| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 1:40:45 AM | No not me I don't drive and only have a bus pass and a skateboard!
Radio DJ Chris Evans yesterday spent a record £5.6 million on a Ferrari....
Car nut Evans, 42, snapped up the 1961 250 GT SWB California Spyder
once owned by legendary Hollywood actor James Coburn — at an auction.
The Radio 2 star, who owns a fleet of expensive motors, sat in the auction’s
front row with golfer wife Natasha Shishmanian, 27, and held his nerve during
a tense 30-minute bidding war for the sleek, black convertible.
The figure was the highest ever paid for that model and age of Ferrari at auction.
The previous record was £5.4million in 1981.
Is it Morally wrong to buy a Ferrari for £5.6 million or really none of our business?
Maybe he could have made a donation to the Burma or China disaster appeals instead? | |
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 1:50:45 AM | Maybe he did make a donation, unless they put a list of who has we'll never know.
As for the ferrari I can think of better things to spend my money on, but then again its not my money.
Is it our business.... yeah course it is, some of us are feeling the effects of the credit crunch and its nice to know some folks arent, it kinda gives me a warm glow knowing not all are suffering!
Of course its none of ours
Bitter/ jealous?
Me? Nah!
Morally wrong?
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 2:19:15 AM |
Paying that much for anything when the money could be better spent is obscene.
Better spent on what? As much as I don't like Chris Evans I respect the fact that this is his own money to do exactly what he likes with. I wouldn't be arrogant enough to suggest that he buys another house, or a fleet of Bentleys, or a yacht instead.
Unless, of course, you meant that it would have been better spent on a new wing for the local hospital, or providing homes for the homeless? In that case WHY should he be expected to do that? It's his money earned in a legal way (albeit a 'criminal' way if you ask me!  ), so it is his to do what he likes with.
My brother in law is just in the process of spending £77,000 on an Aston Martin. Perhaps I should suggest, seeing that he's been smart enough to earn that money, that he should donate it to charity rather than enjoy the proceeds??
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Posted: 5/19/2008 2:29:10 AM |
Better spent on what? As much as I don't like Chris Evans I respect the fact that this is his own money to do exactly what he likes with. I wouldn't be arrogant enough to suggest that he buys another house, or a fleet of Bentleys, or a yacht instead
Did you read the part where I said:
Is it our business?/ Nope not really. Its up to people what they spend their money on.
Hmmmm no I guess you didn't.
My brother in law is just in the process of spending £77,000 on an Aston Martin. Perhaps I should suggest, seeing that he's been smart enough to earn that money, that he should donate it to charity rather than enjoy the proceeds??
Aston Martin outshines a ferrari anyday IMO.  But I don't think that, or what you put was in anyway relevent to my post.
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Is it our business?/ Nope not really. Its up to people what they spend their money on. | |
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 2:34:53 AM | his money, his choice. end of story
people who say rich people could give all their money to the poor do not have a clue
money given to the burmese appeal will see the goods sent over being sold off in china or wherever they get the most profit, the cyclone is a bonus to the regime as the people in the delta were against the regime and as there is no oil in the country , the yanks won't invade the country to help the people | |
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Posted: 5/19/2008 2:48:19 AM |
Did you read the part where I said: Is it our business?/ Nope not really. Its up to people what they spend their money on.
Funnily enough, yes I did.
I also read the part where you said "Paying that much for anything when the money could be better sepnt is obscene".... It is this comment I was responding to. | |
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 2:54:28 AM |
I also read the part where you said "Paying that much for anything when the money could be better sepnt is obscene".... It is this comment I was responding to.
So given that I acknowledged it was none of my business what anyone spends their money on, and they should be allowd t do what they like, why go into a ramble in response to something I had not put??
I also think paying millions of pounds for a football player is obscene when there are people going hungry in the world. Its a moral viewpoint not neccesarily a reasoned one.
Is it my place to dictate? No. Is it ok for me to feeel that that way? Yes. | |
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Posted: 5/19/2008 2:58:35 AM | if you have earned the cash...then you should spend it as you please.
As to the donating to charity etc...should everyone dontate..does everyone donate? We all earn so should we all donate a % relevant to income?
As far as im aware chris evans is a generous person..however even if he wasnt he can spend his cash as he likes.
I do think its feckin nuts to pay that much for a car..however if had the income of chris evans..then who knows what i would buy! lol
Lou
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Posted: 5/19/2008 3:05:55 AM | Didnt he give away 20 million a few years ago from his sale of some radio station to Virgin?
His money, hes earnt it, its all relative... hes given already let him enjoy his spoils..
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Posted: 5/19/2008 3:50:58 AM | he has the money and he can do what he wants with it, I would question how much he has 'earned' his money though? of course there are some headcases out there and are prepared to spend BBC licence payers fees on the likes of Evans and Jonathan Woss and many others huge wages for ....?
£5.6 million for a car though? well its obviously not going to be used as per your ford mondeo and is seen as an investment, so he will in fact not lose any money on it (how many can say that about there car?) | |
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 4:10:33 AM | No it isn't
Mr Evans has a fleet of vehicles including a minibus that he purchased because he was not happy with the lack of public transport in his village - he was embarressed when Clarky mentioned it on Top Gear.
He is a decent fella it seems - so good luck to him n his car! | |
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 4:16:07 AM | | I remember hearing about that minibus thing for the OAPs but turned out no one ever went on it, because they were scared he'd murder them or something. Its all comparative really, to us £5.6m is a lot of money, to others its fairly insignificant. I know if I was in his boat and wanted the car that badly then I'm sure I'd do the same... | |
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Posted: 5/19/2008 4:20:41 AM | Why would it be morally wrong and if it is where do you draw the line and say its not morally wrong to buy anything that isn't essential to everyday living. Is it morally wrong to buy a PC, a TV, the latest Duffy CD, we dont need any of these items anymore than Mr Evans needs this ferrari yet we buy them for enjoyment because we can afford them and they make our lives that little bit better.
Good on him I say, its a shrewd investment, one that will no doubt wield him a tidy profit in years to come, he's no fool when it comes to business. | |
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| Is It Morally Wrong To Buy A Ferrari for £5.6 Million?
Posted: 5/19/2008 6:20:23 AM | If thats how much the car is genuinely worth, then I can think of worse things going on to be worrying about. Its just one eccentric wealthy nut.
A thought just occurred to me, I don't know why i didn't think of it before.. The collective wealth of all the countries richest put together should be shared equally into my bank balance, then I'll spend it on world domination  | |
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