Fancy Car or Cheap Plane?

DavidWhite said:
You must not know what a GTR is- they're very nice cars. Currently holds the fastest production car lap time at nurburgring.
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It's ok, but lap times at Nuremberg Ring don't mean much unless you are planning to use the car primarily for racing Production Stock class on well groomed tracks. Like any machine, they are all a series of compromises to meet a purpose. Driving on the street every day in traffic is a world apart from driving on the track on weekends. I was driving the Skyline GTR in Aus for a while, and it was wearing.
 
Henning said:
It's ok, but lap times at Nuremberg Ring don't mean much unless you are planning to use the car primarily for racing Production Stock class on well groomed tracks. Like any machine, they are all a series of compromises to meet a purpose. Driving on the street every day in traffic is a world apart from driving on the track on weekends. I was driving the Skyline GTR in Aus for a while, and it was wearing.
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You don't drive a car like that on the road for fun, you drive it because as Borat would say it has.....well.....he can say it better than I can.

 
Jimmy cooper said:
Not really that outstanding. I'm very diversified, very conservative with investments. Since 2006 have lost around 400 grand but still quite solvent. Lots of cat stock which is not doing great but will bounce back if we can ever start to repair road, bridges, etc. incidentally a lot of people helped me along the way. Air Force, GI bill, sold a lot of stuff to contractors doing business with the government. Etc. house, cars. Paid for, owe no one.
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Please tell me what "not really outstanding" means for stock market performance since the OP got his first drivers license?

Or, do you not know what the "stock market" means in general usage?
 
DavidWhite said:
You must not know what a GTR is- they're very nice cars. Currently holds the fastest production car lap time at nurburgring.
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Yes, they are nice cars, but I still laugh at people thinking a Nissan is a "fancy car". I am guessing it is a generational thing, but there are a dozen badges on cars that I would take a second look at! long before the first look at a Nissan. Doesn't mean they ain't nice cars, but, I bet there ain't many people that care about that car in 10 years.

I might be wrong, and maybe just a bit too old, but lots of cars out of Italy would appeal to me long before a modified Altima. ;-)
 
DavidWhite said:
You don't drive a car like that on the road for fun, you drive it because as Borat would say it has.....well.....he can say it better than I can.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl: "vigine hang like the sleeve of a wizard" :rofl: Yeah, problem with cars like the GTR for that purpose though is the ride is too rough, and the seats are individualized. If I had a $100k for a ***** magnet car, I'd get a '58 Cadillac hearse and totally refurb it and put an LS-9 engine built up to 750hp in it and a tempurfoam mattress in the back. You can have that with enough left over to buy a plane.
 
Henning said:
:rofl::rofl::rofl: "vigine hang like the sleeve of a wizard" :rofl: Yeah, problem with cars like the GTR for that purpose though is the ride is too rough, and the seats are individualized. If I had a $100k for a ***** magnet car, I'd get a '58 Cadillac hearse and totally refurb it and put an LS-9 engine built up to 750hp in it and a tempurfoam mattress in the back. You can have that with enough left over to buy a plane.
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

We should get pimp my ride to build a "Henning Shaggin' Wagon" and let you and Sofia Vergara take it for the inaugural drive.
 
Coming to this forum I would have thought the answer to this question was a forgone conclusion. BUY AN AIRPLANE! That you have opinions contrary to this one on this forum is shocking!
 
Todd Copeland said:
Coming to this forum I would have thought the answer to this question was a forgone conclusion. BUY AN AIRPLANE! That you have opinions contrary to this one on this forum is shocking!
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Heh. Some of us own and know better. :) (It's not for everyone. It's not even all that great for some owners. Heh.)
 
Jimmy cooper said:
Not really that outstanding. I'm very diversified, very conservative with investments. Since 2006 have lost around 400 grand but still quite solvent. Lots of cat stock which is not doing great but will bounce back if we can ever start to repair road, bridges, etc. incidentally a lot of people helped me along the way. Air Force, GI bill, sold a lot of stuff to contractors doing business with the government. Etc. house, cars. Paid for, owe no one.
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hmmmmm... are you serious? I essentially turned $10 into $1,000,000 in 4 years. How could you say "not outstanding"?
 
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MultiMediaWill said:
hmmmmm... are you serious? I essentially turned $100 into $1,000,000 in 4 years. How could you say "not outstanding"?
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I think its fair to call that lucky more then anything else. A 100$ investment is not all that serious in terms of outstanding investments. Sure, your reward was handsome but lets not take away from the fact that you were 16 years old and probably wanted them for porn or WOW......

You can sit there and act like you were investing intelligently but thats going to be false. You got lucky kid, admit it. Stop trying to play grown up investor. :rolleyes2::rolleyes2: I cant keep a straight face when your talking about "bitcoins"..... I bet you have a lot of short terms friends right now.


And buy whatever toy your going to buy for whatever secret reason you have.
 
Stop hating on the kid. Jeezus we're pilots we know luck trumps the best prepared human intellect every time. Maybe it was a genius stroke of perception, who cares it worked. I wouldn't do the car thing myself, but it ain't my loot to spend. Will you know what I'd buy? Experiences. Get out of the country go beach bum around the world, not lavishly, hostel slumming and renting apartments. Lean to surf in south america for the winter.
 
Jhernandez04 said:
I think its fair to call that lucky more then anything else. A 100$ investment is not all that serious in terms of outstanding investments. Sure, your reward was handsome but lets not take away from the fact that you were 16 years old and probably wanted them for porn or WOW......

You can sit there and act like you were investing intelligently but thats going to be false. You got lucky kid, admit it. Stop trying to play grown up investor. :rolleyes2::rolleyes2: I cant keep a straight face when your talking about "bitcoins"..... I bet you have a lot of short terms friends right now.


And buy whatever toy your going to buy for whatever secret reason you have.
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You come off as sounding bitter towards my so called 'luck'.
 
MultiMediaWill said:
You come off as sounding bitter towards my so called 'luck'.
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Not bitter, I'd be genuinely happy for you if I felt like you were humble and appreciative of it.

Your thread topics and responses have me thinking your some entitled, spoiled brat. Hopefully I'm wrong but then again 95% of the pilots I've met have the "I'm better then you" syndrome and 100% of the GRT owners have it even worse. And your trying to own both....
 
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Jhernandez04 said:
Not bitter, I'd be genuinely happy for you if I felt like you were humble and appreciative of it.

Your thread topics and responses have me thinking your some entitled, spoiled brat. Hopefully I'm wrong but then again 95% of the pilots I've met have the "I'm better then you" syndrome and 100% of the GRT owners have it even worse. And your trying to own both....
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And you don't come off sounding like you think your better than them at all......
 
Wow....$100k!!!

Think of the hookers you can get with that.
 
Get the plane for 100k. You can get other really nice cars for 1/2 that amount. Or better yet get a cheap 50k plane and a 50k car. Need to stay on budget.
 
us AAirways said:
How about a Maserati?
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The Gran Tourismo is one of my favorites of the genre, but it's a shop queen for sure. Drives very nicely though. Probably get a used Ferrari 612 in his budget, that's another great ride, has class, power, and drives well on the street as well as track without taking the feel and fun out with all the electronics.
 
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