Time share on wheels: How'd you like to spend your vacation in a Ferrari?


By JOHN D. STOLL


For $40,000, George Kiebala can put you in a 2003 Ferrari 360 Modena Spider. Make that you and four of your best friends, or you and four total strangers.

Kiebala runs a car club of sorts on Chicago’s north side that has, until now, made its money lending out exotic cars—both new and vintage—to club members for three or more days at a time (don’t say “rental” around these guys—it’s “usage”). Members choose from 13 well-maintained cars, among them a Mustang Mach 1, a ’69 Corvette Stingray and a ’67 Jaguar E-Type. Club members lay down an initial fee to join, and then pay a usage fee for each loan.

Now Kiebala is taking his three-year-old company, Exotic Car Share, to the place where vacation villas, private jets and expensive boats have gone: time shares. The company is offering one-fifth ownership in these 2003 models: Bentley Arnage T, Porsche GT2, Ferrari 360 Modena Spider, Lamborghini Murciélago (pictured) and Hummer H1.

Initial buy-in for a minimum three years is between $20,000 and $60,000, with an annual maintenance fee of $7,500 to $15,000 kicked in. Exotic Car Share negotiates the exotic purchase and maintains the car, while the five buyers have sole equity.

The cheapest offering, the H1, costs $42,500 over three years for nine weeks with the vehicle per year.

A 360 Modena will set you back $77,500 over three years for seven weeks per year. The most expensive, the Lamborghini, costs $105,000 over three years and nets the buyer seven weeks per year.

The program is set up to give each shareholder an equal chance at getting into the car during prime motoring months. If members’ needs conflict, Kiebala insists Exotic Car Share will “do everything” to accommodate, including dipping into its stable to provide exotic transportation.

 

Good Idea but the prices are way too high. For anyone that can afford that, they may as well just buy the car.

-Ash

 

I heard of this place before. But like ash said that is way too expensive. For the lambo you get it for 21 weeks at a price of 105,000. That is 714.29 per day. Damn that is alot of money. You could just buy an exotic for that. What is the point.

 

why not just buy the car? Makes no sense to me.

If you have 105k layin around, why cant u jus take a loan out for 200k?

 

You know, I have a really silly question I've been dying to ask.
My boss and I argue about how to pronounce Modena...
is it:
Mo-Deen-a, Mo-Den-a, or Mo-Dn-a? My boss likes to drop the E sound altogether...

 

The USAmerican pronanciation is Modeena, the Italian is Modena with the sress on the "o".

 

That's what I thought...now if I can only get my thick headed boss to believe me...the bastard. lol

Thanks.

 

Your boss sounds opinionated

 

You have know idea!

In fact, if a car gets in his way and it's not a Porsche, then it's a "f-ing Pontiac"... Figure that one out.

 

Why would you want to plunk down 40K on a car that one of four other people will take out a totally thrash? Talk about throwing money away on a car. And people say that normal lease deals are bad????

and BTW - it's mOde-na

 

What does your boss drive?

 

"f-ing Pontiac"...

 

TT, RX300, and a Boxster S...that boy likes to spend money.

 

All 3? Wow!

 

Yes, he owns all three. It seems when one car is paid off, he just gets a more expensive one (without selling any.) But that's gotta stop soon...he's out of garage space.

 

thats a waste of money, if i had that $$$, i'd fuckin finance a modena

 

those prices are re -tar-ted