What cars would you buy if you won 20m on Lotto???

[Rocket36]

I'd be too busy doubling my 20m to waste any of it on cars. I have three and a motorbike already, and they all run fine. Can always hire an exotic for a weekend or do a race weekend in a paid drive if I want but would never waste huge amounts of money investing in an almost certain loss.

[Jarred]

I'd be too busy doubling my 20m to waste any of it on cars. I have three and a motorbike already, and they all run fine. Can always hire an exotic for a weekend or do a race weekend in a paid drive if I want but would never waste huge amounts of money investing in an almost certain loss.

thank you for adding a completely useless bunch of words in what was otherwise a nice thread of our 'dreams'. None of us said it would be practical, logical or smart.

As if you don't have a 'dream' car?

[Tim]

but would never waste huge amounts of money investing in an almost certain loss.

You already did when you bought the R36!

I think if I had that sorta cash there would be a few classics/exotics in my garage.

Ford Falcon XY GTHO - Just an iconic piece of Australian motorsport history.
Many Golfs! - Id have to own one of each of the most desirable golf models mk1 through to mk6. Just to collect the set.
Ferrari F40 - Focused, no frills, raw. Just how I like it.
Porsche 968CS - the ugly duckling of the porsche range. Not the fastest but its focused and balanced.
Porsche 993 RSCS - Another track day special that ive always loved.
Porsche 997.2 GT3RS - Crazy awesomeness
AMG C63 - And for a daily beater i wouldnt mind an

Did I blow my 20 million yet?

[Rocket36]

You already did when you bought the R36!

Errrrr... No I didn't. I said HUGE amount of money. An R36 is far from a huge amount of money.

And yeah of course I have a dream car, but wouldn't buy one if I only had $20million. It's really not a lot of money if you think about it. $200million on the other hand would include some "throw away fun money:.

[Jarred]

fine then, just for rocket; if you had $200mil, what car would you buy?

[Rocket36]

I'd have a few...

1965 Aston Martin DB5


1977 Pontiac Transam


1988 Ferrari 328 GTS (still my all time favourite Ferrari)


2003 Buick Blackhawk


2008 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano


Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition


McLaren MP4-12C


Daily drive - Mercedes Benz C63 AMG Estate


Two wheels - 2008 Ducati 1098

[velly_16v_cab]

daily drive....

G60 Limited - my childhood dream car (the one which you wILL own one day)


350 SLK toy for the wife


R50 Touareg For the wife to drive the baby around in


F40 Weekend summer toy


porsche 959 Winter toy car

[gareth_oau]

Unfortunately, vehicle ownership is always a depreciating asset unless the car is a collectable item.

Whoever said owning a driving a car had to be done for investment purposes?

People often criticise me for how much I spend on cars (what a waste! they depreciate blah blah blah)

I ask them if they like drinking a fine red wine, to which they typically answer yes.

then I ask them what was it worth after they had finished pi$$ing down the toilet? Nix apparently - not a particularly good investment eh!

they respond by saying, but I dont buy wine as an investment, I buy it to enjoy.

i look at them and just say "DOH!!!"

[Buller_Scott]

i agree with gareth.

all the things that MANY on this forum do to our cars: suspension, brake upgrades, engine remaps, CAI's, bigger dump pipes, blah blah blah.... amount to precisely $000000000000000000.00 come time for resale, unless it's a fellow enthusiast that you're selling to.

even then, it's highly unlikely that someone would be hanging on to buy YOUR modded car, unless it's a rare/ classic that dates back to before say 1995.

cars ARE an investment.... in the soul.

[Mr.B]

Whoever said owning a driving a car had to be done for investment purposes?

People often criticise me for how much I spend on cars (what a waste! they depreciate blah blah blah)

I ask them if they like drinking a fine red wine, to which they typically answer yes.

then I ask them what was it worth after they had finished pi$$ing down the toilet? Nix apparently - not a particularly good investment eh!

they respond by saying, but I dont buy wine as an investment, I buy it to enjoy.

i look at them and just say "DOH!!!"

I agree whole heartedly. Oddly enough, you have to have a foresight to be able to identify if a car will become an appreciable asset in the long term. I would almost guarantee that anyone who bought a collectable car (when it was out) hardly ever saw it as a collectors item (in the future). They bought the car because it made them happy, the fact that it appreciated over time was purely coincidental. Unless of course the car was say 1 of 2 ever built or even 1 of 1.

Take a look at the Bugatti Type 57SC, only 2 ever built. It would almost certainly increase with value over time. Or if you'd like to go rarer, the Phantom Corsair. I'll admit that the Phantom Corsair was a prototype, but it had plans to be built. Tragically, Rust Heinz died before it went into production. However, the car was estimated to cost $24,000 to produce in 1938 (approximately $300,000 in 2005 dollars). I can't see many people had $24,000 around in 1938 as it was.