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Why would I do something stupid like buying a 997TT? If I wanted a fast daily car which is comfortable with plenty of room and safe, I would buy a M5 for about 20% less. It still amazes me that adults drive high performance sport cars to work.
I drive my 997 S cab to work everyday. (50 miles a day). There's times where I'd rather be in my SUV when I'm stuck in traffic etc. but for some of those miles where I can nail the throttle or take a turn really hard taking the Porsche makes the 1.3 hrs I spend in my car everyday LOTS OF FUN! As opposed to when I take an ordinary car to work,,,, when I'm in the Porsche I really do enjoy and look forward to the drive,,,,,BOTH WAYS! There's no other hobby I enjoy more so why not do it TWICE every single day ?
Having the convertible makes the commute even better. You must know? The only way I think it could be better is if it were a turbo cabriolet !
Hope that helps answer your question.
Same here. I drive my 997S 25 miles round trip to work every day. Traffic is fairly light here on the 405 late in the morning so no stop-and-go traffic to deal with.
I think it has something to do with resale value (as Nick implicitly admitted). I suspect most of the Ferrari owners that hang out on rennteam aren't multi-millionaires and probably care about resale value, like Nick. I would imagine an F430 with 50k miles would have the same resale value as a 997TT with 10k miles
David
Suspect most of the guys who get annual, "free" 430/599 also own SL/CL55/65, etc as daily commuter cars (which all have $50Kish one-yr deprec, no matter mileage). Most repeat F buyers tend to own multiple high-end cars; have short commutes; and have reasonably busy business/personal travel scheds, making it almost imposs to put more than 5K mis/yr on any one car before it's obsoleted and traded-in for some newer iteration....
And many guys who are still active in a competitive, legitimate business are sensitive re: perception issues (among employees, colleagues, investors, etc) of daily F commuting vs more low-key daily 55/65 commuting and occasional F commuting.....and the Greenwich crowd faces gruesome winter weather, reducing use of their high-perf cars for 4-5 mos/yr
That said, many of the richest guys in SilicVy seem to commute via SL55, not 65, or F
.....even though they can drive whatever they choose w/fairly lim "perception" issues and no weather limitations.....and yet many of these same 55 commuters will casually spend the annual deprec cost of a 65 for cost of a one-way, 6hr SF-NYC pvt plane flt....