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How we think about cars, in long form.

Founder notes, vehicle deep-dives, market analysis, and the occasional opinion piece. No SEO bait. Read what's useful.

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Vehicle deep-dive

The Ferrari 296 GTB, two years in

What it's like to actually live with a hybrid V6 Ferrari. Real reliability data, real maintenance costs, what to expect at year three.

RYDA Team·Apr 22, 2026·Read →

Operations

LLC vs. club membership: why the structure matters

The legal wrapper around your share is the difference between owning an asset and holding a club point. Plain-English breakdown.

RYDA Legal·Apr 8, 2026·Read →

Founder note

Why we picked Miami first

Density of exotic-car ownership, year-round driving, no state income tax, and a culture that fits the RYDA model. Plus the hard data.

Ryan Galli·Mar 30, 2026·Read →

Founder note · Boats

Yacht co-ownership, the math

Solo-owning a 55-foot Wajer runs $300K–$400K a year before you cast the lines off. A 1/10 share runs $32K. Here's where every dollar goes, and where co-ownership stops working if you actually use the boat 100+ days a year.

Ryan Galli·Apr 18, 2026·Read →

Operations · Boats

Why every RYDA Boat ships with a captain

Bareboat sounds nice; insurance carriers don't agree. The math, the legal layer, and why crewed-by-default is the only operating model that scales co-ownership.

RYDA Marine Team·Apr 8, 2026·Read →

Market analysis

Pacaso for cars: where the analogy holds, where it breaks

RYDA borrows real-estate co-ownership doctrine from Pacaso. Five things translate cleanly. Three don't, depreciation, ops intensity, and exit horizon all push the cars version in a different direction.

Ryan Galli·Apr 22, 2026·Read →

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