Current and future 1M owners- collector car

DiavelM3 · 07-01-2011, 12:36 PM

Thought I would see how many current and future 1M owners will be keeping the miles low on their cars?
I know some of you will be using it as a DD but I wonder if others will be keeping the miles low because of the collectability factor and low production run.

mPlasticDesign · 07-01-2011, 12:58 PM

I voted nope, because I will be using it as a daily driver, but my commute is quite short so I will be able to keep my miles down.

IBTL

JJSchmooze · 07-01-2011, 01:04 PM

I Vote Yes, to an extent. Although I will drive it to work from time to time, my plan is to park it during the winter months. That should keep mileage under 10k/yr......I hope that in 3 years the car will only have 20K on it. Sometimes that is hard to do.

Grey Dove · 07-01-2011, 01:33 PM

I don't know where i fit in?
I seldom need a car cuz in the week i'm' driving a van and at weekends a motorbike.
So my wife will use it for her daily errants and my son at evenings to pay visit to his girlfriend. All in all very short distances. Closer to a garage queen wouldn't you say?

AW 1M · 07-01-2011, 01:38 PM

It's a lot more fun to drive it than look at it. So I'll be driving it. I'm heading up to the track for the weekend.

NiceGuyEddie · 07-01-2011, 01:44 PM

I will be driving the wheels off of mine.

b33g33 · 07-01-2011, 02:22 PM

Why would high mileage negate the collectibility status of a car?

lhsa · 07-01-2011, 02:25 PM

it affects value, not status.

Pinta · 07-01-2011, 02:40 PM

My mileage wont be high as I work from home and this is not the family car although I have ticked "Nope" as I will will drive the car as much or as little as I need to!

anon1M · 07-01-2011, 03:07 PM

I'm planning to use mine (if I get one) for short commutes and maybe the track. Hoping to keep the high value.

evolution80 · 07-01-2011, 03:18 PM

would like to keep the mileage very low but i dont think it will work

- so no, i will drive it as much as i can except for boring long-range-routes and during the winter months

Gtrain · 07-01-2011, 03:40 PM

For it to be collectable, I feel that the production would need to be even lower. Plus it might take 10+ years before it becomes collectible.

BrokenVert · 07-01-2011, 04:00 PM

I can't stand the mentality of "let me buy a Ferrari Enzo because I can sell it for a profit 20 years later with it sitting in my garage"

Cars are built to be driven...drive your car, keep it forever and to hell with keeping the miles low.

NihonX · 07-01-2011, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

I can't stand the mentality of "let me buy a Ferrari Enzo because I can sell it for a profit 20 years later with it sitting in my garage"

Cars are built to be driven...drive your car, keep it forever and to hell with keeping the miles low.

+1

yemski · 07-01-2011, 04:25 PM

I'm going to be driving mine everyday.

Artemis · 07-01-2011, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

I can't stand the mentality of "let me buy a Ferrari Enzo because I can sell it for a profit 20 years later with it sitting in my garage"
Cars are built to be driven...drive your car, keep it forever and to hell with keeping the miles low.

I second that.

1M treated as garage queen for future resale value reasons? C'mon, why not simply enjoy here and now the 1M to the fullest extent possible? It's fun that money can't buy. Covering miles with smiles: no-one can take those moments away from you. For sure, in the future new and interesting goodies will continue to show up on the radar and things in your personal life might have changed by then. But that is then. This is now. All you need is now. If the 1M could speak, it would shout "Drive me!". So get in, push the "start"-button and enjoy. You only live once, some even don't.

Dee Pee · 07-01-2011, 04:59 PM

I work walking distance to half of my businesses. The other two days a week I commute perhaps 25 miles round-trip on the highway.

By default, the miles will be low. And by merit of my Vehicular OCD, the car will be regularly cleaned and waxed. I expect to drive it a lot this summer but if my usual trend prevails, it will eventually rest next to my pristine S54 Roadster for use on sunny days while the next car in the stable takes over commuting duties.

I don't consciously ration my wear on the car and it will initially see a lot of miles but in the end I only average 5k a year.

DiavelM3 · 07-01-2011, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

I can't stand the mentality of "let me buy a Ferrari Enzo because I can sell it for a profit 20 years later with it sitting in my garage"

Cars are built to be driven...drive your car, keep it forever and to hell with keeping the miles low.

Yeah, people have different mentalities about that. There is still some 328’s out there with less than 20K miles sitting around...
Back in the 80's and 90’s that was huge. Keep the miles low on your Ferrari to flip it for profit later
....

b33g33 · 07-01-2011, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lhsa

it affects value, not status.

I understand that. The OP didn't ask if we'd be coddling the cars for their future resale value, but their collectibility.

An E30 M3 is collectible whether it has 200k or 5k on the Odo.

The value, obviously, will differ.

rogbmw · 07-01-2011, 08:07 PM

Will be my DD. Therefore, more smiles per mile

1M Fan · 07-01-2011, 08:25 PM

I'll be dead or too old to care when it becomes a collectable. I'm driving mine into the ground, but it back together and drive it some more.

b33g33 · 07-01-2011, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1M Fan

I'll be dead or too old to care when it becomes a collectable. I'm driving mine into the ground, but it back together and drive it some more.

View Poll Results: Will you be keeping the miles low on your 1M?
Heck yeah.. It will be highly desirable someday	29	30.53%
Nope. I will be driving it like any other car. No garage queen here!	66	69.47%
Voters: 95. You may not vote on this poll

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07-01-2011, 12:58 PM	#2
mPlasticDesign Major General 684 Rep 5,069 Posts Drives: BMW 230i Msport w/LSD Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Astral Projecting: ∞ 23.516 -122 02.625 0242.101 ĕv'rē-hwâr' iTrader: (16) Garage List 2009 Porsche 911 997.2 [10.00] 2019 Hyundai N (Sold) [10.00] 2013 BMW M3 (Sold) [10.00] 2011 1M Coupe (Sold) [8.78] 2008 E90 M3 (Sold) [8.60] 2007 Z4 Mcpe (Sold) [9.50] 2005 BMW M3 (Sold) [10.00]	I voted nope, because I will be using it as a daily driver, but my commute is quite short so I will be able to keep my miles down. IBTL __________________
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JJSchmooze I'm on that Orange Crush 36 Rep 195 Posts Drives: 1M Coupe VOP ZCV ZPP Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dirty Jerz iTrader: (0)	I Vote Yes, to an extent. Although I will drive it to work from time to time, my plan is to park it during the winter months. That should keep mileage under 10k/yr......I hope that in 3 years the car will only have 20K on it. Sometimes that is hard to do. __________________ “Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary... that’s what gets you.” Jeremy Clarkson
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Grey Dove Major 125 Rep 1,297 Posts Drives: Sold for a reptile Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Here & There iTrader: (0)	I don't know where i fit in? I seldom need a car cuz in the week i'm' driving a van and at weekends a motorbike. So my wife will use it for her daily errants and my son at evenings to pay visit to his girlfriend. All in all very short distances. Closer to a garage queen wouldn't you say?
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07-01-2011, 01:38 PM	#5
AW 1M Private First Class 9 Rep 148 Posts Drives: AW 1M Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	It's a lot more fun to drive it than look at it. So I'll be driving it. I'm heading up to the track for the weekend.
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07-01-2011, 01:44 PM	#6
NiceGuyEddie Lieutenant 458 Rep 512 Posts Drives: M4 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Orlando, FL iTrader: (1)	I will be driving the wheels off of mine.
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07-01-2011, 02:22 PM	#7
b33g33 Give '///M' Hell! 125 Rep 1,325 Posts Drives: Einser Rex Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Why would high mileage negate the collectibility status of a car?
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07-01-2011, 02:25 PM	#8
lhsa Second Lieutenant 18 Rep 255 Posts Drives: kia Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW iTrader: (0)	it affects value, not status.
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07-01-2011, 02:40 PM	#9
Pinta Private 9 Rep 87 Posts Drives: 1M Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: South Wales iTrader: (0)	My mileage wont be high as I work from home and this is not the family car although I have ticked "Nope" as I will will drive the car as much or as little as I need to!
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07-01-2011, 03:07 PM	#10
anon1M New Member 1 Rep 14 Posts Drives: 97 Civic DX Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: California iTrader: (0)	I'm planning to use mine (if I get one) for short commutes and maybe the track. Hoping to keep the high value.
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07-01-2011, 03:18 PM	#11
evolution80 Captain 146 Rep 697 Posts Drives: M3 F80 silverstone Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: austria iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 M3 F80 [0.00] 2010 bmw e92 xdrive ... [10.00]	would like to keep the mileage very low but i dont think it will work - so no, i will drive it as much as i can except for boring long-range-routes and during the winter months __________________ if you're cast on thin ice, you may as well dance enjoy your cars
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07-01-2011, 03:40 PM	#12
Gtrain Colonel 144 Rep 2,018 Posts Drives: something slowwwww Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC iTrader: (21)	For it to be collectable, I feel that the production would need to be even lower. Plus it might take 10+ years before it becomes collectible.
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07-01-2011, 04:00 PM	#13
BrokenVert Resident Kerbalnaut 477 Rep 10,703 Posts Drives: Topless Brute/Hybrid Boogaloo Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fahrvergnügen/NY iTrader: (0)	I can't stand the mentality of "let me buy a Ferrari Enzo because I can sell it for a profit 20 years later with it sitting in my garage" Cars are built to be driven...drive your car, keep it forever and to hell with keeping the miles low. __________________
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07-01-2011, 04:25 PM	#15
yemski Lieutenant 35 Rep 491 Posts Drives: 2011 1M Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (2) Garage List 2011 1M Coupe [0.00]	I'm going to be driving mine everyday.
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07-01-2011, 04:59 PM	#17
Dee Pee Captain 176 Rep 795 Posts Drives: '11 AW 1M, ‘24 718 GTS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Portland, OR iTrader: (0)	I work walking distance to half of my businesses. The other two days a week I commute perhaps 25 miles round-trip on the highway. By default, the miles will be low. And by merit of my Vehicular OCD, the car will be regularly cleaned and waxed. I expect to drive it a lot this summer but if my usual trend prevails, it will eventually rest next to my pristine S54 Roadster for use on sunny days while the next car in the stable takes over commuting duties. I don't consciously ration my wear on the car and it will initially see a lot of miles but in the end I only average 5k a year.
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07-01-2011, 08:07 PM	#20
rogbmw Second Lieutenant 31 Rep 272 Posts Drives: Alpina B12 5.0 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	Will be my DD. Therefore, more smiles per mile
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07-01-2011, 08:25 PM	#21
1M Fan SMSgt 11 Rep 239 Posts Drives: AW 1M Coupe Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA, TN iTrader: (0) Garage List 1012 F150 [0.00] 1971 Chevrolet Nova [0.00] 2011 1M [0.00]	I'll be dead or too old to care when it becomes a collectable. I'm driving mine into the ground, but it back together and drive it some more.
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