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I am. Cars are a big hobby for me, a big part of my life. Chevy is the only company not going out of their way to make things too complex and locked down to repair yourself.

Chevy is the only manufacturer with viable aftermarket parts for many varieties of auto and boat racing. Like yeah, you see supras and Hondas and stuff at the strip on weekends. But serious racing is running Chevy Small Block derivatives.

Tech bros lament the death of open platforms for their hobbies, like the continuing lockdown of phones. The same thing is happening with cars.

Thankfully Chevy has proved you can have a modern competitive car that meets emissions standards using 60's engine layouts that are easy to modify and repair.

And pushrod engines aren't that bad. Overhead cam adds a huge amount of weight and bulk to the engine. This is the only reason Chevy is still able to fit 6 liter engines into their small sports cars. Everyone else has transitioned to small turbo engines because DOHC takes up so much space.

And the modern Chevy V8's shut off half their cylinders when you're not using them so they don't waste tons of fuel either