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Cake day: October 17th, 2023

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  • Owned, friends own, and/or driven all of these, and so focusing on the tangibles that matter most to an enthusiast for sports cars:

    Porsche has be best balance of feel, handling, performance, reliability. Some brands may do certain things better:

    Ferrari - sound, looks, lust. I hate the way they feel and drive. Steering feels overly light and too direct off center. Chassis lacks feel of confidence in grip.

    Aston - Looks. Everything else is terrible.

    Corvette - value for the level of performance.

    Mac - raw speed, drive systems to make you feel like Senna at the limit. everything else is terrible. especially the repair bills.

    Lambo - Nothing




  • CPO has a pretty extensive checklist of items, and dealer has to bring all maintenance current, along with fix any issues (ie tire wear), along with pay a pretty high fee for the warranty. But, for example, a car can have paint work/accident damage and pass CPO. And the CPO may not identify that.

    An independent set of eyes will identify if there are issues is a good idea if you are not familiar with these cars. But a PPI is only as good as the shop and tech performing it, and they may or may not be better than your dealer.

    I’ve bought 3 CPO cars, none I had inspected separately.