Some people have such weird ideas of what wealth is and love these sorts of ‘exclusivity’ narratives. Who buys granite coffee tables? Ferrari dealers are dicks, but they will take anyone’s money. They will try to upsell you on tons of useless features to increase MSRP by 50%, and they will try to force you to buy…

I would guess that he got a 4-10M windfall, bought a house, this car, but didn’t have much left after that. His cash flow is probably more modest (<$150K) and he won’t pay for repairs and maintenance b/c he doesn’t want his bank balance to take the hits. This sort of thing is common in startup culture. Boom or bust.…

Rich people don’t have errands, soccer practice and school? WTF do you think a rich person is?

That price is haggling with my brain guts.

I think I’d rather have a rail gun to the head then have my nuts clamped every few weeks while I try to buck a monkey off my back.

Came here to post this. Surprised it’s so far down the comments list. Yes on a GTV.

I remember when these were being built. Think I read it in Top Gear. At the time I thought it was a cool restomod, now I think it’s sacrilege. Tastes change. Remember that you could probably still pick up a nice 300SL for <200k back then.

Man, the Explorer is the Camry of SUV’s. It’s the most forgettable SUV. You may ask, “Why isn’t the Highlander the Camry of SUV’s?”. I’ll tell you. The Explorer has a legacy of mediocrity and forgettableness that no other SUV can match. Sure it’s fine, it’s fine, but that’s about it. There are so many SUV/CUV options…

Not sure where you get your intel, but the Guzzi’s are mostly reliable, relatively low-tech tourers. I have a V7, and it’s honestly all the bike that almost anyone needs. I ride it more than any other of the bikes in my stable, just cuz it’s comfy, simple, tossable, and easy. I’ve had zero issues in 5 years. I’m a…

Explains why I also don’t own ties.

When did everyone become such wusses? Why does every story have to be inclusive? Why do we care about people’s feelings (that’s not a rhetorical question)? Everyone was conquering the shit out of each other for almost all of human history. Shit was rough, and the winners wrote the history. Let storytellers tell the…

Yeah, that looked super sketch ... but still cool. Spray some rubber sealant on those plastic tires. Good to go.

I got one new, and it was ... fine. It is the car I most often forget I owned. True story, I traded it for a low mileage Jeep Cherokee + Cash. The Jeep Cherokee was 6 years older and worse in every way ... but I loved it so much more.

Oh my fuckin for real. This isn’t where you win the virtue award.

Nah. Those wheels are decent. Black wheels are overplayed. Silver is the new black and 3-Piece wheels are always dope. They are maybe 1-Size too large, but pretty restrained otherwise. I have a feeling that if McLaren specced those EXACT wheels but one size smaller, you’d have no issue with them. Although the lede…

Right? So many inaccuracies, and before we believe the story of this ‘supposed’ Condor club, has the writer done a little basic research and confirmed that it’s not a time traveling warplane?

Yes, but there are different brackets of wealth. Most F1 drivers are in the higher echelon, $100M plus families. To come from a family with <$10M in the bank and make it in F1 is pretty exceptional, and no, I’m not kidding. Most drivers have spent 5M-10M just to get a chance at F1, and some spend much more than that…

That’s really your complaint? That’s the only thing keeping you from watching Formula E? That’s an oddly particular reason to dismiss a whole Motorsport.

When I was a kid, I wondered if I could breed tiny people to drive my toy cars. Do you think that’s possible, assuming you knew how?

Your pretentiousness is showing. Hard. I love Singers, but tend to agree. $1.8M is absurd and at a certain level, it all starts to feel ..... gross. Just like $250K watches are kind of gross. I have a beautiful old original Alfa GTV, and I paid a tenth of what an Alfaholics GTA-R would cost. While I would love to…