hi Aaron;
beautiful, awe-inspiring car. I have looked at it a number of times and wish wish wish.....
interesting idea but I think you are asking the wrong group, me included, much as I like that car. I base that on the budget approach that got everyone (pretty much) into fieros: people here are ...um... 'economical'.
There would be a ton of issues to figure out with ANY group; whether it be us, the BMW club, the jag club, the 'vette club, anyone..... regardless of disposable income too as I am sure you are well aware: a few thoughts:
where do you keep it and is that a liability of any sort for anyone?; what happens when someone wants out; (everyone is obligated to buy them out regardless?) what if someone wants IN (everyone gets less time altho I doubt that would come up); Can the group 'vote out' someone? Does someone who puts in $10K (vs the standard $5K, for example) get more '
consideration' for getting their preferred time or simply more time? how happy will someone be who gets it for their 3
rainy days; what happens when it requires maintenance; especially what I might call '
suspicious' maintenance - ie it becomes apparant that a control arm is bent but not 100% sure when it happened; what if it is down while waiting for parts for a month or two; do the people who missed out get reimbursed? (somehow...) what would the car be for, anyway? just driving around or for competition? What if two people with equal shares want if for the same time period or competition....... ; if one person puts 5000 km on it in their time period and someone else puts only 750, are they to pay equally for new tires? (and other wear items-same for brake pads used up in a competition etc) these are things that would come up regardless of the group, and anyone who plugs in their money will want exactly equal treatment, of course. So while I have looked at the car (someone in PFF linked it awhile ago I think) and it is SUPER impressive, I think the bureaucratic and admin work required to 'share' one would become too much and would be nothing but a headache - one of those "i wish i had never gotten into this things"....
I don't mean to be so negative but I have been involved in a lot of committee type stuff and it ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ends up being one of these situations; it comes down to a bunch of people squabbling issues and it is best to have these things sorted out before.
I wonder if you think about what total cost YOU would have into it and how far that would take YOUR car (or maybe some other kit) - if you are selective and patient you may find a whopper of a deal on a kit somewhere -
that is what I am doing; I figured that if I spend a total of something like $15 to $20K on my car, I would end up with a pretty good working machine that goes and stops and handles and still has 'sufficient' creature comforts to make me quite happy. That is my rationale and it is going to have to do. I can't afford the GT40 that I would LOVE to have - at least not until that totally non existant relative passes on.......
but I love looking at cars like that - it gives me ideas.......
and it is nice that you come up with the idea for the club......
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