The lottery....
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alan_driver

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1,281 posts

284 months

Thursday 23rd January 2003
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If you won the lottery (whether you play it or not) and got say £10 million. What would you do/buy?

Think I would set-up my own business. Get one of every TVR, Nice house, Mclarren F1, Jag XJ220
move out the uk??? tricky one, certainly an appartment somewhere.

Sorry if this has been talked about before.
So what would you spend it on?

andyrixon

7,917 posts

282 months

Thursday 23rd January 2003
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If I remember correctly, on Top Gear there was a house in south France that had a great race track in the back garden. Think 7million euros.... Spend the rest on a few choice cars... Enzo, Mclaren F1..

alan_driver

Original Poster:

1,281 posts

284 months

Thursday 23rd January 2003
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Yep, a very nice house and track too!

Graham.J

5,420 posts

286 months

Thursday 23rd January 2003
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I'd buy an off-shore life boat and name it after my grandad who I never had the privilage to meet.

Then I'd buy some choice cars, and a disused airfield.

>> Edited by Graham.J on Thursday 23 January 23:40

Psychobert

6,318 posts

283 months

Thursday 23rd January 2003
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Fast cars, big house, sea plane, yacht or two, couple of trips around the world, (one in the plane, the other the other way around in a yacht)..

Or, to quote George Best on loosing all his cash the first time around, 'fast cars, loose women and drink - oh an I probably wasted some of it too'..

farmboy

320 posts

287 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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Psychobert said: Fast cars, big house, sea plane, yacht or two, couple of trips around the world, (one in the plane, the other the other way around in a yacht)..

Or do as one wise wealthy man stated about keeping cash;

If it flies, floats or f**ks, rent it!

rich-uk

1,431 posts

283 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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Sod road cars, buy a race track and a couple of 2-3 year old F1 cars, oh, and an intensive care unit trackside for when the inevitable happens...

danger mouse

3,829 posts

288 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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rich-uk said: Sod road cars, buy a race track and a couple of 2-3 year old F1 cars, oh, and an intensive care unit trackside for when the inevitable happens...



excactly

williamp

20,285 posts

300 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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I'd buy all pistonheads a drink.



No, I would buy a brewery!!!



And the way you lot drink i'd have enough left over for a nice, clean G-reg Yugo (4 door)

farmboy

320 posts

287 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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williamp said: And the way you lot drink i'd have enough left over for a nice, clean G-reg Yugo (4 door)

Nah, it would be a tatty one for that money.

danger mouse

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288 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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farmboy said:

williamp said: And the way you lot drink i'd have enough left over for a nice, clean G-reg Yugo (4 door)

Nah, it would be a tatty one for that money.



nope..."hic" a tatty matchbox..."hiccup" one.

farmboy

320 posts

287 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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danger mouse said:
nope..."hic" a tatty matchbox..."hiccup" one.


Gaffer

7,156 posts

304 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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I would probably set up an equestrian center and learn how to play Polo, buy a few cars and build my own house with another house in the grounds for Roop to keep the growing collection of Tamiya cars in.

Claire

tuffer

8,996 posts

294 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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I would try and make friends with Hugh Heffner!!! Then go on a year long holiday around the world whilst my house was being built next to a dissused airfield (leave that hanger mate I shall be filling it when I get back).
Cars: Gardner Douglas GD70 for starters (any PH'rs got 1?), Enzo, Murcielago and a couple of smaller kit cars for a laugh, something like a Coram with that V8 bike engine that was at Autosport.







Oh yeah and whatever the wife wants!!!

CarZee

13,382 posts

294 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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I'd take out some contracts on people.

MikeyT

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298 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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RedTeg

2,179 posts

308 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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Hmmmm?
Clear all the families debts (mortgages/loans .etc.).
Throw them all a huge holiday/piss up somewhere.
Travel to all the places I've wanted to see.
Sample all the cars I've always liked one at a time - buy one then trade it/give it away. Don't want to amass an unused fleet.

Mr E

22,980 posts

286 months

Friday 24th January 2003
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Try to persuade Mr Wheeler to make me a road going speed 12.....

Vrooom.