you won the lottery!

[mikedudley17]

Hypothetical of course, sorry to smash your dreams upon opening this thread.

anyways, if you won 500 million dollars, what would you do?

[oscare003]

i'd stop working. buy house of dreams w/ a few rides. get wife whatever shes wants. maybe open a business of customizing cars/ painting. get my family outta mexico since its gettin pretty bad now.

[Z34guy]

First. restore my Monte Carlo to MY specs (about $20,000-30,000).

Buy either an Aveo or a Ford Fiesta daily driver (maybe both. lol)

Buy and restore my dream car to my specs (a 1976 Lancia Scorpion, preferably powered by either a GM Quad 4 or a GM LQ1 V6)

Buy my dad the truck he wants (new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew cab LTZ 5.3L automatic with every option >$40,000)

have a custom house built (me and my dad oddly enough share the same dream house. large garage loaded with snap-on tools, and engine hoist and a lift, large kitchen, living room with a fireplace. basement made into a lounge/gameroom/bar. And 5-7 bedrooms.)

Open a driving school that forces all students to learn to drive manual, automatic, different emergency maneuvers with FR, FF, MR, and RR cars with different drivetrains: FWD, AWD, and RWD, learn to use your turn signal, and learn to do proper maintenance. The school would have it's own short circuit racetrack in the back)

Any left over would be shared with the rest of my family.

Does it show that I've had this planned out for years?

[MoneyMike]

Open a driving school that forces all students to learn to drive manual, automatic, different emergency maneuvers with FR, FF, MR, and RR cars with different drive trains: FWD, AWD, and RWD, learn to use your turn signal, and learn to do proper maintenance. The school would have it's own short circuit racetrack in the back)

I was reading through this thread again, I can't believe that I skipped over this part! That's what's wrong with so many driver's ed schools these days. We have a 911 Driving (cops make it extra special apparently, so pretty high price) & a Go Driving school. Those guys just go into local neighborhoods and call it good. Those guys freaking suck! I went through a driver's school where it wasn't a major name that people are familiar with. The guy that ran it was the only guy there, had only 1 car, did classes all day, and did drives with the students. But the way he did the drives were cool. We had to do 7 drives, each an hour long, but he'd take us through city roads, country roads, mountainous roads, highways, freeways, & even parking lots! He made sure that we knew how to drive everywhere with various speed limits.

But I agree with Z34, it'd be best to teach new drivers (or those that need the lessons) how to work both automatic & manual; rwd, fwd, & awd; as well as proper maintenance, and various emergency maneuvers. I also think that it'd be a great idea if you did classes during the winter, and it snows heavily, teach them how to do snow chains, and let them get used to driving in the snow so they don't chicken out of driving in the snow at all. Same with heavy rain & wind. At least my mom is too scared to drive in those conditions...

[mikedudley17]

I would take half the money and put it away to be saved, probably in overseas accts. Theni would take the other half and buy a large plot of land and build a very accomadating home. I'd prolly do this in Arizona or New Mexico. Then, I would set up trust funds for my kids (asuming I have kids in the future). I'd make it so they couldn't touch the money until they were 28 y.o. because I want them to learn that they can't have everything in life handed to them. They have to work hard just as I did. Doesn't mean I won't help them but they better know that it's ok to break a sweat and if after a weeks hard work they have blisters and calouses on their hands they should be proud. And I'll show then some cool **** along the way too. Then I'd open a hospital and a security firm. I don't know medical ****, but I know other people do and hospitals are huge money pits. Hopefully it would succeed. I'd run the security firm myself tho. I would do that for the rest of my life til I'm 65 or so. Then I'd retire and hopefully my children will be ready and willing to take over. I would then buy a nice sturdy yacht and sail around the world and see as much as I could until I die. I would make sure I die a happy man. I'd do all the other bulls4it to, like buy a couple nice cars, maybe trick one out. But mostly I'd go for a very peaceful and quiet life with a huge focus on my family and friends. Oh and I would try and buy aveoclub forum

[MetroMPG]

Oh and I would try and buy aveoclub forum

SOLD! For you, special deal.

I dunno what I'd do with a giant pile of cash. I already have all the stuff I need/want. (Well, I was looking at a $400 Fiat X1/9 recently... yes, I'm crazy. And I'd rather fix one up than buy one already finished.) I'd probably just give most of it away to family & friends. Oh, and free decals for everyone on the forum!

[MoneyMike]

i'd rather they chicken out than get stuck in my way..

True. I forgot to mention that you'd also want to make sure that they can handle driving in the snow and not be the screw up in every accident in the snow. Or the reason why traffic is being so damn slow when you know it can be going faster. And for those reasons, I would hold back driving in the snow for a while. Maybe when I have been driving for another year or 2. But that's just me and my feelings I guess.

SOLD! For you, special deal.

I dunno what I'd do with a giant pile of cash. I already have all the stuff I need/want. (Well, I was looking at a $400 Fiat X1/9 recently... yes, I'm crazy. And I'd rather fix one up than buy one already finished.) I'd probably just give most of it away to family & friends. Oh, and free decals for everyone on the forum!

Free decals, I can go for that! But yeah, fixing cars is pretty fun. That there is my future job!

[petrified.rabbit]

And for those reasons, I would hold back driving in the snow for a while. Maybe when I have been driving for another year or 2. But that's just me and my feelings I guess.

actually, i've been driving in the snow since i was 16, never had an accident because of the snow. the key is to go out and learn to drive in the snow, not wait until you have a year or two of experience not driving in the snow. 20-30 minutes driving like an idiot in an empty unplowed parking lot to see how your car reacts in snow and ice is better than a lifetime of driving on dry pavement and then thinking you have driven enough to try driving in snow. And testing cars handling and ability plus short comings in the snow is important in EVERY car you own, even something as simple as a new set of tire can drastically change what the car is like so you should make a point of it almost every year until you have experience to judge how the car should act, or at least be able to redetermine a technique when your on the street.

[mikedudley17]

SOLD! For you, special deal.

I dunno what I'd do with a giant pile of cash. I already have all the stuff I need/want. (Well, I was looking at a $400 Fiat X1/9 recently... yes, I'm crazy. And I'd rather fix one up than buy one already finished.) I'd probably just give most of it away to family & friends. Oh, and free decals for everyone on the forum!

Yay! Special Deal for me!!!!!!1 ))))))

[petrified.rabbit]

500 mil in winnings = @ 235 mil in a one time check.. at @ 2% interest = 4.7 mil a year to live off of and never touch your winnings.