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Old 07-26-2006, 07:31 AM   #1
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Default What does your local Ferrari/Lambo owners do?

I suppose noone who work for someone except just few people on earth or crazy folks willing to take a lease can afford having Ferrari or Lambo or same type of car.
What your local owners of those cars do? What kind of businesses they have?

Why I am asking? Yesterday on a park lot an under 30 young guy was driving AMG SL and 15 minutes after than from local Ferrari dealer arrived 430, salesman switched places with passenger(buyer) and with barking exhaust() they droove away... and me sitting is rusted Lada watching this all happening :roll: My whole car costs less than theyr seats knitting makes you think.... *cough* once again *cough*
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Old 07-26-2006, 07:37 AM   #2
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Geez I've met a ton of them now so I won't be able to remember them all but here are a few:

Computer service/repair business (remote area)
Engineers
Storage units
Chemist
Restaurant owner
Real Estate
Car Performance shop
Accountant
Stock Broker
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Old 07-26-2006, 08:07 AM   #3
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owner of 4 star hotel
owner of company shipping Adobe products
owner of medical clinic
owner of restaurant
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Old 07-26-2006, 09:36 AM   #4
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On top of my head

Telecom
Informatic engineer
Mushrooms dealer
lawyers
dentists
producing parts used in watches

...
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Old 07-26-2006, 09:48 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by TT
On top of my head

Telecom
Informatic engineer
Mushrooms dealer
lawyers
dentists
producing parts used in watches

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mushroom dealer...?
And we're not talking shitake shrooms are we?
happy ones?
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Old 07-26-2006, 09:49 AM   #6
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I'm thinking truffles etc.....
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Old 07-26-2006, 10:12 AM   #7
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What about:

running JabbasWorld.net

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Old 07-26-2006, 11:18 AM   #8
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Just remember that the guy you see driving a flash car isn't always rich/well off - he's often way, way, way in debt.

Fact is 95% of rich people live in middle class areas and drive the second hand family car...




As for those people who can afford these sorts of cars - they are normally people who own their own businesses (not those who work for someone else).
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Old 07-26-2006, 11:26 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by davide
Originally Posted by TT
On top of my head

Telecom
Informatic engineer
Mushrooms dealer
lawyers
dentists
producing parts used in watches

...
mushroom dealer...?
And we're not talking shitake shrooms are we?
happy ones?
Real mushrooms, and he has a Diablo
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Old 07-26-2006, 11:41 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by N.J.
Just remember that the guy you see driving a flash car isn't always rich/well off - he's often way, way, way in debt.

Fact is 95% of rich people live in middle class areas and drive the second hand family car...




As for those people who can afford these sorts of cars - they are normally people who own their own businesses (not those who work for someone else).
where is this statistic coming from?
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Old 07-26-2006, 01:22 PM   #11
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well by my work SL's especially AMG models including quite a few 65's are more common than a honda civic. People by me are mostly in the pharmaceutical business in some way and alot of sports people are around there aswell like Jordan's insane compound across the street. Bill Cartwright has an MDX from us and a new S550. Ferraris and Porsches are as common as the cold. I've even seen the occasional Spyker. like I said most are in the legal drug business and there are alot of Lawyers and Doctors. Huge realestate companies, Some of the larger insurance companies, Motorola Corporate headquarters, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Wrigleys, Nestle, Walgreens, I'm sure I forgot some of the other larger comapnies based here.
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Old 07-26-2006, 01:40 PM   #12
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the wealthiest people i know dont work

but they once had to.

Real estate, title business, and real estate development are the wealthiest i know of... one reaching in the 10 figure zone....
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Old 07-26-2006, 02:06 PM   #13
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hmmm... real estate business you say?..... hmmmm...
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Old 07-27-2006, 08:20 AM   #14
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in the UK...

... professional footballer
... chef
... owning your own company (a variety)
... property developer
... thats all i know :good:
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Old 07-27-2006, 08:21 AM   #15
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oh yeah, a pro sports player is another common one (not in Perth so much but over east).

Lleyton Hewitt (tennis player) has a black 360 Spider for example.
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