Ferrari running costs

Intel55 · #1 02-22-2006, 07:53 PM

Yup, I agree, you get a Ferrari for the exclusivity and ego stroke. For me, I would be too worried about the car. I would be afraid to beat the shit out of it and run it balls out at the track and of course work on (adding mods and such) it myself. I think GM, overall, sucks ass, but the Corvette is the best sports car out there for the money bar none. The new Z06 is looking more exotic than the C5, so we are getting a lil closer in the aesthetics. It is always fun driving up next to an exotic, getting a lil race on and then stomping them

Bottom line, you are going to get more people checking you out in the Ferrari than the Vette.

...but I will beat you in every performance catergory you can throw at me for 2x less the cost.

SANguru · #2 02-23-2006, 02:32 AM

I don't know about the bar none comment.. what about a Noble or even a street legal Radical SR3 or the Ariel Atom for half the cost of a Z06?

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Originally Posted by Intel55

Yup, I agree, you get a Ferrari for the exclusivity and ego stroke. For me, I would be too worried about the car. I would be afraid to beat the shit out of it and run it balls out at the track and of course work on (adding mods and such) it myself. I think GM, overall, sucks ass, but the Corvette is the best sports car out there for the money bar none. The new Z06 is looking more exotic than the C5, so we are getting a lil closer in the aesthetics. It is always fun driving up next to an exotic, getting a lil race on and then stomping them

Bottom line, you are going to get more people checking you out in the Ferrari than the Vette.

...but I will beat you in every performance catergory you can throw at me for 2x less the cost.

Intel55 · #3 02-23-2006, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SANguru

I don't know about the bar none comment.. what about a Noble or even a street legal Radical SR3 or the Ariel Atom for half the cost of a Z06?

lol...ok good one. A couple go karts with some fiberglass bolted on and the $$$$ noble

ok Z06, best sports car while still retaining a warranty, a roof so I can drive in the rain (unlike that atom, lol), std air bags, room for a female to sit comfortably or lean over and blow ya, take on a 5000 mile trip, use cruise control, have NAV computer, 505 hp car with 26+mpg highway, can be fixed at hundreds of dealers around the globe, 20,000+ production, std, a/c, std anti-lock brakes, 6 way adj seats, heated seats......on and on ...

that noble m14 is still $130,000ish usd!

lol..anyway.... I really do not think those are other cars are really quite comparable.

there is really no other sports car as complete as the Vette to compare with on price and performance. Of course the "WOW! Look at that!!" still belongs to the Ferrari and Lambos.