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(Some Guy) Obvious Common man wins Lamborghini, a few hours later an embankment knocks him back into the 99%   (autoblog.com) divider line 156
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Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:10:39 PM
Why would a middle class guy with 6 kids want a Lamborghini? Why would anyone want 6 kids? But one thing at a time. The insurance and upkeep would have to be outrageous. And a middle aged bald guy with a Lamborghini is like an old Jay Leno joke. He could have sold the car and put his kids through college and paid for a vasectomy.

And why do they always paint sports cars that same lime green color?
 
Some Bass Playing Guy [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:13:13 PM
If I won a car like that, the first thing I'd be doing is finding a way to sell it and get something far more reasonable and pocket the difference.
 
Man On Fire
2011-12-20 09:25:23 PM
Some Bass Playing Guy: If I won a car like that, the first thing I'd be doing is finding a way to sell it and get something far more reasonable and pocket the difference.

don't tell me you wouldn't take it for a spin first. just so you could say you did.
 
Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion
2011-12-20 09:25:33 PM
Mugato: Why would a middle class guy with 6 kids want a Lamborghini?

Seems like your question answers itself: because he's a middle class guy with 6 kids.
 
Lanctwa
2011-12-20 09:27:41 PM
Man On Fire: Some Bass Playing Guy: If I won a car like that, the first thing I'd be doing is finding a way to sell it and get something far more reasonable and pocket the difference.

don't tell me you wouldn't take it for a spin first. just so you could say you did.

I know I couldn't, in good faith, sell a car unless I know it worked.
 
star_topology
2011-12-20 09:27:41 PM
The odds of that happening were what, 1%?
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:27:55 PM
FTA: A witness, Miles Davis (yes, really)

As that was the name of my trumpet teacher at Providence College, I'm getting a kick...

\guy was a few tones from albino
\\and he was a symphonic trumpeter in the RISO
 
ThisNameSux
2011-12-20 09:28:41 PM
I would have taken it out for 1 drive and then found the nearest exotic car dealership.
 
m0llusk [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:28:49 PM
Ha, ha
 
fusillade762
2011-12-20 09:28:58 PM
Dopp has full insurance

No harm, no foul I guess. Wonder what his deductable is?
 
BobtheFascist
2011-12-20 09:30:02 PM
THIS is why common people can't have nice things.
 
Fool_Marquis
2011-12-20 09:30:18 PM
I would drive it. Of course, i wouldn't dare take it above 40 MPH, since "great handling" and "Italian Supercar" don't go together.

I would keep it for a few months, or a few tanks of gas, then sell it, buy a better car for my lifestyle, New, of course, and pocket the difference.
 
Invisible Pedestrian
2011-12-20 09:30:23 PM
Some Bass Playing Guy: If I won a car like that, the first thing I'd be doing is finding a way to sell it and get something far more reasonable and pocket the difference.

Don't most of these types of contests give you the option of taking some cash alternative to the grand prize?

I'd take that if possible, and if really desired, fly someplace warm and rent a supercar for a few days...
 
Man On Fire
2011-12-20 09:30:33 PM
Lanctwa: I know I couldn't, in good faith, sell a car unless I know it worked.

and that's exactly what happened. this guy may have planned to sell, for all we know. but from what I hear cars like that require a bit of skill to drive at high speeds, and he crashed it.
 
Threadslayer
2011-12-20 09:30:44 PM
I could handle it, I had a prelude in college.
 
libranoelrose [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:31:24 PM
He admitted speeding?

Where's the dumbass tag?
 
PrivateCaboose [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:31:45 PM
Dayum. I hope the insurance is good.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:31:58 PM
Man On Fire: don't tell me you wouldn't take it for a spin first. just so you could say you did.

If I was in Germany where I was allowed to put it into 3rd gear, sure.
 
Jon H
2011-12-20 09:32:23 PM
He will take someone to court. He is a victim. That poor man. It's so dusty in here.

/dusty I say
 
Cyberluddite [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:32:32 PM
Well, Subby, I'm pretty sure the guy was part of the 99% even with the Lambo. A sudden $200K increase in net worth isn't going to magically transform the average wage slave into a one-percenter. It might put him there if he won ten Lambos, but probably not even that would do it. Hell, winning a Lambo a year wouldn't even put him at the top 1% annual income level, let alone top 1% net worth.
 
libranoelrose [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:32:42 PM
Fool_Marquis: I would keep it for a few months, or a few tanks of gas, then sell it, buy a better car for my lifestyle, New, of course, and pocket the difference.

Doesn't the value greatly depreciate once it's driven?
 
Rapmaster2000
2011-12-20 09:34:28 PM
Police say the accident was likely "speed-related," although Dopp reportedly says he was only doing 40-50 mph when he lost control of the car on a section of road with a 35-mph speed limit.

To be fair, there are a lot of scenarios where a n00b could lose control of a Lambo at 40-50 mph.

Not me though. I kicked ass at Gran Turismo.
 
LordOfThePings
2011-12-20 09:34:48 PM
Embankment, you say?

upload.wikimedia.org
 
Giltric
2011-12-20 09:34:57 PM
Goes to show that you dont appreciate things that were handed to you.
 
Rapmaster2000
2011-12-20 09:36:46 PM
Giltric: Goes to show that you dont appreciate things that were handed to you.

This is how you do it.
 
Ooba Tooba
2011-12-20 09:37:48 PM
I sure would b tempted to give her a whirl before selling. Perhaps arranging a closed track session at the local speedway...
 
Twitch Boy [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:37:50 PM
Am I the only one here who doesn't like the Murcielago?

It looks too...chubby to be a 210 mph car. I look at the Diablo, Aventador, even the Gallardo, and they send the same message: this car will tear your head off in one swipe and not even think twice about it. I look at the Murcielago and...it's too friendly

I know, sharp knees, etc.

/in the world
 
Sudlow
2011-12-20 09:38:02 PM
I'm guessing he hasn't figured out yet that he is going to be taxed on the list price of the car. That $200K prize is going to cost him $80K or so and he's already dropped its resale value by a bunch.

A friend of mine works for a large group of radio stations and he has told me that is a lot of cases, the people that win cars turn them down because of the huge tax load. The car dealer and the radio station get publicity for almost nothing. And usually there is no alternative prize, just the car.
 
Earpj [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:38:04 PM
Wouldn't want to pay the prize tax.
 
zato_ichi
2011-12-20 09:38:44 PM
I believe that he wasn't speeding when he wrecked it. Six speed with that much torque and HP...sure.

I had a pretty scary experience with a Corvette that belonged to the dad of one of my friends. Seventeen, drunk, and on a country road...I am lucky to be alive, and the car in one piece.

Very intimidating machines if you don't know what you are doing with them.
 
jehovahs witness protection [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:39:59 PM
A fool and his car are soon parted.
 
AverageAmericanGuy
2011-12-20 09:40:23 PM
Cyberluddite: Well, Subby, I'm pretty sure the guy was part of the 99% even with the Lambo. A sudden $200K increase in net worth isn't going to magically transform the average wage slave into a one-percenter. It might put him there if he won ten Lambos, but probably not even that would do it. Hell, winning a Lambo a year wouldn't even put him at the top 1% annual income level, let alone top 1% net worth.

It really doesn't take much to push you into the 1%, though his windfall isn't quite half what is required to get him into those ranks.
 
Cyberluddite [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:40:44 PM
PrivateCaboose: Dayum. I hope the insurance is good.

If you have a car and have insurance, when you get a new car it automatically covers the new car for a short time (10 to 30 days, depending on your insurance company and your state's laws) without you even adding it to the policy, to give you a chance to call your agent and add the car. So he's probably covered. The only problem is that he'll have had the same kind of coverage for the Lambo that he had for the '97 F150 or whatever else he owned and insured, unless he had already called his agent and chosen different, better coverage for the Lambo (unlikely, to say the least).
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:42:34 PM
Mugato: And why do they always paint sports cars that same lime green color?

It's the way of saying not only am I rich enough to deserve this, but I'm rich enough to not even enjoy it.
 
Cyberluddite [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:43:16 PM
AverageAmericanGuy: It really doesn't take much to push you into the 1%, though his windfall isn't quite half what is required to get him into those ranks.

In terms of annual income, yeah. Not in net worth, though--it's gonna take a whole lot more than that.
 
Fubegra
2011-12-20 09:43:50 PM
Sudlow: A friend of mine works for a large group of radio stations and he has told me that is a lot of cases, the people that win cars turn them down because of the huge tax load. The car dealer and the radio station get publicity for almost nothing. And usually there is no alternative prize, just the car.

TANSTAAFL.

Take the car, load it on a flatbed, sell the damn thing, pay the taxes, pocket the rest, buy a more reasonable car.
 
jimpoz
2011-12-20 09:45:29 PM
He should have handed it over to his tame racing driver.
 
devildog123 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 09:46:34 PM
Cyberluddite: PrivateCaboose: Dayum. I hope the insurance is good.

If you have a car and have insurance, when you get a new car it automatically covers the new car for a short time (10 to 30 days, depending on your insurance company and your state's laws) without you even adding it to the policy, to give you a chance to call your agent and add the car. So he's probably covered. The only problem is that he'll have had the same kind of coverage for the Lambo that he had for the '97 F150 or whatever else he owned and insured, unless he had already called his agent and chosen different, better coverage for the Lambo (unlikely, to say the least).

FTA: While the extent of the damage to the Lamborghini is not immediately clear, local publication InSantaquin News notes that Dopp has full insurance.

Before I sat behind the wheel of a vehicle like that, even if the only drive I was going to take was to get it from my house, to the house of the guy that was buying it off me, I'd have it so heavily insured that if someone sneezed near it the insurance company would have to write me a check.
 
ThisNameSux
2011-12-20 09:47:54 PM
Sudlow: A friend of mine works for a large group of radio stations and he has told me that is a lot of cases, the people that win cars turn them down because of the huge tax load.

So a person turns down a vehicle worth 30k because they don't want to pay $1,800 in taxes? Yeah, I don't think so.
 
Silverstaff
2011-12-20 09:53:57 PM
Fubegra: Sudlow: A friend of mine works for a large group of radio stations and he has told me that is a lot of cases, the people that win cars turn them down because of the huge tax load. The car dealer and the radio station get publicity for almost nothing. And usually there is no alternative prize, just the car.

TANSTAAFL.

Take the car, load it on a flatbed, sell the damn thing, pay the taxes, pocket the rest, buy a more reasonable car.

This.

I'd imagine you have to pay the taxes up-front, so that's what you're on the hook for (assuming that somebody has enough money on hand to even cover the tax load), but definitely take the car then sell it ASAP.

Good idea with the flatbed. Don't want to risk it on the road.
 
Invisible Pedestrian
2011-12-20 09:54:09 PM
Sudlow: A friend of mine works for a large group of radio stations and he has told me that is a lot of cases, the people that win cars turn them down because of the huge tax load. The car dealer and the radio station get publicity for almost nothing. And usually there is no alternative prize, just the car.

Can you provide a cite of this ever happening? If there were no alternative prize, the simple answer would as suggested:

Fubegra: Take the car, load it on a flatbed, sell the damn thing, pay the taxes, pocket the rest, buy a more reasonable car.
 
another-farker
2011-12-20 09:56:15 PM
i know someone who owns a murcielago, ZR1, Ford GT, a V12 Merc (i forget which one) and several other high end cars.

he refuses to drive the lambo because the insurance is too high on it.
 
Zoomaster
2011-12-20 09:58:36 PM
Cyberluddite: PrivateCaboose: Dayum. I hope the insurance is good.

If you have a car and have insurance, when you get a new car it automatically covers the new car for a short time (10 to 30 days, depending on your insurance company and your state's laws) without you even adding it to the policy, to give you a chance to call your agent and add the car. So he's probably covered. The only problem is that he'll have had the same kind of coverage for the Lambo that he had for the '97 F150 or whatever else he owned and insured, unless he had already called his agent and chosen different, better coverage for the Lambo (unlikely, to say the least).

=================

In Michigan I have always had to show them my NEW policy on the NEW car before I could drive it off the lot (dou to it being financed)

=================

Sudlow: I'm guessing he hasn't figured out yet that he is going to be taxed on the list price of the car. That $200K prize is going to cost him $80K or so and he's already dropped its resale value by a bunch.

A friend of mine works for a large group of radio stations and he has told me that is a lot of cases, the people that win cars turn them down because of the huge tax load. The car dealer and the radio station get publicity for almost nothing. And usually there is no alternative prize, just the car.

=================

I priced the car out and the base price was $383,000, adding options put it over $500,000
 
AverageAmericanGuy
2011-12-20 09:59:23 PM
another-farker: i know someone who owns a murcielago, ZR1, Ford GT, a V12 Merc (i forget which one) and several other high end cars.

he refuses to drive the lambo because the insurance is too high on it.

1.bp.blogspot.com

Any relation?
 
Zoomaster
2011-12-20 10:00:29 PM
dou = due
 
czei
2011-12-20 10:00:39 PM
It's easy to spin a car at low speed with throttle lift oversteer or power oversteer. For the first, just go too fast around a corner, panic, and lift the accelerator. With 640HP in a light car it wouldn't take much to get induce power oversteer, and you'd spin out at any speed.

This is even easier to do on dirt. I race locally against kids who spent every penny on a new modern high HP rally car only to be spanked by a 130HP '93 sedan. High HP is dangerous if you haven't trained to control it.
 
Zoomaster
2011-12-20 10:03:47 PM
AverageAmericanGuy: another-farker: i know someone who owns a murcielago, ZR1, Ford GT, a V12 Merc (i forget which one) and several other high end cars.

he refuses to drive the lambo because the insurance is too high on it.

[1.bp.blogspot.com image 485x362]

Any relation?

===============

If you can afford the cars you should be able to afford the insurance, sound like bull to me. I believe he ain't telling the whole truth

/as they say, if you have to ask what it costs you can't afford it
 
camelclub [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 10:05:53 PM
Come easy, go easy.
 
Hoopy Frood
2011-12-20 10:05:55 PM
PrivateCaboose: Dayum. I hope the insurance is good.

upload.wikimedia.org
 
foo monkey
2011-12-20 10:06:14 PM
Man On Fire: Some Bass Playing Guy: If I won a car like that, the first thing I'd be doing is finding a way to sell it and get something far more reasonable and pocket the difference.

don't tell me you wouldn't take it for a spin first. just so you could say you did.

If by "spin" you mean flooring the accelerator so the car fishtails in a 35MPH turn and totals the car, no. Sell that shiat fast.
 
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