Paul Bailey's got all three

Paul Bailey's got all three

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evenflow

8,799 posts

288 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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KFC said:
evenflow said:
£28 million?
£1 million house?

Numbers don't add up?

Unless he's invested very wisely since selling his business, I think the Mail might have got the numbers wrong. I'd have thought your wealth would need to be a factor of 10 larger than this to run the Holy Trinity (and Koenigseggs et al in the past).

Fair play to the guy though - living the dream smile
Unless you're his accountant you might as well stop with this line of posts. You've no idea how much money he has. Its getting a bit silly with people saying he can't afford the cars etc... how do they know? Did he have no money whatsoever when he sold that company, and hasn't earned another penny since?
Exactly my point!

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

230 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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A4B said:
cc8s said:
cc8s said:
I know it is the Daily Mail so there is no point getting too wound up about it, but he is the second person in the wold to have the three, at best. A chap in Holland completed his trio last August.
Two others have pointed out elsewhere that there was a guy is Saudi that completed his set in October at latest and there is potentially someone in China with the set too, completed in December.
The article was meant to say he was the first Brit to own all three and one of 6-8 people worldwide who will have the set. Do wonder where they got some of their info from for that article!
I think the candy crush guys got all three as well.

AtlantisWeb

Original Poster:

358 posts

176 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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Surely, this thread is intended to discuss the cars, not how much money the guy has, or how much his house is worth.

Magic919

14,126 posts

207 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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Welcome to PistonHeads.

Anjum

1,605 posts

290 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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Congratulations to Mr Bailey! That's why are all on here - we love cars - we work hard - we strive achieve our dreams - and can reward ourselves however we want. Well played sir!

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GSP

1,965 posts

210 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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I love some of the information available in the Internet, planning complaints are a good one lol

epom

12,293 posts

167 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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Lucky Bugger smile well done sir.

andrew

10,077 posts

198 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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fdoty said:
woppum said:
Chris_VRS said:
Rosso Fiorano by the looks of it?!
No it's fucco, can be very similar in many lights, I have fiorano on my speciale.
You have a speciale? Since when? You kept that quiet mate!
deep, deep, irony

chris78cpr

4 posts

177 months

Thursday 2nd April 2015
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4321go said:
Ah, but is he happy?

And as long as the bike had a current MoT then the plate could be transferred or retained regardless.
Are you the owner of the 4321 GO plate? Is it still home on something blue with matching rim protectors...? If so then I park in the same car park as you at work! A very nice motor!

chris78cpr

4 posts

177 months

Thursday 2nd April 2015
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4321go said:
Ah, but is he happy?

And as long as the bike had a current MoT then the plate could be transferred or retained regardless.
Are you the owner of the 4321 GO plate? Is it still home on something blue with matching rim protectors...? If so then I park in the same car park as you at work! A very nice motor!

mattf93

1,273 posts

121 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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Megaflow said:
rofl

If he does live in Rutland, then I suspect it will be on Hambleton, in which case the land is probably worth 3/4 times that!

ETA: Does anybody know if he has ever had an F50?
Cant say where specifically he lives for security reasons. But his house is worth significantly more than that - but what do the Daily Mail know (although I believe SuperCar Driver did write a press release for that story)

And yes he acquired a Ferrari F50 at the beginning of this year to my knowledge
So now he has 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LA F as well as loads of other special things, I have a list of the majority of his collection somewhere (worked out a lot), but he has a lot in storage offsite etc.

Very nice chap, grounded, done well and will talk to anyone really - true petrol head who spends obscene (Y) amounts of money on cars, but why not, you only live once! And luckily for him his wife is a petrol head too so not really restricted on spending either!

mattf93

1,273 posts

121 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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In terms of those speculating on his wealth, I don't think anyone in there right minds would spend the amount on cars he has without being financially stable e.g. investments etc.

We don't need details but he is invested in several businesses still, invests, diversifies etc just like I'm sure many of you on here have done as you have began to do well for yourselves. As the saying goes 'money makes money' as a general rule, its just making enough of it in the first place and continuing etc.

Paul and Selena are lovely, do quite a lot for charity and still work hard. He also still works so hasn't just sold up and retired.

The daily mails interpretation is slightly out anyway (in a negative way), and they didn't get the absolute full wack as there were a couple of other very minor shareholders involved.
But like with many big business sales, they had created a substantial amount beforehand (the business was around for 8 years when they sold up) so it doesnt tell the full story - but nor should it.

However, we aren't on here to talk about wealth, assets, investments really. Its about CARS.

And I regularly see him out and about, I generally see him commuting in his 918 spider (yes he has it as a daily driver pretty much) and see him out a fair bit in the SLS AMG Coupe he has. Summer months will no doubt bring out his/her array of convertibles smile

P14SMM

229 posts

161 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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Who cares how much he has or hasn't got?
He's a nice guy and we are all very jealous !

Well done Paul and keep going!

If I can be half as successful with my business I will be happy!!!

mattf93

1,273 posts

121 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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P14SMM said:
Who cares how much he has or hasn't got?
He's a nice guy and we are all very jealous !

Well done Paul and keep going!

If I can be half as successful with my business I will be happy!!!
This clap

I just like to see someone happy and successful (Y)

Megaflow

9,876 posts

231 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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mattf93 said:
Cant say where specifically he lives for security reasons. But his house is worth significantly more than that - but what do the Daily Mail know (although I believe SuperCar Driver did write a press release for that story)

And yes he acquired a Ferrari F50 at the beginning of this year to my knowledge
So now he has 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LA F as well as loads of other special things, I have a list of the majority of his collection somewhere (worked out a lot), but he has a lot in storage offsite etc.

Very nice chap, grounded, done well and will talk to anyone really - true petrol head who spends obscene (Y) amounts of money on cars, but why not, you only live once! And luckily for him his wife is a petrol head too so not really restricted on spending either!
It wasn't Paul then. I saw an F50 in Peterborugh a good few years ago, when I saw this thread, I wondered if it might have been him.

mattf93

1,273 posts

121 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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Megaflow said:
It wasn't Paul then. I saw an F50 in Peterborugh a good few years ago, when I saw this thread, I wondered if it might have been him.
Are you sure it wasn't an F40? as his business was based in Peterborough, and he had a f40 prior to 2004 when you saw the car?

Edited by mattf93 on Saturday 25th April 16:37

Megaflow

9,876 posts

231 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Nope, definitely an F50. I saw it flash past as I joined a dual carriageway, and thought I only know one car with a back end like that, I caught up with it at the following roundabout, and then took a detour from where I was going to follow it and listen to the V12...

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mattf93

1,273 posts

121 months

Saturday 25th April 2015
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Doubt it was his, unless he bought one then sold one?

thepanays

125 posts

165 months

Wednesday 6th May 2015
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TimJMS said:
"Mr and Mrs Bailey's home in Rutland is believed to be worth more than 1 million pounds."

Get away. They really do have it all laugh
He paid that just for the land ? Planning permission

thepanays

125 posts

165 months

Wednesday 6th May 2015
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All this nonsense about how much he is worth is irrelevant. Most, if not all of his cars are an investment. He could sell his three musketeers tomorrow for double what he paid for them, and I am sure that would apply to most of his collection.