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I Sold Everything To Buy A Lamborghini And Drive Across The Country

Bitaemo

Bitaemo

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Hey everyone

Here is a really interesting article I read about a month ago about a fellow who sold his every worldly possession to buy a Lamborghini and drive across the US. I showed it to some friends on CP and they thought it was a great story as well,

So here it is:

http://jalopnik.com/5559767/

Enjoy!!
 
Bitaemo said:
Hey everyone

Here is a really interesting article I read about a month ago about a fellow who sold his every worldly possession to buy a Lamborghini and drive across the US. I showed it to some friends on CP and they thought it was a great story as well,

So here it is:

http://jalopnik.com/5559767/

Enjoy!!
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Rich dumbass should have just bought a Ranger or something and gone a lot farther. Hell an old Honda CM400T would have been cooler.
 
badwhale said:
Rich dumbass should have just bought a Ranger or something and gone a lot farther. Hell an old Honda CM400T would have been cooler.
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Back and forth across the country 3x isn't far enough? While a Lambo may not have been my first choice for top-tier sports car, I sure as hell wouldn't sell everything to drive around in a Ford pickup truck, or an old Honda bike.
 
tomthirtysix said:
badwhale said:
Rich dumbass should have just bought a Ranger or something and gone a lot farther. Hell an old Honda CM400T would have been cooler.
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Back and forth across the country 3x isn't far enough? While a Lambo may not have been my first choice for top-tier sports car, I sure as hell wouldn't sell everything to drive around in a Ford pickup truck, or an old Honda bike.
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Nissan Ultima is about what all your worldly possessions are worth IMHO
 
tomthirtysix said:
badwhale said:
Rich dumbass should have just bought a Ranger or something and gone a lot farther. Hell an old Honda CM400T would have been cooler.
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Back and forth across the country 3x isn't far enough? While a Lambo may not have been my first choice for top-tier sports car, I sure as hell wouldn't sell everything to drive around in a Ford pickup truck, or an old Honda bike.
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I think anyone would be pissed if their car was a paperweight after 90k. One thing's for sure, he accomplished his "look at me" goal.
 
Nissan Skyline GTR R34 or Mclaren F1, that's all I'm saying... :whistling:
 
badwhale said:
Bitaemo said:
Hey everyone

Here is a really interesting article I read about a month ago about a fellow who sold his every worldly possession to buy a Lamborghini and drive across the US. I showed it to some friends on CP and they thought it was a great story as well,

So here it is:

http://jalopnik.com/5559767/

Enjoy!!
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Rich dumbass should have just bought a Ranger or something and gone a lot farther. Hell an old Honda CM400T would have been cooler.
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I got the impression from the article he was anything but rich. If he was rich the car would be in perfect shape and he wouldn't have all that debt. Not to mention every worldly possession would've netted him a hell of a lot more than $70,000.
 
Read some of the comments after the story, a couple of people claim to know him and are calling bs on the whole story.
 
wkoti said:
Nissan Skyline GTR R34 or Mclaren F1, that's all I'm saying... :whistling:
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Exactly!!! It's kinda crappy to learn a ~$200,000 car wont go more then 100,000 miles. I wonder if it's because they just suck or he didn't maintain it properly? 2 bucks a mile is ridicules!
 
blacklabelbravo said:
wkoti said:
Nissan Skyline GTR R34 or Mclaren F1, that's all I'm saying... :whistling:
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Exactly!!! It's kinda crappy to learn a ~$200,000 car wont go more then 100,000 miles. I wonder if it's because they just suck or he didn't maintain it properly? 2 bucks a mile is ridicules!
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My guess is that he drove the living s#!t out of it (ergo his "drawer of tickets") and didn't maintain it properly. Lambo mechanics that know what they are doing aren't exactly hanging out at every Auto Zone....:p

I just think the whole thing kinda smells. Too angsty for me....for that kind of jack he could have had a pretty decent motor home and stayed rural for extended periods of time. That might have been lots more interesting, IMHO.

Or, an M5 decked out with some of Alex Roy's tricks would have been pretty amazing, if you had the real need for speed.....;-)
 
blacklabelbravo said:
wkoti said:
Nissan Skyline GTR R34 or Mclaren F1, that's all I'm saying... :whistling:
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Exactly!!! It's kinda crappy to learn a ~$200,000 car wont go more then 100,000 miles. I wonder if it's because they just suck or he didn't maintain it properly? 2 bucks a mile is ridicules!
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High performance cars don't last like a Camry. You don't see road ready Ferraris for sale with a quarter million miles on them. They also require a lot more regular maintenance... I wonder how closely he followed his factory maintenance schedule?
 
Josh said:
High performance cars don't last like a Camry. You don't see road ready Ferraris for sale with a quarter million miles on them. They also require a lot more regular maintenance... I wonder how closely he followed his factory maintenance schedule?
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.....actually, they are out there, but the maintenance costs wil have FAR exceed the cost of the original car...!!

I have a couple friends with pasta rockets.....they are NOT a cheap pony to keep in the barn, if you take care of them right.....but they are pretty cool on a nice day.....:cool:
 
Well,if its a true story its a great one but as mentioned above, a Lamborghini for driving that much smell like BS to me.
 
I've driven one of these. We did a sound system for the manager of a dealership here. While it is an exhilarating car to drive, (The paddle shift is cool) my ass would be killing me by the time I got to the freeway. Either I'd have to drive so fast to get to where I'm going, or it would have to be close by. Either way seems like a waste. I'll stick with my Cummins diesel. I've got more horsepower and I've got more torque in my lugnuts let alone the motor. I can't beat him in a dragrace, but I'll kick the crap outta him in a tug o war. :laugh:
I can change my own oil too. :D
 
It's obviously not a very practical or prudent thing to do, but (assuming it's true) I have to give the guy a lot of credit for having the balls to cash out and live for himself for a while--consequences be damned.
 
BlindedByScience said:
.....actually, they are out there, but the maintenance costs wil have FAR exceed the cost of the original car...!!

I have a couple friends with pasta rockets.....they are NOT a cheap pony to keep in the barn, if you take care of them right.....but they are pretty cool on a nice day.....:cool:
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If the guy in article got his engine rebuild, he could still be on the road too.

I don't mean to imply that a Ferrari could not possibly hit 250,000 miles (though I would be interested to read about one that did on the original engine and transmission if it's happened) but that when you look at 20 year old Hondas and Ferraris in running condition for sale, the miles are going to be far higher on the Hondas.

EDIT - And I do realize that Ferraris are more likely to be "garage queens", but even if you compared the the highest mileage 3% from each brand, the proportions would still be similar.
 
Wow that was an awesome read. I think I am going to sell everything I have and buy a moped and go across the city!
All jokes aside I liked it.
 
Hell, I would have bought a Wrangler and a pull behind trailer. Then herfed with all you fuggers across the country.
 
I know of Chevys, Fords, and Dodges, that don't make it too 91,000 being taken care of decently. Something tells me that no matter how well you treat a Lambo, 91,000 is far from it's limitations.

As stated in the article and comments, he used every dime to put a down payment on the Lambo, assuming the car was $200,000 that leaves $125,000-$130,000 left to pay on it. Not having a house or anything even remotely close to that amount of money, how did he get a "loan" with absolutely no collateral, or possessions?

Further more, last time I shot the BS about fancy sports cars, I believe I heard an the first oil change in a Lambo was some ungodly figure like $8,000-$15,000, and the frequent ones after that I have to assume would be a little more then my $89 oil change at Terrible Herbst. I also have to assume that he can't troll around the US with a Lambo and stop at Walmart to get one. So that means he had to strategically plan his trips to make sure to meet his cars required maintenance. Which also would call yet another piece of the story BS...

I respect any person for doing what this alleged story said he did, but truth to the facts are too few and far between to make this particular story A-OK.

If it was a was the nicest super charged Honda Civic all painted pretty and looking like a dream, I would have not even thought about investigating the story more. I know many people who would pay $200,000 for a Fast in the Furious type ricer, but it's not a ricer, it's a flipping Lambo...

Anyone else have the first same thought about how many tickets he must of picked up along the way? :laugh:
 
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