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A buddy of mine (back in Cincy) has some serious money and drove a 911 "Cabriolet", nice car obviously.  For some reason, he added a Corvette Z06.  He told me the Z06 was undriveable it had so much power.

I think he was used to the Porsche's rear weight bias and the Vette's are known for not getting the power down when you reach Z06/ZR1 territory.  The "standard" Vette with 460 hp is "about right".  

The upcoming top of the line Vette is apparently going midengine because they reached, and exceeded, the limits of power delivery in that car.

AWD would be the other option but it adds weight and complexity.

it's kinda funny to me when folks discover a little miata, as a for instance, can run with and often beat cars nearing supercar status.  first off, the miata's are easily modified and cheap to get into their class of racing- and they handle well... and that is the crux of it- available and useful power... 
most the folks i run with are concerned almost exclusively with straight line speed- as in 1/8th or 1/4 mile runs.  these guys are fixated on big displacement, big boost with massive shots of nitros, gearing and traction out back.... which is to say 'American Steel'.  meanwhile, to the individual, those interested in 'real world speed' are into imports exclusively- lap speed and being able to drift corners not only for the lapse time but also because it's a rush. 
i just like punching it on the highway every once in a while.  much like football and it's components as a sport, it's the concert of moving parts and their arrangement and impact on each other that fascinates me about engines.  

^NICE read!

Our GTI has "adequate power" for me.  It will accelerate in 6th gear without downshifting (unless you're going slowly of course).  I've never had it floored (in part because it's "new").  I've blipped it a few times and it takes off nicely.

I've got one of those insurance dingers on it now so I don't accelerate too hard until they want it back.

Cincy: We sound similar, and I have to remember to keep your advice in mind. I'm 6'3. 205-210 is probably my ideal weight. I'm 218 at present, but on NYD was 250. I find it very challenging to ever get out to the gym, so I basically work out never unless you count hiking, which I do in 5-10 mile bursts, but sparingly. I find it very easy to gain 10 pounds in a day or two. Then, just on diet (never hurting for food, but showing a modicum of restraint), I lose those 10lbs in two days or four. But it used to be harder to gain and even easier to lose. I can feel the transition.

speaking of electric car(t)s, i picked one up the night before last to replace the one lost in the storm!  heckuva deal, to boot.

An interesting way of charging cars is inductively as you drive, but that would take some investment.

i'm willing to give it a shot in the garage and using the golf cart... 
it's actually interested me for a while.  the first concept was rails on streets- one side being charged by kinetic activity and the other charging the vehicle.   I obviously can't do this...
another is akin, where a vehicle (cart) has two battery banks in a parallel series dependent on a normally off solenoid switch... say, a total of 36vdc available (so I can fit 3 12vdc's but not 6 6vdc's and have two banks) from either bank operating independently of one another (like having multiple fuel tanks), together in parallel (like having one great big fuel tank), or for a jolt of power by overdriving the electric motor (instead of 36vdc, having 72vdc and mathematically doubling the tq and rpm of the motor).  the self licking ice cream cone comes into play when one axle drives a generator with a properly matched diameter pulley and charges one bank, and the other axle charges the other bank. the draft would be on the axle not under load.  
i don't see it being a perpetual charge, under any circumstances, but... i could see an additional as much as 50~60% run time between plugging in, and likely reduced only 10~15% range due to extra weight of batteries.... now, i could reduce the AH of the lead acid batteries or move into AGM or gel batteries to retain/match overall vehicle weight. 
shit, @Cincydawg , you're gonna have me spending on stuff unplanned..... i just can't stand myself. 

speaking of electric car(t)s, i picked one up the night before last to replace the one lost in the storm!  heckuva deal, to boot.

Husker RED carts are beautiful