Tomster
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1 k miles is not driving it.
Car shows? The R was built and intended for the track.
Car shows? The R was built and intended for the track.
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1k miles... technically speaking it is driving it. This is a 2020 car. Not a 1965.
Yes car shows. It's a cool car and fairly rare (not seen another R at any shows in Louisville area). People typically take cool cars at car shows for future reference.
Yes the car was designed to be a track car, but it's also still a road car, and many of us will never track these cars. It's on my list of things to do one day with the car, but it is not a mandatory thing if you buy this car. If you solely track your R and never drive it on the street or take it to car shows, who I am or any anyone else to judge you for not doing that?
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If I had $1.1 million to spend I would buy a Ford GT. That car has doubled in value. The GT350R HE has also doubled in value, but in my opinion it is not worth double the MSRP. The HE is nothing but a cosmetic upgrade. If there were performance upgrades included then I’d be on board. As it stands now, if I had instead $1.3 million to spend, the additional $200,000 would not be for heritage edition.
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While I agree with your statement, I don’t agree with why you are arguing it out with people who will argue for the sake of arguing.
What one does with his possessions or money is one’s right. Another looking on one and saying, “well that isn’t right,” really needs to assess his/her own house of cards.
Don’t play into this crap…
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One of my buddies (has the orange NSX I have posted pictures of with my car) has a neighbor with 2 Ford GTs- an 05 and I believe a 17
The 17 has 47K miles on it
The 05 has over 150K miles on it
If he is not worried about ruining his supercars- I am not worried about ruining my GT350R : )
The 17 has 47K miles on it
The 05 has over 150K miles on it
If he is not worried about ruining his supercars- I am not worried about ruining my GT350R : )
fatony618
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Happy to share my Hagerty experience privately for anyone that is interested. I wasn't able to insure mine to 180K - since like I said in my earlier post I have 6K miles on it. Yes, it would be almost impossible to replace but I'm still going to drive it just less now that I have the new Civic Hatchback. Appreciate all of the advice from the forum. Never been in a position before where my car appreciated in value so it's all new to me.
Tomster
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(Generically speaking and not necessarily directing this post to you)
If you are the type who never plans to sell, by all means drive it. In fact, folks should use it as it was intended based upon the heritage behind it, track driving. The idea of the car was to celebrate the heritage of the GT350. That history was based upon Caroll Shelby taking a mustang and reinventing it to a winning track car. Did they have car shows back then?
As I explained in the PM you sent, I track my cars. My previous go to track car was my triple yellow GT350R. I had a lot of fun with that car, but even it had its limits running at my home track Daytona. I recall telling Billy Johnson before we went out one time that the car was fully insured (meaning drive it like you stole it).
Today I favor the GT500 CFTP. It's faster and more suited for a track like Daytona. My only issue with the car is that it is heavy. It's a shame there isn't more money in the bank and more room in the garage, because a GT4 would probably be my first choice.
Anyway, if you don't care about the value and driving is your thing, I would do just that. If someone had one of these HEP Rs and are looking at it as an investment, I would probably sell and do so soon. The rule of thumb is that when the economy tanks, the first things to go are toys. With all the crap that is going on in the world right now and the perception that we are due for a correction, I would probably cash out.
For me? I don't have any intention to ever sell my cars.
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Yes. 1k in 2 years. That's 15k in 30 years. 30k in 60 years. That is driving it. May not be driving it a lot, but it's being driven. Just wondering... did you graduate high school?
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I know... I need to be better about letting the dumb shit go. Work in progress.
Tomster
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There is no need for insults. I was making an observation. To me, and sorry it offends you, but that is not driving it...... especially when most of those miles are to/from car shows.
stanglife
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Agree - and they made a lot of them, compared to any other single year (and in some cases multi-year) color combos. They missed the boat - if they would have given it an extra 20hp...
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Take a lesson from the above exchange… one owner says he would be happy to discuss his Hagerty experience privately. Why he would offer to do so is his biz, but with who he’s offering to discuss it with is questionable.
A few posts later and you see the person he was discussing it with has now decided to put some of the PM in his post. Trivial… and now you’ve apparently insulted him. Smh
As Proverbs 20:3 says, “It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.” Let it go…
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