View Single Post
Old 13 Aug 2019, 23:14 (Ref:3922622)   #6
Tony C
Racer
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Australia
Gold Coast
Posts: 295
Tony C should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixer View Post
i dunno, I think it is actually valid to question this.

Supercar is worth say $600k new of which maybe $200k in engine.

if a Marc II is $400k, and the engine is worth $40k.

As always with these things the budget creeps up and up. The original Marc car was $230k, with a $12k engine, and at that point it made some sense.

At $400k wouldn't you buy a Porsche cup car?
If you look at the running cost of a car as well as the purchase price some 'cheap' categories get very expensive. What is the cost of a Porsche engine or gearbox rebuild? The last I heard they were 'VERY' expensive.

I still favour the MARC as it is cheap to operate and purchase. Yes it is more expensive than original but all costs go up in time, and they now have a race engine rather than a stock road engine which will cost less in the long run. The 400k is with a lot of options.
Tony C is offline  
Quote