Just back from driving a 695 with a dog ring box; both on a track and to and from the track. In all honesty very difficult. Ok when driving hard, but off track it can be very crashy and worse still in traffic.
Wow! I'll bet that was fun
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...and as much fun as my other toy...
Ooh do tell what it is.
Thanks for coming back to us.
It's a long way from my own expertise (I'm better able to talk about low cost motoring
), but I'd say this is a car that may, or may not, cost you a lot to keep - but will certainly cost you a fortune to use. Rarity (and desirability) make using any traditional depreciation model totally unrealistic; it's anyone's guess what future values will be; but I'd say that it'll need to be 100% A1 to make serious money. So if you keep it in a dehumidified garage, take it to the occasional trackday and get the majority of your ownership experience from polishing it and admiring it, then twenty years from now, with just a few thousand on the clock, it might be worth serious money. Otoh, use it regularly enough to put a few tens of thousands on the clock, and add the corresponding portion of wear, tear and occasional dings, and it will likely be worth a great deal less. Use it in anger and the repair bills will probably be as insane as the original cost.
Just keeping it locked away somewhere wouldn't do it for me, and if used as a daily driver, it'd be the stuff nightmares are made of. Somewhere in between that could lie some serious fun, for those with reasonably deep pockets.
Toys are meant to be played with, and they're meant to be bought with your 'fun' money. Providing you can afford it, spend the money and enjoy it to the full. Assume the money is gone forever; if you get anything back at the end, then it's a nice bonus.
I've also taken the liberty of editing the thread title to minimise further embarrasment
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