If you could buy a new exotic, would you? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

EAGLE5 · 06-03-2019, 06:14 PM

Would you buy a Ferrari, Lambo, McLaren, or similar if you had the money. I don't mean you're a billionaire. I mean you can afford it without destroying your future.

Here's my dream car: https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...i/2098032.html

Only 300k. Yikes!

NWFRS · 06-03-2019, 06:22 PM

If I could afford it? Hell yeah!

But it'd be something relatively modest.

Lotus Evora, Porsche Cayman, Lexus LC, etc.

HKz · 06-03-2019, 06:43 PM

lol if I could afford a LFA or Carrera GT, I would own one & daily it in a heartbeat ^^

bfrank1972 · 06-03-2019, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Would you buy a Ferrari, Lambo, McLaren, or similar if you had the money. I don't mean you're a billionaire. I mean you can afford it without destroying your future.

Here's my dream car: https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...i/2098032.html

Only 300k. Yikes!

That's not exactly a 'new' exotic

But FWIW I also prefer old exotics (budget aside).

Rampage · 06-03-2019, 07:15 PM

Nope. There are too many cars that I like that make much more sense.

Ultramaroon · 06-03-2019, 07:42 PM

I'd build an ultralight helicopter first.

ZDan · 06-03-2019, 07:48 PM

I'd buy a used IndyCar first.
Megafast street cars don't make much sense. And there are much better and cheaper ways to go way faster at the track...

Love the 512BB! But that dashboard looks like it came out of a Fiero

DarkPira7e · 06-03-2019, 08:05 PM

Nah. Cars made after 1995 are exotic enough.

Sapphireho · 06-03-2019, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I'd die in an ultralight helicopter first.

FIFY

Sapphireho · 06-03-2019, 08:27 PM

No. Only if I had tons of money, with like a Carleone lake side vacation house, and shower girls, like in Coming to America. My wife already said if we ever get that kind of money, I can have shower girls.

Since I'm on a fixed income now, I don't see that happening. Come on Power Ball.

Dave-ROR · 06-03-2019, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rampage

Nope. There are too many cars that I like that make much more sense.

This ^^

ZDan · 06-03-2019, 08:36 PM

What I do is buy HotWheels and cheapo die-cast metal cars in WalMart, CVS, wherever I see 'em. WAY cheaper, you get to have the 3 dimensional thing to enjoy, and no hearbreak of learning that the cars you idolized so much were actually super-expensive pieces of crap!

I bought a Fairlady Z 432 and a '69 Corvette ZL-1 in ~1/24ish scale at WalMart last week. Somebody knows what they are doing, those are two relatively obscure cars but there they were for like $18 and I had to have 'em...

shiumai · 06-03-2019, 08:37 PM

Sure, why not if I could afford it. Price is relative.

Impureclient · 06-03-2019, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZDan

What I do is buy HotWheels and cheapo die-cast metal cars in WalMart, CVS, wherever I see 'em. WAY cheaper, you get to have the 3 dimensional thing to enjoy, and no hearbreak of learning that the cars you idolized so much were actually super-expensive pieces of crap!

I bought a Fairlady Z 432 and a '69 Corvette ZL-1 in ~1/24ish scale at WalMart last week. Somebody knows what they are doing, those are two relatively obscure cars but there they were for like $18 and I had to have 'em...

You buying that "stripper" and "hooker" Barbie too while you're at Walmart?

06-03-2019, 06:22 PM	#2
NWFRS Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: ‘13 FRS Location: USA Posts: 1,296 Thanks: 3,945 Thanked 1,502 Times in 634 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	If I could afford it? Hell yeah! But it'd be something relatively modest. Lotus Evora, Porsche Cayman, Lexus LC, etc. __________________ http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82872

06-03-2019, 07:15 PM	#5
Rampage Senior Member/Old Fanboi Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2000 2ZZ-GE MR2 Spyder HT Location: Back home in Ohio now Posts: 2,446 Thanks: 1,931 Thanked 2,014 Times in 915 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nope. There are too many cars that I like that make much more sense. __________________ So many modders have more cents than sense!

06-03-2019, 07:42 PM	#6
Ultramaroon 義理チョコ Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: a 13 e8h frs Location: vantucky, wa Posts: 31,865 Thanks: 52,120 Thanked 36,513 Times in 18,917 Posts Mentioned: 1106 Post(s) Tagged: 9 Thread(s)	I'd build an ultralight helicopter first. __________________ service manuals

06-03-2019, 08:37 PM	#13
shiumai Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 DGM BRZ, 2020 C8 Corvette Location: USofA! Posts: 1,760 Thanks: 963 Thanked 1,893 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 41 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Sure, why not if I could afford it. Price is relative. __________________ My DGM BRZ vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OL9OhxexAA My car journal thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43402

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