As a former owner of two Lamborghinis, an LP640 Roadster, and a PL670u20134SV, and a RR Phantom, all bought new. Plus some other lesser-exotic cars, there are several downsides. Depreciation is your biggest enemy, especially if you drive any miles. Ferrari, McLaren, and others are similar.Iu2019ve written about this before, and I did the analysis for a project, the average exotic costs more to drive per mile than it costs to fly a Boeing Business Jet by a factor of two or more. I got the cost per mile data directly from Business and Commercial Aviation, annual ownership guide, and the cost was due to the average miles driver versus the depreciated value of an exotic over two years. It doesnu2019t improve much in that third year either.Second, they require a lot more service than one would expect. Itu2019s not so much that they breakdown but that the cars are built to be on the ragged edge of extreme and in low volumes so there isnu2019t the millions of miles of testing that goes into an every-day car. Small things fall out of adjustment and you end up becoming good friends with the mechanics who are amazing people. My LP640 had the engine out three times. The SV had it pulled twice. The cars are built by hand and in the case of the LP640, the factory dropped a washer in one of the cylinders and it slowly drilled a hole in it. The car was down for almost three months as they tried to find someone to blame.As for the ownership experience, you canu2019t park them anywhere there are a lot of people around. Once in a while someone thinks they can put a foot up on the hood, or do something stupid. There are plenty of picture of drunks walking on the top of exotics parked downtown in major cities. They are fun to drive but get fatiguing after a few hours of driving.If you get a chance to drive on a track, you quickly see what they are really about, but donu2019t be fooled. These cars want to kill you. Itu2019s your job to not let that happen. Keep in mind on older Lamborghinis the doors donu2019t open if youu2019re upside down. Not even a little.Iu2019ve never cracked a windshield, but those who have wait weeks to have them replaced. Parts in general are not readily available. If you break down a long way from home, youu2019d better have the insurance to truck it to the closest dealer which could be hundreds of miles away, and sometimes in the wrong direction. I had an unscheduled breakdown in Monterey and had to have the SV towed to a dealer in San Jose. They wouldnu2019t just drop it off at my hotel a few miles away where it was going to be loaded on a truck for Seattle anyway. I was saving them money, but that was what the warranty required. It was nonsense like that which turned me off to exotic ownership.The fun wears off and itu2019s not just with me. There are tens of thousands of exotic owners who have gone through the experience not to go back. They are fun to drive and it was a great experience to go through, but itu2019s not the nirvana that youu2019d think.