There was a company a couple of years ago called dreamlease.com that had this deal where for one monthly fee you could have 4 different "exotic" cars in a year. They even had an affiliate program, so you'll still find their links all over the web even though it appears they've gone tits up.
Basically they had a fleet of exotics, you pick what you want and ride for as long as you like for the monthly fee. You could trade it in on anything else in their fleet up to 3 times a year. I forget what the fee was, it wasn't too high actually, I seem to recall like $1500 a month.
Interesting idea that obviously didn't work.
For me, the flaws were the selection and the fact that you were getting someone else's sloppy seconds (or thirds or fourths or worse) unless you just happened to get a new one as it entered the fleet. I want new car smell when I get a new ride! The selection wasn't "exotic enough" for my tastes. Mostly cars in the $60-80K range.
There would be more temptation with a plan with some of the really ultra expensive stuff that I'd like to play with for a month or two but would never consider actually buying even if I were engaged to Brad Shaw's money. I'd love the opportunity to try to get myself killed in a McLaren for instance
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