If you could buy anything what would you buy?

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 04/20/2015 at 19:53 • Filed to: Discussion

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Forget cars, forget trucks, forget SUVs think bigger. I f you could buy anything with an engine and operate it what would it be? Or to make it more broad if you could own any form of transportation what would you own?

For me it would be the P-51 Mustang. I don’t think I need to give an explanation. It is a P-51 Mustang.

I think this question might have been asked on Oppo before but I cannot remember. Sorry if it has.

Your boy, BJR > JR1 04/20/2015 at 19:56

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A fucking TRAIN. Not just a car, a whole damn TRAIN. Sure my destinations would be limited, but having a private luxury train would be SO BALLER

CB > Your boy, BJR 04/20/2015 at 19:59

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Someone on my grandmother’s side of the family worked fairly high up for CN (Canadian National) Rail, so they had a private train car they could hitch on to any CN train and go wherever it was going. It may be the most, as you say, “baller”.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:01

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A steam train.. :) I f I can’t get that.. well.. an Opel Kadett C with a 572 crate engine.

Supercharged-V8-Jag > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:02

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By far a 2013 F1 car; the last of the greats.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:02

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Cessna 182 Fly Smasher. The 182 handles like a truck but I’d rather deal with the FAA than get speeding tickets on the ground.

JR1 > Your boy, BJR 04/20/2015 at 20:04

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We talking high speed locomotive or one of those voodoo magnetic trains in Japan?

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:04

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http://jalopnik.com/5490236/the-nu…

JR1 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/20/2015 at 20:04

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Haha that is quite a drastic difference.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:04

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A private 747-8i.

The funniest thing is I'm really afraid of planes and I probably won't use it much but I really want to own one.

JR1 > Supercharged-V8-Jag 04/20/2015 at 20:05

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Really? I was thinking everyone missed the V10 era not so much the V8

JR1 > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/20/2015 at 20:05

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Cessna’s are just such wonderful things

Decay buys too many beaters > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:05

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Money no option? An SR-71.

More realistically, a Norton F1. Because it’s a rotary powered motorcycle!

JR1 > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 04/20/2015 at 20:06

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You must want to dominate the world.

JR1 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 04/20/2015 at 20:06

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Like Austin Powers 747?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:06

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Sure, but the question was “If you could buy anything what would you buy?” :P

JR1 > Decay buys too many beaters 04/20/2015 at 20:07

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Ok you might be the winner here. That is very hard to top

Anon > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:07

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Assuming matainence and fuel costs are covered. A private jet with a nice comfy bed!

sebdel > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:10

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Excavator. All my life I’ve wanted one of these in a beach house, just for fun. also I think is one of the most beautiful machines ever made.

Anon > Decay buys too many beaters 04/20/2015 at 20:10

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Admit it, you just want to cash in on the sequal to “ultimate speed check”!

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:11

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I want to buy and restore a B-36 Peacemaker.

The B-29 is huge, but the B-36 is enormous and deserves to fly again.

or have a PBY flying yacht

JR1 > sebdel 04/20/2015 at 20:12

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Ok excavators are pretty damn good looking but I have no idea why

ttyymmnn > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:12

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Dassault Falcon 900LX. And I’d hire somebody to fly it for me. And I would go to all the places I’ve ever wanted to to. And I’d always have a window seat.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Your boy, BJR 04/20/2015 at 20:12

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What advantages does this motor car have over - say, a train, which I can also afford? -Homer Simpson

(stupid kinja mobile... Can't post pictures :P)

JR1 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 04/20/2015 at 20:13

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I wonder was the Peacemaker at all related to the b-52?

Your boy, BJR > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:13

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Nah we’re talking ‘60s style with a bunch of totally pimped cars

JR1 > ttyymmnn 04/20/2015 at 20:14

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There is something about private jets. They always look so damn classy

Your boy, BJR > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/20/2015 at 20:14

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LOL I just watched that episode the other day

JR1 > Your boy, BJR 04/20/2015 at 20:15

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That is actually a great idea. A sweet ass train to haul around your sweet ass cars.

Alfalfa Romeo > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:16

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I would totally cruise around in an AH-64

Or a Firefly.

misfitmascots > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:20

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desertdog5051 > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:21

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A P-51 would probably be a first choice. After that a Locomotive.

ttyymmnn > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:22

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I have always loved the Falcons. Something about the cockpit looks retro, but the jet is so 21st century. Plus, three engines. Zzzzooooommmm!

JR1 > Alfalfa Romeo 04/20/2015 at 20:23

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An AH-64 might be the most intimidating thing man kind has ever made

JR1 > misfitmascots 04/20/2015 at 20:23

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darth radar your ship has arrived

Decay buys too many beaters > Anon 04/20/2015 at 20:24

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Caught me!

but I’ve been in love with the blackbird since I was a kid, because it’s the fastest, which makes it the best, right? If only I could get a blackbird with a nose mounted GAU-8 Avenger from my other childhood crush...

JR1 > desertdog5051 04/20/2015 at 20:24

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My only problem with a locomotive is you are bound to tracks you can’t really explore

ranwhenparked > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:25

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Probably a Bombardier Global 6000. Something about the idea of being able to hop into a sleak, leather and wood lined cocoon and be able to flit away on a whim to any place in the world within 7,000 miles at Mach .89.

desertdog5051 > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:25

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Hence it was my second choice.

Jcarr > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:26

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Not related. The B-36 was made by Convair, while the B-52 is made by Boeing. The B-52 was made to replace the B-36, though.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:29

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Well certainly with that attitude you couldn’t explore

whatisthatsound > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:36

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A brand new cruise ship.

glemon > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:39

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No, the B-36 was intended to deliver nukes around the globe and was quickly rendered obsolete by Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. It is not related to the B-52 and was very cool and huge but kind of a dead end developmentwise. Do you have a B-GT, I had one in college, great little car, pretty practical, very hot in the midwest sun with a black interior and no A/C.

RTeeJay > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:46

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VIP Executive Concord jet, because if I had the money, I’d want to see a lot of places in a little time.

RallyWrench > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:49

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Are fantasy machines allowed? The word any was used. So I’ll have an Avengers hovercarrier. Also, technically a time machine is a form of transportation, soo...

Failing those, I’ll stick with cars and have a Matra MS670B, because it makes the greatest noise ever conceived by humanity.

Or an Ekranoplan... or an SR-71... or... shoot, good question.

BigBlock440 > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:50

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A cruise ship, because some days I just want to climb the rock wall in the middle of the ocean. Unfortunately I’d have to have some type of crew on there as none of my friends or family know how to operate a cruise ship because they’re worthless, but it’s big enough that you could keep a few decks to yourself.

Confused Miata > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:52

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Thinking practically I'd want a Pilatus PC-6 but money being no object, definitely an Osprey.

computiNATEor > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:53

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I’d purchase and refurbish the SS United States, an aluminum-intensive ocean liner built in the 50s and currently languishing in Philadelphia. Put a nuclear propulsion system in it, and fit it with modern minimalist furniture (like that in an Apple store) for low weight. Take hundreds of people on vacation that pay for the rent. Have a helicopter pad for land excursions. Carry your entire car collection. Have the biggest and baddest yacht at the Monaco Grand Prix. Have the ultimate bad-guy style.

computiNATEor > computiNATEor 04/20/2015 at 20:56

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Total cost is likely to be in excess of $300 million (!)

speedygopher > JR1 04/20/2015 at 20:58

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A C-130. Or a Constellation. Or one of those giant military hover crafts.

computiNATEor > computiNATEor 04/20/2015 at 20:59

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Here’s what she looks like in a relatively recent pic.

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:05

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It would be a large aircraft I could convert into my home ala the 80’s TV Show “The Magician”

and have room in the back for 4 cars ala Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

I would travel the world in my own private 5-star hotel-like aircraft and hit the streets in my own exotic cars. Never have to unpack, and right at home at any airport.

If I had to fly it myself, I guess I’d have to scale it down a bit, say a

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Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:09

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A flying boat. Be it a PBY Catalina, or a Martin Mars. Something big and lumbering that I can land on a lake, or a runway wherever & whenever I damn please.

glemon > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:15

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Since my one of my Oppo buddies already has a P-51, I would go with a P-38, if one big bellowing piston engine when you can have two:

For more relaxed cross country travel:

With my own Stewardesses of course:

And for crossing the ocean in style:

When flying was slightly more civilized than today:

And for a sunny Sunday afternoon of relaxed flying:

l3t5hav3s3cks > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:16

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lol thats a propelor plane. not very fast...

lucky's pepper > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:17

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The most menacing looking piece of machinery ever built. I wonder if Bovington would sell thiers.

JR1 > ranwhenparked 04/20/2015 at 21:18

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That would be incredibly impressive

JR1 > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 04/20/2015 at 21:20

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How would you suggest you explore on a fixed railway. Build new tracks? I suppose if this is the ultimate fantasy that could maybe be possible

JR1 > whatisthatsound 04/20/2015 at 21:21

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Too many people getting sick on those lately

ranwhenparked > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:21

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Money buys freedom, and lots of money buys a crazy amount of freedom.

JR1 > glemon 04/20/2015 at 21:26

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B-GT?

JR1 > RTeeJay 04/20/2015 at 21:28

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That's fair. I thought about that too. With a Concord you could see the world

JR1 > RallyWrench 04/20/2015 at 21:29

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Any means any so the hover carrier is an amazing answer.

JR1 > BigBlock440 04/20/2015 at 21:30

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Damn family if they can't operate a cruise ship are they even worth having?

JR1 > Confused Miata 04/20/2015 at 21:30

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Money is no object you have the wealth of Rockefeller

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:33

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US Subs says they build them in various lengths but never tells who has bought them.

Your boy, BJR > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:35

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Well I meant train cars, but I’m thinking (from the engine back) Garage Car (kept clean as hell and can hold 4 Cadillacs), kitchen car, dining car, lounge car, sleeper car (one giant suite), and an observation car like this to cap it off

JR1 > computiNATEor 04/20/2015 at 21:37

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Might be the most thorough answer I have heard so far.

JR1 > speedygopher 04/20/2015 at 21:37

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All good choices

JR1 > Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight 04/20/2015 at 21:40

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Ok that's an awesome idea. What cars?

JR1 > glemon 04/20/2015 at 21:43

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The P-38 is so obscure yet so perfect

JR1 > l3t5hav3s3cks 04/20/2015 at 21:44

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Speed isn't everything

JR1 > lucky's pepper 04/20/2015 at 21:45

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I would have to disagree it is actually the AH-64

l3t5hav3s3cks > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:47

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i agree but thats y i’m turboing the olds. stay updated!!!

P51 mustang is very pretty i’m just joking :)

JR1 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/20/2015 at 21:54

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This is a real thing? How amazing

JR1 > l3t5hav3s3cks 04/20/2015 at 21:55

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What year is the olds?

l3t5hav3s3cks > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:58

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2003 ‘03. it’s 24 valves and a dual overhead cam with twin cams i believe

l3t5hav3s3cks > JR1 04/20/2015 at 21:58

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whoops “redundant”

lucky's pepper > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:03

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You sir need some new spectacles (actually a big gun capitol ship is more menacing looking then either now that I think about it). Besides I can’t fly a helicopter, but I guarantee I could learn to drive a Panzerkampfwagen VI.

BigBlock440 > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:09

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Such disappointments.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:09

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Luxury yacht, even though sailing on opens seas scares the shit out of me dropping anchor in Ibiza or Monaco would be sweet.

f86sabre > glemon 04/20/2015 at 22:10

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Boeing 314 was on my list too.

f86sabre > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:13

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I would need the garage too.

JR1 > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo 04/20/2015 at 22:20

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Luxury sailboat was high on my list

JR1 > f86sabre 04/20/2015 at 22:21

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I was waiting to see who would answer Saturn rocket

 > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:25

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A replica of the LZ-129 Hindenburg.

* drops mic *

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:27

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Definitely a train. Don’t really care about destination. I get to drive a train. Who the hell cares where I’m going. But, there are plenty of beautiful passes out West.

glemon > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:27

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Sorry meant to reply to the guy with mgb-gt in his name

f86sabre > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:35

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You can count on me. Heck, it’s my avatar. I stood under one last weekend. Pretty much my favorite “thing” out there. Let's not discount the B-25 though. It is a beauty.

glemon > f86sabre 04/20/2015 at 22:38

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The B-25 is indeed a beauty, but they were supposed to be a bit of a bear to fly though.

turbojames > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:49

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whatisthatsound > JR1 04/20/2015 at 22:52

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I still love them and I don’t know a single billionaire who owns their own cruise ship. Mega yachts, sure, but not a 1 billion dollar cruise ship. Not until they meet me.

computiNATEor > JR1 04/20/2015 at 23:07

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Haha, thanks! I haven’t daydreamed about it at all, nope, no way... ;)

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > JR1 04/20/2015 at 23:21

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No limit: One:1, LaFerrari; Bentley Continental GTC; Range Rover Sport SVR

Today: XLR-V; 68 Eldorado; C7 Z06 vert; CTS-V3

SALfan > desertdog5051 04/20/2015 at 23:45

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Big Boy! Over a million pounds of steam-powered wonderfulness.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > JR1 04/21/2015 at 00:39

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Apparently, but they never say who has bought one. Supposedly Arabs have bought the big Phoenix.

http://www.ussubmarines.com/submarines/lux…

Maybe Abramovich, Paul Allen

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=…

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > JR1 04/21/2015 at 00:39

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A parking lot. Hear me out...

No, it doesn't have an engine, but you can host events for lots of things that do.

How awesome would it be to have your own Auto-x/drift and cruise -in location?

Hell, if it's a big enough lot people might be able to land there as well.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 04/21/2015 at 00:41

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I hate flying and the ocean, but even I love the idea of traveling around in one of those.

desertdog5051 > SALfan 04/21/2015 at 00:54

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And they did it on steel rails that were barely up to the task. Rail sizes and alloys have improved so much since then

Wheelerguy > JR1 04/21/2015 at 02:19

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People who would fix my heart and teeth.

I have bad heart murmurs, have a hole somewhere in the ventricles, and congenital heart disease. It’s shitty, because it limits the stuff I can do. Walking can get painful the farther I walk, I get tired easily when I play basketball (and that’s counting out the fact that I don’t have proper ball handling), and even though I can confidently ride my bike for as far 20 miles without incident, it would feel like taking all of Tour de France non-stop and I feel like my heart would burst in the strain (and I have indeed went as far as 20 miles on a folding non-fixie). But the biggest trouble is my age. I’m not getting older and I’m fairly certain the hole in my heart is getting bigger. Right now my heart has been well-fortified, but I’m not too sure if it can handle more stress as I progress in life and college. And I also want to fly to see Le Mans, a MotoGP race, and go to Singapore to see F1 and say “ HE MUST WIN ” to Seb and Kimi. And even though I’m confident that I can fly in a passenger jet, doctors would say otherwise. And I’ll be in jail because I beat them with a stick.

My mom can’t afford the surgery. Hell, we can’t even afford a proper executive. And every time I blow the candles on my birthday cake I always wish that I get the operation on my birthday or some time after. And that a dentist do my teeth immediately after.

So, there. If I had all the money, I’ll use it to pay for doctors.

Oh, looks like I misread the post. Either way, I’ll have this:

this, to carry the Shuttle (there’s ways around that),

and this, so I can turn it into the most fearsome railgun-based tank anyone will ever see (add 5 more axles and turn it into a hybrid with electric motors per wheel, with choice of nuclear warhead rounds and single Tomahawks). I shall include luffing jibs in case I need it as a crane.

And this, because fuck the world’s fastest car.

Attached to that train is a complete setup of this, so I can put tracks on.

And finally, a special excavator in front so I can dig up land and lay some tracks.

Oh, and some regular cars, like the BMW M7 I want BMW to make to fight the Ferrari FF, a Lancer Evo X, a BAC Mono, a Unimog to fit with road-to-rail systems.

And to top it all off, this. With barrels upon barrels of different fuels for all my stuff, save the Space Shuttle.

I’ll get two of them, with the other one I’ll use as a general workshop.

And lest I forget, 5 of these.

Let’s just say I have lots of money. But of course, I wouldn’t get those without first getting my heart fixed.

JR1 > f86sabre 04/21/2015 at 08:35

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They are so impressive to stand under. Gigantic.