Paul McBeth Bought a McLaren

[Jay Dub]

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Paul McBeth is the proud new owner of a convertible McLaren 570S Spider, a luxury sports car that sells at retail starting at $208,800.

If you want advice on disc golf, go to McBeth. If you need advice on your finances, stay away from McBeth.

 

[Jay Dub]

 

[txmxer]

I don't know. "sign a million dollar contract to play disc golf" seems like sound advice to me.

The upside of a car like that is it generally holds its value. Two year old versions with 5-10k on them list for ~170 range.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-2018-McLaren-570S-Spider-RWD-t76290

Not a money maker for sure, but taken care of it's not a loser either.

 

[ru4por]

Cool. Maybe he can load 'er up and run some damn stock plastic out to a couple of the local disc shops.

 

[Halcón]

Sounds about right.

 

[Jay Dub]

I don't know. "sign a million dollar contract to play disc golf" seems like sound advice to me.

The upside of a car like that is it generally holds its value. Two year old versions with 5-10k on them list for ~170 range.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-2018-McLaren-570S-Spider-RWD-t76290

Not a money maker for sure, but taken care of it's not a loser either.

1mil for 4 years and spend one of those years on a single car is not smart money management.

 

[tbird888]

Nice purchase. Not sure I'd've bought a McLaren over a Lambo in this situation (both for resale and reliability sake), but this isn't that bad of a purchase. He likely won't lose that much on it when it's time to sell unless the model is a total failure for the company. Supercars (Maserati, Rover, and Jaguar don't count in this category) rarely suffer the same depreciation "mortals' cars" do.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Plus... unless he dials back his touring quite a bit, its not like he's gonna have a lot of time to drive the thing.

 

[Streets]

Plus... unless he dials back his touring quite a bit, its not like he's gonna have a lot of time to drive the thing.

Nah, he's going to get the thing wrapped in Discraft logos and use it as his full time touring vehicle.

 

[Jay Dub]

Nah, he's going to get the thing wrapped in Discraft logos and use it as his full time touring vehicle.

Not much leg room in there for sleeping.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Paul isnt sleeping in hammocks like JC. He stays at hotels/motels


It wouldn't surprise me if he didn't spend any of his DC contract and bought that thing with just the money he's gotten from disc sales over the last two seasons.

 

[JuanA]

Paul isnt sleeping in hammocks like JC. He stays at hotels/motels

I thought Paul had a motorhome?

 

[Jay Dub]

All true and he does, still a bad money decision.

But damn nice car!

 

[brutalbrutus]

I thought Paul had a motorhome?

If so, he may use that sometimes, but there are several vids on his blog where they are flying to events.

 

[ThrowBot]

Nah, he's going to get the thing wrapped in Discraft logos and use it as his full time touring vehicle.

After every 2021 tour stop, he'll be the fastest player to get to the next city/course and start practicing.

Advantage: McBeth.

 

[brutalbrutus]

All true and he does, still a bad money decision.

But damn nice car!

There was one of those on a recent episode of Counting Cars on History....



*insertDroolfaceemoji*

 

[brutalbrutus]

After every 2021 tour stop, he'll be the fastest player to get to the next city/course and start practicing.

Advantage: McBeth.

National Cannonball Run Disc Golf Pro Tour

 

[klodkrawler05]

You've gotta think between Foundation, his PM line disc sales, Addidas, Grip, plus the 1mil contract this is easily within the range of "affordable" for Mcbeth. Meanwhile you've got Simon rolling around in a $60k Audi, Eagle just bought a Lexus and as far as I've seen those guys don't have nearly the same size or quantity of income streams.

Pretty awesome that top DG athletes are getting to the point where not only can they scrape out a living, but they can afford a few luxuries in life too.

Considering Median income in the US was $68k and avg new car price was $38k last year I'd wager to guess that Mcbeth is right around avg for income vs car cost ratio.

Whether that's the best financial decision is entirely different.

 

[SMASH]

Geeeeez.... Maybe I should pursue disc golf as a career..... Maybe I should start shooting under par on forested courses first...

 

[1978]

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