How often are you wearing your watch?

[Hesekiel]

Two people buy a new Ferrari for long term fun and investment. Both buyers know that the most engine wear comes from engine cold starts.

Buyer 1 only drives his Ferrari on Sundays. He accepts that he has to start the engine dead cold every Sunday morning, then parks the car in his garage and does it again the next Sunday.
Buyer 2 also only drives his Ferrari on Sundays. Yet to avoid wear from cold start, he allows his engine to idle at 550rmp in a dedicated, well ventilated garage, thus avoids cold starts.

Odometer reading on both cars 10 years later will be the same. Both have been driven the same distance. Which one would you rather buy?

 

[eBoy]

Two people buy a new Ferrari for long term fun and investment. Both buyers know that the most engine wear comes from engine cold starts.

Buyer 1 only drives his Ferrari on Sundays. He accepts that he has to start the engine dead cold every Sunday morning, then parks the car in his garage and does it again the next Sunday.
Buyer 2 also only drives his Ferrari on Sundays. Yet to avoid wear from cold start, he allows his engine to idle at 550rmp in a dedicated, well ventilated garage, thus avoids cold starts.

Odometer reading on both cars 10 years later will be the same. Both have been driven the same distance. Which one would you rather buy?

Very Appley-Orangey analogy.

Last time I checked, there's no combustion (with a very high level of mechanical wear and tear) taking place in a watch movement. Even though there are some that look like they have.

 

[speadracer]

Two people buy a new Ferrari for long term fun and investment. Both buyers know that the most engine wear comes from engine cold starts.

Buyer 1 only drives his Ferrari on Sundays. He accepts that he has to start the engine dead cold every Sunday morning, then parks the car in his garage and does it again the next Sunday.
Buyer 2 also only drives his Ferrari on Sundays. Yet to avoid wear from cold start, he allows his engine to idle at 550rmp in a dedicated, well ventilated garage, thus avoids cold starts.

Odometer reading on both cars 10 years later will be the same. Both have been driven the same distance. Which one would you rather buy?

I'll bite... I'd buy from Owner 1. I am not in the camp to let engines idle for periods of time w/o applying a 'load' to the mechanical parts.