Ain't that the truth. I had to search other states to get my Dark Horse under $70k. I'm probably going to buy another C8 soon. Luckily THAT market seems to have self-corrected.
Well, you did buy a Ford. 😜
Build quality for Ford and Chevy has dropped noticeably over the last several years. Seems to primarily revolve around half-assed assembly, not the part quality or engineering (as it used to be decades ago).
I haven't had any issues like that. Though my rev matching for the longest time didn't work consistently. And after modding my car, my harmonic balancer decided to start walking off the job site. Got a new one, now. Seems to be happy.
As a matter of fact, long ago when I was a newly declared adult, I met a girl that had just broke up with her boyfriend... and, you know, hung out at her house overnight, anyway when I woke up someone had egged my car overnight. There was no getting anything off. It ate through the paint.
I've been known to, on occasion, get in front of someone who is pissing everyone off going under the speed limit in the left lane, downshift, and clutch kick rocks at them. Happens more often if someone is tailgating me though.
Yep. When I was looking for wheels, I found several ultra popular (won't name them) Mustang/Ford websites/speedshops that had to ORDER their own wheels and with a several week lead time and a larger price bump (from tariffs) you know what that means.
If that were true, America wouldn't exist. We are, after all, you... if you go back far enough. 😜
EDIT: I skimmed your location and thought it was Europe. The sub-500hp number also led me to believe that. I'm not sure where you are at, so that statement might not be accurate here. hehe
Okay...
Plus, on top of it, if you just drive it like a sane human being it will last forever whether it's supercharged or not. Beating on a car is what kills it. And, if it's any consolation, I'd like to reiterate of the 30k+ miles I have on mine, most of them are merciless full sends at lights and on...