well my entire car owning history goes:
1. Renault 5 bought new (from age 17 to 25ish)
2. BMW 5 series (yes bit of a jump from a renault 5, bought after watching the car chase in Ronin) - bought second hand, had for a year or 2
3. Mini cooper - original, got bored with the Beemer (bought after watching Italian job), bought second hand, had for a year or 2
3. Lotus Elise S2 - had for last 9 years, bought new, had 13k on the clock when I sold it a month ago - yes i didnt drive it much. Had a new Audi A3 at the same time as the shed (probably did a few thousand miles in the 3 years I had it)
4. Maserati Gran Cabrio - arrived beginning of Sept (I note the GT features in the film Limitless which I watched before I decided on the car).
was a toss up in the end between the GC, a DB9 and a gallardo. went for GC as its less bling than the gallardo and was the same price as a second hand DB9 I was looking at (but the DB9 wasnt a convertible).
I was getting to old to be getting in and out of the Elise (38 now !) hence the reason for the swap. plus I never drove the elise as I had to keep the battery constantly on charge so you could never just get in and drive it, it was a complete faff.
I dont care about the warranty or the maintenance/servicing costs, my employer takes care of all that - its my company car ! (i would never drive it to a clients though)