What does the really rich drive?

biko

What to drive when you really have a lot of money. We're talking billions.

Founder of the Swedish furniture and home goods company IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad is the proud owner of a 13-year-old Volvo 240 GL. Though he may own a Volvo, Kamprad still takes the bus and even uses his pensioners’ discount card, as he explained in a rare 1999 interview. Despite being a double-digit billionaire, Kamprad also still flies economy class and avoids luxury hotels. In fact, in his self-scribed 1976 Bible, “A Furniture Dealer's Testament,” Kamprad decries that “IKEA people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.” Indeed, Ingvar Kamprad practices what he preaches.

I'd love to see MTV at his crib

phantom_lord

Nah, pimp my ride would be better...

Sparky

well tbh, if i had the money id get the 1000hp Bugatti
http://www.wallpaper.net.au/wallpaper/automotive/Bugatti%20Veyron%202%20-%20800x600.jpg

Guy:Incognito

Whats the point of being rich if you don't spend it? You can't take it with you in the end, so penny pinching is'nt going to make his after life any better.

monkeyfudge

Spending a stupid amount of money on a car just comes across as vulgar.

Anyone driving around in that Bugatti there would look like a total f*ckwit to me.

You'd want something with a quiet dignity... perhaps a Skoda.

Bodhidharma

Industry.

projectmayhem

Stekelly wrote:

Whats the point of being rich if you don't spend it? You can't take it with you in the end, so penny pinching is'nt going to make his after life any better.

i'd say he's fairly happy. he probably had a good life before, and has a good life now. so what if he doesn't own a €100,000 car or a €2mil mansion?

elivsvonchiaing

Reckon he's a wise dude - he probably has heard the Joke about the Elephant, the mouse and the Ferrari and reckons at his age - why be on MTV and look ridiculous

Manic Moran

Depends.. Does one buy an expensive car just because it's an expensive car, or does one buy an expensive car because it's good?

I spent far more money on my vehicle than I should have really allocated for the expense (I drive an S4 Cabrio). The difference is that while it doesn't do anything different in result than a Honda Civic, indeed, it does the job worse, I enjoy the act of driving. I view the vehicle as more than simply a form of transportation, and thus spending more money on a car which provides me enjoyment as I carry out my more mundane function of commuting seems like a valid trade to me.

If the Ikea chappie doesn't really enjoy driving, then what's the point of him spending money on something that won't do him any perceived benefit?

NTM

Endurance Man

Ahh man, rich people and their cars, drives me f!cking crazy :mad: . You watch all these crib's episodes, each rap star having the exact same cars as the last. These people are worth millions and yet they insist on buying such terrible cars.

Morf3h

BMW M5...

couldn't even beat it with one of these

drdre

if i was a millionaire id want the new ferrari fxx, or maybe a project kahn pimped kslr.:eek:

andrew163

Tbh, I'd drive one of these....

biko

I want this Volvo. Handy when I'm in a hurry.

John R

If I was a double-digit billionaire there would be alot of much more interesting things I could do with the money then buying ridiculously flash cars.

Cosine

Ah who needs good fuel efficiency when your rich


Ooooooohhhh ya

Modern-ised

DonkeyStyle \o/

I'd probably get a nice new Bentley or Aston Martin.
Mmm pimped out vanquish ftw

cournioni

I would get a high speed bulldozer. Could come in handy when the traffic gets heavy.

connundrum

One and only tbh, she does about 7mpg and she's worth every drop. Fcuk it, you're rich, what do ya care?!

pbsuxok1znja4r

Stekelly wrote:

Whats the point of being rich if you don't spend it? You can't take it with you in the end, so penny pinching is'nt going to make his after life any better.

Well, only if you analyse it from a pretty selfish point of view. You see, this way, he can leave more money to his family and loved ones when he dies.
Or maybe he's just a starnge, miserly hoarder.

ZiabR

biko wrote:

I want this Volvo. Handy when I'm in a hurry.

lol thats class.

monkeyfudge

How about the M400 Skycar?

RotalicaV

Alot of self made wealthy folk would be like that, you have to be tight to make it in the first place.

I see blockies driving in 06 bmws who come in and haggle over a fiver, then demand a something free.

kirving

Hmm...
http://www.namsa.nato.int/gallery/systems/ah64-apache-3.jpg
that would be ok, for going up to spar, but when that gets a bit boring(never)
i'd give my a few of my friends a couple of these and go for a fly

Manic Moran

PORNAPSTER wrote:

I would get a high speed bulldozer. Could come in handy when the traffic gets heavy.

It works, too. I used to commute for a month, five miles each way, right the way through the city center in this chappie.

Fuel consumption is a bit expensive though.

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NTM

Rabies

A sign of true wealth is when you don't need to do the driving.

slipss

Yeah if money was no object I'd probably get myself a Bugatti Veyron, it just looks inredible, and I'd say thier alot of fun. Or maybe a Lada, hollow it out, cram as big an engine as I could into it and a new transmission, exhaust ect, and make a show of all the shams in thier Evo's that always wanna dice.