Plenty of cars out there that can surpass the Scud experience. Not many for as few dollars as the Scud was last year. At today's price there are quite a few cars that surpass the Scud, with better reliability, and lower maintenance costs to boot.
I've driven or owned pretty much everything in the same price range. Many of the newer cars are faster, handle better, etc, but none have been as exciting to drive as the scud. This of course is a subjective opinion and I'm sure others would argue that there are better cars out there. Test drove a speciale and wasn't really blown away. The 675LT seems interesting, but much more money, likely to depreciate more, and I probably couldn't even order one if I wanted to.
Of course it's subjective, but I wouldn't say there are lots of cars out there that beat the scud in terms of driver experience. Sure, there are faster cars, but speed is only one component of driver experience. As an example, I did a two-day HPDE in a Z06 last week. Great car and really fast, likely faster than the scud, but just not thrilling. Lazy revving, shifting at 5000, slow shift speed (granted, I was in an automatic), etc. Not much can match the scud in terms of the experience.
hi all, I find this thread very interesting, and have a 360 and a 355, been toying for a while of chopping them both and with some cash buying a scud, UK rhd car, but that would be in the region of £180k to £200k here, where do people think the long term value will go, they dropped to circa £130k in the uk but now neraly 40% more than they were about 2 years ago, would be interested in where people think there values will be in 5 years or longer, regards Scott.
I can tell you one thing for sure. Scud prices will keep going up! The question is how much and for how long?
its interesting that 12 months ago in Switz that you could just about trade in your Scud for a used 458 for the first time, now the SCUD is in the lead by 80-100K USD as all the low mileage versions have found long term homes
But I should add that for me, making it sound like it should with a Kline Inconel valved X pipe, lowering the seat by 2.5cm and driving with CT off have moved it up the curve massively towards perfection
I guess a lot is also subjective. Here is what I find more appealing from a driving experience than a Scud, my personal belief having owned and driven a Scud, not in any particular order... Porsche GT3RS 997 and 991 Porsche GT3RS 4.0 Porsche GT2RS Porsche GT3 991 Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4 Jaguar F-Type R (2WD) As the Scud prices continue to rise as I am sure they will, the list will grow.
I owned a 2011 997 gt3rs for a few years and recently sold it. The scud is way more enjoyable in my opinion. The RS is very dull until it revs past 5k and the 6spd in the car does not suit normal street driving at all (heavy clutch, notchy shifter, lightweight flywheel). Have yet to try the new RS but I have driven the 991 gt3 on a track. Very capable but it a bit too refined. Huracan seems like it could be fun but after owning several other flavors of Lambo, I've been completely turned off to the brand. Don't care for the image and the kind of owners it attracts. I drove an Aventador and found the overly stylized video game inspired interior to be almost laughable.
Yes, it's subjective. Wouldn't take any of those over the scud. Do you still have a scud, or a 360/430?
+1 Tried to talk myself into many of those cars before the 16M (except the Jag of course!). Obviously it is subjective, but my view was many of those cars offer a nice driving experience--but certainly not a scud/16m. None of them are top down either except the Jag which I won't even count as similar for comparison purposes.
I feel my Scud is a lot like my old 996 GT3, except louder! Maybe close to 997.1 GT3 too, but after that point, the GT3's became "tight" cars and we all know looser is faster.
