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Originally Posted by KERMIT
Adam,
its not that we are trying to be less than helpful, its just that there have been a number of trolls lately. Your post indicates a few contradictory statements that make it seem less than legitimate. A month ago someone claimed to sell their Ferrari and purchase a Z..
1. You are looking for $60k sports cars
2. You have the money to go to skip Barber (1 day course starts at $1500)
3. You are looking for a car to learn on ($25k beater of sorts)
4. You are looking to race the car and support tires, maintenance costs, etc..
5. You are concerned with losing 2-4k - ??
The money you will lose on the transaction price of the $25k vehicle will be far outweighed by the Tax (8% = $2000), Tires ($400-800 per set), Insurance of owning additional car, gas, etc...
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Understood.
I am not a troll. I'm just a dumba*s when it comes to cars and costs relating to cars and racing. I'm a physician who has driven the same car - a 2001 Honda Accord - since med school and now that the old honda is giving up the ghost, I've decided that it's time to live a little bit and upgrade into something fun. I'm willing to spend the money on a nice sports car, but I don't want to be a poser who buys an M3 doesn't know how to drive it. The money spent learning how to drive well - the driver mod - will be a worthwhile investment I think, but I'm still frugal and don't want to waste money unnecessarily. Hence my search for the most efficient path to my desired endpoint. Hope that puts things into perspective.
Thanks for the advice.