Best of the Best - Win a Supercar
Best of the Best - Win a Supercar
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AMCDan

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2,853 posts

237 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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My girlfriend thought it'd be nice to get me a ticket for the best of the best Supercar competition.. The one you usually see at all the airports.

I didn't win unfortunately (congratulations Oliver Carter) but it got me looking in to see what car i would choose. It's a pretty difficult choice really. Now you could go all out and get an F430 or something, or take a lesser (?!) vehicle plus cash.. or two cars!

As a youngster it would be fairly difficult for me to arrange insurance for most of them anyway, so maybe an R8 and a Range Rover would be a good idea?

Anyway, what would you choose and why? Fyi, you get around £6k for the first year to help with costs. This month they had:

Lamborghini LP560-4
Bentley Continental GT
BMW M3 + £50k + Rolex Submariner
Farbio GTS400
Audi TTS + £60k
Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Supercharged + £50k
Ferrari F430
Audi R8 + Range Rover 2.7TD V6 S
Nissan GTR + £40k
Porsche 997 Turbo + £10k
AMV8 + £20k to spend at Tiffanys

For me, it'd be the LP560-4, but sensible hat on it'd be the M3.

Neil_H

15,418 posts

280 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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I do these occassionally, I never win frown

I'd have the Lamborghini as I reckon it's worth the most. I'd ask for it unregistered, then flog it for £170-180k (?) and use the money for sensible things, with any spare going on a cheaper car.

MitchT

17,117 posts

238 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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New performance cars are an overly-complicated, overly-fragile, punitively-taxed, rapidly-depreciating waste of money, so I'd choose the cheapest car with the biggest cash sum and then flog the car and bank all of the cash. Later, after I'd overcome the shock of winning, I'd buy something simple and pretty - probably a Ferrari 328.

LHDisbest

17,002 posts

216 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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RRS TDV8 and £50k for me please!

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singlecoil

35,831 posts

275 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Bentley Continental GT


I've tried the CFS and found that to be quite pleasant, one would hope the CGT would be even more so

bishbash

2,447 posts

226 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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I reckon I'd go for the m3, as the cash would come in handy, I wouldn't mind a Rolex, but don't think I'd ever buy one no matter how rich I may (or may not) become, and the m3 would be the most useable car.

Lambo for me!


skibum

1,032 posts

266 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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GTR + 40K please... In black

Marf

22,907 posts

270 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Nissan GTR + £40k yes

jamoor

14,506 posts

244 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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These always seem very scammy to me, what's the deal?

Neil_H

15,418 posts

280 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Even if you wanted a GTR, I don't know why anyone would pick that prize. Just get the Lambo, sell it, buy a GTR and pocket the remaining 100 grand plus, rather than the £40k you would get otherwise....

Would there be tax implications if you won something and sold it?

Marf

22,907 posts

270 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Neil_H said:
Even if you wanted a GTR, I don't know why anyone would pick that prize. Just get the Lambo, sell it, buy a GTR and pocket the remaining 100 grand plus, rather than the £40k you would get otherwise....
Hmm good point, although I suppose you'd have to factor in the wait for a new GT-R from Nissan UK.

JRM

2,065 posts

261 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Isn't there normally a cash option as well like £120k or something. I'd take that and then buy any of teh cars on teh list a year old

patmahe

5,919 posts

233 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Sensible - M3 + 50k + watch or GTR and 40k

Nonsensible - Lambo

N10k

5,156 posts

264 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Marf said:
Nissan GTR + £40k yes
yep me too

BeerForBreakfast

1,527 posts

221 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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Take the Lambo and run.

Have a bit of fun in it. Then cash in.

Pesty

42,655 posts

285 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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I don't gamble, never have not even £1 on the national. But these ***** get me every time smile and I'm always bloody miles away.

even not winning just trying to decide which one to pic gives me such a headache its untrue.

money no object I would get the Lambo in a heartbeat!
but I'm not loaded so I should really get the M3 and cash plus I collect watches so it really is a no brainer.
However I'm doing ok do I really need 50k? that 911 turbo looks tempting then again I could get the R8 and the RR for the Mrs AArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg

I really hope I never win I would explode

The Moose

23,677 posts

238 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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lambo for me.

m3 + 50k + rolex is not a bad package, but I have a rolex OP, so no need to double up there

Defo the LP560-4!!

Cheers

The Moose

Reevesy

137 posts

216 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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How do you enter? Gotta be worth £1 a month or something, better odds than the lottery!

Marf

22,907 posts

270 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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AMCDan

Original Poster:

2,853 posts

237 months

Monday 15th December 2008
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yeah it was a christmas present.. clever girl already thought i'd be after the Lambo.

If i opened a box on Christmas Day and it had a key to a Lambo inside it i would probably have a heart attack.

Edited by AMCDan on Monday 15th December 16:52