£112m jackpot tonight, what would you buy?

[ecsrobin]

Alias218 said:

Buy Vulcan XL426 and get the old bird air worthy again. I'd also put XH558 back in the air. Of course, given that parts and airframe life are of critical concern I'm not sure even £112m would cut it for long!

Otherwise, get a pilots license, buy a Spitfire, fly.

As it was industry support/backing that was removed even £112mil wouldn't get it airworthy again. That's probably just VTTSs CEOs wage for the month.

[coppice]

Welshbeef said:

Why would you have a daily car?
With £112m you'd not be going to many places / work again.

Eh ? Of course I'd be going to lots of places. A chap has got to get to his salmon fishing beat on the Tweed somehow as well as getting to Pau to watch my man race and take the OH to the opera. . I've never fancied a butler (ooh err) so I would also need to do the routine stuff like stock up the enormous fridge I have bought.(But seriously-I am a very lucky man as I have several passionate interests and money wouldn't change what I would do- I just could do more and better of it)

[matpilch]

judging by todays market, 112 mill should be just enough for 3 classic porsches and fewer than that if it's won next week

[RobM77]

coppice said:

Welshbeef said:

With £112m you'd not be going to many places / work again.

Eh ? Of course I'd be going to lots of places.

My McLaren F1 would be racking up a lot of miles touring Europe!

[Tuvra]

If I was to order one from the factory it would be in this exact spec, therefore I'd be heading to Birmingham to collect this car ASAP

[Rich_W]

soad said:

Welshbeef said:

4 years to burn through £9.7m tax free.

Which mean on average he spent £6,662 every single day for 4 years on stuff which is absolutely worthless now.


That's some going.


The bit about 5 of his Rottweilers were slaughtered and then he paid up £130k is eye opening.
Back to being a bin man.

He couldn't get his old job back (no openings?), worked in a biscuit factory for a while instead. There was a documentary about him.

I saw that, he was quite humble actually. He knew that he'd fked up badly. But was remarkably Ok with it. I'd be suicidal!

[Klippie]

I'd track down a Panther 6 have it fully rebuilt to modern standards and go out and pose in it....along with an Aston Martin Lagonda.

[coppice]

Lagonda and Panther 6 ? With that sense of style you must be 70s TV star Jason King , right ?