Are Europeans jealous of American wealth?

It depends on what model. A base model corvette we can buy for 24,500 GBP will do 190 MPH. A corvette Z06 tops out at 198 MPH and a ZR1 Corvette 205 mph and that's stock and no one has a stock corvette.

What is so great about a US V8 is a very cheap and simple modifications will boost power quite significantly. My last Corvette was a base car but I put headers, high flow catalytic converters, an x-pipe, and had the ECU reprogrammed. With near as makes no difference, 500 hp, I'm quite certain those modifications are good for at least another 10 mph on the top end.

I really miss that car quite a bit, sold it and got a 6 year old Carrera S Porsche 911. The Porsche's engine is completely gutless compared to the US V8 and is also less reliable, more expensive to maintain, and far less economical. How did those brilliant german engineers manage that one?

It's a porsche, not a mercedes, a Ferrari or a lamborghini. Also how do you know it hadnt been ****ed up and you just got conned?

I'm not jealous of American wealth.

My uncle lives in the US. You have to get in a car to buy a loaf of bread, whereas I can walk to a local shop.

This is a really stupid post. Not everyone in the UK can walk to buy a loaf of bread and not everyone in the US needs a car to do it. In New York city having a car is often a major inconvenience and you can walk to everything.

Not everyone in the UK can walk to buy a loaf of bread.

ALMOST everyone in the UK can walk to buy bread, and most (a lot) of people in the US can't.
We have a similar issue in London as you describe in New York... You'd be stupid to try to drive places.

In the county I live in, everywhere you go, you can buy bread within walking distance. Under 3% wouldn't be able too, may require a short drive although a long walk is good in saying that however I bet those in the 3% make their own bread as that is what is done in the rural communities.

Yeah, but barnetlad didn't say that. He just made a generalization that isn't true for millions of people. If you don't like driving you can live in any major US city and walk to everything you need.

Not relating to exactly what you are saying, but...

It seems that over here in the UK (maybe the rest of Europe), it is seen as a bad thing to be rich or successful. People look down (or should I say 'up') to richer people with disgust. I think it is a form of jealousy. I'm not saying people dislike others who act 'posh' or middle/upper class, but like I said, the dislike is based simply on economic status and wealth. It seems money isn't allowed to be celebrated.

However, the impression I get of the US is that economic success is seen as good thing. Something worth celebrating. It seems that people with success are looked up to with respect, and no one hates them or is jealous of them because of the success. The money simply shows that they are a hard working person, opposed to the UK where it shows you are a bad person.

I'm not trying to promote one country over another, or promoting one political ideology over another, but this is just how I see it.

Does anyone agree? Or see where I am coming from? I am sure it is not just me.

I love it how people who have never been here think they know more about a country than the people who live here.

I don't think it's as simple as not liking the drive, so moving to the city lol. There's a lot of other factors in people's lives
I is true of millions of people... Because it's true of ALMOST all of them. That's still millions.

But this thread has gone very off-topic.

I don't even know what your point is. Have you ever been to Miami Beach, FL? That's where I am living now and you can walk to get everything and it's pretty far from being as developed as manhattan or london. There are thousands of places like it where everything is accessible by foot. I don't know if you have ever been to the US or your experience is extremely limited, but there are thousands and thousands of places you can live where you can walk to everything.

If you don't like driving to get bread, don't live in a rural area. No one is forcing you to live in Alaska

I think actually he was inferring that 80 miles per hour speed limits are old fashioned and that a system of no speed limits such as on the Autobahns and Autostradas is used in continental Europe

Yes I've been to Miami. I used to live in the US.
Of course there are lots of cities, but that doesn't mean everyone can live there. If you're born in a rural area (although it doesn't even have to be rural to need a drive to get bread), then that's where you live. I'm sure there aren't limitless houses in these cities.
Life isn't always as simple as "just move".
That's all my point was.

It really is that simple. If you have been to Miami you know the answer to this question.

How often do you meet someone who is "from" Miami? By that I mean born and raised here?

The answer is you almost never meet someone from here. Maybe 5% of the people in this city are actually from Miami. That's why the first question anyone ever asks you when they meet you in this place is "Where are you from?"

My point is, the whole population couldn't do it. Sure, some people can... But a lot can't afford to move, or can't move their jobs, etc. You can't "just move".
If you still don't get my point there, I give up.

I'm off to bed anyway, early start. Night.