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Justify this price.

#1 Post by jimmyybob »

So i was in the big smoke at the weekend and went over to mayfair to look at the new Bugatti veyron grand sport vittess and very nice it was to,
In the display case for bits and bobs was a nice pair of sunglasses

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Errrr how much.!?!??!? :shock:
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#2 Post by sierra3dr »

I wonder what the cost price was to make them? :?
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#3 Post by TerryG »

£1.73 (plus postage from china)

I suppose they think if you have £500k to spend on a car you can afford to spend 10k on a pair of glasses :S
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#4 Post by jimmyybob »

The car i was looking at was just shy of £2 million.! :mrgreen:
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#5 Post by TerryG »

by looking at do you mean pressing your nose up against the window or going in and asking for further information? I think the closest I have been the a £2m car is walking past the Ferrari stand at last years NEC ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#6 Post by mach1rob »

They don't look too dissimilar to the pair I got from M&S not so long ago, far more reasonable, and do exactly the same job!
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#7 Post by jimmyybob »

Sadly it was closed when i got there, but as i'm such a know it all about this particular machine no further information was required anyway. ;)
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#8 Post by ZSDave »

Holy moly, never seen a pair of sunglasses cost that much!!!! :o :shock:

Seems a bargain tho, i'll have a couple!!! :lol:

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#9 Post by rich. »

not quite in the same league as the bugatti but almost as expensive, i was in a ford dealers yesterday trying to sort out a mot for the bed on my truck when i spotted a new s max on sale for €40,000 :shock:
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#10 Post by TerryG »

If you have a fiddle with the online configuration thing for a focus you can get it up to £33,000. This is why I buy 2nd hand cars.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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