you won the lottery!

[mikedudley17]

Hypothetical of course, sorry to smash your dreams upon opening this thread.

anyways, if you won 500 million dollars, what would you do?

[oscare003]

i'd stop working. buy house of dreams w/ a few rides. get wife whatever shes wants. maybe open a business of customizing cars/ painting. get my family outta mexico since its gettin pretty bad now.

[Z34guy]

First. restore my Monte Carlo to MY specs (about $20,000-30,000).

Buy either an Aveo or a Ford Fiesta daily driver (maybe both. lol)

Buy and restore my dream car to my specs (a 1976 Lancia Scorpion, preferably powered by either a GM Quad 4 or a GM LQ1 V6)

Buy my dad the truck he wants (new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew cab LTZ 5.3L automatic with every option >$40,000)

have a custom house built (me and my dad oddly enough share the same dream house. large garage loaded with snap-on tools, and engine hoist and a lift, large kitchen, living room with a fireplace. basement made into a lounge/gameroom/bar. And 5-7 bedrooms.)

Open a driving school that forces all students to learn to drive manual, automatic, different emergency maneuvers with FR, FF, MR, and RR cars with different drivetrains: FWD, AWD, and RWD, learn to use your turn signal, and learn to do proper maintenance. The school would have it's own short circuit racetrack in the back)

Any left over would be shared with the rest of my family.

Does it show that I've had this planned out for years?

[mikedudley17]

I would take half the money and put it away to be saved, probably in overseas accts. Theni would take the other half and buy a large plot of land and build a very accomadating home. I'd prolly do this in Arizona or New Mexico. Then, I would set up trust funds for my kids (asuming I have kids in the future). I'd make it so they couldn't touch the money until they were 28 y.o. because I want them to learn that they can't have everything in life handed to them. They have to work hard just as I did. Doesn't mean I won't help them but they better know that it's ok to break a sweat and if after a weeks hard work they have blisters and calouses on their hands they should be proud. And I'll show then some cool **** along the way too. Then I'd open a hospital and a security firm. I don't know medical ****, but I know other people do and hospitals are huge money pits. Hopefully it would succeed. I'd run the security firm myself tho. I would do that for the rest of my life til I'm 65 or so. Then I'd retire and hopefully my children will be ready and willing to take over. I would then buy a nice sturdy yacht and sail around the world and see as much as I could until I die. I would make sure I die a happy man. I'd do all the other bulls4it to, like buy a couple nice cars, maybe trick one out. But mostly I'd go for a very peaceful and quiet life with a huge focus on my family and friends. Oh and I would try and buy aveoclub forum

[petrified.rabbit]

500 mil in winnings = @ 235 mil in a one time check.. at @ 2% interest = 4.7 mil a year to live off of and never touch your winnings.

[thehunterooo]

I would buy a civic

[daug1502]

I'd build a nice comfy house, with a shop just outside of town on a few acres of land. Find a 64 impala to fix up. A few other toys, and enough investments to be set for a few generations.

[Z34guy]

I would buy a civic

And I would find it and torch it.

[AveoSS]

I would buy a civic

Can u get me one too? Pleazzzzz!

[AveoSS]

Buy a farm in a small town, a bunch of toys(cars, bikes, etc) raise catle, horses and exotic animals.
Trade my wife in for 2 new ones(yeah, I would have at least 2, maybe 3)
Oh, and build a little shrine for my Aveo! LOL