This is how Supercars should be driven.
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Originally Posted by helothere
this is the long term vehicle from EVO mag right?
there's a Zonda S too....
there's a Zonda S too....
I wouldnt hesitate to put that many miles on that kind of car any way.
My only set back would probably be someone else hitting my car other than that...
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i am with you guys when i don't have to pay for the car... and don't have to worry about the Resale value and does not have to pay for maintainance... who wouldn't love to drive a Murci every day... to walmart and so on... lol
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Even if you do pay for the car, though. What's the point in buying the car if you wont use it?
It's simply not going to appreciate. So either way you're going to lose some money - AND the opportunity cost of, say, putting a couple hundred grand into an investment.
You already own the car. In my opinion, the owners might as well drive them to enjoy/appreciate them and not worry about even a $20K depreciation from a few extra miles... That's life.
In my case (can't afford them anyway so it doesn't matter), if I can't afford the depreciation from use, I probably wouldn't buy the car in the first place.
It's simply not going to appreciate. So either way you're going to lose some money - AND the opportunity cost of, say, putting a couple hundred grand into an investment.
You already own the car. In my opinion, the owners might as well drive them to enjoy/appreciate them and not worry about even a $20K depreciation from a few extra miles... That's life.
In my case (can't afford them anyway so it doesn't matter), if I can't afford the depreciation from use, I probably wouldn't buy the car in the first place.
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Originally Posted by WyattH
Even if you do pay for the car, though. What's the point in buying the car if you wont use it?
It's simply not going to appreciate. So either way you're going to lose some money - AND the opportunity cost of, say, putting a couple hundred grand into an investment.
You already own the car. In my opinion, the owners might as well drive them to enjoy/appreciate them and not worry about even a $20K depreciation from a few extra miles... That's life.
In my case (can't afford them anyway so it doesn't matter), if I can't afford the depreciation from use, I probably wouldn't buy the car in the first place.
It's simply not going to appreciate. So either way you're going to lose some money - AND the opportunity cost of, say, putting a couple hundred grand into an investment.
You already own the car. In my opinion, the owners might as well drive them to enjoy/appreciate them and not worry about even a $20K depreciation from a few extra miles... That's life.
In my case (can't afford them anyway so it doesn't matter), if I can't afford the depreciation from use, I probably wouldn't buy the car in the first place.
i agree with you to some extent... it should be driven everyday (at 2am on an empty highway going mach 1 while the adrenaline takes over your soul)!!
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I think that the car is actually an earlier car, possibly an 02 or an 03 and that the owner bought it used with some miles already on it. It is good to see that they are driving it though. I believe that EVO includes cars owned by the staff and their friends in the "long term test fleet" of vehicles. It doesn't diminish the salience of their reports but it does explain how they can have this type of car in the fleet while Automobile magazine cranks out the miles in a Mazda 6 or BMW 3 series. Regardless of the motive, it is great to see someone driving the cars and even better to be able to read about how they hold together when people do.
We would all like to be able to drive these cars 500 miles per day without worrying about the cost but when you consider paying $1-2/mile in clutch wear, $.20-.50 per mile each for gas, oil, servicing, brakes, tires, etc. along with increased insurance premiums if you actually drive the cars, plus $1-5 depreciation per mile assuming that you might want to sell the car one day - the costs add up fast and go a long way beyond what most people think.
A friend of mine with a Murcielago Roadster and I were talking about driving our cars. He trades his in for a new one every few months and keeps 4-10 other cars at a time. He said that he estimated that it costs him about $5,000 every time he takes the Murcielago out. That isn't driving it across the country, that is driving it 50 miles round trip to a car show.
The point is, there is a big difference in being able to responsibly buy a nice car, drive it occasionally, and eventually sell it without paying much to own it and to be able to have a $100k plus car and use it every day.
FWIW, I have a Gallardo with about 21k miles on it and I put about 5k miles on it in the last half of 06. It does cost a lot but it is usually worth it!
-Ed
We would all like to be able to drive these cars 500 miles per day without worrying about the cost but when you consider paying $1-2/mile in clutch wear, $.20-.50 per mile each for gas, oil, servicing, brakes, tires, etc. along with increased insurance premiums if you actually drive the cars, plus $1-5 depreciation per mile assuming that you might want to sell the car one day - the costs add up fast and go a long way beyond what most people think.
A friend of mine with a Murcielago Roadster and I were talking about driving our cars. He trades his in for a new one every few months and keeps 4-10 other cars at a time. He said that he estimated that it costs him about $5,000 every time he takes the Murcielago out. That isn't driving it across the country, that is driving it 50 miles round trip to a car show.
The point is, there is a big difference in being able to responsibly buy a nice car, drive it occasionally, and eventually sell it without paying much to own it and to be able to have a $100k plus car and use it every day.
FWIW, I have a Gallardo with about 21k miles on it and I put about 5k miles on it in the last half of 06. It does cost a lot but it is usually worth it!
-Ed
