Would You Pay $1.5 Million For This Car?

Happy New Year, monkeys! I thought I'd kick the new year off with a little garish excess. You know, 2007 banker-style excess. We discuss wheels quite a bit on this site, and I'm guessing most of you haven't yet seen this monstrosity with the $1.5 million price tag.

It's a Rolls Royce Ghost with a twist: it's been dipped in pure gold. That's right, kids, a rolling homage to bling bling. It was designed by Italian firm Fenice Milano and they call it the "Diva". Don't let the name fool you, though, this whip has balls. 560 horsepower and a top speed of 155 mph, to be exact.

So what do you think? Could you see yourself rolling in this hooptie? Or is all the gold a bit much? When I consider that I can pick up a Murcielago at the Lambo dealer down the street for about a third of the cost, this Rolls is less appealing. But you're not gonna get groceries in the Lambo, so there's that.

All joking aside, what are the baller wheels for young finance turks these days? You guys are probably gonna laugh, but back in the early 90's we all blew our bonus checks on 4x4's (and my boss had a canary yellow Porsche 911 which a former employee eventually keyed the word "FAG" into in big letters).

If you're buying a new car this year, what's it gonna be?

 
ivoteforthatguy:
before IP comes in to say it: an early model honda civic with a few thick patches of good solid calvinist rust.

winner!

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

i want a mercedes e63 AMG so bad it's unreal. I've never seen a car so beautiful.

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Studiofan:
You guys can have your fancy super cars and AMG mercs, Ill take a BMW M3 coupe any day! Best compromise between performance, practicality, affordability and beauty out there IMO.
I see your logic and raise you an E60 M5 V10.
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A Posse Ad Esse:
Studiofan:
You guys can have your fancy super cars and AMG mercs, Ill take a BMW M3 coupe any day! Best compromise between performance, practicality, affordability and beauty out there IMO.
I see your logic and raise you an E60 M5 V10.
I love the M5 and you can scoop an E60 for quite a deal today, but something about 12 MPG just rubs me the wrong way. Not that the M3s 19ish is all that great, it would really suck if premium gas goes to $5 and it would cost well over a $100 for a weeks driving
 
Studiofan:
You guys can have your fancy super cars and AMG mercs, Ill take a BMW M3 coupe any day! Best compromise between performance, practicality, affordability and beauty out there IMO.

M3 just looks like your average 3-series two-door coupe with pimped up grilles, but that's about it. IMO, M3 is a major fail in the looks department and doesn't justify its 65k price tag as long as aesthetics are concerned. Aside from that 'M3' logo on its back, many people won't be able to tell the difference between an M3 and regular 3-series. However, it is a heck of a car performance-wise, though.

 
Sexy_Like_Enrique:
Studiofan:
You guys can have your fancy super cars and AMG mercs, Ill take a BMW M3 coupe any day! Best compromise between performance, practicality, affordability and beauty out there IMO.

M3 just looks like your average 3-series two-door coupe with pimped up grilles, but that's about it. IMO, M3 is a major fail in the looks department and doesn't justify its 65k price tag as long as aesthetics are concerned. Aside from that 'M3' logo on its back, many people won't be able to tell the difference between an M3 and regular 3-series. However, it is a heck of a car performance-wise, though.

That's the point, you infant. A car enthusiast wants to know what's under the hood, not what the body looks like. The M series is probably one of the most storied franchises in mod history.
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blackfinancier][quote=Ambition]get one of those then,, then spend 1 mil or less on a cessna mustang.... i dont understand a car costing 1.5 mil...</p> <p>this plane is great: <a href=http://www.cessna.com/citation/mustang.html[/quote rel=nofollow>http://www.cessna.com/citation/mustang.html[/quote</a>:

CONCORD or bust

There I fixed it for you.

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SLS AMG aston martin vanquish ferrari f40 911 gt3 rs e30 m3 w/ an e60 m5 V10 swapped in.

In that order. I love cars.

"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them." - Bud Fox
 
Best Response

I like all those newer models, but I also like the 1962 lincoln convertible.. get that refurbished and just improve some of the interior technology and engine and I think it would look the most classy......

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tjsamericanhotrods.com/i….

or the 1980 aston martin convertible volante http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&cp=11&gs_id=42&xhr=t&q=jaguar+1980+c… What do you all think? it would prolly cost around 30-40k (with the attachments) attachments= nice wheels, nice paint, GPS/nice speakers etc.

I want a lady on the street, but a freak in the bed, Go Bucks!!
 
Coco Nut:
I wouldn't pay $1.5MM for any car. Only for a time machine.

What if the time machine was a car?!? #mindjustgotblown

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 
cphbravo96:
Coco Nut:
I wouldn't pay $1.5MM for any car. Only for a time machine.

What if the time machine was a car?!? #mindjustgotblown

Regards

backtothefuture

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays Life is hard, it's even harder when you're stupid - John Wayne
 
ConanDBull:
Murdered out Jeep Wrangler with a 12 inch lift and 36 inch mud tires ....

"bought the jeep, tore the muthafucking doors off, foot out dat bitch ride that shit like a skateboard"

You should just become a lumberjack, no reason to try for Consulting if your desires are so blue collar
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 
happypantsmcgee:
ConanDBull:
Murdered out Jeep Wrangler with a 12 inch lift and 36 inch mud tires ....

"bought the jeep, tore the muthafucking doors off, foot out dat bitch ride that shit like a skateboard"

You should just become a lumberjack, no reason to try for Consulting if your desires are so blue collar

LMAO thats a Jay-Z line... since when is Jay-Z blue collar? and he asked "If you're buying a new car this year, what's it gonna be?" can I afford the Blacked out Aston Martin DBS coupe (my heart so badly desires) on a first year analyst salary... uh i dont think so ahahahaha

Get it!
 
ConanDBull:
Murdered out Jeep Wrangler with a 12 inch lift and 36 inch mud tires ....

"bought the jeep, tore the muthafucking doors off, foot out dat bitch ride that shit like a skateboard"

Agreed. But you need new suspension and axles to do that. The new 280 hp engine and the Rubicon set-up is nice enough but with a 5.7 Hemi dropped in it would be fearsome.

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 

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