The last C7 Vett just sold for $2.7 million. - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

davidmash · #1 07-05-2019, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

$2.7m for any Corvette seems whack, putting that sort of geek obsession on the last one of the assembly line? Well, hoo-kay. I guess actually getting a life is too hard for some people. Imagine the car toys one could get into for $2.7m.

You are thinking like a poor person.

I think anyone with $3 million to plop down on a car easily has the disposable income to get all the other car toys they could think of or want.

davidmash · #2 07-04-2019, 12:52 AM

I do not get the idea of buying a car and then parking it. Cars were designed and built to drive. If I were fortunate enough to get mu hands on any number of desirable cars, I would want to drive the wheels off it. That is one of the reasons I really like Jay Leno. He drives all his cars. They are not just on display.

oldsinner111 · #3 07-04-2019, 07:16 AM

I often wondered as a kid,why older people always had a mean look,or short temper.
I know now,pain from wear and tear.Short nerves from abuse by the wealthy,and powerful. Since 1890 no one in western society,has enjoyed life,except the dishonest,wealthy

sloride · #4 07-04-2019, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by oldsinner111

I often wondered as a kid,why older people always had a mean look,or short temper.
I know now,pain from wear and tear.Short nerves from abuse by the wealthy,and powerful. Since 1890 no one in western society,has enjoyed life,except the dishonest,wealthy

Wrong, your opinion only. Like most democrats that want everyone poor, dependent on them. At that point there will be some happy poor and the same amount of crybabies that are broke. That will not change.

cmac2012 · #5 07-04-2019, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by oldsinner111

I often wondered as a kid,why older people always had a mean look,or short temper.
I know now,pain from wear and tear.Short nerves from abuse by the wealthy,and powerful. Since 1890 no one in western society,has enjoyed life,except the dishonest,wealthy

Would you like an extra helping of DISMAL with that?

HuskyMan · #6 07-04-2019, 06:43 PM

I knew a guy in high school who had a red convertible 1966 corvette with a 427 engine. Girls were crawling all over him and the car.....

cmac2012 · #7 07-05-2019, 02:57 AM

If he'd been fat, ugly, and smelly they might have tried to get his money but I doubt he would gotten 'tang based on the car.

Some people say the thing Ferraris are best at is pulling gold diggers.

HuskyMan · #8 07-05-2019, 12:36 PM

recently heard of an old fart who moved to Florida. His ride was a Lincoln continental; apparently the young things weren't going for it. He sold the Lincoln and bought a convertible mustang and instantly he had all the bikinis he could hope for!!

cmac2012 · #9 07-05-2019, 02:44 PM

Money is a funny thing. I recall the alleded words of one of the duPont heirs saying "at first money brings happiness but after awhile all it does is bring more money."

davidmash · #10 07-05-2019, 04:16 PM

I would not know. I want the chance to prove them wrong. My theory is that I can be just as miserable being rich as I can if I'm rich.... I'll just be miserable in comfort and style. I'm willing to make the sacrifice.

sloride · #11 07-08-2019, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by davidmash

I would not know. I want the chance to prove them wrong. My theory is that I can be just as miserable being rich as I can if I'm rich.... I'll just be miserable in comfort and style. I'm willing to make the sacrifice.

So if you won the lottery for millions you would no longer be a miserable whiner about everything not free. I doubt it.