Ferrari or £100k
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grass widow

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2,201 posts

253 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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My local radio station announced this morning that on christmas eve they are giving away a choice of either a Ferrari (no model announced) or £100k in cash.

Now was wondering if given the choice which would you go for?

Me personally, think it would have to be the cash, never been a big fan of Ferrari's, although my husband would probably kill me.

edited to say its a Ferrari F430

>> Edited by grass widow on Saturday 19th November 16:22

PatHeald

8,058 posts

286 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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grass widow said:
Now was wondering if given the choice which would you go for?

I'd take the money. The last Ferrari that tickled my fancy is a 328.

bmgm3

10,480 posts

273 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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The cash. If you don't even know what Fezza it is , then how do you know they will not try and palm you off with a 308 gtb. Even if it was a 360 , I'd still go with the money and buy something cheaper and have some money left over for the insurnace and running costs.

allnighter

6,663 posts

252 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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It could be a body kit on an MR2 before I know , I'll take the cash thank you, get me Jag XKR and spend the rest on modding it .

900T-R

20,406 posts

287 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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Well, I suppose we should give them some credit and suppose it's between 100K cash and (at least) 100K worth of Fezza... Anyways, I'd take the cash, too. Even if I'd be spending all the money on cars (unlikely) for that amount I could buy a small fleet of cars that'd fulfil all of my driving wishes.

More likely, I'd spend half the amount on a black Sagaris (which I'd keep forever, so not overtly worried about it being a depreciating asset); the rest would likely be put into upgrading my real estate situation at some point.

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YamR1,V64motion

5,739 posts

254 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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id take the money and have a TVR and a Range Rover sport plus probably enough change for a night out, i appreciate Ferraris but apart from the F40(which lets face it, for £100k its not going to be) i dont find them particularly awe inspiring.

groucho

12,134 posts

276 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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I'd take the cash. You've still got to be able to afford to run the fezza.

vixpy1

42,699 posts

294 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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Cash and go and buy a 550 for 50K

cosmoschick

7,977 posts

279 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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900T-R said:

More likely, I'd spend half the amount on a black Sagaris...


Oh yes...black Sagaris Or dark metallic grey with Burberry interior!

I'd definitely take the money. A Ferrari doesn't really float my boat in the same way that a TVR does.

R988

7,496 posts

259 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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Cash, since I dont even own a garage and forget about insurance....

vixpy1

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294 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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cosmoschick said:
Or dark metallic grey with Burberry interior!



... No.. More than that!

Twincam16

27,647 posts

288 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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Definitely the cash.

My local radio station got in serious trouble over this the other year, as it turned out it was a total trick question.

Basically, the 'winners' are put in a shortlist and made to answer Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? type questions. Then the winner gets to choose.

They chose the Ferrari, it turned out to be a 1:18th-scale Bburago F50. Of course, the radio station pocketed the cash.

It all plays on the numpty public's assumption that Ferraris cost over £100k. The fact that we PHers know we could buy a decent Ferrari for much less than that and have a long luxury holiday in it on the change means we'd never be tricked.

The cash, every time (I'd buy a BMW M1 with it myself).

iansull

1,940 posts

276 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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Cash for me too. I'm not really a fan of Ferrari cars.Lambo for me everytime in direct comparison.

cosmoschick

7,977 posts

279 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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vixpy1 said:
cosmoschick said:
Or dark metallic grey with Burberry interior!



... No.. More than that!




I thought it would match my undies!

However, I meant to say Mulberry. Some chap posted up a piccie of this combination on TVR General and it looked striking.

vixpy1

42,699 posts

294 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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cosmoschick said:
vixpy1 said:
cosmoschick said:
Or dark metallic grey with Burberry interior!



... No.. More than that!




I thought it would match my undies!


Tooooo much information!

cotty

42,248 posts

314 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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Take the money, buy a TVR T350c, pay the mortgage off and still be left with £25k

Lovely

8

1,423 posts

293 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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I heard the same comp on the radio, can't remember which station but it was a Ferrari F430 spider (worth around 120k).

So obviously I would be taking the car and selling it for at least 140k!

grass widow

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2,201 posts

253 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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No this competition is on Pulse FM, and its a reverse auction kind of thing. You bid but its the lowest unique bid that wins. And its a text only competition.

They've been running this competition all year but with various prizes, before this the biggest thing they gave away was a Land Rover Freelander.

www.pulse.co.uk/

pogo85

85 posts

265 months

Saturday 19th November 2005
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grass widow said:
No this competition is on Pulse FM


DID YOU NOT READ MY POST I SAID.......
pogo85 said:
I presume that various stations are promoting the same competition.


pogo85 said:

The competition is being run by million21

www.million21.com/games/HLWIG/ferrari/default.asp


If you click the competition on Pulse FM's site and read the terms and conditions you'll see

"The Promotion is organised by The Wireless Group PLC, 18 Hatfields, London SE1 8DJ, and Million21 Ltd, Ducie House 37 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JW

aka

It's a Million-2-1 competition being promoted by several radio stations and not a Pulse FM or Talksport exclusive.



>> Edited by pogo85 on Saturday 19th November 17:03

grass widow

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Saturday 19th November 2005
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Read it but didn't realise they were all in cahoots sorry!

Not deaf or blind, just have a bad habit of skim reading.