What would you do if you won

[TwinTurboJay]

5 g's - Pay off a bulk payment on my wife's student loans

500 g's - House, car, no bills...

5 mil - biger house, nicer cars ( note multiple ), family would get some bills, would not work for while, and travel

 

[Duke]

Dang, I logged in this morning to reply to this thread, and I've spent several hours doing everything but... so here goes. This assumes the money is tax-free; otherwise my answers change substantially.

5 kilobux: Replace furnace in house; buy 20" G5 iMac for elder daughter.

500 kilobux: Above items plus pay off mortgage, renovate kitchen, bathrooms, and house exterior; add laundry/crafts room/shed to back of garage; get frame-off restoration and mechanical rebuild of my '67 Pontiac; buy an Evo; buy some AV equipment and big screen G5; put 100 kilobux each into 2 daughters' college funds; invest remaining 100 kilobux in retirement fund.

5 megabux: Above items plus buy a nice piece of property in the woods, design and build new house; renovate existing house and rent it/lend it to friends; give 100 kilobux to each sister on both sides of family, give 100 kilobux to local Charter School; buy a somewhat nicer AV system, computers, and car; travel with my family; buy a Spec Miata racecar and towing vehicle/trailer, go to racing school, and start running a campaign; attend rally school; see if I could invest remaining 3 megabux in order to provide 150 kilobux/year without touching principal; if so - retire and just do interesting design jobs as they came along.

 

[69Dodge_Charger]

a.) Probably go towards my first car. I think my grandparents are going to give me one grand too, so I'd have 6 thousand to spend.

If I was feeling generous I would give about 2 grand of that back to my grandfather to go towards his '79 Ford F100 Custom that I've been helping him work on. (Only because I'll probably end up driving it for a while )

b.) Definitely put as much needed towards college. Put about 200 thousand in savings, and use whatever was left over to spoil my parents and relatives. I'd also buy a '69 Dodge Charger and fix it up like I could only have dreamed of. 👍

c.) Everything said above; maybe get involved in the stock market. Buy a garage full of old Mopars, and a house to go with the garage. Blow most of the money on things I dont' really need, maybe give some of the money to charities and organizations that need some money.

 

[PS]

Anything I forgot? New crank, valves, intake, exhaust, filter, BOV, boost controller...hmm, what else...

[edit] Can't have new valves + intake without new camshafts!

 

[ExigeEvan]

£5K (get more for my money from ££££) Uni ees

£500k Cars for parents and cars for me. Deposit on house.

£5million Cars house, Holidays for all.

(Lotus cars for the rest of my life)

 

[skip0110]

After I had more money than Bill Gates, I'd buy Microsoft, convert it to Linux, and make the world a better place.

If you convert Microsoft to Linux would it just be Linux then?

 

[Cosmic]

I would give away A and B to my parents.
And for C : Quit school and live the good life

 

[Concept]

A) I'd save it for college.

B) I'd buy my family a nice large house. Roughly $250k for the house. With the other $250k, I'd buy us all new cars to drive and then some land. Sell the land later on for profit.

C) I'd buy a crap load of nice houses and rent them out to people. I wouldn't buy a new one because the old house is doing us just great. I might buy an exotic car or two for fun. I'd invest the remainder or keep it in the bank to build interest.

 

[TwinTurboJay]

EDIT ;

For the 5 mil : Cayenne Turbo with towing package, and a GT3 Cup race car, also trailer...

 

[Duke]

How about clicking that edit button down there on the lower right...

 

[Gil]

a) $5,000
b) $500,000
c) $5 million

$5,000
That would just about cover a 1964 Gibson Hummingbird and a new or near new Gibson J-200.

$500,000
Would add that to my investment portfolio and hope to be a member of the "millionaire club" by 2010.

$5,000,000
I would then invest the lion's share (75%) so that it grew fairly steadily. (I have to split it between 6 kids when I die, after all.)

I would buy another house out in the country. Of course converting the barn to a garage for the storage of interesting cars, guitars, and a professional quality recording studio set up.
I would buy the wife the fancy engagement ring, that I couldn't afford when we were courting. I would take her shopping and beef up her wardrobe and mine.
I've always wanted a nice Brooks Brothers Suit.
Then I would buy some interesting cars, (1962 T-Bird Sports Roadster, 1956 T-bird, 1957 Ford Fairlane "Skyliner", 1960 Corvette, 1967 Corvette 327, 1966 Mustang, 1964 Triumph TR-4A, 1968 MGB (Unless I could find a nice MGC), I see a "bathtub" Porsche 356, Porsche 928, etc.)
Then would come more interesting Guitars. (1959 Les Paul, Pre-CBS Fenders, Gretsch Acoutics, Guild JF-55 acoustic, Gibson ES-135, Gibson Es-335 and 355.
Mesa Boogie Amps, Roland Amps, Music Man amps, Early Fender amps, A Vox or two.)
That should burn up the bulk of about $`1,000,000 give or take a couple of hundred grand.

 

[High-Test]

A friend of our Family Plays on a '67 Fender half stack, It's a cool looking Amp.

A) Invest it in the house.

B) Invest it in a house.

C) Screw the house, I'm getting a yacht.

👍

A) 4,999.01 For: A used 454, headers, Velocity stacks, Bucket seats,Seat belts, Glass Packs and a Cool paintjob for my Biscayne, and .99 for an Air freshener.

B) Pay tuition, A/C for Biscayne, buy Mom a 1989 Mercedes 560SL Convertible. (she had one and misses it a lot.) put 65,000 into Marceline Projects (community betterment type thing my dad started in his hometown) Buy dad a Chrysler 300C, Buy nephew a Les Paul, spend rest on a house.

C) Paint my Biscayne Bellflower style with Kandy Metallic Panels and Scallops,
Donate hefty amount to charity, Modify the Back end of a 1960 Parkwood into a sleeper trailer. Buy house with Big Garage.Save 100,000 for kid's college. (way into future) invest 200,000 into a cure for Eczema, save the rest.


Oh, and Sage, I was an Idiot and Had to ask your name(long Ago) But, What kind of Computer would you Get? And why stab me with a uni ball? THat isn't nice. Plus your uni ball would be broken or clogged with my flesh. If I were you, I'd use a space pen.

 

[Ikari]

a) $5,000
b) $500,000
c) $5 million

And no, you don't "pick one". I'm asking what you'd do for each value.

A) Pay for some of college. Keep my job.
B) Pay for all of college, put aside $10,000 to finish flight school for my private pilot's certificate & instrument rating. Invest the remainder. Maybe see about putting a down payment on a home. Keep my job.
C) Pay for all of college, put aside $10,000 to finish flight school for my private pilot's certificate & instrument rating. Pay for a modest home. Invest the remainder in stable long term investments, live partially off the interest. Keep my job.

I know, boring huh?

 

[PS]

A) 4,999.01 For: A used 454, headers, Velocity stacks, Bucket seats,Seat belts, Glass Packs and a Cool paintjob for my Biscayne, and .99 for an Air freshener.

Those air fresheners have tax, you know.

 

[Jay]

And radicool02, since when does a mini cost 5G?I know they're small but bthey aren't THAT small!

He doesnt mean a new Mini.

 

[CyberDragon]

a) $5,000
b) $500,000
c) $5 million

a) Paint my car black.

b) Buy a Lamborghini Countach LP & put the rest away for retirement.

c) Buy the above mentioned car plus several other exotics & a mansion.

Yes, I realize that I'm somewhat selfish.

 

[RedWolfRacer]

If you convert Microsoft to Linux would it just be Linux then?

Yes, but it'd be "Microsoft Linux!" lol Or you can change the name to something actually different. Like "Minux" or something. Or "Linusoft" or just call it "Tux-the OS"

 

[zoxxy]

a) $5,000
b) $500,000
c) $5 million

a) This.
b) This.
c) This and this.
The rest goes to the repair cost's.

 

[Takumi Fujiwara]

a) Down payment on a sub-20k car.
b) Loaded G35 coupe, nice townhouse and furnishings, possibly a nice project car. Invest the remainder.
c) Here's the fun one.
-$3,000,000 for land, construction, and furnishings, in Palmdale / Rosamond. (For proximity to Willow Springs, and low land costs)
- House ~4000 sq. ft.
- Double height, four car garage with ample paved space in front. Half of garage will be open above, with two lifts. Other half will have a loft, equipped with hot dog machine, popcorn machine, nacho machine, churro machine, shaved ice machine, several beer kegs and bar. 60" Plasma HDTV with full surround system and satellite TV.
- Outside, fullsize Texas-style smoker BBQ, plus a full gas grill unit, with grill, refrigerators, sink, etc.
- Indoor firing range, large enough for rifles
- House will have full kitchen setup, modern furnishings and design, full gigabit ethernet, satellite TV, etc.

Remaining money will go to a heavy duty pickup with 5th wheel rig (F550 or 650) and enclosed trailer, to carry a fully race-prepared Porsche 911 GT2 and spares package.

 

[inferno]

A) get a GTp premium account so I can change my name to "INFERNO" and put the rest in the bank to replace the 5000 my mom owes me.

B) buy a fast car, and pay off my moms house so we can quit all the other stupid "side jobs" and she can be home sometimes, to wach my brother and sister. (3 and 1.5 respectivly) So I can go drive the fast car. stick the rest in the bank and forget about the 5000 she owes me.

C) Buy one of my dream cars and modify the sheite out of it. Pay off my moms house so we can quit all the other stupid "side jobs" and she can be home sometimes, to wach my brother and sister. (3 and 1.5 respectivly) So I can go drive my dream car, and start working toward my career in the automotive performance industry. Buy some more cars and modify them.

Do I have issues?

 

[Jondot]

I swear I'll stab you in the eye with my uni-ball VISION pen).

ALL HAIL THE PEN WITH CLEAR INK

 

[MagpieRacer]

a) buy loads of xbox and ps2 games, use some to get my racing license application.

b) buy some xbox and ps2 games, a good computer, racing license, some sort of race car selection from msa, give some to parents then spend rest on girlfreind (if i had one)

c) same as above plus buy myself a big house somewhere, invest shares in the nurburgring, but season tickets for the nurburgring for the next 50 years, and buy myself a good selection of cars.

 

[Purple Platypus]

5k: Buy a new computer when I go to college next August. The grand or so left over would be textbook/pocket money, probably.

500k: Get a 300k loan (much parental help needed there) to put down about 800k on a house, rent it out while I'm in college (rent goes to paying off loan), then move into it myself when I'm out. If I don't want to live there, I'll have a million dollar house to put on the market.

5mil: First million goes into a house. Majority of the next million gets spent into college/grad school. The rest of that second million goes into a car and, maybe more importantly, gas and tires and whatnot. The remaining 3 million goes into investment, probably split up amongst mutual funds. With any sort of luck, I should be able to live off of returns on that investment, and not need that college degree at all. Without any luck, I'll actually have to work. Darn.

 

[Jay]

a) spend it on my Skyline engine

b) Buy a Nice house, give my parents a holiday, Buy a Skyline GTR

c) Put alot away for to gain interest, Buy property, spoil my parents/family and friends, go on holidays, Buy some nice cars like R34 GTR, maybe a Viper GTS and a new M5 or something. Or maybe start a business of some sort.

Actually If I got 5 Million I would also really like to buy a Nismo Skyline GTR Z tune and enter it in the Targa Tasmania rally (road). And Jack (Radicool02) can be my Naviagtor if he wants.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

£5,000 - would be put towards the New Kitchen fund, so that we could get one that we want, rather than just the best one that we can afford.

£500,000 - move to larger house in Edinburgh, pay off mortgage, buy house for holiday/renting in France. Buy interesting car, probably for somewhere around £25k.

£5,000,000 - New build house in Scotland, crash pad in Edinburgh, houses (holiday/renting) in Italy, France, Australia. Cars/cameras/computers.

 

[Omnis]

1.) save it. start a bank account.
2.) save it, make enough to get by with what i get in interest.
3.) save it, use interest to buy whatever i want. oh, i can't afford that ferrari? i'll be back in two days. you get the idea.

generally, i'd do whatever possible for future financial security. then, live in a big house of mild extravagence, and just have fun and do whatever.

 

[Goomba]

$5,000: I would strongly look at starting a Roth IRA, since I learned that I could start one at any age. Even if I couldn't put any more money in there for a while, the beggining years are the most important. In fact, that reminds me that I should look into this any way.

$500,000: I would move out of my parents basement and find a decent house/condo ($200k). I would pay off my car ($20k). Put roughly $20k away so I could depost $4k a year into the Roth IRA for five years, just in case something happened. $60k towards paying for college, that should be plenty for the colleges I'm looking at. Buy a slew of camera gear, including Canon's EOS-1DS Mark II dSLR among lenses, filters, tripods, lights, etc, so roughly $15k. I would probably buy the upcoming cruise my family and I are thinking of taking. I would also buy my dad his Flying Miata supercharger, as well as a Caterham 7. My mom would also get a slew of camera gear.

$5 million: All of the above. Invest $2 million, save another $1.5 million in a bank savings account, and then have $1 million for spending money.

 

[IAmAddictedToGT]

a) $5,000
I would buy a new computer specifically designed for gaming.
b) $500,000
I would buy a new house near the beach in Southern California.
c) $5 million
I would buy a couple of my favorite exotic sports cars.

 

[PS]

B) new pistons, con rods, bore out cylinders, (large) turbo, intercooler, (small) supercharge, new wheels, new tires, struts + dampers + springs, port and polish, new exhaust, relace seats, fibreglass or carbon fibre body panels, reenforce chassis, honeycomb roll cage, ez-smash lightweigh windows, front spoiler (because im no ricer ), remove all interior paneling, um...

camshafts, new crank, even some new CV joints, valves, cold air intake, exhaust manifold, new filter, BOV, boost controller, triple plate clutch and shortshifter, MOMO steering wheel, 14'' slotted and drilled carbon disc brakes, JGTC style JDM aerokit (for the stability, not the 34027550987593 tons of downforce), and...

Boy 5 mill goes a long way. That's like, what, $150,000 worth of stuff?

 

[Sage]

…I would buy a new house near the beach in Southern California.

Our nasty beaches? The ocean water here comes in two colors: Dark gray, and darker gray.

I mean, it's your choice, but I'd choose a beach were you could see more than six inches through the water.