I'm In The Wrong Profession

"Party-vi" (party-vi)
05/06/2015 at 09:46 • Filed to: None

Went to get my eyes checked yesterday and get new glasses. My optometrist has done very well in his field and has half a dozen locations. He’s also a car guy, having previously owned a Dinan’d 535xi wagon, Panamera, Leaf (wtf?), few 911s, and still owning an RS5. We got to talking about cars and he mentioned his 550i lease was almost up and asked what I would buy with $100k. I told him I’d get a Vantage a he agreed but then he mentioned the AMG GT. I said it wouldn’t be a bad idea, and mentioned it pretty much holds its own with the Porsche 911 Turbo so it’s plenty quick but it’s pricey. We talk a bit more and then he does the exam (verdict; not blind). After the exam he comes over to me and shows me a picture of a light blue AMG GT in someone’s garage. “My brother just got it, now I have to get one”. I’m currently getting my adoption papers in order but my hopes aren’t high.

How would you like to wake up in the morning and have to choose between an AMG GT and an RS5 to drive to work?

DISCUSSION (26)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 09:51

I’d be choosing between a Jag XJ220 and the same XJ220, because I consider one of those to be worth two alternatives - for uniqueness.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 09:52

It would be easy. Unless there were snow on the ground, AMG.

E92M3 > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 09:52

We should of went to medical school. I know a dermatologist, and she makes around $500k a year. Most of it from botox and collagen injections.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 09:54

I would like that very much. My general clumsiness means that if I went into optometry many of my customers would probably leave in worse condition than they arrived though.

sellphones2493 > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 10:05

My family friend/financial advisor does $1,200,000 a year - and he went to a shitty college!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E92M3
05/06/2015 at 10:16

[facepalm]

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > sellphones2493
05/06/2015 at 10:16

Good lord...

BeaterGT > sellphones2493
05/06/2015 at 10:26

You don’t even need to go to college to be a financial advisor!

Party-vi > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
05/06/2015 at 10:27

“okay which one, A or B, A or OH JESUS I STABBED YOU IN THE EYE!”

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 10:29

Mine has a Ghibli.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
05/06/2015 at 10:30

Should of

Party-vi > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/06/2015 at 10:30

Not sure if want. I heard the interior quality is exactly what you’d expect from an entry-level Italian car.

This one had a 2014 Corvette but he said the amount of recalls and the clutch made him get rid of it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 10:34

It still sounds like a Maserati, and that’s all that really matters, isn’t it?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/06/2015 at 10:42

My facepalm was for the botox and collagen. I can’t fault someone for profiting on the vanity of others...

Party-vi > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/06/2015 at 10:46

I suppose so.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 10:49

I have no clue what happened there.

thebigbossyboss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/06/2015 at 11:10

As long as one is in van form.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > thebigbossyboss
05/06/2015 at 11:12

I’m almost sure there’s a way to have a trailer hitch on an XJ220. Maybe glue it on like the rest of the chassis stuff.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 11:17

It would be pretty easy to choose the AMG. Though my old optometrist had a 575 and a Vanquish, so that choice would be a little bit more difficult.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 11:19

What do I feel like driving this morning, a Mini, a BMW, or an F-150?

Shockingly, there are times that the correct answer is F-150.

Party-vi > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
05/06/2015 at 11:22

Mine would be the choice between a Pilot, a Willys, or a BMW. The Pilot is a lumbering beast, the Willys is leaking all sorts of stuff, so I guess the BMW.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > thebigbossyboss
05/06/2015 at 11:23

Kinja'd!!!

You were saying?

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Party-vi
05/06/2015 at 11:26

Here’s how things went down last week.

Mini: Had a flat tire (No spare, because BMW)
BMW: Needed a new windshield gasket (and rain yields “le leak”)
Audi: Needs new front brakes, an insurance policy, and a tag
Triumph Sprint ST: It’s raining...
F-150: Nothing broken on it...

So I drive the F-150 to work. About halfway there, the wipers pack up, in the rain.

Kinja'd!!!

Cue resorting to removing an arm from the spindle, and holding it out the window to scrape water off the glass.

#ThereWasNoRightAnswerThere

thebigbossyboss > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
05/06/2015 at 11:26

That is exactly what I was saying.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > thebigbossyboss
05/06/2015 at 11:29

It’s obviously the correct answer for anything involving an XJ220.

Remove Jag body, display in art museum.
Plop on unassuming Transit body.
????
PROFIT!!!

E92M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
05/06/2015 at 11:54

It’s insane! Takes about 15 mins to do the injections, and costs about $800. Not sure what her supply cost is, but damn!