Your friend is simply wrong. I think buying a house in italy and commissioning a custom super car is evidence that he doesn't know what he is talking about.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/07/pagani-zonda-hh-commissio...
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/07/pagani-zonda-hh-commissio...
@jsprinkles: do you have a blog or website? Really enjoyed your xip.io comments (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4082017) and would like to keep up with your adventures. On a related note, it would be nice if HN had RSS feeds for specific user submissions and comments.
Thank you for the kind words.