The Cost of Mileage & Supercar Good Buys 2023
The following are two short pieces. The first one on the “Cost of Mileage” actually came out of research I was doing for the second on “Supercar Good Buys”. Cost of Mileage I’ve been following the Ferrari F12 market quite closely for about a year now, just patiently waiting for the right car to fall into my budget. When checking…
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Supercar Market Insights & Analysis – Aston Martin
Last week I posted up an article on the Supercar Market, the macro situation and covered a number of different models (Supercar Market Update Jan 2023). One request coming out of that article was for a point of view on the Aston Martin, Lamborghini, and Porsche RS market. As I know absolutely nothing about the Lamborghini market, and only slightly…
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Supercar Market Insights & Analysis – Jan 2023
Since I did the last Supercar Market update in July 2022, the world has changed……again. Money is now quite expensive, used car prices have started to contract, car loan delinquencies are rising, The NY Giants have made the playoffs for the 1st time in six years, Prince Andrew has a new permanent roommate in the House of Windsor doghouse, and…
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The Londoner Hotel: Conceptionally Brilliant, But Not Ready for Prime Time
By Mrs. SSO We were excited to return to London as we had lived there for over a decade – to go back, if only for a vacation was in order now that COVID is ‘under control’. We love just walking around London, especially at Christmas time. It is so festive with all the lights and decorated Christmas trees. I…
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The SSO Awards: 2022
For the final article of 2022 (I’ve delayed the actual posting to New Year’s Day as I hope no one was reading blogs on New Year’s Eve), I’ve put together my latest SSO Awards list covering the automotive universe in general. In putting together what must be the auto universe’s least prestigious awards list, I would like to first acknowledge…
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The Cost of Mileage & Supercar Good Buys 2023
The following are two short pieces. The first one on the “Cost of Mileage” actually came out of research I was doing for the second on “Supercar Good Buys”. Cost of Mileage I’ve been following the Ferrari F12 market quite closely for about a year now, just patiently waiting for the right car to fall into my budget. When checking…
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Supercar Market Insights & Analysis – Aston Martin
Last week I posted up an article on the Supercar Market, the macro situation and covered a number of different models (Supercar Market Update Jan 2023). One request coming out of that article was for a point of view on the Aston Martin, Lamborghini, and Porsche RS market. As I know absolutely nothing about the Lamborghini market, and only slightly…
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The SSO Awards: 2022
For the final article of 2022 (I’ve delayed the actual posting to New Year’s Day as I hope no one was reading blogs on New Year’s Eve), I’ve put together my latest SSO Awards list covering the automotive universe in general. In putting together what must be the auto universe’s least prestigious awards list, I would like to first acknowledge…
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A Few Thoughts: McLaren’s Recapitalization & the Looming Battle for Control of Aston Martin
I thought I would share a few thoughts and observations on the current situation at two of my favorite British Supercar Manufacturers. One seems to be quietly headed back on the right track and the other, well theirs’s less drama in the Kardashian household. McLaren’s Recapitalization McLaren has been liquidity challenged since COVID put a giant fork in the business. …
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Aston Martin’s Q3 2022 Results…..The Vanish
Two supercar manufacturers released their Q3 2022 results this week. The first manufacturer, Ferrari, beat both the markets Q3 revenue and earnings estimates. Ferrari, for the 2nd quarter in a row, then raised its guidance for the year. The second manufacturer was Aston Martin. Bernstein analyst Daniel Röska summed up AML’s Q3 succinctly: “No amount of sugar-coating will help here:…
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Thoughts: Ferrari SUV, Aston Martin, SCG, GMA & More
I thought I would share a few thoughts and observations on a number of things that have recently caught my attention in the auto universe. None of these has enough depth for a full blog in their own right but thought they were still worthy of sharing. What the future will look like in six months is anyone’s guess but…
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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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The Cost of Mileage & Supercar Good Buys 2023
The following are two short pieces. The first one on the “Cost of Mileage” actually came out of research I was doing for the second on “Supercar Good Buys”. Cost of Mileage I’ve been following the Ferrari F12 market quite closely for about a year now, just patiently waiting for the right car to fall into my budget. When checking…
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Supercar Market Insights & Analysis – Jan 2023
Since I did the last Supercar Market update in July 2022, the world has changed……again. Money is now quite expensive, used car prices have started to contract, car loan delinquencies are rising, The NY Giants have made the playoffs for the 1st time in six years, Prince Andrew has a new permanent roommate in the House of Windsor doghouse, and…
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The SSO Awards: 2022
For the final article of 2022 (I’ve delayed the actual posting to New Year’s Day as I hope no one was reading blogs on New Year’s Eve), I’ve put together my latest SSO Awards list covering the automotive universe in general. In putting together what must be the auto universe’s least prestigious awards list, I would like to first acknowledge…
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Boutique Super & Hypercar Manufacturers: Dec 2022 Update
There are some interesting updates among a number of the Boutique Hypercar manufacturers since I last posted the A Few Thoughts, March 2022 article. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), Praga, Czinger, De Tomaso, Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), and Delage have all been in the news. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) Following a similar philosophy to Ferrari in the early days, Scuderia Cameron…
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Ferrari & McLaren’s 1st Half 2022 Results & Strategies
Instead of doing a deep dive into the 1st half 2022 numbers this time, it might be a bit more interesting to just share a few performance highlights before taking a look at each company’s strategy and development. Ferrari today has never been on more solid ground while McLaren is surviving due to the generosity of its owners. In many…
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The Londoner Hotel: Conceptionally Brilliant, But Not Ready for Prime Time
By Mrs. SSO We were excited to return to London as we had lived there for over a decade – to go back, if only for a vacation was in order now that COVID is ‘under control’. We love just walking around London, especially at Christmas time. It is so festive with all the lights and decorated Christmas trees. I…
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Beneteau Oceanis 51.1 – A Floating Beach House
Owning a large sailboat, our is a Beneteau Oceanis 51, is like owning another vacation home. While a sailboat is technically a mode of transportation, from a cost perspective, the annual ownership costs are much closer to what a ski or beach house run. Given that you could describe our boat as a mobile wind driven 3 bedroom waterfront home,…
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Planning Our 1st Epic Drive of 2021
I have hope that things will get better this year with the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccines and that by September or October a road trip will be possible. In great anticipation, I reached out to a group of friends with whom we have been doing road trips for over a decade now to gauge interest. It’s a great…
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Porsche Carrera GT to a Beneteau Oceanis 51.1
A Porsche Carrera GT has been near the top of my bucket list for quite a few years now. This year, for the first time in a while, the stars all started to align, and it looked like it might actually happen. Then Covid-19 hit, lockdowns were imposed, social distancing became the in trend for 2020, and the Carrera GT…
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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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The Use Case Rule of Car Collecting
Earlier this year I met a wise experienced car connoisseur over zoom (it is 2020). This gentleman has owned a number of cars that have also passed through our garage over the years (including a Ferrari F50, 16M, McLaren 675LT) along with at least one that I can only dream of (McLaren F1). He introduced me to the “Use Case…
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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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What I Have Learned In 20 Years of 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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The Cost of Mileage & Supercar Good Buys 2023
The following are two short pieces. The first one on the “Cost of Mileage” actually came out of research I was doing for the second on “Supercar Good Buys”. Cost of Mileage I’ve been following the Ferrari F12 market quite closely for about a year now, just patiently waiting for the right car to fall into my budget. When checking…
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Supercar Market Insights & Analysis – Jan 2023
Since I did the last Supercar Market update in July 2022, the world has changed……again. Money is now quite expensive, used car prices have started to contract, car loan delinquencies are rising, The NY Giants have made the playoffs for the 1st time in six years, Prince Andrew has a new permanent roommate in the House of Windsor doghouse, and…
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The SSO Awards: 2022
For the final article of 2022 (I’ve delayed the actual posting to New Year’s Day as I hope no one was reading blogs on New Year’s Eve), I’ve put together my latest SSO Awards list covering the automotive universe in general. In putting together what must be the auto universe’s least prestigious awards list, I would like to first acknowledge…
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A Few Thoughts: McLaren’s Recapitalization & the Looming Battle for Control of Aston Martin
I thought I would share a few thoughts and observations on the current situation at two of my favorite British Supercar Manufacturers. One seems to be quietly headed back on the right track and the other, well theirs’s less drama in the Kardashian household. McLaren’s Recapitalization McLaren has been liquidity challenged since COVID put a giant fork in the business. …
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Boutique Super & Hypercar Manufacturers: Dec 2022 Update
There are some interesting updates among a number of the Boutique Hypercar manufacturers since I last posted the A Few Thoughts, March 2022 article. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), Praga, Czinger, De Tomaso, Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), and Delage have all been in the news. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) Following a similar philosophy to Ferrari in the early days, Scuderia Cameron…
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The Londoner Hotel: Conceptionally Brilliant, But Not Ready for Prime Time
By Mrs. SSO We were excited to return to London as we had lived there for over a decade – to go back, if only for a vacation was in order now that COVID is ‘under control’. We love just walking around London, especially at Christmas time. It is so festive with all the lights and decorated Christmas trees. I…
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The SSO Awards: 2022
For the final article of 2022 (I’ve delayed the actual posting to New Year’s Day as I hope no one was reading blogs on New Year’s Eve), I’ve put together my latest SSO Awards list covering the automotive universe in general. In putting together what must be the auto universe’s least prestigious awards list, I would like to first acknowledge…
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Boutique Super & Hypercar Manufacturers: Dec 2022 Update
There are some interesting updates among a number of the Boutique Hypercar manufacturers since I last posted the A Few Thoughts, March 2022 article. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), Praga, Czinger, De Tomaso, Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), and Delage have all been in the news. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) Following a similar philosophy to Ferrari in the early days, Scuderia Cameron…
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Now For Something Completely Different: Range Rover P38
My dalliance with the idea of owning a Range Rover started back in 2009. It would end up taking three tries on two continents over 13 years before the relationship was finally consummated. It started back when I was in the process of moving to the UK. The “Use Case” at the time was for a “family utility” car capable…
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Beneteau Oceanis 51.1 – A Floating Beach House
Owning a large sailboat, our is a Beneteau Oceanis 51, is like owning another vacation home. While a sailboat is technically a mode of transportation, from a cost perspective, the annual ownership costs are much closer to what a ski or beach house run. Given that you could describe our boat as a mobile wind driven 3 bedroom waterfront home,…
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The Cost of Mileage & Supercar Good Buys 2023
The following are two short pieces. The first one on the “Cost of Mileage” actually came out of research I was doing for the second on “Supercar Good Buys”. Cost of Mileage I’ve been following the Ferrari F12 market quite closely for about a year now, just patiently waiting for the right car to fall into my budget. When checking…
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Supercar Market Insights & Analysis – Jan 2023
Since I did the last Supercar Market update in July 2022, the world has changed……again. Money is now quite expensive, used car prices have started to contract, car loan delinquencies are rising, The NY Giants have made the playoffs for the 1st time in six years, Prince Andrew has a new permanent roommate in the House of Windsor doghouse, and…
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Beneteau Oceanis 51.1 – A Floating Beach House
Owning a large sailboat, our is a Beneteau Oceanis 51, is like owning another vacation home. While a sailboat is technically a mode of transportation, from a cost perspective, the annual ownership costs are much closer to what a ski or beach house run. Given that you could describe our boat as a mobile wind driven 3 bedroom waterfront home,…
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Our Top Ten Favorite Routes & Roads
Mrs. SSO and I were recently discussing a few road trip options for the fall when the conversation morphed into a discussion on our favorite routes, roads and why. The only criteria we agreed was these were roads we really enjoyed driving and would go out of our way to drive these routes again. Some of the routes are fairly…
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Heatwave Drives: Porsche 911 GT3 RS & Ferrari F40
This past Sunday was a glorious day, if you were a cactus. Not a cloud in the sky, and no shade to be found anywhere either. Temperatures were pushing triple digits Fahrenheit, the lawn had turned a light shade of brown, and the few tourists I had seen earlier in town had not discovered the miracle of sunscreen as they…
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The Londoner Hotel: Conceptionally Brilliant, But Not Ready for Prime Time
By Mrs. SSO We were excited to return to London as we had lived there for over a decade – to go back, if only for a vacation was in order now that COVID is ‘under control’. We love just walking around London, especially at Christmas time. It is so festive with all the lights and decorated Christmas trees. I…
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The Bayside Restaurant: Home of New England’s Best Lobster Roll
This is actually the first standalone restaurant review we have ever done. All the prior one’s have been included in road trip reports. However when a restaurant consistently makes the best lobster roll in New England, it has earned the right to have its own review. The Bayside does, and it certainly has, for the two years since we first…
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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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The Cost of Mileage & Supercar Good Buys 2023
The following are two short pieces. The first one on the “Cost of Mileage” actually came out of research I was doing for the second on “Supercar Good Buys”. Cost of Mileage I’ve been following the Ferrari F12 market quite closely for about a year now, just patiently waiting for the right car to fall into my budget. When checking…
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The SSO Awards: 2022
For the final article of 2022 (I’ve delayed the actual posting to New Year’s Day as I hope no one was reading blogs on New Year’s Eve), I’ve put together my latest SSO Awards list covering the automotive universe in general. In putting together what must be the auto universe’s least prestigious awards list, I would like to first acknowledge…
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Boutique Super & Hypercar Manufacturers: Dec 2022 Update
There are some interesting updates among a number of the Boutique Hypercar manufacturers since I last posted the A Few Thoughts, March 2022 article. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), Praga, Czinger, De Tomaso, Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA), and Delage have all been in the news. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) Following a similar philosophy to Ferrari in the early days, Scuderia Cameron…
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SCG 004S Test Drive & First Impressions
Guest Article By “Zombie Physicist” I recently pulled the trigger to order a Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) 004S and thought I would do a review after having a test drive. This review is a bit long, but broken into two parts: Part 1: observations on the car itself, and Part 2: driving impressions. The two parts are further broken down…
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A Few Thoughts: Horsepower, McLaren & Chasity, Hypercar Manufacturers
I thought I would share a few thoughts and observations on a number of things that have recently caught my attention in the auto universe. The include the last several decades of horsepower increases, McLaren's current portfolio, and new news on a number of smaller hypercar manufacturers. None of these has enough depth for a full blog but thought they…
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