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240 is Back · « **on:** June 08, 2008, 11:23:20 AM »

A fully furnished home gym with every machine and bench you wanted,

or a

2008 Mercedes C63 AMG ?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4218971.html

dov · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:27:06 AM »

I enjoy going to public gyms, so I'll take the car

jetpower · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:27:38 AM »

Neither. I want a $300 website.

Moosejay · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:28:17 AM »

The home gym...which I have.

I drive a 6 year old Lincoln Continental.

Never, ever piss money away on cars....truly a non-investment.

And, nice car, but its a 'Nazi-Mobile'...couldn't do it.

240 is Back · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:30:35 AM »

Acura Integra - I have always wanted to own the Buick of sports cars
Acura Legend - I'm too bland for German cars
Acura NSX - I am impotent
Audi 90 - I enjoy putting out engine fires
Buick Park Avenue - I am older than 34 of the 50 states
Cadillac Eldorado - I am a very good Mary Kay salesman
Cadillac Seville - I am a pimp
Chevrolet Camaro - I enjoy beating up people
Chevrolet Chevette - I like seeing people's reactions when I tell them I have a Vette
Chevrolet Corvette - I'm in a mid-life crisis
Chevrolet El Camino - I am leading a militia to overthrow the government
Chrysler Cordoba - I dig the rich Corinthian leather
Datsun 280Z - I have a kilo of cocaine in my wheel well
Dodge Dart - I teach third grade special education and I voted for Eisenhower
Dodge Daytona - I delivered pizza for four years to get this car
Ford Escort - I'm a red-headed nanny
Ford Mustang - I slow down to 85 in school zones
Ford Crown Victoria - I enjoy having people slow to 55 mph & change lanes when I pull up behind them
Geo Storm - I will start the 11th grade in the Fall
Geo Tracker - I will start the 12th grade in the Fall
Honda Del Sol - I've always said, half a convertible is better than no convertible at all
Honda Civic - I have just graduated and have no credit
Honda Accord - I lack any originality and am basically a lemming
Infiniti Q45 - I am a physician with 17 malpractice suits pending
Isuzu Impulse - I do not give a rip about J.D. Power or his reports
Jaguar XJ6 - I am so rich I will pay $60K for a car that is in the shop 280 days per year
Kia Sephia - I learned nothing from the failure of Daihatsu Corp
Lincoln Town Car - I live for bingo and covered dish suppers
Mercury Grand Marquis - (See above)
Mercedes 500SL - I will beat you up if you ask me for an autograph
Mercedes 560SEL - I have a daughter named Bitsy and a son named Cole
Mazda Miata - I do not fear being decapitated by an 18-wheeler
MGB - I am dating a mechanic
Mitsubishi Diamante - I don't know what it means either
Nissan 300ZX - I have yet to complete my divorce proceedings
Oldsmobile Cutlass - I just stole this car and I'm going to make a....
Peugeot 505 Diesel - I am on the EPA's Ten Most Wanted List
Plymouth Neon - I sincerely enjoy doing the Macarena
Pontiac Trans Am - I have a switchblade in my sock
Porsche 944 - I am dating big-haired women that otherwise would be inaccessible to me
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow - I think Pat Buchannan is a tad too liberal
Subaru Legacy - I have always wanted a Japanese car even more
Toyota Camry - I am still in the closet
Volkswagon Beetle - I still watch Partridge Family re-runs
Volkswagon Cabriolet - I am out of the closet
Volkswagon Microbus - I am tripping right now
Volvo 740 Wagon - I am frightened of my wife

Bluto · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:34:21 AM »

home gyms are for people that's been ridiculed on public gyms due to lack of size, strenght or body odor.

jetpower · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:36:52 AM »

Quote from: Bluto on June 08, 2008, 11:34:21 AM

home gyms are for people that's been ridiculed on public gyms due to lack of size, strenght or body odor.

or

dov · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:37:48 AM »

Quote from: Bluto on June 08, 2008, 11:34:21 AM

home gyms are for people that's been ridiculed on public gyms due to lack of size, strenght or body odor.

LOL

MONSTER_TRICEPS · « **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2008, 11:39:50 AM »

CLS 63 amg.

The ChemistV2 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2008, 12:16:39 PM »

Quote from: Moosejay on June 08, 2008, 11:28:17 AM

The home gym...which I have.

I drive a 6 year old Lincoln Continental.

Never, ever piss money away on cars....truly a non-investment.

And, nice car, but its a 'Nazi-Mobile'...couldn't do it.

Uh oh, does that mean you wouldn't like my S55 AMG Mercedes Nazi-mobile? Or my Lingenfelter Twin Turbo Corvette? I got nostalgic recently and also got a Totally restored and modified 79 Pontiac Trans Am. Well Moose, guess I'm one of those jerks that blew money on cars. You're kind of right about the non-investment. The way this economy is going, I may sell the Vette soon. Someone has offered me more than I paid for it. It is fun to hop in that thing and feel the 750 horsepower surge on the Turnpike once in a while. I like to blow away the kids in their souped up Rice Racers that don't realize my Vette isn't stock.

jetpower · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2008, 12:18:26 PM »

Quote from: The ChemistV2 on June 08, 2008, 12:16:39 PM

Uh oh, does that mean you wouldn't like my S55 AMG Mercedes Nazi-mobile? Or my Lingenfelter Twin Turbo Corvette? I got nostalgic recently and also got a Totally restored and modified 79 Pontiac Trans Am. Well Moose, guess I'm one of those jerks that blew money on cars. You're kind of right about the non-investment. The way this economy is going, I may sell the Vette soon. Someone has offered me more than I paid for it. It is fun to hop in that thing and feel the 750 horsepower surge on the Turnpike once in a while. I like to blow away the kids in their souped up Rice Racers that don't realize my Vette isn't stock.

candidizzle · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:11:42 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on June 08, 2008, 11:30:35 AM

Ford Mustang - I slow down to 85 in school zones

ahahah ... i sl ow to 75, exaggerator !

Ursus · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:17:05 PM »

id take the car, sell it, buy a less expensive equally nice one.

use teh rest of the money to spend on shit

Red Hook · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:18:59 PM »

Quote from: jetpower on June 08, 2008, 11:27:38 AM

Neither. I want a $300 website.

I agree!

gordiano · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:22:07 PM »

Quote from: Moosejay on June 08, 2008, 11:28:17 AM

The home gym...which I have.

I drive a 6 year old Lincoln Continental.

Never, ever piss money away on cars....truly a non-investment.

And, nice car, but its a 'Nazi-Mobile'...couldn't do it.

Some people haven't figured that out.... $:-\$

Tapeworm · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:24:12 PM »

Quote from: Bluto on June 08, 2008, 11:34:21 AM

home gyms are for people that's been ridiculed on public gyms due to lack of size, strenght or body odor.

The strength of my body odor has never been questioned.

Red Hook · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:25:25 PM »

Quote from: Moosejay on June 08, 2008, 11:28:17 AM

The home gym...which I have.

I drive a 6 year old Lincoln Continental.

Never, ever piss money away on cars....truly a non-investment.

And, nice car, but its a 'Nazi-Mobile'...couldn't do it.

but nonetheless you do own a car... you see the contradiction in your statement?

we can argue about the degree how much is being pissed away, but that is a different discussion

the gas mileage on lincoln 2002yr is one of the worst around http://www.fueleconomy.gov/Feg/bymake/Lincoln2002.shtml

you could have bought a smaller, cheaper and more efficient car when it comes to gas..so you are pissing away money too, no?

Red Hook · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:30:04 PM »

Quote from: gordiano on June 08, 2008, 01:22:07 PM

Some people haven't figured that out.... $:-\$

neither has moosejay

Moosejay · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:45:36 PM »

Quote from: The ChemistV2 on June 08, 2008, 12:16:39 PM

Uh oh, does that mean you wouldn't like my S55 AMG Mercedes Nazi-mobile? Or my Lingenfelter Twin Turbo Corvette? I got nostalgic recently and also got a Totally restored and modified 79 Pontiac Trans Am. Well Moose, guess I'm one of those jerks that blew money on cars. You're kind of right about the non-investment. The way this economy is going, I may sell the Vette soon. Someone has offered me more than I paid for it. It is fun to hop in that thing and feel the 750 horsepower surge on the Turnpike once in a while. I like to blow away the kids in their souped up Rice Racers that don't realize my Vette isn't stock.

No...not a jerk, of course...after all, I used to own a Viper

Moosejay · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2008, 01:48:02 PM »

Quote from: Red Hook on June 08, 2008, 01:25:25 PM

but nonetheless you do own a car... you see the contradiction in your statement?

we can argue about the degree how much is being pissed away, but that is a different discussion

the gas mileage on lincoln 2002yr is one of the worst around http://www.fueleconomy.gov/Feg/bymake/Lincoln2002.shtml

you could have bought a smaller, cheaper and more efficient car when it comes to gas..so you are pissing away money too, no?

No.

I have been in several devastating car accidents....in one I literally was thrown thru the windshield....so I find it prudent to drive the heavier Lincoln for safety sake.

And, if I lived in NYC (Which I do not)...I would not own a car and just take cabs....necessity her in CT.

Rearden Metal · « **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2008, 02:58:49 PM »

Gimme the car, any day.

Camel Jockey · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2008, 03:03:09 PM »

Cars have very little value after a few years.

Also having a good ride means jackshit these days because any idiot can lease an expensive car

candidizzle · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2008, 03:05:37 PM »

Quote from: Camel Jockey on June 08, 2008, 03:03:09 PM

Cars have very little value after a few years.

Also having a good ride means jackshit these days because any idiot can lease an expensive car

true

but hoes still love a nice car

... funny about the leasing.. this kid who is my age who dont go to college and who amkes small amount of money being an intreprenuer (LOL) leases a 2002 corvette... haha pretty funny to see him driving it its pretty nice

Stubborn · « **Reply #23 on:** June 08, 2008, 03:15:46 PM »

I'll take the gym. It would have to be bigger than my home to hold all the equipment I want.

Red Hook · « **Reply #24 on:** June 08, 2008, 03:59:42 PM »

Quote from: Camel Jockey on June 08, 2008, 03:03:09 PM

Cars have very little value after a few years.

Also having a good ride means jackshit these days because any idiot can lease an expensive car

technically you right, but this car is priced at 100K

MSRP: $94,550
Estimated Market Price: Not Available
Invoice: $87,932

assuming that can sell it before taking delivery and driving it

lets say you sell it for 75K

you could build a nice gym for $15K (there are tons of used gym equipment out there) and still have 60K to invest $:-\$