The current obsession with the increasing values in this section.

Or, you know, people are free to discuss whatever they please.

 

If you’re not in tune with market rates of cars then you could run into insurance issues depending on how your coverage is set up. leaving you under water if there’s a loss.

 

Paul, I understand you position and views and they are quite right from someone who loves these machines.

As an example to your standpoint, I personally had my F40 as a daily runner and I owned it for nearly 20 years and drove it as wild (guaranteed) as anybody did (at least on public roads). Purchase price £160k.

Similarly with a Porsche Carrera GT at full power week after week, year after year taking her from a thousand miles to 10,000 miles. Carefree, happy and at one with the machine. Purchase price £150k.

Also with an F50, taking these boring exhausts off and putting straight pipes on and the revs at 8,000 rpm year after year. Purchase price £380k.

When the value goes from £380k to £3m and you enjoyed driving it as it was meant (and so much more) for more than a decade, and you are now faced with the possibility of somebody smashing into you back with a loss in the millions, irrespective of insurance, then you might start to understand why some owners who have experienced over many years what you so eloquently described have now a different excitement with their masterpieces (eg restoring the invisible 4 corners for £20,000 or enjoying the relentless interest in cars similar to theirs as reflected by the ever growing price people are willing to pay for them).

I hope that clarifies a bit the non-monochromatic interaction and experience these lovely machines can give to their owners, those who maintain them and those who like to watch them or chat about them.

 

Most of the people who obsess over that are not owners. Some are but in my experience not. Our lessor valued cars are going up but it is always someone else who tells me. I never follow it.

 

I find simple joy in watching my son enjoy them in his own way…
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you mean like this thread?

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/its-back.649555/

 

You make some good points, personally I think it's okay to discuss values, but the predicting of future values should always be taken with a pinch of salt, all that really matters in the market is verifiable sales results.

Very true.

Awesome.

That's a nice thread, but on balance you did start this thread https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/the-f40-is-undervalued.601297/

 

of course i did.....3 years ago. (and i was right AND, you benefitted by it i am sure )
but price means nothing to you as a salesman does it....

 

I'm not sure any thread is responsible for the increase in values of F40s and other Supercars, the point I was making was that you're not only speaking about driving your car, you're also speaking about values, both of which are perfectly fine.