If you were a millionaire.....

If you were a millionaire.....

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physprof

996 posts

188 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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TRUENOSAM said:
Go to the dealer that made me redundant last year and spec up the XKR and XFR then go to another dealer to buy them. Just to be a crunt smile
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F1GTRUeno

6,365 posts

219 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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I'd probably start hitting the PH Classifieds/Anamera/Jameslist etc. and start looking for the best examples of the cars I grew up loving.

First on the list would be a Rosso Corsa Testarossa, same as the one I had on my wall in poster form when I was two or three.

Then a McLaren F1, though it would depends on exactly how 'millionaire' you were, as in a single, or multi because they're all going for well over two million at the minute.

Probably add an F355 and an F50 as well.

Then hit the racing car classified sites and try and find myself an Impreza WRC, an S40 Super Tourer and a 90's Williams F1 car.

Buy something modern and practical like a B7 RS4 to use as my daily driver and that'll do me.

Though also needing a large, well specced garage to keep them in, near some wonderful roads, and some fast driving lessons and tracktime.

2 Wycked

2,335 posts

232 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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F1GTRUeno said:
Several fantastic cars...
Based on what you're saying here I shall assume you're about my age (22) give or take a couple of years... Under which circumstances, why the Devil isn't a 959 on your list?

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

225 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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anonymous said:
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Not many of us have the willpower to only spend the interest. Easy come easy go.

Gorvid

22,233 posts

226 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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Everyone's different I guess. smile

F1GTRUeno

6,365 posts

219 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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2 Wycked said:
F1GTRUeno said:
Several fantastic cars...
Based on what you're saying here I shall assume you're about my age (22) give or take a couple of years... Under which circumstances, why the Devil isn't a 959 on your list?
Never really took to them if I'm honest.

Porsche's in general didn't interest me all that much until I saw the 993 GT2 in the BPR series, then I started liking them.

redtwin

7,518 posts

183 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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Houses
Boats
Holidays
Watches

I thought this thread was about buying new or used cars if you were a millionaire?. I know the search feature is not working (maybe we could spend some of our millions on fixing it?), but there has got to be a generic lottery thread or ten knocking about somewhere on here.

RWD cossie wil

4,322 posts

174 months

Monday 20th September 2010
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I think I would have a couple of Italian Supercars, probably an F40 & a Diablo, a 911 GT2 (997), an Ultima GTR with a twin-turbo'd LS7, then fill my garage up with the cream of the 80's and 90's hatches/super saloons..

My Garage would include: (All mint and unmodified bar engine/chassis tuning!)

205Gti 1.9
Renault 5 Turbo
Astra GTE 16v
Uno Turbo Mk2
Detla integrale Evo 2 (Yellow!)
Series 1 & 2 Rs Turbo
Mk1 & 2 Escort Rs 2000's
Mk1 Escort Mexico
Mk2 Escort RS 1800
RS 200
3 Door Cosworth (White!)
Rs 500 Cosworth (White!)
2wd Sapphire Cosworth
4x4 Sapphire Cosworth
Big turbo Escort Cosworth
Small Turbo Escort Cosworth
E30 M3
Lotus Carlton
Clio Williams
Alfa 75 V6
SWB Audi 20v Quattro

And a few motorbikes as well, a GSX/R 750 SRAD, an Urban Tiger Fireblade, and a few other toys!

Easily pleased eh laugh

Ash333

183 posts

165 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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anonymous said:
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You can get 5%?

hairykrishna

13,185 posts

204 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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I'd be building a car. The best GT40 copy money could buy, start with a carbon monocoque and a crate big block V8 and go from there.

I'd probably want an NSX out of the classifieds to be driving around in until I finished building it though...

car crazy

1,796 posts

164 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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Sagaris off ph and a ferrari 458 from the dealers for me

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

199 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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If I won £1m...

1. Sell the current house.
2. Sell the unfinished MX5 taking a good loss, but that wouldn't matter having just won £1m.
3. Send the VX220 first to Track Club to have GT Uprights, steering arms, AP 4 pots, rear 4 pots, Quantums & Carbon buckets fitted. Then to Courtnays for an engine build and harrop supercharger, exhaust etc. This would then become my road legal silly fast track car smile
4. Buy a new house, £650K would be needed in the area to get somewhere with a good big garage smile
5. Head to Porsche and buy a 997 Turbo new & a 2 year old Boxster S
6. Head to Audi and buy a 2 year old S6 Avant.

So a mixture, the Porche Turbo I'd only get new as I'd want to spec it to my taste smile


soad

32,925 posts

177 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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car crazy said:
Sagaris off ph and a ferrari 458 from the dealers for me
Nice older porker (classified ads) and a Gallardo (dealer) would do me rather nicely

Edited by soad on Saturday 5th February 16:30

theironduke

6,995 posts

189 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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Nothing new for me, i'd go down to Cheltenham and buy a nearly new Aston as my daily...then the rest on various classics.

FM

5,816 posts

221 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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Classifieds for me, would probably pick up a tidy double deck race transporter first then scour the land for some choice picks of historic racers.

Probably do the same with another rig & shop for a tasty selection of motorbikes.

No need to go crazy after that & would plan an action packed track day schedule for touring Britain & Europe.

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GeraldSmith

6,887 posts

218 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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I am a millionaire and I have a range rover autobiography black and a caterham