Since the Bugatti Veyron was announced, in 2005, I lusted after it, and later, its successor, the Chiron. Of course, there is no way I'd ever be able to afford one, and even if somehow one were to come my way for free, there's no way I'd be able to afford the cost merely of owning and operating it.
More recently, my mother passed away, and now I am looking at a substantial inheritance to come some time after her house sells. Not nearly enough to buy a Bugatti, though, but if I were so inclined, to buy some much less extreme high-performance sporty car, perhaps a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or something on that scale.
An odd thing, though—it's one thing to daydream about exotic sporty cars that one will never be able to afford. It's a very different thing to be in a position where you actually expect to receive enough money to buy such a car, and now you have to think about what will really benefit you. I am still intent on spending a substantial portion of my inheritance on a vehicle that I would otherwise not likely be able to afford, but I intend most of my inheritance to go into some mutual funds or other investments to give my wife and me some longer-term financial security and stability that have evaded us all our lives up until recently.
As for the vehicle to buy, I am, at this point, strongly leaning toward the new reimagined version of the Ford Bronco that is to come out later this year. (Clicking on the picture takes you to a page showing the version and options I currently have selected, though some of this could change before I'm actually in a position to think of buying it.)
A simple truth about the sort of car one daydreams about, who has no chance of ever actually owning one is that I'll never be in a position to actually drive it as fast as it can go, to drive it any faster than I could in a much more mundane car; and in the mean time, for the practical needs that I actually have for a vehicle, it would serve these needs much less well than the much more mundane car that I already have (a
2016 Dodge Dart) does. What I really needs is a vehicle that can reliably get me and all my tools to and from the construction sites where I work, and can handle the rough ground at some of these construction sites. It's struck me as kind of ironic that at the point in my life where I find myself often on constructions sites where the terrain is relatively undeveloped and rough, that of all the vehicles that I have ever owned, the car that I now own is the least suitable for rough ground. Ground clearance on the front end of my Dart is so low that it cannot even clear a standard curb.
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Ten made at $9 million dollars each!
