration as most vehicles would break well before producing that much force.

You are just the right level of stupid and awesome.