Either car would be a halo car in most any sports car collection, and truly a difficult decision for sure. Seems to me the thing to do is buy both. The worst words you can say are "If I had only...." If he can’t buy both at the same time (I know that’s a first world problem). He could buy one at a time. Being recently retired gives him the opportunity of time to research and evaluate every opportunity in each car and make the best purchasing decision for him at the time. If he falls in love with that car, and If he’s like me, he’ll won’t be able to recall the other car he didn’t buy, because wasn't even worth remembering. On the other hand, if he doesn’t, move on to the other car, then he has had the opportunity to own and enjoy both cars. The science shows he should be able to do that. The interesting part of the article is that “his grown daughters, have no interest in taking over stewardship of any of the cars when the time comes”. I can assume they have no interest now too. If having his family more involved is something that he would like, has he ask them what car (and maybe it's not one of theses) they might like to see him buy that they might enjoy? Maybe that’s the car to buy. I don’t have a stable at all, just one ‘90’s largely sub-$10,000 sport car, so what do I know.
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