A fool and their money....

seriously, whats the point when you can only go 11 miles per hour in London, in the US, they are even worse and most motorways are 55mph and they are so much stricter on speeding. Seems the more money you have, the dumber you get. When would you ever get to drive this car using the power it has????

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15802266

 

Agree but I admire the developmental work that goes into these things. There's a fella owns a local restaurant, owns a Veyron that I've seen once. Reckon he's scared to park it anywhere other than his house in case it gets scratched.

 

There are a few dual carriageways and b roads i reckon i might be able to utilise that sort of power on, but yer 1.8 Million is way to much. Ill stick with the Veyron, cheaper, prettier, and more practical.

 

even though a £13000 S1000RR has a similar power throughput and on a road race, pretty much managed to stay neck and neck???? The price goes up as exponentially as the stupidity

 

I know! Thats the main reason I could never bring myself to spend money on a new S1000RR, I couldnt relax and enjoy it, I would constantly be worrying that I had 13K just lying around outside for any muppet to knock over, scratch or swipe!

 

its all relative if you have a billion in the bank its small change.as for performance you could say the same about a lot of bikes .Most owners wont be able to ride them to their full potential.

 

Fairy nuff to a point, you can have amazing luxury, performance, style from something that is a fraction of the price.

 

they could say the same about your bike or most bikes on here, when are we going to be able to ride them using the power they have
i dont like this car much, but i would love a veyron, or a good ferrari/lamborghini/aston..... and if i had the money i would have at least one, so i must be a fool when a polo or golf etc would do.

 

Im sure a wooden cart with shopping trolley wheels could be tweaked to give an equivalent power throughput to an S1000RR or Veyron and at a very competetive price ... Think ill have the Veyron though...

 

If I had that sort of money, I would be buying old american muscle cars!

 

...and therein lies the crux of the matter - everyone would spend their money differently. I think it is very hard to argue that there is a right or wrong way to spend your money (within the bounds of legality) and just because someone chooses to spend their money in a manner you wouldn't does not make them any more or less intelligent or astute.

Each to their own.

 

There speaks (leather clad) wise arse.

 

see, thats where I disagree, having studied marketing, the whole concept of it is to sell you "perceived values", the idea is that marketers are selling you a lifestyle, not just a product which is essentially the Emperors new clothes. Luxury brands rely on the fact that the higher they price an item, the more perceived worth it will have so the fact that something doesnt cost more to make and you are paying for the marketing and the perceived value more than anything else, if you cant see through it and you are such a mug, then I think you have to be pretty dumb. Clothing is a classic example of where a luxury brands clothing will be made in the same factory as a high street but people will pay more just because the price point of the luxury brand is higher. At the end of the day, there is a maximum cost for raw materials and labour in these things so anything added on top is pure profit and if people are stupid enough to pay it, then so be it but there is a definite frivolity, lack of concept of the real value of things and lack of common sense involved in my opinion and that is what marketers are relying on.

 

You are basing your argument on the supposition that people buy higher priced items based on brands as opposed to anything else. This is entirely flawed in my opinion. A properly tailored suit costs in excess of a thousand pounds for a reason. You could choose to pay a fraction of the price for a suit from M&S but the quality and fit are not comparable. Is this stupidity or personal preference?

 

Eggzakkerly!

 

not forgetting cars have been a very solid investment market for years.

 

I would rather spend £10,000 on a bike thats just as fast and better on fuel and insurance than a over hyped thief magnet that just makes most people think your a cock