The story of EAG is waaaaay more complicated than “people with F1 Ferraris are just too afraid of trying them out.” They have converted a lot of cars and people in Ferrari orbits have a lot of respect for the vision and technical skills Art has. But by most peoples accounting, he’s absolutely terrible at running a…

I got a 456 GT in April after a 4 year search. The stick is worth it. The engine is worth it. Everything else about the car is a hassle. I didn’t take it out for 3 weeks because of weather, then when I finally did, it randomly shut off 5 mins into warming up (despite being on a tender) and pissed a cup of coolant on…

This is the correct GTR opinion. The GTR is Japan’s Z06. It’s like your great uncle’s friend who retired early because he was smuggling Levis into communist Russia. They’re cool but the inherent value is because you couldn’t have them. GTR’s actually outnumbered Z06’s per capita by like a 2:1 margin.

As a former MSP owner your recollection of the P5 is correct. The P5 is still a positively beloved car by anyone with an affinity for zoom-zoom era Mazda. 170 hp back in the day was a shitload for a compact. 

Correct, and the parts to fix any brake or airbag issues are non-existent. Many reputable shops won’t even touch them outside the maintenance schedule.

They’re actually fairly reliable cars because the important stuff in the early cars is somewhat rudimentary pre-OBD fuel-injected Bosch EMS which doesn’t have a million sensors and errors. I did about 400-500 miles in mine the first weekend, but they are extremely fussy the whole way especially if it’s not totally…

As a very recent 456 buyer (yay for me) I can now confirm firsthand that OP should use every cent of his $100k budget by buying a $65k 456. The joke among 456 owners is it’s the Ferrari so expensive to maintain even Ferrari owners don’t want it.

Totally missed the BRAT and Baja in this. 

No man you’re doing it wrong you need to find one of the old Clinton Hill carriage houses a lot of which are 1) still open plan on the first floor, 2) zoned for residential, 3) probably a little bit less than $3m (not tons though) and 4) actually have operable garage doors

I recently got to drive a 456, and my reaction was similar. It knows what it wants to be, and is exceedingly, exceedingly good at every facet of it. They say not to meet your heroes lest you leave disappointed, but all I could think about after my drive was how *absolutely nothing* was worse than what I imagined. I’m…

The silly looking grin has been around longer than you have. It’s like the kidney grille. 

Some of why they’re so expensive is because they were something no one asked for and sort of came out of nowhere. I don’t think it’s the rarity of it that makes it so desirable, it’s a weird and wonderful and awful piece of car culture. It’s like the old Mazda 2, which was somehow slower, thirstier, and all around…

Ah yes the “use 300 words to say ‘I want an Elise’ challenge”

At one point about 2 years ago a rear brake pad kit for 4200’s (GT’s predecessor) we’re going for $800 a setup. No rotors, just pads and clips. They’ve come down a bit but doing your own labor won’t save you from $800 brake pads

A friend of mine described the look of the 612 as “sad it’s not a 599”

DB4 GT Zagato and Vanquish Zagato are better covers than the originals running away. I’ve said to a friend, Zagato builds perfect cars and hits one corner with the ugly stick, possibly because they don’t want to be construed as better than god. 

The tourbillion is definitely doing a lot of work. A non-Mario Kart unlimited release Carrera Tourbillon is still $20-25k. It’s an incredibly complex piece of engineering and manufacturing. 

You can find them WAY under $60k, BAT just wants the good ones. 

“The Beverly Hills Car Club Isn’t the Classic Car Paradise It’s Made Out To Be”

If Bezos has enough money to build a half a billion dollar yacht, he has enough money to pay a contract change to keep his name out of the papers. Yes, figuring this out is Oceano’s problem under their contract I am sure, but I am also quite sure that Bezos was presented with an option to do it this way in the first…