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If you can afford another one, drive the one you bought.  I don't understand having a dream car and not driving it.  If it's an investment, then call it that.  If it's a dream car, ENJOY it.

It'd come out every once in a while...

But when you're talking about original Cobra 427s, they're selling for probably >$1M and because they're very rare, are more along the lines of museum pieces.

If I were driving around, and god forbid got hit by someone and totaled the thing, I'd feel like I had inadvertently destroyed a piece of history. 

I'd also have a kit version with a modern engine, suspension, tires, etc that I could hooligan around in. Those come in MUCH less expensive...

Where can you drive a high performance car these days anywhere near its capabilities (and yours) outside a track?

Well, yeah, you could stretch its legs, but what about some curves?  Safely?  Not many places left.

oh, yer gonna throw safely in there

shit

 I was thinking about the safety of others, but I presume "out there" there are not many others around, so my point is irrelevant.  Any time you up your speed and drive near the capabilities of your car you are being less safe.  You have less of a margin for reaction is something unexpected happens.

Circa 1975 or so, I would on occasion drive the Tail of the Dragon with a bit of verve.  You can almost make yourself sick doing that.  I drove it again about ten years ago and could barely make 30 mph because of all the bike traffic.  In 1975 you'd rarely pass another car on the road.  Don't bother driving it today.  

It's reputation is far in excess of it's actual interest IMHO, but maybe it's different on a bike.  State Route 60 in north Georgia is pretty fun and sparsely traveled in the mountains, some nice scenery also.

http://www.georgiatrails.com/gt/Georgia_60

I think if I wanted a "true sportscar" and had say $80 K to burn on a lark, I'd get this:

[img width=500 height=280.966]https://i.imgur.com/jky5jV7.jpg[/img]

https://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/718-boxster

Not everyone will understand the magnificence of the 2020 Porsche 718 Boxster, especially compared with click-bait rivals such as the all-new 2020 Chevy Corvette. Still, those who have experienced the convertible Porsche's perfectly balanced chassis and serene steering will see the light and understand why it made our 10Best list again. Despite their rough-sounding engines, the Boxster's trio of turbocharged flat-fours will otherwise charm with speedy acceleration and a pair of terrific transmissions. This soft-top sports car isn't intended to be practical. No. The 2020 718 Boxster is meant to put its driver on a pedestal and redefine the sports car genre.

I'd rather have that Boxster than the new Corvette.
I like Corvettes that look like this, even though they were not much more sophisticated than trucks with nice engines.
[img width=500 height=332.997]https://assets.hemmings.com/uimage/71217909-770-0@2X.jpg?rev=1[/img]

And this, when they were on the cutting edge of mass-produced American automotive technology.
[img width=500 height=337.997]https://cdn.bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1963-Chevrolet-Corvette-Coupe-Split-Window-Sebring-Silver-For-Sale-e1424308248772-940x636.jpg[/img]

But I have to admit that the '63 has fake vents behind the front wheels and on the pillars behind the windows.  This rear-three-quarter view really shows them off in all their fakeness.