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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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