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1mil for 4 years and spend one of those years on a single car is not smart money management.
Didn't Paul buy some land from his father-in-law? With the McLaren purchase it seems like he is going to blow through his money as fast as he gets it.
None of my business though.
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.
There is no upside. Just rationalization for owning a money pit.
Taking care of these cars is super expensive, you usually can't go Autozone and get knockoff brakes for them. I recall one of the super premium Mercedes (on Jay Leno's garage iirc, not a dealership standard model) that went for $500k (?), had $20k brake rotors after not so many miles. Another recent supercar, the tuneups and oil changes were crazy involved (taking off panels) and cost $5,000 done by the dealership.
Buy a Honda Civic or Toyota Camry, even if it's off 100% because magic, you lose what, 25K? Some better SUV, maybe $40-50k. Even if he got a top end Tesla for $100k, would have been cheaper on the long haul than this.
A lot of athletes, especially NFL, go bust within 5 years retiring because of stuff in this direction. Dude signed a million dollar contract, not $25M.
Yeah honestly $250k isn't that much money nowadays, especially for an athlete that will have no great career options after he is done playing. Maybe he just doesn't plan on having kids or something. Childless people have a lot more flexibility in wasting their money.
Do some of you really give a shixt what he spends his money on and whether it's "good for the sport"?
I never really understood the appeal of cars like that anyways......any place I drive even my truck will go well beyond the speed limit. So......what's the point? Maybe that's just me.....
I like to take my toys to places where the only speed limits are the abilities of the car and myself.
I understand that appeal. But. How often are you gonna take this toy out and do that? Enough to justify the $$? I just don't get it. And where I live.....the only places anywhere near me like that are dirt tracks. I don't reckon that's a dirt car haha.
But hey. To each their own!
Full disclosure: When I read the title of this thread, my first thought was, "What is a McLaren?"
I'm not much into supercars.
But, time travel is cool.
I'm enjoying the apparent assumptions being made in this thread:
- McBeth does not have the finances to properly support such a purchase.
- McBeth actually purchased the McClaren.
- I am assuming the above assumptions are being made.
Not only is time travel cool, but it's been proven to be scientifically possible.