Owning a super car in Ireland

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Few US websites I read with Maserati enthusiasts reckons to budget $6,000 - $7,000 annually to run it, presumably as a daily driver, which you could probably double here. I'd be using it for weekends / occasional use.

Bloody hell! To put that in context I was reading recently about a 1960's Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, worth between a million and two million, the last of the 250 series that included mad cars like the GTO, the SWB etc and the expert in them said 2000 a year would cover maintenance at a specialist. And that's a 60's Ferrari. Then again that could be much of it. Much simpler car and even a competent home mechanic could do most of the servicing on it(retrofit electronic ignition and even more hassle free)*. And apparently they're OK as a "daily" and actually run much more reliably if regularly driven and are more comfortable to drive**

For me anyway, though I like that they exist I can think of no current supercar that I'd want to have or drive. Maybe the LFA, it seems more useable and being Japanese will likely stay working. And has an exhaust note that sounds like God clearing his throat. And not just in Ireland. Ireland is not nearly as bad a place as other countries. Some of the safest roads contrary to some fear mongers, low in crime compared to many and we have some cool roads too. Tax and insurance would be the biggie.

If I do ever win the lotto(if I ever buy a ticket ) I'd be a cheap enough collector. I reckon my "perfect" garage would cost less than a million. Much less, though I would have a hankering for one of those above Lusso(slap bigger brakes on it mind you), though something like a Lamborghini 400 GT would cover the 60's V12 too. Or one of the four seater "cheaper" Ferraris from the same era. I'm generally more of a front engined, long bonnet, two seater(or with back seats for small children you hate) RWD type guy anyway.

Mid engined? I'm a pretty below average driver so not so good in my hands, but I would have an NSX Type R(2nd series), no question and a Lancia Stratos or a Ford RS200 or a Renault 5 Turbo 1, though would love to build an exact copy of the original and purer Countach prototype, before they had to add all the intakes to stop the engine blowing up.



Slap something like a Tesla motor into it. I think the languid 70's style Italian model lady comes as standard(with blonde/brunette options). So there's that too.







** fun fact: those 60's Ferrari's didn't come with a manual. An not just an owner manual, they didn't have service manuals either. Real old school Italian master apprentice stuff, where the factory mechanics would learn on the job.

*we can forget that they were cars designed when many Italian and European roads were barely paved, if they were paved at all. The reviewer noted this too as he followed a high end BMW down an English backroad that was a bit lumpy. The BMW lad was very tentative on his rubber band wheels and Nurburgring bred suspension, whereas in the old Italian car he was plough on, be grand.