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Old 08-31-2012 | 04:27 AM
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Where? in Italy? nowadays?

you are screwed, guy....

Confederatio Helvetica for me.....
Luxembourg. There's away around paying taxes here this way but i'd rather shut up in public
Old 08-31-2012 | 06:02 AM
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If I had a million dollars I'd buy a damn brewery and turn the planet into alcoholics
Old 08-31-2012 | 09:38 AM
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If I have a million dollars, I will buy Mazda and bring back the rx8 for sure...yeah, that's it.
Old 08-31-2012 | 10:16 AM
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"if i have?".
Poor grammar.

With one million dollar you probably wouldn't be able to fund any kind of automotive related R&D for more than a month.
Old 08-31-2012 | 11:27 AM
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I would buy a new house with a very large garage and buy these cars in order.





...and of course I need a family car.

Old 08-31-2012 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by EightCostsMoney
I would buy a new house with a very large garage and buy these cars in order.





...and of course I need a family car.

That last one is a Ferrari right? What model?

For a family car I wouldnt mind one of these, its a Lotus Evora. Use $15,000-20,000 to make it even better and use it as my DD. It uses the engine from a Camery but still runs a 5 second 0-60 and gets 30mpg.

Old 08-31-2012 | 02:09 PM
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It is a Porsche Panamera. I hated it when it first came out but I see them running around here on the roads and grown to love it.



Originally Posted by jms_jff
That last one is a Ferrari right? What model?

For a family car I wouldnt mind one of these, its a Lotus Evora. Use $15,000-20,000 to make it even better and use it as my DD. It uses the engine from a Camery but still runs a 5 second 0-60 and gets 30mpg.

I am also torn on if I would get the Cayman or the 911. It is nothing to lose sleep over. I will never have the money to get either anyways. The closet I will ever get to a Poesche is my Eight and maybe, just maybe a very used Boxster someday.

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Old 08-31-2012 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jms_jff
How about the guys with 1,000+ posts actually respond to the thread instead of just trying to boost their post count..r.
1,000? i havent had that few posts in like 7 years. besides I did respond to the topic- If I had a million dollars I'd buy you a green dress.






























































But not a real green dress that's cruel

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Old 08-31-2012 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jms_jff
the guy with a K car.

my mom had a K car. a Reliant even. A nice Reliant automobile. I drove it a little. Backed it into a mailbox post once.
Old 08-31-2012 | 03:14 PM
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A million?

I'd start with building something like this: AutoMotorPlex

Sorry, not in Minnesota though. There are better places to enjoy your cars


A million doesn't get you very far in today's world. And they don't even advertise jackpots that low.
Old 08-31-2012 | 06:40 PM
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I would buy 1 of every car in Mazda's lineup, and then trade them back in for another round of 1 of every Mazda the next year. I would keep doing that until I ran out of money.

Gotta keep Mazda going good, I suppose.
Should last me for quite a few years, at that.

BC.
Old 09-01-2012 | 01:49 AM
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i'd build a tree fort in my front yard.

zoom44 could help. it wouldnt be that hard.
Old 09-03-2012 | 11:55 PM
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I would get my mom and dad the medical care that they really need.
Old 09-04-2012 | 12:01 AM
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I would get my mom and dad the medical care that they really need.
You've earned my respect a thousand times over. material items will come and go, but you only have one family
Old 09-04-2012 | 02:27 AM
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I would get my mom and dad the medical care that they really need.
Move them to europe and they'll get it for free
Old 09-04-2012 | 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bse50
Move them to europe and they'll get it for free
is a limited time offer BTW...
Old 09-04-2012 | 06:14 AM
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Me?

Step 1, pay off the house, car, student loans, any other debts.

Step 2, buy a Lotus Evora for my fun car (they have a darker blue that's to die for), and put enough sound deadening in my Honda to make it coffin quiet

Step 3, home improvements

Step 4, save/invest what's left and use my paycheck for bills and fun. Not like you can retire off a million bucks anymore.
Old 09-04-2012 | 07:12 AM
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1. Pay off the house.
2. Buy a modest 2 bedroom condo on the ocean.
3. Buy a used 2002 lotus esprit v8, preferably yellow as well.
4. Invest the rest.
Old 09-04-2012 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by bse50
Move them to europe and they'll get it for free
It's not that they don't currently have adequate health care. On the contrary, their insurance coverage is provided through my mother's insurance plan via the U.S. military. The problem seems to be that the healthcare providers can only provide "adequate enough" care due to insurance coverage terms. I would rather they receive the best personalized, attentive care possible.

Additionally, I have no selfish need to prolong their lives out of a fear of loss. I just want their remaining time in life to be of higher quality and less suffering than they are experiencing now.
Old 09-04-2012 | 04:53 PM
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Clear all my debts and then buy about 4 houses to rent for about $200,000 each. That should leave me enough cash to build a Caterham with better power to weight than a Veron. Then wrap myself around a tree at 200mph.
Old 09-04-2012 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe-the_tattoo_artist
I would get my mom and dad the medical care that they really need.

You made me cry...
Old 09-04-2012 | 11:00 PM
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put 2 more rotors in my 8 and then saving the rest for 93+ gasoline :D
Old 09-05-2012 | 02:33 AM
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Put a down payment on the new viper, get a aprilia rsv4, and trade the 8 in for a 4door jeep wrangler 4x4
Old 09-05-2012 | 09:15 AM
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^^my wife has the 4 door wrangler...she friggin LOVES IT...but she's had some random SERIOUS problems with it....steering box went bad and it dropped a valve...thank goodnes it was under warranty!!

So, a million bucks....pay down the house, fix it up a bit and rent that mtfkr!! Buy a nicer house, no McMansion...just something with a garage and 3-4 bedrooms and at least 2 full baths.

Buy that Speedsource RX-8, sign up with NASA or SCCA and track the crap out if it and see if I can make a career out of it.

Invest the rest...keep the day job...for a while
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