Quote from: pereira4 on June 22, 2015, 03:34:37 PM

Quote from: gentlemand on June 18, 2015, 02:49:27 PM

I've owned a couple of quasi supercars. I don't think I'd ever go there again. In the UK it doesn't inspire appreciation. People just tend to think you're a flashy twat.

Staying under the radar is far more peaceful and more fun. I'd go for a stinky old banger with a few hundred grand's worth of WRC technology bristling underneath.

Care to share how you made your wealth? it's always interesting to hear how rich people become rich (except when they inherit most of it which is sadly the case in tons of occasions).

I ain't wealthy. I used to broker and buy and sell classic and competition cars. It was a filthy business filled with scum and it got worse the higher up you went. I despise thieving and lying so I was never really going to end up making bank and there is a LOT of money sloshing around in that market wanting to be spent.

There were high end American dealers paying little old men in Modenese sheds to take a $50,000 basket case Ferrari, hammer out a new body, glue on fake numbers and sell it for several mil.

After one ludicriously fast car too many I got it out of my system and these days I'd prefer to take the bus.

My silliest was probably a 640 bhp Ford RS200. Luckily the public approved of that one or didn't know what it was. Had I hung on to some of the cars I played with back in the day then I would be wealthy.