MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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It’s a Euro-Squillions-Big-Mama-Pop-Shot-Payout™ this weekend and I have a 1% stake in the work’s syndicate which will net me about £800k. Obviously we are going to win so I will pay off the mortgage, set enough aside for an early retirement for me and t’missus and have a new shed complex built for the influx of new bikes. After that there will still be a fair amount left so it has got me thinking about a nice family car to replace The Mighty Vectra which is getting a bit tatty.
I’d be tempted to go for a…
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A colleague has (wrongly) expressed a preference for one of these…
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What would the massive blow a reasonable sized wad on? It must be suitable for a family of four and all the crap that goes with one. Puke resistant seats, room for bikes (inside or on top) and not too big that I can’t get it on the drive without ****tting the gate post (despite it being painted white and covered in reflective tape) are also considerations.
Your suggestions please.
But you can't win as well, as obviously I'm going to.
I'm going to blow mine on renewing my season ticket. The only way I'll be able to afford it.....
Yep M5 Estate for the win, my lottery win would go on one of them as well
EDIT, might need to check howmuch room there is in the boot of a Nissan GTR!
For cars, I would buy a Prius and then take it to some customiser and have it tricked out with awesome stereo, sound insulation, plush interior and such. Then I would have it covered in solar panels and fit an exhaust turbine powered generator, electromagentic dampers and a turbine generator driven from the coolant.. and have the most awesome fuel economy ever!
I only daydream about being an adequate photographer and getting off with gorgeous MTB women...
I wonder if gorgeous MTB women dream about getting off with adequate photographers...
I'd cummission the biggest Camelbak ever to annoy that chap on the other thread.
the syndicate in work hate me, they all want to win millions each. where as i would only want to win about £300k, pay off debt, mortgage and have enough to retire early.
they think im mad.
i just wouldnt want to win 50million or what ever, it would wreck your life, where would you draw the line with friends etc.
they should cap it so the max individual win is 1million, its stupid to have one person win all that 100 trillion cash!
I wonder if gorgeous MTB women dream about getting off with adequate photographers...
By his own admission he is still an inadequate photographer.
I am sure the millions of people around the world living in hunger and poverty will be keen to know what overblown penis extension you are planning on buying. 😕
Lets hope you are daydreaming about giving the same amount or more to charity.
I am sure the millions of people around the world living in hunger and poverty will be keen to know what overblown penis extension you are planning on buying.Lets hope you are daydreaming about giving the same amount or more to charity.
Ahhh... a pompous sanctimonious a-hole. The very reason why I stayed away from this place for a few weeks.
See you again in November.
LHS - MemberI am sure the millions of people around the world living in hunger and poverty will be keen to know what overblown penis extension you are planning on buying.
Lets hope you are daydreaming about giving the same amount or more to charity.
Can you give used lottery tickets to charity?
See you again in November.
See ya.
A proper Dodge pick-up with some 7l engine, bull bars and huuuge wheels. Plenty of chrome etc. Or, sensibly, a house, new SUV (Jap certainly), Marantz stereo and a crate of Fullers Honey Dew. £50k for me, the rest to the wife so I wouldn't be hungry in a month's time.
they should cap it so the max individual win is 1million, its stupid to have one person win all that 100 trillion cash!
Why? - I bet there are hundreds of lottery winners out who are still grounded and whose lives (and the lives of their families) have be enhanced by winning millions of pounds. They just don't make very good headlines for the News of the World.
+1 for LHS even if it makes me one of these too 🙄
Ahhh... a pompous sanctimonious a-hole
i hope you give all the money you have in your bank at the end of the month (after paying the bills and buying just enough food to survive) to charity LHS?
or have you occasionally splashed out and bought luxury items for yourself?
I give considerably to charity yes thanks.
So spending £75k on a car out of £82million is seen as being mean.
Oh well I'd be ****ed as I'd be spending at least 5x that amount if not more and millions on property too. I suppose I could drop £1 on a charity box sometime though.
When I win I intend on employing a chauffeur. After all post lottery I am likely to be far to pissed to drive for some considerable time.
good good, so if you won the lottery you wouldnt spend anything on making your life a little more comfortable, paying off the mortgage and so on before giving to charity?
i give to charity each month, but i know that i'd definately take the opportunity to pay off a mortgage and buy a car that would last before decided how to distibute the rest... it'd be nice to win enough to not have to work again.
this would mean instead of working i could spend my time doing things for charities instead of making donations that get eaten up in admin costs and rebranding etc etc.
i already know which charities 🙂
*off to daydream*
I could see myself turning into Mr. Creosote if I won the lottery
I'd open a bank, after all once you've got one of them you can spend all the money you like, when its all gone and you're chronically in debt you can just ask the government to steal it from the people, give it to you and you don't have to give any of it back, sounds great!
I could drop £1 on a charity box sometime though.
You do what you want to do.
so if you won the lottery you wouldnt spend anything on making your life a little more comfortable, paying off the mortgage and so on before giving to charity?
For me my priorities are the other way round. I don't need to win the lottery (which is a mindset a lot of people take, but thats a completly different debate) and you shouldn't wait to win the lottery either before giving to charity.
Everyone has different opinions out there but the problem in the UK is that most people if asked what they would do if they won the lottery would say they'd rather buy a penis extension than helping out those less fortunate than them. Just different mindsets i guess.
you'd be doing your bit for the planet
Thats a different debate entirely!
I wonder if gorgeous MTB women dream about getting off with adequate photographers...
I may know of one or two who think my pics are good :o)
subaru legacy??
bit cheap though, you can get low mileage 280bhp ones for sub £5000. Boots the size of small cars aswell.
LHS - did you read the thread title? [b]"Daydreaming".[/b]
Do you really fanticise about how much more money you could give to charity. Really?
Hmmmm, only one car I need and want
Leather 'Puke' resistant seats ?
5 Seats and huge boot ?
7 Seat when needed for extra kids / grand parents ?
Eats miles ?
Get dog in ?
Get another dog in ?
Get push chair and dog in ?
Carry bikes ?
All seats fold down and make a van ?
Sleep in the back ?
Aston Martin V8 Vantage in garage for none of the above ?
Everyone has different opinions out there but the problem in the UK is that most people if asked what they would do if they won the lottery would say they'd rather buy a penis extension than helping out those less fortunate than them. Just different mindsets i guess.
That far from means they'd not give to charity though, they're just given an example of what would they would do. I could sit and write a rough plan of what I'd do if you like but that's no where near as interesting as having a lunch time fantasy of be hugely rich with the choice of buying pretty much any luxury you want.
Still if your life evolves around thinking which charity box to drop cash in next then that's the kind of life for you.
why do moded vectras all look like chav wagons?
why do moded vectras all look like chav wagons?
Because they are?
As the brief is 'what family of 4 car would you blow a sizeable wad on' it would have to be one of these , In this colour but with a black leather interior so the oil from my bike chain won't show. 😀
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I realise it's pure indulgence but after a go in a DB9 the other week (that isn't really big enough for a family of 4) I'm hooked.
The likes of LHS should be barred from this forum.
Christ. Harry the Spider kicks off a harmless fantasy thread about being able to blow loads of cash on a fab car. Excellent way to spend a few minutes. Then along comes LHS a tedious Tartuffe of the highest order, wailing on about charity.
Sod off eh and do us all a favour.
well yes now that you point it out drac...
Still if your life evolves around thinking which charity box to drop cash in next then that's the kind of life for you.
but I never fantasise about being rich either - I feel guilty enough about the excessive amount of money I have now! I'm more interested in things I might achieve with enough effort and luck...
Maserati quattroporte GT.
Land rover defender dual cab HCPU.
Nice house in Nelson, BC.
Charity to RSPCA, greenpeace and help for heroes naturally
Sod off eh and do us all a favour.
Just because you don't agree with giving to charity and how others would see excesses of money being better used doesn't mean you need to degenerate the conversation down to insults. Grow up.
i would like a DB9 and i think i would have it finished in hammerite,the navy blue.
The likes of LHS should be barred from this forum.
yeah, too right bro, this should be kept exclusive for the car-obsessed greedy ****ers!
Lhs get a grip of yourself lad, go on what would you buy?
For me my priorities are the other way round. I don't need to win the lottery (which is a mindset a lot of people take, but thats a completly different debate) and you shouldn't wait to win the lottery either before giving to charity.Everyone has different opinions out there but the problem in the UK is that most people if asked what they would do if they won the lottery would say they'd rather buy a penis extension than helping out those less fortunate than them. Just different mindsets i guess.
as i mentioned i already give to charity, annoyingly i had to reduce the amount as i couldnt afford to give so much, however will continue to raise money when i can.
and i dont want to win the lottery... if i did then i'd buy a lottery ticket... something i've never done. as long as my job stops me ending up homeless and worse off than the people i'm looking after in my job.. i'll keep doing it and be happy with my lot 🙂
i see your point LHS, and agree to a point, just think its a bit odd to make a point of it in this thread which was set out to be a harmless daydreaming thread about fancy cars.
[i]but I never fantasise about being rich either[/i]
Well, that seemed to me to be what this thread is about... yeah?
I'm far from car obssessed, but I have got an imagination, ffs.
but I never fantasise about being rich either - I feel guilty enough about the excessive amount of money I have now! I'm more interested in things I might achieve with enough effort and luck...
Not everyone does SfB which is exactly my point.
can you get hammerite in a nice lilac?
LHS - why did you bother reading a thread entitled "Daydreaming about a lottery win..."? You must have had a fair idea that it would make your liberal, priggish blood boil?
If I saw a thread entitled "What's your favourite charity" - I'd leave well alone.
DS
If I saw a thread entitled "What's your favourite charity" - I'd leave well alone.
Yeah, its quite obvious you have no interest in charity.
Ha...the internet is a wonderful place full of people who know best.
Anyway, back on topic...I'd buy an Aston Martin...first.
But I'd need a lot more than £800k if I'm to buy myself all the luxuries I deserve.
More than £800k! Don't be greedy. Go and wash your mind for having such thoughts.
I feel terrible for thinking about spending lots of imaginary money on something I haven't got...
But I've just popped outside and imagined giving all the money to someone with a charity box outside, and now I feel much better.
I've just imagined putting some of my imaginary pound coins in an imaginary sock and hitting somebody imaginary over the head with it. I feel much better also.
[i]the syndicate in work hate me, they all want to win millions each. where as i would only want to win about £300k, pay off debt, mortgage and have enough to retire early.[/i]
You are either:
1 Old and/or don't expect to live long
2 Already minted, so should just retire anyway
or
3 Have the life style of a hermit, with no needs.
In my 40's and healthy, married and 3 kids - I reckon that £2m is the minimum we'd need to not ever worry about money.
And Range Rover is the answer, plus a 2 door Bentley.
Jeez, why the f should someone be banned, knocked over the head & insulted just because they would prefer to give to charity rather than buy an expensive car, eggy or what!
Over the past few years me and Harry the Spider have organised, at great personal (but not financial) cost, a few races known as Hit the North.
We don't go on about what we did with the money that we made, suffice to say that it would have been enough for us to go out and buy a car each.
But we didn't.
We gave it all to charity.
LHS - how much have you given away to charity? I can tell you that me and him have given away (give or take a few quid) about 10 ****ing grand.
Now p1ss off and stop being such a dick.
p.s. for the record, if I won the lottery I'd give some to charity, sure I would. But I'd also have so much stuff that I'd probably have to buy an aircraft hangar to put it all in. I'll let you know if that happens, obviously.
LHS - why did you bother reading a thread entitled "Daydreaming about a lottery win..."?
because it's pathetic ? At least my daydream's about shagging :o)
If I won the lottery I'd never go on this forum again, in fact I'd pay to have it destroyed.
in fact I'd pay to have it destroyed.
it's more likely to be hit by a meteorite :o)
" LHS - Member
+1 for the Audi Q5 but they have a tiny weeny boot.
Like the look of that Range Rover. "
quoted from another thread
MMmmm was you daydreaming LHS or will you be buying soon,shame on you...... 😉
At least my daydream's about shagging :o)
There's a small chance of winning the lottery though 🙂
In Leominster, where I grew up there's a row of old almshouses. Above the door is a picture of an axe, and below that is inscribed:
"He who gives away all before he is dead, let 'em take this hatchet, and knock 'em on the head"
The point being that you can give to charity, but you also have moral grounds for keeping some of it yourself.
Cars - £100k (more than one)
Houses - £1m (three or four modest ones about the place)
£5-10m - invested for personal income
£90m - invested for charitable works Gates style
Is that so wrong?
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Now p1ss off and stop being such a dick.
Again, pointless insults. Grow up.
Guess a few nerves have been touched.
Funny how someone can be chastised for wanting to support charities yet seemingly hero worshiped for wanting to spend £150k on a supercar instead.
MMmmm was you daydreaming LHS or will you be buying soon,
On average i give more to charity each year than i spend on cars. You?
But we didn't.
We gave it all to charity.
Good for you.
On average i give more to charity each year than i spend on cars. You?
me too, but my car spend is £0 so far this lifetime 🙂
Nobody has disputed that giving to charity is a good thing.
The OP's original post wasn't about that though!,it was the hypothetical question below.
What would the massive blow a reasonable sized wad on? It must be suitable for a family of four and all the crap that goes with one
I'm pretty sure that most people would donate a sizeable chunk to their charity of choice if they dropped a huge lotto win.
Funny how someone can be chastised for wanting to support charities
That's not why you were chastised, I believe.
My priority is to try to use the money to get some Private health care in the hope that this would help them both improve their quality of life. Not sure after that and a house (rented all my life). Fiesta/Focus/Fabia/Octavia? Choices choices. Oh and a ST4 or EX9?
quality post that terrahawk 😆
On average i give more to charity each year than i spend on cars. You?
no i don't, not anywhere near, but then im not judging people by how much they spend on xyz like you are....i do hope you own absolutley nothing that you don't need....
Have you noticed how a lot of people who run charities have nice cars?
Back on topic, I'd replace my Transporter with a new one, might even splash out on a few extras, pop up roof, leather seats, alloys etc.
Have you noticed how a lot of people who run charities have nice cars?
hmmm, I get your drift, there's no point supporting charity because most of it will be nicked by the grasping staff? Good call!
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ok...iDave has found a must have.
I'll use it to fly to my Aston Martin.
At a run time of 30 minutes, I'd get significantly more use out of the jet pack SpongeBob 🙂













