ste_p23
Member
Registered: 29th Dec 08
Location: Hindley,Wigan
User status: Offline
|
Id hand my notice in at work straight away then fuck off on holiday for a month and then consider my options 
|
Ash_EP3
Member
Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
User status: Offline
|
First I'd buy a semi decent house out in the middle of nowhere and secure with a decent garage (500k).
Then a Nissan GTR as a daily drive, a ferrari f430 scuderia, lambo murcielago lp670-sv and Aston Martin V12 Vantage... fin 
|
jacko198
Member
Registered: 1st Mar 07
Location: Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Quit the job straight away, buy a nice car and then move into a decent house, go on holiday and get a few houses all over the world.
If i won the £100 Mill euro millions, then i would probably buy Abbey Road for £40m and keep the change 
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Think I'd get a new TV. Flickering backlight in my one is annoying me.
|
Nath
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by jake
i'd rent out loads of supercars, drive them uninsured then go on a massive beano and tell Nath he's not invited
Can I come?
|
Fro
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Infact..............how much interest could you accrew off say £2M?? Am I right in thinking you'd get 10k a month if you were getting 5-6% on it??
I'd probably just bank it & lease a R8 or something!! I could happilly carry on living in the house Ive got a its big enough for me.
I wouldnt go mental unless it was a massive win....which doesnt come round often now days!!
[Edited on 21-04-2010 by Colin]
I think i read somewhere that they dont give it to you all in one go though.
|
Daimo B
Member
Registered: 20th Mar 00
User status: Offline
|
What would I buy myself?
Plane tickets.
I'd be spending the forseeable future travelling the planet, working out where i'd like to live on a perm basis.
The once i'd done years of travelling, i'd build a property, then indulage in some nice bikes and cars. Not too many, a daily drive, a sports car, and something to tow the boats and jetskis (oh and a van for the track bikes  ).
Buying "fancy stuff" certainly wouldn't be on my mind if I won the lottery. Where I could go first would be the first thing on my mind (after collecting money )
I wouldn't even call work, jsut leave a letter and any IT kit at the front desk never to be seen again
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
i'd deffo buy or order a nissan GTR on way home from picking ticket up
|
Fro
Member
Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i'd deffo buy or order a nissan GTR on way home from picking ticket up
seen a couple of these lately, very nice!
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
yes
someone local has one in black and i keep on seeing it most days, looks real special
|
lil_g
Member
Registered: 29th Oct 06
User status: Offline
|
I'd take all my best mates to Vegas for a massive session, buy an R8 and then live off the interest 
|
bigdan
Member
Registered: 4th Jan 07
Location: Jarrow (Newcastle)
User status: Offline
|
i'd buy a TVR Sagaris to get me started until i got all the money wired to me
|
Budgie
Member
Registered: 2nd Dec 09
Location: Basingstoke
User status: Offline
|
find a racing tvr speed 12 put some plates and wire up some indicators.
have some fun on the road
and prob put some money towards coffin or a nice jar for ashes.
as id prob kill myself within a few days
those that dont know what they are clicky clicky
http://www.carandclassic.com/car/C42712/?pt=pf
|
FruitBooTeR
Member
Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
User status: Offline
|
First thing I would do is take a nice holiday somewhere so the reality of it all can settle in!
Id then work out exactly how much interest id be making per month and where to put the money.
I would then give my family and close friends a very generous share.
Then it would be time to invest in property...I would get myself a nice 5-6 bedroom house in the Cotswolds or something and begin filling it with things ive always wanted.
As for cars...simple
1 x VXR8 Bathurst
1 x GTR
1 X Ecos
1 X Focus RS
Then is would be a nice relaxing time from then on, and look at starting up my own business and making sure its set up correctly using professional help. Business would have to be both a nice restaurant somewhere and a modifying garage with its own Time Attack car and Drift weapon.
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
i like how "won the lottery" means you can have anything to most people.
sometimes you can win and get just over £1million, over times like the euro it could be £50million
i can see why a lot of winners end up broke,.
|
Nath
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i like how "won the lottery" means you can have anything to most people.
sometimes you can win and get just over £1million, over times like the euro it could be £50million
i can see why a lot of winners end up broke,.
If I won £1m I'd still buy a Veyron. I'd also buy a sleeping bag.
|
adiohead
Member
Registered: 28th Sep 01
User status: Offline
|
I'd buy a modest house, a modest car and save the rest for a rainy day
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
i'd get a calibra turbo 4x4 and use the change to modify it
|
FruitBooTeR
Member
Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i like how "won the lottery" means you can have anything to most people.
sometimes you can win and get just over £1million, over times like the euro it could be £50million
i can see why a lot of winners end up broke,.
What's the point in fantasying over 1 mil? Thread would be a bit boring then?
1 mil - Get a normal 300k-450k house and an Focus RS then live comfortably...
Think id rather be thinking what it would be like to reallly win at life tbh.
|
Sam
Moderator
Premium Member
Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
If I won a significant amount on the lottery, I'd first check that I had a bank account that would allow me to have that sort of money in it (some accounts have a maximum limit) - probably would have to get a "private banking" account?
Anyways, what I would buy would depend on how much I won.
For example if I won £1 million this year I might spend the money as follows:
1. Use £300,000 to pay off debts, buy a nice house (living in the Midlands means house prices are much much cheaper and nicer than in London and the south-east) and a couple of cars for myself and my other half, give some money to family to pay their debts off too and for a 'rainy day' stash for them, go on a nice holiday somewhere and have money put aside for a year's worth of living expenses.
2. Put £5100 into a cash ISA each year. For argument's sake (if the allowances and interest rates never changed - although this would be unlikely), I could potentially have £153,000 if I retire at 60 + £4590 in interest (tax free) = £157,590 in total.
3. Invest £194,900 - either into mine/other businesses, or build up a property portfolio. Profits = £???
4. Put £500,000 into a savings account. If the interest rate was say 3%, I could potentially earn £12,000/year in interest net of tax.
£1 million, as much as it sounds, isn't really a great deal of money to win and unless you were miserly with your money there's no way you could retire on it and live the "high life". I would look into making the money work for me, through savings and investment as per my example above.
At worst, I would only have £1000/month to live on but if my investments were high yielding, that might possibly be pocket change
Winning more than £1 million would obviously be better as I would be much wealthier, but £1 million is better than £0 at the end of the day.
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
How could you buy a house, a couple of cars, pay off debts and your familys debts for 300k?
Unless it's a 2 bed semi and a focus + a couple of credit card bills you're talking about?
|
corsa_paz
Member
Registered: 5th Mar 04
Location: Midlands
User status: Offline
|
Id have a wank and wip my piece with the winning ticket ...........
on a serious note - id go down the local Lambo garage in a rust bucket of a car looking like a tramp with my real gold GOLD CARD!!
|
Sam
Moderator
Premium Member
Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by John
How could you buy a house, a couple of cars, pay off debts and your familys debts for 300k?
Unless it's a 2 bed semi and a focus + a couple of credit card bills you're talking about?
Detatched 3 bedroom houses near me (in a much nicer/more middle class area) go for a minimum of £150k. Neither myself or other family members don't have huge amounts of debt.
I live in the Midlands remember, not down south. Property is much more affordable up here.
|
