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That's just craziness. That maintenance cost is more than enough to buy a brand new Lamborghini Gallardo or Ferrari 458 every year
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It's all about your perspective. To me, throwing away 1/2 of a hamburger if I feel full/don't like it/whatever is no big deal. Go to a 3rd world country and do that and you might be treated to a ringside seat to a fight to the death over that food. Veyron owners are most likely similar. That $300K is just incidental. |
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You are right, it is a status symbol. However, it's hardly an investment. Predominantly, when you invest in anything, you usually expect to see a return on what $$ you put into the initial investment. In this example, all I see is pockets being emptied at first glance, and then even more so as time goes on; not to mention depreciation. If I saw one on the road I'd be forced to ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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No one would buy a $2m car if they only had a $2m budget for cars. I could buy an SLR. But that would take all my budget away. Instead I have my 370z, a rover, and a couple bikes. Possibly another car to come. Whereas '82 Civic owners may be saying when they see my 370z, saying that with that money, they'd rather buy a versa for DD, a used S2K for weekend fun, and a bike for canyon carving. For multi-multi-multi millionnaires, you can still take the rationale above, but raise the tier of cars all the way to having a Veyron being just one of the 10+ cars they own. It's all relative.
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althought the majority of bugatti owners I'm sure are worth hundreds of millions, I know for a fact a few rappers own them (chris brown being one), and I looked up their net worths (dont quote me on accuracy) and all of them are worth sub $30mm 30 million can be eaten up fast when you spend 2m on ONE car, and add in all other lavish expenses. |
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Bloomberg the other week showed bankruptcy statistics on NFL and NBA players. THeir findings: within 5 years of retirement, 60% of NBA players and 78% of NFL players go bankrupt. Just trying to point out how 300k annual car expenses could help contribute to this. |
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Again, true. I'll tell you one thing, I wouldn't mind having to decide 'what to do with my money today.' It's like changing clothes for these people. It's really ridiculous when you think about how rich some people are. I'm sure there are a lot of things we don't know, since we're not rich (well, speaking for myself), that happen behind closed doors of these millionaires. Just because they have money doesn't mean they don't have problems. I'm not aiming this statement at you, just putting it on the table.
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little fact i heard on a Top Gear episode: They said that it costs VW over 5 million to produce one veyron but only sell it for 2. Apparently it's one of those "see if we can build such a car" type of things.
But if i had 2 mill and 300k maintenance money to burn...i think i'd buy a couple nice Ferrari's, Lambo's, Ducati's, and have enough left over for a Charlie Sheen hooker binge!! ![]() |
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