Yes and no. Dude’s 6’9”, there are a lot of cars that he physically cannot fit in.

It’s tragic!

My grandfather owned a car dealership. My mom’s first car was a convertible Camaro SS. I was car crazy growing up and everyone knew it.

So when I was 15 my grandfather asked if I wanted to work for him for a summer and he’d give me a car. So of course I said yes.

I showed up at his house, he told me to get some rest, work starts at 5. Next morning I wake up and go down stairs at the ass crack of dawn. My grandfather says “you’ll be working with your uncle Mark this summer.”

I was confused, because Mark didn’t work at the dealership… mark ran a roofing company.

So for the entire summer I carried squares up the ladders and did all the other shit jobs on a roofing crew.

When I had my 16th my grandfather gave me the car….. a 13 year old explorer with an exhaust leak and 200,000 miles on the clock.

He died a few years ago. Fuck him

I’ve never spent over 5k. I’m guessing it’ll happen on the next one, but I’ve probably got a least a decade left on this accord.

Man what happened to Nissan. Those Pathfinders and Xterras seem to last forever. Now their CVTs are as reliable as rubber bands.

Same here, I think mine was a 96. I really miss that car, it was so comfortable.

My first car was a 1977 Cougar. It was about the length of a football field and cost $300. That was in 1998.

The crazy thing is that $200k is probably a smaller % of his earnings up to this point, even just based on his rookie scale guaranteed earnings, than what you paid for your first car.

$200k is ~.07% of the money that was guaranteed in his rookie scale contract when he signed.

Chose 200 on his own, kids got a good head on his shoulders. Don’t fuck this up Nico.

That, and “investing” in all sorts of silly, risky, poorly planned ventures.

The first car helps with the idea of wealth that brings on a lifestyle on spending to “take care of others”.

Baby mamas are an even bigger problem. Worse if they have multiple kids from different women 

It’s honestly the investing that kills people. Much easier to go broke investing in stupid restaurants or club.

This happens when you come from a poor family and you end up taking care of your while extended family. Something tells me Cooper doesn’t have this problem.

So he should buy himself the Bugatti and leave his mom to fend for herself. Gotcha. 

Athletes go broke making investments into businesses started by friends and relatives. 2 mil here, 4 mil there, on the hook for debt, etc.

Kinda depends. 911s do really really well when it comes to depreciation, especially the really hardcore ones which may not lose value much if at all.

There’s a scarcity thing going on with them where they’ll make most people buy a couple of Porsche SUVs before they’ll even sell you something like a GT3.

I bet cooper being a celebrity would be able to snag one without having to jump through as many hoops (read: car purchases) though.

If he just goes for a run or the mill Mercedes or Bentley you’re absolutely right though.

Lord help him if he goes for a Maserati!

He’s like Maine’s most famous person. He’ll have the Dallas sponsorships but he’s also got lobster money coming his way.

You know what’s gonna be broke is that $480 car

And split over two years. Lots of expenses to be had for someone in their first year of a new life, just the scale is higher than most of us are used to. A several mil for a custom house with nice gym and good security, six figures to furnish it, save/invest at least a couple mil for an okay-ish “retirement” from interest/dividends alone, gifts. It’s not that lavish for someone with his projected career earnings, but eats up a good part of his first year earnings. Then he could look at sponsorships as play money or more significant investments. He’ll have everything he needs after that first year, and the rest of the career just creates generational wealth.

I went to the Maserati factory years ago and they basically said the Ghibli is a piece of shit that they only made so that BMW drivers would switch over.

Groce

Murray only started buying cars recently which is why the other guy probably thought he still had the one car.

lol. I mean I’m not that surprised. But my point still stands minus Murray. Doing what everyone else does is rarely cool. No, let me rephrase that. It never is.

Found the flight attendant.

bugaTTi

trying to find anything about Jamal Murray’s Camaro, just leads to other articles about his expensive car collection…

That’s HUGE dick energy right there.

No for real though that’s awesome

In Memphis that’s legit smart. But also it’s Memphis af, that story about him getting a reckless driving ticket in Indiana may be one of the most endearing stories to Memphis fans in the history of the franchise. Dude cemented himself as a legend with that.

He just bought a pristine impala from 96 with 86 miles on it

Yeah, I’ve seen his grand national. Definitely a level up in car enthusiasm over guys with just the newest high end exotic.

Stockton always looked like a guy who would pull up in a minivan. Probably had a mesh bag full of basketballs in the trunk, a glovebox full of maps, a pristine owners manual with the original receipt of purchase, and a log of all gas fill ups and oil changes with the MPG calculated in the ledger.

John Cena loves his type r

especially now that the markups are disappearing

could even go for an ITS

My neighbor has a sick red 2024 Type R. I’m so jealous every morning when he starts it up and goes to work.

Love my 2003 Honda Civic that makes a squeal when I start her up. Still runs like Tony Snell in his 0 everything game.

Bro you can get a Z06 with 670 hp for like 120, what more do you need lol

I don’t know if his mom knows cars, but I’d like to think that’s exactly her point. That’s 911 territory which is tasteful, fun, and not that dangerous. Not that flashy either, blends in the downtown Dallas traffic easily lol

California NIMBYs are like the 60s Boston Celtics: utter dominance.

He’s saving up until he can afford to move out

His home is probably a small village, why bother moving

Or do, a luxury car dealership in a place like Beverly Hills would probably do pretty well.

A few football teams have these sorts of arrangements but it’s usually down to sponsorship rather than being a stance as such. Bayern players have to drive Audis when on club business or face fines. Think Real have a similar arrangement with BMW.

I am a car person and sports cars are incredibly compromised for the most part compared to anything else for normal driving. If you don’t enjoy driving there’s no (good) reason to have one.

That said consider this argument for sports cars for those of us who do like driving: the average person will spend years of their life behind the wheel when you add it up when all is said and done. That time can be spent in a boring box, or in a device literally designed for my entertainment and enjoyment.

Honestly I’d just like to have a comfortable car that is reliable and where I never have to worry about replacing it or repairing it costing me money I even have to sweat a tiny bit about. Cars are a means of getting from point a to point b for me, I have way too much to live for to worry about the appearance of my car.

YWCA summer league. Just for reference, I am not a woman.

its a future classic

and with V8s likely on the way out, it’ll appreciate or at minimum hold its value

They are old enough to die for this country in war. They’re an adult. The infantilization of this generation does not change that.