Thats a lot of beenies for a car

• May 11, 2022

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Not mine obviously

But i like it

https://insider.hagerty.com/trends/there-may-be-a-new-world-record-classic-car-sale/

 

• May 12, 2022

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I'm living in the wrong tax bracket.

 

• May 12, 2022

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It's a great story and if it's true hopefully the new owner or owners put it on display for everyone who loves automotive history to have a chance to see it.

 

• May 12, 2022

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I thought Ferrari GTOs were the most valuable cars in the collector world, but you could buy almost 3 of them for the price of that car!

 

• May 12, 2022

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Meh.

J/K It's awesome!

I've noticed that fast things are the most beautiful. Jet fighters, speed boats, fast women. Wait, well a maybe on that last one.

 

• May 12, 2022

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Cool ride but $142 million cool ?
looks a lot like 54-55 300SL Gullwing (also big $$)
or 190SL's of that era

54 Merc. Silver Arrow

 

• May 12, 2022

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XS22J8R said:

I thought Ferrari GTOs were the most valuable cars in the collector world, but you could buy almost 3 of them for the price of that car!

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And Pink Floyds drummer has one he used to race and now drives its occasionally

 

• May 12, 2022

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MY take.......
Selling Floor mats has been good to David MacNeil.
And as to the "potential buyers flying in on their private jets"... WHAT about Global Warming?? Somebody call Greta.....

 

• May 12, 2022

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joe smith said:

MY take.......
Selling Floor mats has been good to David MacNeil.
And as to the "potential buyers flying in on their private jets"... WHAT about Global Warming?? Somebody call Greta.....

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It's okay. They paid the carbon tax on their jet fuel.

 

• May 12, 2022

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I bet the guy who bought it is sitting around staring at his phone right now just like me.

 

• May 13, 2022

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Bighouse said:

I bet the guy who bought it is sitting around staring at his phone right now just like me.

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No way, he is drinking some of that coffee where the Coffee beans are fed to an animal and then they gather them up after they have been " expelled" and make coffee with them..... LOL ..