If I Won The BIG Lottery, I'd Fulfill My Automotive Desires By...
hpmctorque
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Unfortunately, I've never won a big lottery, nor a small one, for that matter, because I've never bought a lottery ticket. However, should I decide to buy a dream, which is really what a lottery represents, and win, I'll fulfill my automotive desires by leasing a different car every year. I've never leased before, so that would be a change for me. It wouldn't be anything over the top, but, rather, a nice mid-range luxury boat, like, say, an E-Class Mercedes, an A-6 Audi or a Cadillac CTS.
For driving fun, I'd buy a used, late model Porsche or Corvette, or even a Ferrari, and replace it every six months.
Finally, I'd buy ten solid used cars per year, and donate them to deserving, needy individuals or families who fell on hard times due to bad luck. I would give these to people with a history of being productive, responsible citizens, rather than ones who've fallen on hard times as a result of poor choices.
What would you do?
For driving fun, I'd buy a used, late model Porsche or Corvette, or even a Ferrari, and replace it every six months.
Finally, I'd buy ten solid used cars per year, and donate them to deserving, needy individuals or families who fell on hard times due to bad luck. I would give these to people with a history of being productive, responsible citizens, rather than ones who've fallen on hard times as a result of poor choices.
What would you do?
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I like your idea too, of getting some decent used cars and donating them to worthy people who have fallen on hard times.
I don't know though, if I could ever do something like buy a new car and then trade it after only a few months. Just seems wasteful to me, but I guess, once I adjusted to the money, maybe it wouldn't? I guess I just have too much of my Grandmother's Depression-era thinking ingrained in me.
Use your imagination. Big, but maybe less than enormous. I don't know; think $10,000,000 or $20,000,000, just to throw out a number. And, oh yeah, that would be after taxes. Now that may be big to some, huge to others, and enormous to still others. But, then, to Gates or Buffet it would be chump change.
"Just seems wasteful to me..."
I wouldn't consider it wasteful because the next owner(s) would enjoy it until it's used up.
I'd also build a facility somewhere to keep interesting heaps from being scrapped.
True. Plus, you mentioned buying used, late model cars, so you'd be getting them after someone already took the initial hit in depreciation.
I think it would take me awhile to adjust to swapping cars every 6 months, though!
In no particular order:
1) Find a '67 Mercury Monterey coupe with the 390 engine. Why? My maternal grandmother owned one and I was fortunate enough to drive it on occasion. It's not particularly desirable, collector-wise, just a sentimental choice. Buy the best one I could find.
2) Take my current DD - 2006 Saturn ION 2 sedan - and turn it over to a tuning house to convert it into the only (AFAIK) RedLine sedan. Take the 2.0L turbo engine from a Cobalt/HHR SS or ION Coupe or Sky and transplant it and the 5-speed tranny into my sedan. Add some 17" wheels and tires, tune the suspension and have a real Q-ship. Irrational, yes, but this would be a lot of fun.
3) American muscle - Mustang Shelby or Boss 302. Nothing like the sound of an American V8.
4) German muscle - I've always liked the idea of a big engine in a wagon, and for some reason, the Germans have been doing this better than anyone lately. E63, S4 or S6 wagon with the V8 - new or used - would fit the bill perfectly. As an alternative, I could get a shop to transplant the V10 from an M5 into a 5-series wagon and create my own.
5) Japanese muscle - can you say GT-R? That, or a classic RX-7 twin turbo from the early 90's. Either way, it would satisfy my inner "Fast and Furious" persona.
I like the idea of buying and donating used cars each year - there are always those in need of reliable transportation. In addition, set up an account that would fund gas / insurance / maintenance for a set period of time - 6 or 12 months. For many people, buying the car is the easy part; it's the ongoing costs that can be onerous.
Beyond, that, it would be good enough to know that I could buy / trade anything I wanted, anytime I wanted. Not so much on a set schedule - just know that I have the ability to buy and drive the latest that comes on the market.
Would also like to get into racing - nothing too serious or expensive, but having something I could take to HPDE's.