Originally Posted by
caloso
When my son was 4 or 5 we were watching Top Gear and they were testing a Ferrari. Son says "Dad, why don't you get a Ferrari?"
"Well, I suppose I could, but instead I have to pay for this house and electricity and all of our food and clothes and all of our other stuff, so that you and your mom and your sister can all live here."
Son pauses a beat. Then says "Well..., then why don't you get a Lamborghini instead?"
I was surprised reading about most super car owners lease rather than buy. The current Motor Trend magazine has a test on the new McLaren. It leases for $2,000/mo. That's a lot but helps explain how some less affluent people drive them.