Covid Killed My Daily Driver
One of the unexpected impacts of the current Covid-19 pandemic is that my traditional idea of a daily driver is currently dead. There is a chance that it might get resurrected at some point in the future but right now it is gone. With most offices still closed, and likely to remain so well into 2021, my daily commute has…
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The Tyranny of Low Mileage
The headline on the cover of the September edition of Sports Car Market reads “Miles on, Dollars off”. It makes me cringe every time I see it. While the article the headline refers to factually explains why a “higher mileage” (it had 14k miles on the odometer) Ferrari 288 GTO went for significantly less that an ultra-low mileage 288 GTO…
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McLaren’s 1st Half 2020 Results
August is reporting season for most automotive company’s 1st half results. Aston Martin and Ferrari reported their respective 1st half 2020 results in early August. On Wednesday of this week, it was finally McLaren’s turn. Aston Martin & Ferrari’s results were very much in line with expectations. Aston is still a train wreck and Ferrari turned in a very solid…
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Our Other Sports Cars
Almost all of the articles I’ve written have been on the supercars we have owned over the years. Both before and alongside these cars, we have also owned a number of other sports cars over the years that have remained anonymous. I thought I would do a bit of a trip down memory lane on the rather eclectic group of…
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21st Century 3 Seaters: McLaren Speedtail, SCG 004, & the GMA T.50
In the first 127 years of the automobile, there were 108 three seat central driving position supercars produced. Ferrari manufactured two 365Ps as show cars in the mid 60’s and McLaren built 106 F1s in the 90’s. While there were several other three seat cars produced over the years, they were configured with three front seats in a row with…
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Aston Martin & Ferrari’s Q2 2020 Results
Aston Martin & Ferrari’s Q2 2020 Results In the last two weeks, both Aston Martin and Ferrari have reported their respective Q2 2020 results (McLaren does not report until the end of August so we will come back to them later). Normally in these types of articles I spend quite a bit of time going through the financial results and…
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If I Ran Aston Martin
If I Ran Aston Martin In early April I posted an article on the challenges Aston Martin, Ferrari, and McLaren were facing in light of the Coronavirus (Aston Ferrari McLaren Challenges). I then then put together an update in May once each company’s full Q1 results had been released. (Aston, Ferrari & McLaren Challenges Update). In both these articles I…
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Supercar Market Update – Q2 2020
In the Q1 2020 supercar market update (Supercar Market Update Q 1 2020) I summarized the situation as: In summary, right now we have a market that is basically frozen. The situation isn’t likely to change for at least another month or two, and perhaps much longer. The Coronavirus is causing a global tragedy and economic meltdown unlike any we have…
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Super & Hypercars: Who Lives, Who Dies?
Several months ago I posted an article on the saturation of the Hypercar Market (Too Much of a Good Thing). In the article I mentioned a number of micro manufacturers who have jumped into the hypercar market recently including De Tomaso, Pininfaria, SCG, and Gordon Murray Automotive. This is on top of a number of hypercars that have been announced…
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Aston Martin, Ferrari, & McLaren Update Q 1 2020
Aston Martin, Ferrari, & McLaren Business Update Q 1 2020 In early April I posted an article on the challenges Aston Martin, Ferrari, and McLaren were facing in light of the Coronavirus (Aston Ferrari McLaren Challenges). At that time most of the world was just several weeks into a lock down that would ultimately bring large parts of the global…
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Monterey Car Week Report 2019
This was our first time at Monterey Car Week. I would probably best describe Car Week as combination of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival spread out over multiple stunning locations and then supersized in the best American tradition. We arrived on Wednesday late afternoon and departed the following Monday morning (see: McLaren 675LT Spider Road Trip). In between, it was…
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Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible
Weekend With A Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible Courtesy of Park Place, our local supercar dealer, we recently spent a few days living with a Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible. Bentley is a brand that has been slowly growing on me over the last couple of months. This transformation started with the Mulsanne short termer we had last autumn. While…
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Bentley Bentayga
Weekend With A Bentley Bentayga We recently spent 36 hours living with a Bentley Bentayga. Our loaner car was a pearly white and instantly earned the nickname “Beluga”. Going in, it was a car I wanted to hate. It represents just about everything I try to avoid when choosing a preferred mode of transportation. It is huge, heavy, and about…
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Covid Killed My Daily Driver
One of the unexpected impacts of the current Covid-19 pandemic is that my traditional idea of a daily driver is currently dead. There is a chance that it might get resurrected at some point in the future but right now it is gone. With most offices still closed, and likely to remain so well into 2021, my daily commute has…
- 5
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The Tyranny of Low Mileage
The headline on the cover of the September edition of Sports Car Market reads “Miles on, Dollars off”. It makes me cringe every time I see it. While the article the headline refers to factually explains why a “higher mileage” (it had 14k miles on the odometer) Ferrari 288 GTO went for significantly less that an ultra-low mileage 288 GTO…
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Aston Martin & Ferrari’s Q2 2020 Results
Aston Martin & Ferrari’s Q2 2020 Results In the last two weeks, both Aston Martin and Ferrari have reported their respective Q2 2020 results (McLaren does not report until the end of August so we will come back to them later). Normally in these types of articles I spend quite a bit of time going through the financial results and…
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Supercar Market Update – Q2 2020
In the Q1 2020 supercar market update (Supercar Market Update Q 1 2020) I summarized the situation as: In summary, right now we have a market that is basically frozen. The situation isn’t likely to change for at least another month or two, and perhaps much longer. The Coronavirus is causing a global tragedy and economic meltdown unlike any we have…
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The Ferrari 360 Modena
I recently realized that the one car we owned for multiple years that I’ve never really written anything about is the Ferrari 360 Modena. We had the 360 for almost 3 years and during this time it served as an occasional daily driver while getting pressed into duty for multiple highly memorable road trips. For its entire life with us,…
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To Cork or Not to Cork?
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by my brother, the Wine Collector (his wine cellar is probably worth more than my garage). The Wine Collector is a bit of a car enthusiast himself and he has owned a Ferrari 430 Spider for many years. Do screw cap wines and supercars go together? You don’t buy a Ferrari or a…
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Supercar Road Trip: Part 3
We recently moved from Texas back to near where I grew up in New England. As part of the move, Mrs. SSO and I decided to drive the Maserati Granturismo Cabrio and the McLaren 650S Spider respectively the 1,800 miles northeast. This would be the first time Mrs. SSO and I had done a road trip driving in tandem. As…
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Supercar Road Trip: Part 1
We recently moved from Texas back to near where I grew up in New England. As part of the move, Mrs. SSO and I decided to drive the Maserati Granturismo Cabrio and the McLaren 650S Spider respectively the 1,800 miles northeast. This would be the first time Mrs. SSO and I had done a road trip driving in tandem. As…
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Chicago
Chicago: A Great American City By Mrs. SSO While I normally write about Hotels, that was just a functional aspect of a recent trip to Chicago with Mr. SSO. Chicago is right up there with other great International Cities. It is so much more than being home to the Chicago Bears Football Team or the Chicago Cubs Baseball Team (although when you…
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Airlines & Airport Lounges
I travel on business, a lot. Last year I flew enough miles to have gone around the world ten times. The year before was about the same and the year before that was even more intense. Karen has often joked that I should write a guide on airlines and airport lounges. Personally, I can think of nothing more depressing given…
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Our Other Sports Cars
Almost all of the articles I’ve written have been on the supercars we have owned over the years. Both before and alongside these cars, we have also owned a number of other sports cars over the years that have remained anonymous. I thought I would do a bit of a trip down memory lane on the rather eclectic group of…
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Ferrari F50 to the Jaguar XJR-15
Car Collecting Journey: Ferrari F50 to the Jaguar XJR-15 Recently I wrote an article on our experience owning a Ferrari F50 (The Ferrari F50). Looking back today, owning the F50 was a watershed experience in our car collecting journey. It both changed the direction, and has heavily influenced, all our car buying since. The F50 firmly cemented several critical attributes we look for in…
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Collecting Supercars
Recently I exchanged a few messages with a gentleman who was looking for a bit of advice on plans for his car collection. I quite enjoyed the exchange and hope I was able to provide at least a modicum of useful insights. I found the experience fascinating as it forced me to reflect back on our car collecting experiences over the last…
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Supercars We Have Sold
Supercar Ghosts With the McLaren Senna arriving shortly, I have been reflecting back on the different supercars I have owned over the years. They basically fall into three groups; missed and would like it back, enjoyed owning but it was time to move on, and thank god it’s gone. For the sake of brevity, I will only touch upon my…
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Summer Car Recommendations for Every Budget – 2019 Edition
For us, the end of ski season this weekend marks the beginning of the driving season. Hence it’s time to update our summer recommendations for 2019. For this year I have changed the criteria a bit. The new cut off for consideration is 1990 (vs. 1970 in 2018). The budgets are all in US $ and I have given a few more American…
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Covid Killed My Daily Driver
One of the unexpected impacts of the current Covid-19 pandemic is that my traditional idea of a daily driver is currently dead. There is a chance that it might get resurrected at some point in the future but right now it is gone. With most offices still closed, and likely to remain so well into 2021, my daily commute has…
- 5
- Karenable
The Tyranny of Low Mileage
The headline on the cover of the September edition of Sports Car Market reads “Miles on, Dollars off”. It makes me cringe every time I see it. While the article the headline refers to factually explains why a “higher mileage” (it had 14k miles on the odometer) Ferrari 288 GTO went for significantly less that an ultra-low mileage 288 GTO…
- 5
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McLaren’s 1st Half 2020 Results
August is reporting season for most automotive company’s 1st half results. Aston Martin and Ferrari reported their respective 1st half 2020 results in early August. On Wednesday of this week, it was finally McLaren’s turn. Aston Martin & Ferrari’s results were very much in line with expectations. Aston is still a train wreck and Ferrari turned in a very solid…
- 5
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21st Century 3 Seaters: McLaren Speedtail, SCG 004, & the GMA T.50
In the first 127 years of the automobile, there were 108 three seat central driving position supercars produced. Ferrari manufactured two 365Ps as show cars in the mid 60’s and McLaren built 106 F1s in the 90’s. While there were several other three seat cars produced over the years, they were configured with three front seats in a row with…
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McLaren 720S Spider 6 Month Report & an “Issue”
We have had the McLaren 720S Spider for a bit over 6 months now. During this period it has firmly established itself as one of our favorite (in fact it is Mrs. SSO’s favorite) McLarens. However, we did have an issue the other day and I wanted to get that covered off right up front. To be clear, the 720S…
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Our Other Sports Cars
Almost all of the articles I’ve written have been on the supercars we have owned over the years. Both before and alongside these cars, we have also owned a number of other sports cars over the years that have remained anonymous. I thought I would do a bit of a trip down memory lane on the rather eclectic group of…
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- Karenable
21st Century 3 Seaters: McLaren Speedtail, SCG 004, & the GMA T.50
In the first 127 years of the automobile, there were 108 three seat central driving position supercars produced. Ferrari manufactured two 365Ps as show cars in the mid 60’s and McLaren built 106 F1s in the 90’s. While there were several other three seat cars produced over the years, they were configured with three front seats in a row with…
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Super & Hypercars: Who Lives, Who Dies?
Several months ago I posted an article on the saturation of the Hypercar Market (Too Much of a Good Thing). In the article I mentioned a number of micro manufacturers who have jumped into the hypercar market recently including De Tomaso, Pininfaria, SCG, and Gordon Murray Automotive. This is on top of a number of hypercars that have been announced…
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What to Watch, Who to Listen Too
What to Watch, Who to Listen Too So, as a car enthusiast in lock down, how do you spend your time? It’s a question a few of my friends have been asking each other over the past couple of months. The hope behind the question is always that someone has discovered some new exciting show, vlog, or podcast to pleasantly…
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Micro Supercar & Hypercar Manufacturers
About a month ago I posted an article on the saturation of the Hypercar Market (Too Much of a Good Thing). In the article I mentioned a number of micro manufacturers who have jumped into the hypercar market recently including Apollo & De Tomaso, ATS, SCG, Brabham, and Gordon Murray Automotive. In that article I picked the winners and losers in terms of…
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Covid Killed My Daily Driver
One of the unexpected impacts of the current Covid-19 pandemic is that my traditional idea of a daily driver is currently dead. There is a chance that it might get resurrected at some point in the future but right now it is gone. With most offices still closed, and likely to remain so well into 2021, my daily commute has…
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Supercar Market Update – Q2 2020
In the Q1 2020 supercar market update (Supercar Market Update Q 1 2020) I summarized the situation as: In summary, right now we have a market that is basically frozen. The situation isn’t likely to change for at least another month or two, and perhaps much longer. The Coronavirus is causing a global tragedy and economic meltdown unlike any we have…
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Supercar Market Update – Q1 2020
Supercar Market Update – Q1 2020 As a follow up to the Q4 2019 car market article (Market Update Q4 2019) I’ve continued to track the Ferrari F355, Porsche Carrera GT, and the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, as I believe these are good bellwethers for the market in general. On occasion, I also take a glance at Koenigseggs, the McLaren P1,…
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Road Trips & Driving Talent
Road Trips & Driving Talent About six weeks ago Mrs. SSO and I started planning a road trip to Scotland. The route was planned, and hotels were booked in both London and Scotland. Two weeks ago, we cancelled our plans with the hope that we might be able to reschedule in the fall. McLaren had extremely generously offered to lend us a car…
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Collecting Supercars
Recently I exchanged a few messages with a gentleman who was looking for a bit of advice on plans for his car collection. I quite enjoyed the exchange and hope I was able to provide at least a modicum of useful insights. I found the experience fascinating as it forced me to reflect back on our car collecting experiences over the last…
- 5
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To Cork or Not to Cork?
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by my brother, the Wine Collector (his wine cellar is probably worth more than my garage). The Wine Collector is a bit of a car enthusiast himself and he has owned a Ferrari 430 Spider for many years. Do screw cap wines and supercars go together? You don’t buy a Ferrari or a…
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Supercar Road Trip: Part 2
We recently moved from Texas back to near where I grew up in New England. As part of the move, Mrs. SSO and I decided to drive the Maserati Granturismo Cabrio and the McLaren 650S Spider respectively the 1,800 miles northeast. This would be the first time Mrs. SSO and I had done a road trip driving in tandem. As…
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Supercar Road Trip: Part 1
We recently moved from Texas back to near where I grew up in New England. As part of the move, Mrs. SSO and I decided to drive the Maserati Granturismo Cabrio and the McLaren 650S Spider respectively the 1,800 miles northeast. This would be the first time Mrs. SSO and I had done a road trip driving in tandem. As…
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Chicago
Chicago: A Great American City By Mrs. SSO While I normally write about Hotels, that was just a functional aspect of a recent trip to Chicago with Mr. SSO. Chicago is right up there with other great International Cities. It is so much more than being home to the Chicago Bears Football Team or the Chicago Cubs Baseball Team (although when you…
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McLaren 650S Spider Road Trip to Houston
By Karen Our weekend road trip to Houston was inspired by SSO finding out that a Yauatcha Restaurant (a sleek, modern Chinese resturant serving spectacular dim sum) had recently opened. Yauatcha is one of our favorite restaurants in London, so we thougth it well worth a trip to Houston to check out this new location. I had no issue making a…
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21st Century 3 Seaters: McLaren Speedtail, SCG 004, & the GMA T.50
In the first 127 years of the automobile, there were 108 three seat central driving position supercars produced. Ferrari manufactured two 365Ps as show cars in the mid 60’s and McLaren built 106 F1s in the 90’s. While there were several other three seat cars produced over the years, they were configured with three front seats in a row with…
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Supercar Market Update – Q2 2020
In the Q1 2020 supercar market update (Supercar Market Update Q 1 2020) I summarized the situation as: In summary, right now we have a market that is basically frozen. The situation isn’t likely to change for at least another month or two, and perhaps much longer. The Coronavirus is causing a global tragedy and economic meltdown unlike any we have…
- 5
- Karenable
Super & Hypercars: Who Lives, Who Dies?
Several months ago I posted an article on the saturation of the Hypercar Market (Too Much of a Good Thing). In the article I mentioned a number of micro manufacturers who have jumped into the hypercar market recently including De Tomaso, Pininfaria, SCG, and Gordon Murray Automotive. This is on top of a number of hypercars that have been announced…
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Supercar Market Update – Q1 2020
Supercar Market Update – Q1 2020 As a follow up to the Q4 2019 car market article (Market Update Q4 2019) I’ve continued to track the Ferrari F355, Porsche Carrera GT, and the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, as I believe these are good bellwethers for the market in general. On occasion, I also take a glance at Koenigseggs, the McLaren P1,…
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SCG 004 – Update
In April 2019, we put down a deposit on a Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus 004S. At the time the SCG 004 (Decision Time 004S) was not much more than a CAD render but with over 7,500 hours of engineering design and simulations behind it. Last week all that work came to fruition and the SCG 004 is now a running prototype and has…
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