Car Porn.......beauty meets speed (SFW)

[east or bust]

Any of you dentist seen this thing yet: https://amp.businessinsider.com/elio...t-drive-2016-8
That would be so cool for cruising around my little town (rather than those weak ass electric carts everyone has) blasting down the Strand to IB or over the bridge to hit down town San Diego.
I want one.

That's pretty cool.

Would be cooler if they put a hole in the driver's seat for derpoopenhausen access

[MontuckyFried]

Apparently the guy bought it but never took it home. It just sits at the dealership gathering millions of dollars.

There should be a law against that sort of thing. Cars like that (and so many others) deserve to be driven, hard, and a lot. If these dorks were so filthy rich like they pretend to be, then they'd be daily driving these exotics. I know I would. But instead, these cars are doomed to a fate of solitary confinement collecting dust somewhere. Something tells me that is not exactly what Mr. Enzo Ferrari had in mind.

[liv2ski]

There should be a law against that sort of thing. Cars like that (and so many others) deserve to be driven, hard, and a lot. If these dorks were so filthy rich like they pretend to be, then they'd be daily driving these exotics. I know I would. But instead, these cars are doomed to a fate of solitary confinement collecting dust somewhere. Something tells me that is not exactly what Mr. Enzo Ferrari had in mind.

While there are plenty of spud investors that can plunk down huge dollars for a car like that, it seems like very few enthusiast can, hence why the cars are not driven.

If you have a sports car and you don't track it, what is the point unless you have access to empty twister roads and Dan Sammas on speed dial.

[Bobby Stainless]

There should be a law against that sort of thing. Cars like that (and so many others) deserve to be driven, hard, and a lot. If these dorks were so filthy rich like they pretend to be, then they'd be daily driving these exotics. I know I would. But instead, these cars are doomed to a fate of solitary confinement collecting dust somewhere. Something tells me that is not exactly what Mr. Enzo Ferrari had in mind.

If someone was able to buy a La Ferrari, they're not pretending to be filthy rich.

[MontuckyFried]

If someone was able to buy a La Ferrari, they're not pretending to be filthy rich.

While that may be true, a person who's REALLY filthy stinking rich would not give a crap about its "investment" value. Some of the richest folks I've ever met dailied their Porsches/Ferraries/Lambos/etc, and wouldn't even care about using a regular parking space, door dings, scratches, so on and so forth. I saw some pretty beat up Porsches when I worked at the dealer long ago. They were not only the coolest owners by far, but they loved their cars so much that they actually USED them. Many of them tracked them regularly. To me, that always said a lot about a person's wealth whether they give zero craps about adding miles to their baby or garage it its whole life. One of my favorites was a 911 Turbo that had over 200,000 HARD miles on it and ran like an absolute champion. Very reliable car apparently. Mechanic told me that the owner tracked it every weekend, drove the stink out of it, but at least maintained it well (only ever needed oil changes, brake pads, etc.), and apparently the daily hard driving is what that car LIKED. Hell, they were designed for racing in mind. Put 10 miles a year on one and be afraid to redline it or anything, and that's probably not great for that vehicle's health.

Again, if a person's truly loaded, they'd actually use the car. Just pisses me off when people treat them as mere "investments." So tragic.

[Bobby Stainless]

Someone like Race Wife.

That's her track only La Ferrari FXX. She has another regular one for daily driving. I think her husband does something at Google.

[stfu&gbtw]

Anybody want to meet up around 119/6/40/70 tomorrow am and drive the Peak to Peak up to Westfest in Ft. Collins? I'll be passing through there around 830 if anyone wants to come along.

http://www.fcmow.org/westfest-car-show-2016

[DeepHelmet]

There should be a law against that sort of thing. Cars like that (and so many others) deserve to be driven, hard, and a lot. If these dorks were so filthy rich like they pretend to be, then they'd be daily driving these exotics. I know I would. But instead, these cars are doomed to a fate of solitary confinement collecting dust somewhere. Something tells me that is not exactly what Mr. Enzo Ferrari had in mind.

Part of me kind of agrees with you, another part of me thinks that if you can plunk down 1.6 mill for a car you should be able to do whatever the fuck you want with it. I asked my buddy at the store if Ferrari would blackball somebody who would buy that car and just let it sit there to accumulate money instead of keeping it. He replied back to me, "The guy keeps most of the Ferraris he buys from us, he's just holding onto this one for the investment". Ferrari seems to be ok with it, they still let him buy cars. He just picked this one up from the same dealer:

[FLS]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/20/luxu...-auction-sale/

Two world records were set Friday night for the most expensive British- and American-made cars ever sold at auction.

Unnamed buyers plunked down $21.8 million and $13.8 million for the cars -- a Jaguar D-Type race car and the first Shelby Cobra ever made. The cars were sold at an RM Sotheby's auction event in Monterey, California. Both prices include auction fees.

[PNWbrit]

That D type is just stunning. 1956 Le Mans winner.

[Bobby Stainless]

Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how wealthy you are, some cars can't be driven. 20M Jag comes to mind.

By the same respect, there are plenty of fun cars out there, that do not gain 300-400% in value.

Ferrari will blackball flippers though. Happened to my buddy that made 350k off his Aperta.

[Tye 1on]

It's a spectacle for sure, allocations of hyper cars and used sports cars being largely shelved, used in pressers & sitting in showrooms on consignment for resale. Imo just a sign of the times: overflowing wealth being shoveled into cars for no other reason than belief in the value of tulips. Grotesque to the average joe for good reason & a panacea for the job exporters interested in autos (wait, I can beat the market while indulging a fetish??).

On the bright side it's fun to participate in the last days of the classic experience that favors skill over automation. It's a great time to have a fun car and some spare time. Let the speculators play their game; just more room in the left lane.

Nice old 240 on BaT, a reliable jag design

Had a 75 280Z for a few years. Fun and trusty steed.

[SkiCougar]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/20/luxu...-auction-sale/

Two world records were set Friday night for the most expensive British- and American-made cars ever sold at auction.

Unnamed buyers plunked down $21.8 million and $13.8 million for the cars -- a Jaguar D-Type race car and the first Shelby Cobra ever made. The cars were sold at an RM Sotheby's auction event in Monterey, California. Both prices include auction fees.

any car enthusiasts should definitely go to car week in Monterey at least once, not sure if it's over for this year yet; but the cars are incredible.

[gravitylover]

Nice old 240 on BaT, a reliable jag design

I've wanted one since they were new. I almost bought one not too long ago but went for modern day reliability and got the BRZ instead. Sometimes I'm glad I did but then I see a nice one like that and wonder...

[stfu&gbtw]

Well, for all you Denver Dorks who decided to pass on West Fest, boy did you miss out. Beautiful drive up there, and if you're into Porsche/Audi/VW, this was a great place to kill a couple of hours...

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