What Good Is Owning A Supercar If It Doesn't Scare The Hell Out Of You?

My 450sel 6.9 was probably the closest thing I will get to having a supercar - and when it was produced - it was far and away the highest performance sedan you could buy - nothing compared to it -period.

I do not see why you should be scared of a car - after all - you are never going to drive it to its highest performance anyway.

@TomM There are these things called race tracks. You may wish to Google the term. As someone with a Mercedes 450SEL6.9, an S Class, a CT6, a Phantom, and a Maybach next to your minivan, you can afford to go to the track.

Some people like drama, while others prefer impeccably benign handling.

The Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S are often accused by gushing reviewers as being arguably "too good", as in "handling too well," and not invoking enough drama. Meh.

It all depends on what an individual likes.

That drama also makes a car slower through corners.

A Hemi Dart will scare the hell out of you. Is it a supercar?

@MD - The "stance nation" punks who post on this site have no idea about the sheer terror of a mid 60's economy car like the Dart. Saddled with a big block Hemi, drum brakes, skinny tires and very little in the way of an upgraded suspension. A coffin with a gas tank...

@CC It really is too bad you're not closer. I have access to a Hemi Dart replica and a Ford Thunderbolt replica.

@CC Have you ever been in a TVR? I could scare the pish (sic) out of you on a 4 mile blitz.

@MD - I will certainly ping you if my travels ever take me to California. The closest I have ever been to a high-performance ride was a co-worker telling me about going for a ride in a mid-2000's Mercedes E55. I will take his word for it that it was "being pressed into the seatback" fast. So only 2nd hand speed... :/
I also have no doubt about a V8 TVR either.

@CC I keep RMF plates on the TVR because it's RHD. There is a 4 lane (2 lanes each way) divided highway that runs past my house that dead ends into a park. I'm about two miles away. At least one morning a week, I hop on the highway, blast down to the park and let off the gas as I approach the park letting the snap-crackle-backfire sound of the exhaust echo off the hills, then cruise through the park at speed limit letting the car sound angry, and then upon exiting the park winding it out.

My Shelby does the same thing but it's far more subdued and a bit less unruly.

If there were a private chat feature here, I'd chat cars with you about cars because I think we'd really enjoy that chat.

It's also fun to do an enter--drift left--exit move at the mouth of the park. At 6:00 am no one cares.

You can always ask me questions.

Reason why we see the many videos of supercars being crashed by people with more money than driving skills, sometimes within day or two of owning one.

Preach it!!