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Originally Posted by Chappers
Different leagues but perhaps relevant in a "net worth vs vehicle worth" kind of way. Rowan Atkinson's reasons for selling his Mclaren F1 were exactly this, he'd planned to keep the car and keep using it and keep driving it forever but as it approached (and passed) £10,000,000 in value it became harder and harder for him to justify taking it out on the road.
Our cars will never be worth quite that, but the analogy I like to use is that taking a Mclaren out onto the road amongst normal cars is like taking a Picasso painting into a preschool class full of children doing finger painting. It's just not worth the risk.
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As soon as mine reaches £100k, I'm chopping it in for a BAC Mono
Won't hold my breath though hahahaha.