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Originally Posted by David70
Depends on what percentage of time you actually plan to drive each. Z4M is my weekend car and I only drive it 10% off the time (based on what I do for a living I can never drive the BMW for work). Cadillac ATS is driven 90% of the time. I wouldn't want to spend more money and drive a GT350 10% of the time and a Civic 90% of the time.
What will the slightly used GT 350 cost? What will you spend on the daily when the Civic is gone?
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I definitely agree with your assessment.
Without disclosing too much financial info, the only additional out of pocket I would need to assess would be the daily once the Civic lease is up. This can be anywhere from $200-300 a mo. plus insurance.
The GT350 can be driven to work when desired. Looking at only driving the car on weekends, I would be driving it roughly 25% of the time. 52 weeks x 2 days (Sat/Sun - I won't include Friday evenings for the sake of simplicity) = 104 days a year / 365 is about 28%.
I would like to add that for me, it's not necessarily the money that has me questioning this decision. I respect the car as it's an amazing machine, but it's still has the Mustang "stigma." - "cheap interior", "it's a Ford", etc. While I know I should buy the car for the car, this is something I might need to get over. I personally think the build quality is fine, especially for a 2nd vehicle. Also, I don't believe there are a lot of other cars you can own in this price range that deliver the performance and exhilaration. That is why this car "called" to me. The fact that we still have the Lexus to drive when we head out to a nice dinner, etc, also provides some comfort coming from BMW quality.