You need to google the term: opportunity cost. 

The steering box breaking on a F-250 SuperDuty is informing your opinion on the performance of a diesel in an econobox. Got it.  Makes sense. 

Wealthy people are always paying for advice.  That is the way it goes.  See those tall buildings in the city near you? Filled with people giving wealthy people advice. 

You are not “supposed” to see the carbon fiber weave on all F40s. But you will see it on sections of many original cars. Big sections, sometimes. But not all over the car and not on all cars. QC was a relative term for Ferrari for a very long time. I also don’t think the average camera under normal lighting would pick…

I have seen the carbon fiber weave on many F40s. Having said that, you never see it on the entirety of the car. You see it in sections. Which tells you a lot about the quality controls in the spray methods at Ferrari 30 years ago.

Right on.  They should teach opportunity costs in high school. 

Not true. You make a too-simple generalization. There are situations where a lease makes more sense.

You must not have spoken to many financial planners. There are situations where leases make sense.  

Wyclef Jean would beg to differ.  

Tom McParland, you are the single best writer on Jalopnik. By far.  Thank you.  

What a great post. Cromulent rpmage; that’s brilliant. 

Yeah, I dunno about matte olive or any matte color for that matter. But especially non-colorful matte colors. To me, it seems like they are to be less flashy (hence matte). As opposed to those who wrap their Aventadors in chrome wrap. I also thought that a matte back “murdered out” car was supposed to be less flashy…

Re: “Someone who parks their F40 on the street is absolutely showing his wealth.” Only to those that know. I think covering it in a matte olive green wrap and parking it in the back alleyway is an enthusiast who is trying to avoid unnecessary attention. He knows that enthusiasts will know what it is from 100 years…

You are not annoying me. Its not like you are tossing around insults like some of the clowns here. Its fun pointless banter and debate to pass time. I was not trying to make equivalencies in the last paragraph. Only trying to illustrate the point that among the wealthy’s car owner experiences, they treat their cars in…

Just to illustrate the point, literally 5 minutes on Google Street view and found these examples.

NYC. I have also spent a lot time in the affluent small towns in the tri-state area. Towns you may not have never heard of (depending on where you live). For example, in the late 90s, there was routinely an F40 parked on Main St. in Millburn, NJ. I have also been to countless FCA events including track events over the…

First, you wrote: “People who buy F40's do not need to “save for a new hood.” That is NOT what I suggested. I stated that they might be “saving the new hood” and not “saving for the new hood.” (Keyword: “for.”) (For a guy who corrects other’s grammar in their posts (your vs you’re) you sure are not exhibiting high…

You must not be around wealthy people very often. It actually makes total sense. All of it. There are plenty of F40s out there in shabby shape. I have also seen plenty parked on public streets, including parallel parked. Two, the duct tape fix is obviously temporary. It takes time to have a new front for an F40…

It is most definitely a real F40. 

It is most definitely real.