Possible answers:
Tony's issue. Nothing we can do about the spontanious drive unless it happens to be when you have the car. St.Tropez, car is transported to St. Tropez and we all take our own Aero's and then we can all enjoy the Max on the track and perhaps have some individual drive outs as well if practical.
The other issues mentioned.
Kerbing a wheel. Person who does it picks up the tab. Would suggest a £1,000 or so excess on the insurance policy as well that the individual who might incur a claim picks up.
Mileage: This car is not a show queen. It is built to be driven and enjoyed. If you choose to invest and put your art in the vault rather than on the wall you are missing out.
I would suggest that there be no individual track day use. The only track time would be as an organised event such as St. Tropez or something we could organise as a group with appropriate additional insurance, same would apply to any other kind of hill climb, drag racing, speed testing etc.
At the end of the day, for an outlay of £10,000 you get 28 days rental a year for as long as the car lives. If it only lasted 1 year thats a cost of £357 a day! 5 years, it equates to just over £70 a day.
Okay, so let's say after 5 years we all get bored and we have a well sorted and well used Aeromax with 150,000 miles on the clock. What would it be worth? Who knows? £12,000, £24,000, £36,000. Say £24,000, we all get £2,000 back each, our cost of enjoyment has worked out at £57 a day!!!! Okay, bit of poetic licence because we have to add in servicing and insurance costs for year 2 to 5.
To summarise. A five year membership for £10,000 and for that you get 140 days of fun. Plus you just might have a portion of the £10,000 coming back to you with the option to sell your share at one 12th of the market value of the car at the 5th anniversary.
What is the price of a new engine and gearbox? £12,000 fitted? I'm guessing. So we hit 150-200,000 miles and we all chip in an extra £1,000 and run another 5 years the same. 280 days of fun for an average of £40 a day and the car still may have a value!
