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Originally posted by sexyavs
I take the Ferrari as proof enough for me..
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Oh my friend, you have much to learn if you think wheels prove wealth . . .
Don't know about anyone else, and this is not to imply anything against anyone on this board who drives one, but based on my many years of doing business and investment deals with all levels of wealthy people, 99% of the guys that tried to impress me with the fact that they drove a Rolls, Ferrari or a Lambo turned out to be con men, morons, scammers, or guys who had just made some quick money and poured it all into show toys to make themselves look wealthier than they really were.
I'll never forget this one guy in LA, who told me he owned 50 different companies, showed up in a different fancy car at each meeting, and in one meeting met me on his 150 ft yacht. The reality turned out to be he was the CEO of only one company, it had gone bankrupt, the cars belonged to this rich woman he was living with and mooching off who was previously married to a big baseball star, and the yacht actually belonged to a guy he owed a lot of money to who was letting him use it as a prop to con other people so he could get paid back. He was eventually arrested and did time for ripping off several million dollars.