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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on May 30th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.
On Days Like These You Need This 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S
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According to the listing, the car is also a matching numbers and low mileage example. With just 9,220 miles on the clock, it’s practically new.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it will never be driven again. This will swap hands like a piece of art. Pretty piece of art but it's no longer a car.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it will never be driven again. This will swap hands like a piece of art. Pretty piece of art but it's no longer a car.
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- a baby, candy, it's like taking.
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That would be the article, not the topic.
The topic is regarding the article on a 1969 Lamborghini Miura S being sold by Joe Macari Performance Cars in London, and it offers some background information on the Miura in general as a supplemental.
For what it's worth, while I initially rolled my eyes at the topic turning to the game series as it so often does outside of the games subforum ("This car should be in GT Sport"), I was about to defend the games' mention in the admonished posts. However, just to cover the bases prior to doing so, I went back to the article and was reminded that there was no mention of the game beyond the second sentence of the first paragraph.
Beyond that, this isn't the car that's in the game. The car in the game is a prototype from two years prior. What this car costs should have no bearing on what the game car costs, and there should be no reason to discuss means of acquisition without forking over funds.
This series exists to document the sale of noteworthy automotive examples...that this week's coincides with the in-game availability of a similar example doesn't strike me as reasonable justification to discuss a topic that I have no doubt is already being discussed in the games subforum.
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That 20k price tag is about 150k today (adjusted for inflation), so it's inaccurate to say this car was inexpensive back then.
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While the comment was meant to be taken at face value (not adjusted for inflation), your latter figure still proves a point: the Miura would list for less than a Gallardo these days. Or even a Urus!
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150 grand is relatively cheap when an Aventador starts at 400 grand.
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Depends who buys it. The Miura community is small, but they're active with their cars in private. At 10,000 miles and still holding value as strong as a 30,000+ mile example, there's no reason not to drive it, either; the value isn't going anywhere.
The art pieces are the nut-and-bolt restored cars commanding $3,000,000. Some of those still end up getting driven with the new lease on life, but a big chunk are the examples that were already rode hard through the years and retired to someone's garage after the restore.
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