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Chris Hurst
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| Tyson Henry wrote: | | joseph hollinger wrote: | Not to mention the fact that neither of those cars hold a candle to this:
And that was close to 50 years ago. |
Matter of personal opinion and on what criteria you are basing your opinion. Race car compared to street legal cars......
From the statements you are making it seems that you believe the value of anything is nothing more than the cost of materials and time. If that were the case, then every t-shirt would be 1/10 of the cost, every pair of shoes would cost $5, every painting would sell for $20, etc.
I would be willing to bet that these cars, especially the likes of the 760rs, will be worth significantly more in 30-40 years if kept in pristine condition. In this sense, the value of these cars is very good. You could even say they are worth the price.
What makes a 800 sq ft house in California that costs $500,000 not a "waste?" Personally, I think it is but thousands of others seem to be fine spending that kind of money on small homes. |
True enough. Imagine in the distant future when electric cars are mandated, some 8 year old will hear a 760RS go by at full throttle and it will change his life. He might get into cars and become a racer, grow up and become F1 world champoion.
Pagani builds cars that make me feel like that 8 year old. Can you put a price on that feeling? |
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joseph hollinger
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| Tyson Henry wrote: | | Give it a shot. |
What you did was to assume I said something that I didn't (i.e., that value is related to cost of materials and time) and then defeated my by showing some examples where that hypothesis isn't true. That's called a straw argument and pretty much merits the response that you got.
What would you think if someone was selling $1.3 million tee shirts?
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joseph hollinger
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:32 am Post subject: |
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| Chris Hurst wrote: |
Pagani builds cars that make me feel like that 8 year old. Can you put a price on that feeling? |
Sure, and its a lot less that $1.3 million.
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Tyson Henry
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| joseph hollinger wrote: | | What an incredible waste of money. |
| joseph hollinger wrote: | | In pretty much any sense. This is completely do nothing engineering that does nothing but cater to the vanity of the uber rich. |
So, explain to me what exactly you mean by these statements. Obviously I am coming to some ridiculous conclusion from the above.
| joseph hollinger wrote: | What you did was to assume I said something that I didn't (i.e., that value is related to cost of materials and time) and then defeated my by showing some examples where that hypothesis isn't true. That's called a straw argument and pretty much merits the response that you got.
What would you think if someone was selling $1.3 million tee shirts? |
Exactly why I said "it seems." If it is so hard to understand what your point is, maybe you aren't making a very good point?
And if the t-shirt was made by da Vinci and I had the funds to buy said $1.3 million t-shirt, I would most definitely find it to be of value and worthy of purchase 
Maybe you ought to try and explain why the car is a waste?
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Tyson Henry
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Francois Brun-Wibaux
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From past posts I think Hollinger does believe all tee shirts should cost $5 and that you can't own more than five. Being "uber rich" is a bad bad thing in his world.
The car is a piece of art and to those lucky few that buy one,not only will they own a beautiful creation, it will also appreciate in value. |
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joseph hollinger
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Good lord. For $1.3 million, I could buy you guys a Ford GT and send ten kids from some getto to four year universities. Or I could save hundreds of lives in the developing world. That's art. Buying a 1.3 Million dollar car to drive around in is douche-baggery.
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TJ Koyen
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No one here is buying one. We just think it looks great and it goes fast.
I wouldn't pay 1.3mil for a car either, no matter how it looks.
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Tim Salvino
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| joseph hollinger wrote: | | four year universities. |
Talk about a waste...
On topic! This car is fantastic and I totally agree that the thought and engineering that went into this car is just unreal. It's on a totally different level than pretty much anything else out there. |
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Chris Livengood
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Chris Hurst
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Tim Salvino wrote: | | joseph hollinger wrote: | | four year universities. |
Talk about a waste...
On topic! This car is fantastic and I totally agree that the thought and engineering that went into this car is just unreal. It's on a totally different level than pretty much anything else out there. |
That was my point in posting it, nice to see at least a couple people watched it and appreciated the craftsmanship.
Speaking of GT40s did anyone see that guy who recently did 283mph in a standing mile with a stock body?
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/31/watch-a-modified-ford-gt-go-283-mph-in-a-standing-mile/
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