Michael Dell owns a HUMMER H2... and more...

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I know Bill Gates has a fleet of cars. But yeah, but none of these guys can hold a candle to Jay Leno.

You mean Jay Leno can't hold a candle to any of these guys (and gal). I would be quite happy to take 1% of any of these fortunes over Leno's car collection.

Granted, Leno looked like he was having fun in that Porsche Carrera GT.

Does it really matter his "fortunes" don't compare? Hell no, he'll be set for life if he retired right now. Unlike the above mentioned guys, Jay is a car enthusiast - these guys are just rich.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: ntdz
Cars are a status symbol for people that aren't rich, but have money. The people that are really rich don't need status symbols or nice cars...

exactly. I think it's awesome that Paul Allen uses a B-series when he's in Seattle.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: Lumathix

Originally posted by: Mike
Not what I would expect from the richest.

I'd imagine when you are as successful as those guys, you don't really put importance on the same things we all do.

Probably, but a 13 year old volvo? No one says you have to go out and get a Bent. Cont. GT....but update it once in a while.

Volvo people are NUTS. There are a LOT of very wealthy people that refuse to drive anything but a classic RWD Volvo. I bought one myself and can definitely see the appeal.

 

[thirdeye]

I think if I were a billionare I would own a lot of exotic cars. Not so much because of their status, but just because I love cars. Look at Leno, he has an immense amount of cars just because he loves them.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc

You mean Jay Leno can't hold a candle to any of these guys (and gal). I would be quite happy to take 1% of any of these fortunes over Leno's car collection.

Granted, Leno looked like he was having fun in that Porsche Carrera GT.

I have to imagine Leno's net worth is much more than 1% of, say, Ballmer's fortune. In spite of his extravagant car collection, he hasn't spent a dime of his Tonight Show money - he lives exclusively off his standup income - and he makes $30M/year. Other than his cars, he doesn't appear to lead an extravagant life. I imagine he is well over $100,000,000, and potentially much much higher.

 

[SamurAchzar]

Not all rich people love cars too. If you don't LOVE cars, there's little a 100K$ car would give you that a 40K$ car wouldn't.
Still, cars have a much broader appeal than a status symbol.

Besides, someone does buy all those Maybachs/Rolls's/Bentleys - other than rappers, I mean

 

[trmiv]

The different between Leno and those guys is, Leno is a car guy and always has been. Even before he got rich and famous he was into cars. His money just lets him pursue his passion. Those guys have interests that don't include cars, and they don't need the status of a fancy car, so they don't buy them.

 

[swtethan]

if i were a billionaire, i would have an airplane hangar of cars. but thats just me, im a car enthusiast

 

[darkswordsman17]

If I was a billionaire, I would have cars designed just for me.

 

[MikeMike]

see but this was a thing brought up in another thread over on TCL

these are PERSONAL cars... when you are getting chaufered around in a Bentley, or a Limo all day .... why do you need to have a super exotic car collection?

 

[JS80]

They don't include the limos and corporate jets they travel in.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Strk
Why would you buy a Boxster if you can afford a 911? I can understand buying a cheap car, but the Boxster is hardly cheap.

I get a kick out of Warrent Buffet though.

I was wondering that myself

Probably because it is a more sorted, easier to drive car.

911, even the latest ones, don't get high marks for creature comforts. Billionaires don't need to get something more expensive as a status symbol, that's for just-turned-millionaires

 

[Descartes]

This has been suggested already, but I'll elaborate...

All this says is that they're not car people. If I were a billionaire I would have a family of vintage sports cars, without question. I love cars, and I couldn't care less about flash. I think it goes without saying that you spend more on that which interests you than the average person.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: JS80
They don't include the limos and corporate jets they travel in.

Exactly.

 

[Mani]

I've been in Michael's pad. Nice place.

Edit: they forgot to mention his black S600.

 

[Shadowknight]

Paul Allen, wasn't he killed by Patrick Bateman?

If I was rich I'd get a Delorean with automatic transmission and a used truck. The truck would just be for hauling crap, and I'd try to get something under $12,000. Really, what do you need expensive cars for, anyway? To me, a car is just something with four wheels that I need to get around.

 

[Mackie2k]

Gates has a new 2006 Porsche 996 Convertible...I saw it last month on the way home from Work at MSFT.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Mackie2k
Gates has a new 2006 Porsche 996 Convertible...I saw it last month on the way home from Work at MSFT.

That'll be a 997.

 

[Mackie2k]

True dat. my bad

 

[LoathedSynapse]

I'd buy a retrofitted surplus APC or 4-track from Lionheart vehicles or the like if I was a billionaire

 

[Cristatus]

Where's the original link? Or did you dig these up yourself?

 

[Aharami]

i dunno what Id get if I was a billionaire