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I've driven a 924, it was fine, but slow.  I knew a guy in school who sold Porsches and Audis and he'd let me drive them on occasion.  I sent a customer or two his way.  He had played in the old AFL.

Even a slow car today is pretty fast relatively.

I notice nearly every car today has some sort of alloy wheels on it.

They do save weight over steel, and it's unsprung weight, which is doubly bad.  I think it's more for looks than mpg/$$$.

Our rental Camry had some sporty looking wheels on it.

I remember our Caddy had 35 profile tires, which were a major issue for me.

Yup, a LOT of car buying choices are about appearances, color, subjectives.  It's rather amazing really that folks choose a $40 K item based on appearance as much as anything (or Consumer Reports, which I personally view as misleading and irrelevant).

Most cars in Europe are either black, or white, mostly black, it's fairly rare one is a color.  My wife dislikes red cars unless they are Ferraris, which is fair enough I suppose.  Our Caddy had a really nice paint job, tricoat offwhite something.  I liked that color a lot.  It also had a rather harsh ride, which you wouldn't think for a 4 cylinder Caddy.  Some of that was due to the 35 profile run flats.

The GTI for me has about the best overall balance of any car I can imagine.  It also has alloy wheels of course that look spiffy.

I dislike White vehicles

look like fleet cars

my work car is white - it's just a color

It's a 2017 Impala - alloy wheels

pros - large trunk for golf clubs, 305 hp 6 cylinder for passing on two-lane highways

Nah, they were basically the same size and general shape. The 924 was just a stripped down 944, before the 944 came out, much more refined.

Entry level Porsche.

To me it tarnished the brand a bit.

Big fan of the Chevy II before it turned into the Nova - J/K

I saw an unusual number of Ferraris in SD and a few Bentleys/RRs as well.  We did drive through some of the higher rent districts of course.  I think increasingly to survive in CA you need a Big Bank or to be rather poor.  My Step Son in Law told me the minimum salary now is $62,000, not MW, but for salaried workers, which would include Admins etc.  That just edges into the 9.3% state tax bracket for singles.