Billionaire's Christmas giftlist
Billionaire's Christmas giftlist
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camshafted

Original Poster:

938 posts

181 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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What would you have if you were Mr Abramovich?


Apparently today's billionaires will be looking at the Veyron Super Sport and 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC.

Along with a super-yacht and an Egyptian mummy.

http://swns.com/jaw-dropping-65-million-christmas-...

What would you have? I'd go with some sort of kitted out jumbo

TEKNOPUG

19,864 posts

221 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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Spain. How much does Spain cost to buy now? That would probably be top of my list this Xmas.

FranKinFezza

1,073 posts

195 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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(if i were a billionare)I would buy the Ark Royal and live there think of the
fantasy garage you could have in the under deck hangar.

and suitably refitted what a fantastic mobile home platform it could make.

ferkle

1,634 posts

229 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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Similar vein, hms invincible, currently for sale under auction for scrap value. I would sunlight it and create an artificial reef for marine life and scuba diving. Then dive it, a lot

Stu R

21,410 posts

231 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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If I was a billionaire cars and rubbish ancient artifacts would be the last thing on my mind for Christmas.

Instead I'd be looking forward to having a liver so beaten and defiled you'd be forgiven for thinking George Best had taken custody of it, a feeding trough formerly brimming the finest marching powder now half empty, and several hand picked hotties from my own version of FHM's top 100 strumpets all complaining that after a full advent's worth of non-stop scuddings from yours truly, it feels like a hand grenade has gone off in their panties.

By new year I'd be deserving of the nick-name 'the human piston', and a spell in rehab.

Shame I'll never be rich, I reckon I could have great fun with it. biggrin

pistonchris

850 posts

197 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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FranKinFezza said:
(if i were a billionare)I would buy the Ark Royal and live there think of the
fantasy garage you could have in the under deck hangar.

and suitably refitted what a fantastic mobile home platform it could make.
I would have never thought about something like that but that's a cracking idea bow

W00DY

16,148 posts

242 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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A Bullet 580


http://www.automotto.org/entry/bullet-580-world-s-...

Everyone needs an airship.

russy01

4,795 posts

197 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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I was being quite realistic and thinking of one f those rage buggies from top gear a couple years back.

But then I thought nah, if you are all having planes and boats I'm having a fleet of monster trucks and challenger tanks to play ultimate paintball with my mates in my backyard. (a couple challenger tanks etc with 50-100mm paintballs sounds like a laugh.)


calibrax

4,788 posts

227 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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I'd buy a small fleet of F1 cars, and build a full size replica of Spa-Francorchamps in my back garden (wouldn't be cheap but hey, I'm a billionaire!). Have all my mates round at the weekend for a Grand Prix race. Would probably end up like Spa 1998 and I'd need a carbon fibre manufacturing plant to repair all the cars, but what the hell, it'd be a laugh!

k-ink

9,070 posts

195 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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FranKinFezza said:
Ark Royal
I agree an ex-military ship of almost any description would be infinitely superior to the typical plastic bath tubs lining marinas. Something with a steel hull which could trverse the globe - go anywhere in any weather. A battle ship perhaps in matt black.

XitUp

7,690 posts

220 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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The house off of The Godfather went on sale last week, I would probably buy that if it's still available.

m444ttb

3,169 posts

245 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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Imagine cruising into Monaco on a former Navy aircraft carrier. I'd use the steam catapult to fire things at Flavio & Bernie!

theironduke

6,995 posts

204 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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k-ink said:
FranKinFezza said:
Ark Royal
I agree an ex-military ship of almost any description would be infinitely superior to the typical plastic bath tubs lining marinas. Something with a steel hull which could trverse the globe - go anywhere in any weather. A battle ship perhaps in matt black.
I've always thought this would be amazing. Next to all the plastic gin palaces a Type 42 destroyer with an interior that would spoil a Russian billionaire.

k-ink

9,070 posts

195 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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I'd rather an interior minus the 1980's Russian gold and mirrors! Something minimal and contemporary would be fine. Like this inside:

http://www.wally.com/jumpCh.asp?idUser=0&idCha...

al1991

4,552 posts

196 months

Friday 10th December 2010
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Stu R said:
If I was a billionaire cars and rubbish ancient artifacts would be the last thing on my mind for Christmas.

Instead I'd be looking forward to having a liver so beaten and defiled you'd be forgiven for thinking George Best had taken custody of it, a feeding trough formerly brimming the finest marching powder now half empty, and several hand picked hotties from my own version of FHM's top 100 strumpets all complaining that after a full advent's worth of non-stop scuddings from yours truly, it feels like a hand grenade has gone off in their panties.

By new year I'd be deserving of the nick-name 'the human piston', and a spell in rehab.

Shame I'll never be rich, I reckon I could have great fun with it. biggrin
This. Definitely this.

al1991

4,552 posts

196 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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Or, just to be a bit different, start a collection of yellow Ferraris.








kicks

144 posts

203 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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http://www.rswarbirds.com/

I'd buy all of these. Put a laser thing on it like q-zar games and then get all my friends and a clear piece of airspace and have fun!

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

198 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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Scarlett Johansson.

haggy

1,955 posts

230 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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calibrax said:
I'd buy a small fleet of F1 cars, and build a full size replica of Spa-Francorchamps in my back garden (wouldn't be cheap but hey, I'm a billionaire!). Have all my mates round at the weekend for a Grand Prix race. Would probably end up like Spa 1998 and I'd need a carbon fibre manufacturing plant to repair all the cars, but what the hell, it'd be a laugh!
You want to be Bernie dont you

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

242 months

Sunday 12th December 2010
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See, I don't understand billionaires.

They piss all this money away on massive boats that they can't even drive in an antisocial manner, and all they've really done is go to the billionaire next door "look at my massive boat!"

What I'm going to do, when I'm a multi-billionaire, is live in a secret base in a volcano. And go to work in a helicopter like Airwolf. Or maybe a submarine like Captain Nemo's. Or both. As noted above, we're all billionaires here.

The airship sounds good. I think, given billions which I have run out of ideas how to spend, that a full-size helium-filled replica of the Hindenberg might be on the cards.

No.

Actually.

fk it.

There's a Caspian Sea Monster with my name on it.

Repainted in BRG. And fitted with a bhin' stereo.

That'd make a stir in Monaco harbour. Especially when leaving...

Big white boat with a fancy living room and a helicopter and a minisubmarine? Pshaw, Roman. Pshaw!.