[Hal Copple]

well, i suspect that most Replica purchasers have some top cost they can spend, i sure did. There was no way i was going to get my wife to agree to a $50K car, but i was able to gain her approval for a $49K car. If my SPF had cost more than that i could never have gotten it. Others of course have different wives and different limits.

At some point, even a few thousand bucks more can make or break the sale. It was not my intention to see my aged but much loved Turbo AWD Eclipse to help pay for my SPF, i never intened to use the SPF as an only car. But the last moment, my wife made it clear i could not hav two cars. So my SPF did become my only car, and has been so up until this summer, when an old minivan drifted down to me. I could never have my car so modifed that it was not drivable by dawn. Now i can tweak and modify to my hearts content. I was out and about today in my car.

I don't think it is necessary to review all the standard features of the SPFs, i imagine it is on their web site. While i note the differences between many of the replicas, i sincerely believe there is none "nicer" than an SPF. Round tubes, Girling brakes, what have you, are not "nicer" in my book. Just different.

I will say that at well over 60,000 hard hard miles, my SPF still runs perfectly, and has been by far the most reliable car i have ever owned. I was parked next to a 550 Maranello today when i dropped by the Charlotte Porsche dealer to talk about my son's Boxster, and this guy with his girl came up around the Ferrari and told me i had an incredibly handsome car. Truth, the 550 was stunning to me, i had to look it over carefully, but the guy and his girl wanted to look over my SPF. Perhaps someday i will have a Ferrari.