If you were a millionaire.....
Discussion
anonymous said:
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(sigh)You're picking up on ONE example given, and that example was posted purely to show what you can get at a particular price point, and that is not "the local Beiruit".
Anyway, I'm bored now - the point remains that not everyone is going to conform to the sets of assumptions you have laid out above, and I am a case in point of that, as are, I suspect, quite a few others.
Ah'm oot
I could easily live on 10k p/a
So spending 100k on a home wouldent bother me in the least.
Leaves me with more money to spend on fun stuff.
Doubt id be home much anyway!
5 mil could easily last me a lifetime! "Saving up" my interest to buy fast cars isn't a challenge lol.
You don't have to get everything now now now!
So spending 100k on a home wouldent bother me in the least.
Leaves me with more money to spend on fun stuff.
Doubt id be home much anyway!
5 mil could easily last me a lifetime! "Saving up" my interest to buy fast cars isn't a challenge lol.
You don't have to get everything now now now!
thole.
PHmember said:
Nothing worse than buying a brand new car & then being told 'keep it under X amount of revs & easy on the brakes for the 1000 miles'. FFS. 
I'd rather pay considerably less for a car that has already been run in & had about 2000 miles on the clock. (Which of course is a double-edged sword, shall I buy the car new & run it in properly, or shall I take a gamble that the previous owner actually ran it in properly).
In fact, if money was no object I'd buy the cars brand new & employ a very trustworthy & very good driver to run them in properly for me.
Nah, buy brand new. Take a mate for company, drive 500 miles in one direction. Stop at a hotel for the night and next day drive home. Spend 2 days discussing what else you're gonna buy.I'd rather pay considerably less for a car that has already been run in & had about 2000 miles on the clock. (Which of course is a double-edged sword, shall I buy the car new & run it in properly, or shall I take a gamble that the previous owner actually ran it in properly).
In fact, if money was no object I'd buy the cars brand new & employ a very trustworthy & very good driver to run them in properly for me.
Gorvid said:
I'm much happier here at the seaside.
Normal cars that live by the sea start to rust prematurely, imagine what would happen to some of the classics people want to buy!
In five years time you'll be say next to a million pound pile of iron oxide while your new best friend from the bodyshop buys your house off you.
I'd spend up to £1m on a decent property in/around Lichfield, staying within reasonable proximity to family/friends etc, back to working at Drayton Manor 5 days per week through the Summer to keep my feet on the ground and ensure that I stay mixing with "normal people", Winter would be spent travelling and enjoying myself.
Car wise it'd be mostly used, the list below is assuming I can find a house with garage space for four cars:
1. VW Lupo 3L import: For daily commuting and looking after the pennies.
2. Jaguar E-Type: Modernised by Eagle and because they're beautiful.
3. Mercedes-Benz W140 600SEL: With the AMG 6.2 fitted up, this can be for wafting across Europe in.
4. Ferrari F355 Challenge: Road registered, but predominantly for track days.
Car wise it'd be mostly used, the list below is assuming I can find a house with garage space for four cars:
1. VW Lupo 3L import: For daily commuting and looking after the pennies.
2. Jaguar E-Type: Modernised by Eagle and because they're beautiful.
3. Mercedes-Benz W140 600SEL: With the AMG 6.2 fitted up, this can be for wafting across Europe in.
4. Ferrari F355 Challenge: Road registered, but predominantly for track days.
EDLT said:
Gorvid said:
I'm much happier here at the seaside.
Normal cars that live by the sea start to rust prematurely, imagine what would happen to some of the classics people want to buy!
In five years time you'll be say next to a million pound pile of iron oxide while your new best friend from the bodyshop buys your house off you.
Working on the £5 million
£750k house would be get a house bigger enough than i would ever need with a decent size garage or a couple of garages. (Around the midlands area, i am not talking london)
Ferrari F50 £400k
Ferrari 360CS £100k
Live life comfatably for a couple of years, do the odd track day. Holidays abroad with my gf, watch the grand prix season. Mrs isnt into cars so i would get her a brand new golf/ 1 sereis BMW/ Audi A3/TT something like that.
Just chill out then, id obviously help freinds and family out
£750k house would be get a house bigger enough than i would ever need with a decent size garage or a couple of garages. (Around the midlands area, i am not talking london)
Ferrari F50 £400k
Ferrari 360CS £100k
Live life comfatably for a couple of years, do the odd track day. Holidays abroad with my gf, watch the grand prix season. Mrs isnt into cars so i would get her a brand new golf/ 1 sereis BMW/ Audi A3/TT something like that.
Just chill out then, id obviously help freinds and family out
anonymous said:
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Bingo. Thats the killer. Inflation. The problem is you cant make any money faster than what you spend,so its a downward spiral. Your pot of money goes down and so does the earning potential of that pot. Big houses and big cars have big running costs, so many ex lottery winners have ended up with nothing, and that was in the days when money in the bank got a return. Right getting back on track to Garlick's premise....
1. Yes a new dealer supplied car, FFS got to enjoy spending time working dealers speccing 599 or a AM just for you....not something thrown together for what dealers and previous owners might like. I'd also appreciate the deferred gratification of waiting for it to arrive, you'd probably get a factory visit out of it was well, dealer likely that your good for repeat business.
2. Yes, the classifieds to pick a couple of bargain depreciated instant gratification machines, a classic, a towing 4x4 (see next point), a vert and a saloon, thereafter I'd set a trading budget to work these around.
3. I'd get a modest plot back in highlands and islands and build my own house, nothing ranch or ostentatious, but by sea, (need a RIB) and enjoy the roads.
4. Depending on the amount of millions I'd consider how much I'd need to engage with conventional society e.g flat in a big city, property abroad etc and rampant consumerism.
1. Yes a new dealer supplied car, FFS got to enjoy spending time working dealers speccing 599 or a AM just for you....not something thrown together for what dealers and previous owners might like. I'd also appreciate the deferred gratification of waiting for it to arrive, you'd probably get a factory visit out of it was well, dealer likely that your good for repeat business.
2. Yes, the classifieds to pick a couple of bargain depreciated instant gratification machines, a classic, a towing 4x4 (see next point), a vert and a saloon, thereafter I'd set a trading budget to work these around.
3. I'd get a modest plot back in highlands and islands and build my own house, nothing ranch or ostentatious, but by sea, (need a RIB) and enjoy the roads.
4. Depending on the amount of millions I'd consider how much I'd need to engage with conventional society e.g flat in a big city, property abroad etc and rampant consumerism.
Gotta be every petrolheads dream really.. landing a substantial lottery win and then beginning the tough challenge of where to start and what to buy!
Think I'd be down to Porsche first though.. find myself a decent 911 which I could begin my tour of various specialists, finding the rest of the cars I wanted.
Think I'd be down to Porsche first though.. find myself a decent 911 which I could begin my tour of various specialists, finding the rest of the cars I wanted.
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