Win the powerball, what car stuff do you do?

captdownshift wrote: In reply to Rufledt: Complete with 3D printing capabilities

Dang right it would have 3D printing capabilities. If i can't fabricate my own rally car from scratch, it wouldn't be much of a Powerball splurge, would it?

I think with that much money I finally might have the courage to buy an RX8

You don't need courage to buy an RX8, just delusions of reliability!

As a billionaire you could rebuild an RX8's engine with ceramic apex seals and an external oil injection tank, and you could afford the gas for it.

Build a race track complex with a road course, drag strip, Air Force sized concrete pad, rally dirt stages, and a go-kart/AX track. Stock it with the contents of the PDX and ATL craigslists, including the taco trucks. Invite the GRM forum to it and basically screw off for the next 5 years.

In reply to Javelin:

I call dibs on whichever taco truck has the most suspension travel for the first running of the "This isn't a Kamaz but at least it smells delicious" rally!

Pretty simple, buy a new Ferrari and test the limits of the 3yr/unlimited mileage warranty. That or get a new Viper ACR and use all the miles in the 5yr/100k miles up.

I don't know what I'd do. I might not own much of anything vehicular or otherwise. I might just rent whatever I wanted that particular week, in that particular country, in that particular season. With enough money you can live where you want, drive what you want and move on when you get bored. Why pay upkeep?

Except a Pagani. My wife has wanted a Pagani since the first time she saw a Zonda.

I'd also troll Nigerian Craigslist for cars that i'd like to purchase and email the sellers that I'm an American Powerball winner who would like to purchase their vehicle, offer a quantity that is about 500% of their asking price and account information to wire the funds to and that i'd have an associate come pick up the vehicle for transport.

Take a team to LeMans

Restomod a '77 Trans Am and travel for a bit....internationally. Yeah, ship the car and travel thru Europe, Australia and Japan.

Once home it's time to build a shop and go racing.

Set up some sort of school to learn driving and wrenching skills. Lots of scholarships. Try to get young people interested in cars again.

Buy GRM.

I'll open a shop that correctly restores FD RX7's in the hope that none will remain powered by anything else but a rotary......and I'll start swapping zo6 & zr1 corvettes with 4 rotor engines, using the aluminum reclaimed from the E36 M3ty v8's found in them.

In reply to WOW Really Paul?:

Now that you mention it, I'd do the exact opposite.

Im going to fold my Powerball tickets up and use them to stop a glove box rattle.

I didn't even one number

Guess I have to go to work today.....

logdog wrote: Im going to fold my Powerball tickets up and use them to stop a glove box rattle.

Most real-world-usable idea so far!

I had one matching number plus the Powerball number. I think I won $4...

Chadeux wrote: In reply to WOW Really Paul?: Now that you mention it, I'd do the exact opposite.

Satan worshiper.....

Pay off the 5, buy SWMBO whatever wheels she wants, cheap small pickup truck, Lada Nava and maybe learn how to ride a motorcycle and buy a cheap bike.