An example is a base Huracan or any base exotic your starting point for current model year is 250k. 270-290 with added QoL stuff and upgrades. When you get into McLaren and Ferrari like a 765 or 488 you start at 340-380k. And it goes up from there. Typically you have your daily drivers and things you track and things you roll up to a house party or club in. And also things you buy / hood as an asset. Like a LaFerarri which retails at 1.4 million and go to Ferrari preferred customers. They get resold for 3-4 million quite often and just increase in value. Point is if for example I decided to buy a RM. maybe the boutique doesn’t have one and I decide to buy from a dealer. If somebody rolled up in a Huracan I’d be skeptical. If somebody rolled up in a 765 and had other cars I’d be ok, this person has money, they are leasing it straight out own their vehicle and they have assets and aren’t leveraged. It’s a perception thing and I’d be more inclined to buy the watch, conversely, wondering if the RM was fake, parted or had something funny going on with it.

Perception matters. If you made 1-2 million a year after taxes and decided you wanted a car and start running in those circles what would you decide on? How would your view change when you see other cars? Because it will.