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On 13/04/2012 5:11 PM, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> http://www.compucars.co.uk/used-cars/ferrari/?o=cheap
>
> I prefer this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LamborghiniAventadorJ.jpg
>
Just the car for the Finish winters, yes?
My current car is a silver one and my last one was blue/green second
hand and lasted me 10 years until it cost more to repair than it was
worth. Having said that I drove it > 100000 miles all round Europe.
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On 13-4-2012 18:11, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> http://www.compucars.co.uk/used-cars/ferrari/?o=cheap
>
> I prefer this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LamborghiniAventadorJ.jpg
>
OMG, what a horrible ugly car. My first guess that this was a spoof made
by some 3D artist, but it actually is referred to on some page that
seems genuinely about Lamborghini.
Are there seriously people with enough money and no taste at all that
might want to buy something this ugly?
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floor, unless you prefer to not use uppercase.
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andrel <byt### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> On 13-4-2012 18:11, Warp wrote:
> > Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> >> http://www.compucars.co.uk/used-cars/ferrari/?o=cheap
> >
> > I prefer this:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LamborghiniAventadorJ.jpg
> >
> OMG, what a horrible ugly car. My first guess that this was a spoof made
> by some 3D artist, but it actually is referred to on some page that
> seems genuinely about Lamborghini.
> Are there seriously people with enough money and no taste at all that
> might want to buy something this ugly?
Do I sense some underlying jealousy?
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On 14/04/2012 11:16 AM, Warp wrote:
> Do I sense some underlying jealousy?
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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 14/04/2012 11:16 AM, Warp wrote:
> > Do I sense some underlying jealousy?
> I can’t answer for andrel but I would be embarrassed to be seen in one.
I wouldn't.
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> On 11/04/2012 02:43 PM, scott wrote:
>>> For example, Ferrari is famous for making luxury cars that only a few of
>>> the richest people in the world can afford to drive. Ferrari is
>>> currently owned by Fiat, famous for making shit cars that no sane person
>>> in their right mind would want to drive, never mind own. So... how the
>>> hell did Fiat manage to afford Ferrari?
>>
>> Because there are 2 million Fiats sold each year, yet only 5000
>> Ferraris. Which brand would you rather own?
>
> On the other hand, the profit on selling one Fiat pales into
> insignificance compared to the profit on selling a single Ferrari. So
> you don't need to sell anywhere near as many to make the same yearly
> profit. It /should/ be a no-brainer; Ferrari /should/ be making vastly
> more money than Fiat will ever own. So...???
>
Just because one car's sticker price is 10 times that of another one,
doesn't mean it's all profits. The fixed prices of the plant, and
engineering are not spread among the same number of manufactured units,
so the unit cost will be higher regardless of the actual materials used.
Speaking of which, there isn't much carbon fiber on your average Fiat,
making the Ferrari's unit cost even higher still.
I would wager that the the profit of a Fiat is much higher in % that the
profit on a Ferrari.
>>> Similarly, Cadbury, maker of fine chocolates, was recently bought by
>>> Kraft foods, makers of naff cheap crap. How the heck did /that/ happen??
>>
>> They offered a high enough price that was acceptable for the company,
>> much like any other trade.
>
> My question was more "how the hell can they afford that?"
>
Kraft Foods Inc. had $49.2B in revenues and $4.1B in profits in 2010.
an amount very easily obtained from investors by a company the size of
Kraft.
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On 14-4-2012 12:16, Warp wrote:
> andrel<byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> On 13-4-2012 18:11, Warp wrote:
>>> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>>>> http://www.compucars.co.uk/used-cars/ferrari/?o=cheap
>>>
>>> I prefer this:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LamborghiniAventadorJ.jpg
>>>
>> OMG, what a horrible ugly car. My first guess that this was a spoof made
>> by some 3D artist, but it actually is referred to on some page that
>> seems genuinely about Lamborghini.
>> Are there seriously people with enough money and no taste at all that
>> might want to buy something this ugly?
>
> Do I sense some underlying jealousy?
No, not at all. I just don't buy the "it is expensive and everybody says
it is beautiful, so let me drool with the 'experts'" kind of attitude.
I think Lamborghini has made a few nice cars in the past, but this
Aventador is not one of those. Like all 'supercars' it is an experiment
in design and this particular experiment failed. I find it rather
disturbing that it made it into production and people are buying it
simply because of the name of the company.
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On 14-4-2012 12:37, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> On 14/04/2012 11:16 AM, Warp wrote:
>>> Do I sense some underlying jealousy?
>
>> I can’t answer for andrel but I would be embarrassed to be seen in one.
What happened to the quote?
> I wouldn't.
because, clearly your mail program does support it.
Back to the subject, wouldn't you mind because:
- driving in one shows that you are rich enough to afford one?
- you assume that people find you more attractive if you drive one?
- you really think that it is a good design?
And you don't mind that some people see you driving and think 'OMG what
a twit'? Nor that you will mainly get attention from empty headed people?
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tip: do not run in an unknown place when it is too dark to see the
floor, unless you prefer to not use uppercase.
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On 15/04/2012 9:56 AM, andrel wrote:
> And you don't mind that some people see you driving and think 'OMG what
> a twit'? Nor that you will mainly get attention from empty headed people?
A friend of mine had an open top Mercedes sports car. He found that
people used it as a waste bin and someone was even sick into it. That
might be jealousy but I think that it might just be contempt.
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Stephen
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On 4/13/2012 0:49, Invisible wrote:
> country. Or that it wasn't Amazon themselves selling it...)
I've never known Amazon to sell something through a third party that wasn't
marked that way. What was it, out of curiosity?
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