My philosophy on cars has been that if you can afford say $50K for a daily driver, you’re better served by a $25K driver and a $25K toy, whether car, boat or a couple of MCs A 348 is likely at or near the bottom of the market so you’re not likely to see much depreciation and if you were to keep it a few years, maybe a small profit. I can’t recall if the major service interval on this car is 12K or 15K, but in either case you probably can drive it for 3 years for oil changes but will be looking at about $5K for that pesky major service. IIRC the service kit is about $1,500 with the rest being labor and three years is enough time to learn how to do the labor yourself.

You know your finances and your prospects and you’re the best judge as to whether its a good idea or not. Good luck.

Jim > was that just earnest life advice you offered? I’m touched. And tempted.

Consider this, that fetching lass you spend time with will sooner or later lure you into matrimony and parenthood and you’ll be out of the game for 20 if not 30 years. Then observers will roll their eyes at your mid life crisis mobile.

Do it, now, you won’t regret it.