488 How does everyone like their Pista? Is it a keeper?

Thanks for the well wishes and kind regards everyone. It arrived safe and sound. Now I have to wait until Tuesday to get the title, then I can go to the DMV for a license plate. Until then, I will just be staring at in the garage.

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Just the front. I drop it off on Wed next week with my detailer to finish the job. I’m also going to put Exoshield on the front windshield.

 

Long story, but I don’t have a temp tag. NC is a little weird, and so I wouldn’t want to risk driving that car without a plate. I’ll just be staring and lusting until Tuesday...

 

Out of curiosity, I went through my old text messages to see when I first officially signaled my interest in a Pista, and it was March 2018. It took me much longer than I expected, but I ended with a great example that I intend to keep forever.

 

Thanks Shark. I know most would have done the opposite and opted for a red Ferrari and a blue Lamborghini, and I seriously considered doing just that. So I look for my acquisition strategy to slow dramatically at this point, as I take time to enjoy what I have and replenish the car fund. After the STO arrives next year, my plan for the next several years looks like the following. I have to add a Porsche at some point. I am leaning in the direction of the 992 GT3 RS in British Racing Green. I have always lusted after that color. The new 992 GT3 by all accounts is closer to the 991 GT3 RS than to the 991 GT3. It stands to reason the 992 GT3 RS will be proportionately even more raw. At that point, I will probably back fill in some interesting custom type cars. Perhaps, a Singer Porsche and Icon FJ. Both of those have some significant lead time, so that would help me replenish additional funds.

As I have said before, the new electrification of cars does not appeal to me. I don’t really need the cars to be any more powerful, any faster, any heavier, any more complicated, or any more expensive. So as we sit at the inflection point, right before the new era of cars are unleashed (SF90, LB, Artura, 720S replacement, etc) I have no interest in heading that direction.

 

I love the new Ford GT, but I don’t love the price point. I would rather have three amazing cars for the cost of that one car. Same with the Carrera GT. Also, the Carrera GT has a well-deserved reputation of being a widow maker... The generations before the current generation (Diablo, Challenge Stradale, Scuderia, Murcielago, et al) I simply do not fit in (something having to do with being 6’6” 265lbs). I don’t really have the resources to go up in car (TDF, 812 Competizione, etc). Regarding how the 992 GT3 RS fits, I think it slides in a hole. Mostly, I need a Porsche and I am targeting end of era type cars. I would love a GT2 RS, but it will likely be hard to find a good example a couple years from now.

 

That is absolutely spectacular. I love it. Truly a safe place to park cash AND have a ton of fun while doing so. Sadly, I am physically far too big for such an amazing car.