{"id":333642,"date":"2017-10-09T01:02:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T01:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=333642"},"modified":"2024-11-02T22:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T22:58:39","slug":"so-you-won-a-million-but-can-you-really-afford-a-supercar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/so-you-won-a-million-but-can-you-really-afford-a-supercar\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Won a Million, But Can You Really Afford a Supercar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You read the numbers, then you check the date on the paper. Then you read the numbers again, and slowly it starts to dawn on you that you\u2019ve won the lottery. How much? A million! To hell with the poker face you always imagined you\u2019d pull in this situation, you\u2019re doing cartwheels around the house. That\u2019ll do nicely. And in your head, you start to plan your new garage with at least one supercar and a few others to tide you over.<\/p>\n

But hold your horses there, big spender! You only won a million. Yes, that\u2019s right, we said \u201conly\u201d. Before you get that in the bank, Uncle Sam will take over $300k<\/a> out of it, so you\u2019ll be lucky to have $650k to play around with.<\/p>\n

The fact is while that kind of money should be enough to set you up in a nice house with a pool and maybe that games room with the poker table you always wanted or start a good business, it probably won\u2019t bring you the Mclaren P1 you were just dreaming of. But you already have a house, and you have a pretty good job, you say? Doesn\u2019t matter; if you want to own a supercar, you need to think of more than the sticker price.<\/p>\n

Now before you start, we\u2019re sticking to real supercars here. Forget your Acuras and your Nissans, and not a word about your Aston Martins or your Jaguars. We\u2019re thinking more Lamborghinis, McLarens, Ferraris, and Bugattis; the kind of cars you\u2019d imagine poker high rollers drive.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s go for a Huracan. At $200,000, it\u2019s one of the more \u201caffordable\u201d on our list of supercars with class. And that\u2019s a fair chunk of your change gone right off the bat, but like you said, you\u2019ve got a good job and a house already.<\/p>\n

Now you\u2019re going to want to take good care of this beautiful piece of engineering, so first up you\u2019ll need some insurance. Depending on your driving experience, place of residence, and your security measures, this could be anything from $5,000 to $20,000 a year. Ouch.<\/p>\n

Then you\u2019ll need to keep it serviced. An oil change alone could set you back $1,000 while the plugs will cost another $1-2k. Tires are another expense that you just can\u2019t avoid, and while they \u201conly\u201d cost about $1,200 for a set, it all adds up.<\/p>\n

Gas is about the only thing you don\u2019t have to worry about as you\u2019ll likely only drive the car on the weekends. We can\u2019t really see you rolling up to Walmart in the Huracan when there\u2019s a perfectly good minivan at home. Where would you put the shopping bags for a start?<\/p>\n

So, unless you win the super-power-mega-jackpot lottery, chances are you won\u2019t be buying that lime green Lambo. In fact, with the way the economy is going right now, you might even have trouble keeping a Porsche in the garage with only $650k in the bank. Besides, the odds of you winning that super jackpot are pretty slim after all.<\/p>\n

If you want to win big, and we mean three Ferraris in the driveway big, you better find yourself another hobby. Something like poker. This year\u2019s\u00a0World Series of Poker winner Scott Blumstein<\/a>\u00a0is a 25-year-old accountant major and he banked $8.5 million. And even better, it was his first live event. Although it should be said that the guy had been grinding away at online poker for a few years and managed to get good enough to qualify for the live tournament.<\/p>\n

Yeah, we\u2019re thinking that online poker has never looked more appealing than it does right now. And like you, we\u2019re also wondering what car Blumstein went out and bought with his poker winnings. Hopefully, it was something suitably exotic because otherwise, we\u2019ll be very disappointed.\u00a0Now that\u2019s a man that can definitely afford a P1 if he wanted it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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