NonServiam
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A house is clearly the most important thing, the rest are toys. However, just to clarify, as NonServiam previously noted there is a difference between a nice car and a classic car/vintage sports car.I think there's just a mentality that a watch should be lower on the list of priorities. Many think you should own a nice house, then a nice car, then if you have money leftover, you can buy yourself a watch. My car has 140,000 miles on it and I don't plan on replacing it anytime soon. I'd much rather park my money in my BLNR that will hold the value over time instead of buying a car that by definition will be worth $0 eventually. Of course would I rather be able to have BOTH a nice car and several nice watches? Of course! But I get to enjoy my watch all day long and only get in my car twice a day.
A house is clearly the most important thing, the rest are toys. However, just to clarify, as NonServiam previously noted there is a difference between a nice car and a classic car/vintage sports car.
A quick exaple of the difference...one could have bought say an E Class Mercedes or 5 series BMW two or three years ago for say $50- $60K. They are very nice but those cars as you noted would depreciate to nothing eventually. However, for the same money or less, someone could have purchased a nice Porsche 930 Turbo. Today, rather than being worth nothing, or merely retaining value, they have each increased in value something like 2 or 3 times what they would have cost 2-3 years ago.
That being said most people I know with a collectible car have an average car for bad weather, to use for picking up groceries and other mundane tasks. I put over 200,000 miles on each of my last 2 daily drivers so there is something to be said for rugged, reliable transportation that allows one to spend money on other types of toys be it watches, cars, or some other interest.
Hi JB, yes they love to throw salt on the roads up here in New England. However, with modern rust proofing and taking the car to a touchless car wash to get the salt off, daily drivers can last quite a while up here. My DD is a Subaru Legacy with AWD, and it currently has 116,000 miles.Surprising considering salt eats through cars so quickly and you are in Rhode Island. Also in my head your DD is a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Also you are right about average DDs and nicer cars in the garage. One of my neighbors has a 997 and 993 but DD's a Toyota 4Runner. The other DD's a 1980s M6 or Land Rover Series 2 and has an AM Vanquish and Jaguar E-type in the garage.
^^ wow, a Daytona with MOP dial, that must be something else! Have always wanted a smoked MOP dial of some kind in a watch!
What's the cheapest watch everyone here owns?