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From TG last night.
£5.6m seems a mad price to pay for a car?
Granted, it was a nice looking car, but, I mean, would you, if you could that is, spend that sort of money on a car?
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If I had an additional £5.6m to spend on running it, sure.
I wonder what the depreciation is on one of the rarest and most desirable cars in the world?
The Southern Yeti - MemberI wonder what the depreciation is on one of the rarest and most desirable cars in the world?
& would you let James May drive it? lol
question is whether he will get it re painted white to match the Ferrari's..
I thought it being black was perhaps a deliberate contrast giving it had it's own room an all.question is whether he will get it re painted white to match the Ferrari's
Has he gotten his teeth fixed yet?
I'd like to see his car insurance bill 😯
could be. Nice to have a big sofa in the garage as well.
I wonder what the depreciation is on one of the rarest and most desirable cars in the world?
Non-existant. Rare supercars are a pretty sound investment (if you have a spare few million lying around)
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Did he not let a group of the public drive his collection for a charity auction?
Rare supercars are a pretty sound investment (if you have a spare few million lying around.
Now it all makes sense 😐
I've seen the car up close at brooklands where he rocked up with it.
the black paint is actually in pretty poor nick, bubbles and cracks etc, but it really adds to the patina of the car and i bet if he painted it it would halve in value!
From TG also - does Slash wear a wig? Footage from his lap showed an amazing disappearing trick LOL !
He gives a drive in it (and 6 other magnificent cars) away as a charity prize on his R2 show every year - you get to drive all 7 the day before Goodwood Festival of Speed.
unless you wrap it round a lamp post 🙂Rare supercars are a pretty sound investment
If I had the money, damn right I would spend that much on a car, and a huge amount more!
Could very easily do fifty million on a half dozen cars.
footflaps - MemberHe gives a drive in it (and 6 other magnificent cars) away as a charity prize on his R2 show every year - you get to drive all 7 the day before Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Thats the one, thanks footflaps, quite an amazing thing to do, can not seem many other car collectors doing the same.
its a lot cheaper than the 250 GTO he bought for 12 million.
And at least he lets the public see his cars. instead of being locked away never to see the light of day again.
He gives a drive in it (and 6 other magnificent cars) away as a charity prize on his R2 show every year - you get to drive all 7 the day before Goodwood Festival of Speed.
He offered a similar opportunity as part of a charity auction lot at a function I was at recently.
I believe he had to sell the California (and a few others) to fund the 250GTO. Lost money apparently due to the engine not being original, something those in the know didn't tell him when he bought it but just watched on. Pit falls of auctions, at any level.
i never really understood where all his money comes from. he got 225 million for selling virgin, but it cost him 90 to buy (which I doubt he had lying about, so he would of had to borrow) he must have 10 million worth of cars at least( does he still have the GTO? if so make that 20 million), by all accounts he has £45 million in the bank.
If I had 50 million I wouldn't spend 20% of it on cars, would you?
Why not? He's probably got all the houses he needs/other business interests and £45m in the bank and the cars 'should' also go up in value over a longer period of time.
Plus he's still earning.
A friend of mine spent £2.5m on a boat last year (less than 20% of his worth he said) - and he's a smart puppy.
If I had 50 million I wouldn't spend 20% of it on cars, would you?
You can look at this in many, many ways.
Whilst it's a large chunk of a large sum of money, it still leaves you with extraordinary wealth that only a tiny minority of people will ever achieve.
What's there to worry about? That's another way of looking at it. If you like cars, then why not.
Personally I wouldn't. But that's just me.
i never really understood where all his money comes from
If I had 50 million I wouldn't spend 20% of it on cars
I'm guessing that Evans knows what an investment is better than the average guy.
It's his passion, he's loaded; why not?
I'm too embarrassed to tell people the value of my bicycle.
An items' value is so often unique to an individual.
He also has a 250 GTO which cost him £12 million - surprised they didn't show that in the Top Gear clip (unless he has sold it on the quiet?).
The thing with these cars is that they only really seem to go up in value, and I'm sure they're a heck of a lot more enjoyable to hold than other investments. If I had mega bucks I'd happily spend on a fleet of rare classic cars.
Nice to see it driven around Windsor Great Park & Virginia Water, I often do training laps/runs there, it's a lovely location.
I too wonder just how much money he could have left, having read his autobiography I was under the impression he was down to spare change (several mill?) having made several poor financial decisions over the years.
What makes me laugh is the belief that buying James Coburn's Ferrari will confer some of his character upon its new owner. I find Evans a jibbering repetitive talentless twerp.
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I had a flick through on of my father in laws classic car mags and he seems to have sold a load of cars recently about 6 cars in the classifieds were listed as being ex-Chris Evans.
It is easy to knock the guy, but Radio 2 seemed really dull in the morning when he was off and they had other presenters like Richard Madeley doing it, he does seem to at least know that he is in a fortunate position and does a lot for charity.
I think that a lot of his money comes from his production company, which I may be wrong is called Ginger Productions and does a lot of shows including The One Show
When he bought virgin, his investors insisted that he had to fund a small portion of it himself, thereby putting himself at some sort of personal financial risk as well. Then, when he sold, his inverstors got their money back & he porked Billy Piper. Or something like that.
[i]I'd like to see his car insurance bill [/i]
Self-insured I would guess, with just TP paid for.
I think that a lot of his money comes from his production company, which I may be wrong is called Ginger Productions and does a lot of shows including The One Show
and that toothbrush prog than was syndicated to most countries in the world etc etc
good on him - i mean he is still a ginger 😉
I may be wrong, but I thought Ginger Productions was also sold? Either that or it was worthless after the ideas dried up and he plugged a couple of howlers. Chris Moyles being one of said howlers.
If I had 50 million I wouldn't spend 20% of it on cars, would you?
But you'd still have 40 million left afterwards. You could stick it in the Post Office and still live off the 1.3m interest pa.
If I had a grand, I wouldn't spend 20% of it on cars.
On the subject of fancy old cars, this was parked up at the pub I was in yesterday. I do not know anything about cars, but assume it must be worth a bit.
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bet plenty on here have 2/3k bikes and don't have 2/3k in the bank,
You know, watching Chris Evans last night made me like and respect the fella even more. Not because he has alot of 'lolly but because of his passion for cars, the fact he let someone take the car out on a obviously damp day. He wants to share his passion. Some would see it as 'advertise his wealth'. I don't think he gives a **** about looking loaded.
Edit. I've just seen this comment
I'm too embarrassed to tell people the value of my bicycle.
An items' value is so often unique to an individual.
So very true.
Even if you don't like Evans (and I do) he will never be the biggest prat with an expensive car whilst James Martin is still wasting oxygen.
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Regarding people who have questioned whether they'd spend 20% of their savings on cars...
Take a look at your bikes. In a lot of cases I'd guess that you've spent a damn sight more than 20% of your savings on them and you'll get a damn sight less back in return, when you come to sell them.
Just saying 😉
I have no savings and maybe many thousands of pounds worth of bikes
Even in reverse, Steve McQueen is the epitome of cool. James Martin take note.
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Well said Hora, I think a lot of people like to knock him, as for talentless; he's head and shoulders above the other presenters (past and present) of the one show and most other TV shows. His radio show again, for light entertainment, is ahead of the competition imho.
And to allow his cars to be used the way he does I think deserves a lot of respect.
I find Evans a jibbering repetitive talentless twerp.
Talentless people don't generally end up going from nothing to his current wealth without inheriting it or winning the lottery
You may not like him, but talentless he is not.
You may not like him, but talentless he is not.
Amen. I don't listen to his radio show. However on the One show etc - it just seems to come across as a likeable bloke. From what I gather hes had a tough upbringing as well. Why bemoan someone who used his intellect, personality and drive to make it yet still come across as down to earth?
I'm too embarrassed to tell people the value of my bicycle.
How on earth do you survive in a trail centre car park?
Of course he had a tough upbringing... He's ginger
A speccy one too...
Used to find him very irritating but quite like him on the radio now - clearly a smart guy and has earned his money. Being a card carrying Guardianista though I find the idea of anyone spending that much on a car when there's people out there starving a little bit obscene.
Too many people in this world though and not enough nice cars
I find the idea of anyone spending that much on a car when there's people out there starving a little bit obscene.
He worked hard and pays his way.
In the countries where people starve the rich get rich by hook, crook and killing people. Don't blame one man when there are many culpable people in this world.
As a car collection, I find the line up of Ferraris really unimaginative and rather vulgar.
I knew a chap who had an amazing collection of vintage Sunbeams and Talbots, Lanchesters and an outrageous fabric bodied straight eight Daimler. He'd managed to build up a collection of original, unrestored cars full of character with modest means. His everyday wheels? a Citroen CX estate car.
Another collector with huge appeal was the late Alan Clark, he had everything from Silver Ghosts, through C and D types, 50s Bentleys, convertible DSs to 2CVs.
I can highly recommend Alan Clark's Back Fire to all petrolheads
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Is he Horas dad?
He was a lothario who chased anything in a skirt - Clark that is
Alan Clarke was certainly an eccentric collector/trader, you probably also like him because he had a large woodpile at his chalet in Zermatt but in many ways the most different collection I am aware of was an old colleague of mine who had a large collection (30-40) of what I can only describe as everyman cars, such as Simcas, Austins (the bad ones), Wolseys, Trabants - you name an unappreciated model and he would get excited about it.
I remember seeing Alan Clark tearing around Saltwood on his lawnmower. He mowed like someone on a hot lap on the Nurburgring
http://autouniversum.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/alan-clark-the-thinking-man%E2%80%99s-enthusiast/
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Two pages vaguely related to a Ferrari 250 GT California and no one has said it yet.
Ahem....
SAVE FERRIS.
Thank You.
dirtyrider - Memberbet plenty on here have 2/3k bikes and don't have 2/3k in the bank,
Ah, the rare valid point.
McMoonter are you local to Saltwood then? And did he not live in Hythe not Saltwood, they are a picky lot there you know....
McMooonter - that article strikes a chord, I would express it slightly differently, when I used to drive the Healey on hols, the holiday started when you got into the car. With a modern car, it starts when you arrive. I would make a similar distinction when starting a holiday by train or plane.
My bikes are worth 1600% of my savings.
Who's stupider with the money they spend on their passions? Me, or Evans?
Don't forget - no capital gains tax payable on vintage cars!
Fair play to him. I've always dreamed of a collection like that (F40 and 288 GTO) and would definately have them if the funds allowed. Though I would kill anyone who tried to spray them white. Rosso Barchetta all the way.
Anyone who thinks Evans' collection is ostentatious or ott, really should avoid looking at [url= http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/ ]Jay Leno's garage.[/url]
That docu where Martin cries is pure GOLD.