Oh wow. That is a nice looking Porsche you have there, and that is a great picture.
What draws your interest to the Corvette over a new Porsche? You have an interesting history of cars listed there. I'd actually love to hear about your opinions of every one of those cars too. Definitely some fun cars in your past.
Of course we are all perhaps a little opinionated here on a Corvette forum, but the Corvette
really is the best car in the world. LOL perhaps, but it's true.
It's relatively lightweight and has close to 50/50 weight distribution over all models, which as an owner of an S2000, you surely must appreciate. It is the 'bang for the buck' best car that money can buy, which is a huge value in itself - but it is also one of the cheapest platforms to build with as well, with a huge aftermarket and its easy to make a lot of power for what you might save over buying a new Porsche, for example.
There are plenty of guys here with C7s, GS and Z06s. Post up questions in the
C7 Section, and guys will respond. This is a great group of people who love their cars, and love to share their experiences with them.
For my own personal (and biased?) opinion, the Grand Sport is the car to buy. Even professional drivers who get to run all the best cars in the world, all recommend the Grand Sport over the Z06. If you are a 'regular' driver (and by that I mean
much better than all of you friends lol), then a Grand Sport is more planted and easy to control at higher throttle. If you are a STig, then the Z06 is insanely fast, and will go sideways ANY time that you like. Torque monster. Scary, but oh so much fun.
As a Porsche and a Mercedes owner, I'm curious to know your opinion on the Corvette's interior? It's been the car's (and most domestic cars) disappointment for many years. But no more hard plastics and cheap-looking interiors in the C7s, right?
Get out and drive one. Maybe wait until it warms up a bit, lol, but definitely go and look at a few. You'll like it.