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Cheapest Supercar You Can Buy | Bridger Pennington

15 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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In this first‑person narrative, the speaker recounts how he and his friend Mason sought entry into Utah’s supercar scene by purchasing one of the most affordable cars that still qualifies as a supercar: a convertible Audi R8. He highlights the car’s price of $81,000—far lower than the $150,000 many assume for an R8—and describes how owning this “budget” supercar allowed him to attend local car meetups, mingle with owners of far more expensive vehicles (some worth half a million dollars), and essentially buy his way into the community. The story emphasizes the gap between perceived and actual cost of supercars, the social capital gained through ownership, and the thrill of participating in a high‑performance car culture without breaking the bank.

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Me and Mason, so we wanted to join, I did at least, I wanted to get around the supercar community in Utah. So, we actually went out and we, this is years ago, we bought one of the cheapest supercars you could buy. There are certain cars that are deemed supercars for whatever reason, like whatever the car people say, like that's a supercar, that's not. And so, we found one of the cheapest ones that's still deemed as a supercar. This car is an Audi R8. That's an actual picture of it, convertible, looks amazing. I thought it was a pretty cool car. The Iron Man car, that's a supercar on the paper. So, I'm like, this car is awesome. This is sweet. It looks fun. Guess how much it was? $81,000. Most people think that's a $150,000 car. And all of a sudden, like all these car meetups, I'm going out, I'm hanging out with all these people. We go out, we throw cars and coin events. All of a sudden, all these supercar people I'm hanging out with, I'm meeting them, they're driving cars that are half a million dollars. I'm driving an $81,000 car, but that no one knows because they're all supercars. Ta-da! Bought my way in.