Hackers Steal MLB Star Kris Bryant's $200K Lamborghini by Rerouting Delivery
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“Any time we can get back somebody’s vehicle that’s been stolen, that’s a win for us.”
He added, “We would treat it no differently if it was someone’s F-150 versus a
Lamborghini.”
A better example would have been someone's used, beat-up Corolla, but then the truthfulness would be a little slipperier...
When I was a kid, my older brother raced motorcycles and cars. This was back before computers in cars, when carburetors were in cars. He worked on his engines all week long; he learned and perfected his engine rebuilding, his welding, learned to paint, he was inspired by magazines, and had his cylinders bored out, ports ported (yes, 2 strokes), etc. etc. Then he'd race on weekends and see how he did; it was hardscrabble, but there was something holistic about it. It wasn't me, I didn't do it, but it cured me of ever wanting, or really, ever feeling entitled to.
Just having a bunch of money and plunking it down on a Lambo, without knowing how to work on it yourself? just seems stupid. You bought it, it's like using a computer without knowing how to configure it, and wanting everybody to look at you doing it.
You're a great baseball player. You know more about baseball in your muscle memory than I will ever come close to even intellectually. Why buy an uncomfortable mid engine sports car that you can barely see out of, can't get a blowjob in, will definitely get speeding tickets in, probably wreck, and possibly get killed in or worse, kill somebody else in?
buy a comfortable car, it will have plenty of power. That exoticar is not you, you're pretending, just like a hollywood or hedgefund douche. Yes, you can do it, just sayin, don't.
You want to race? ok, go all in. Sadly, you'll probably never catch up with real racers, like Michael Jordan never did much on the baseball field, but at least you can be authentic doing that and not just a celeb poseur, push pedal, go fast, in places where you're not safe for other people.
Strangely though, people make assumptions about people because of their job, or the car they drive.
Which is amusing because the only thing you can know about someone with a car like this is they have $200,000 less in the bank than before they bought it.
I remember reading that more than half of all Ferrari sales are financed and that most Ferrari owners have a net worth of less than a million dollars.
It seems that people are willing to strain their finances to signal status.
The tiny amount of gem decorated watches they sell are all sold with diamonds certified by the Kimberley Process, which isn't perfect, but is literally the UN standard.
I would spend my money on something else though, Volkwagens aren't that great /s
And if it doesn't have plenty of power, you get to have the pedal to the floor a lot more often. How often can you floor a real sports car with power? Not very often if you want to keep driving it.
Some people like a product and to have something that just works.
Have you heard of “having fun”?
Safe things are boring.
Proceeds to tell people can't like what they like and what to spend their money on...
> Just having a bunch of money and plunking it down on a Lambo, without knowing how to work on it yourself? just seems stupid.
Why? Think of all the money you've spent on food you didn't grow or cook yourself, water you didn't treat yourself (unless you live entirely off the land yourself, in which case, bravo).
> Why buy an uncomfortable mid engine sports car that you can barely see out of, can't get a blowjob in, will definitely get speeding tickets in, probably wreck, and possibly get killed in or worse, kill somebody else in?
Tons of assumptions here, a couple of which can be applied to any vehicle.
> buy a comfortable car, it will have plenty of power. That exoticar is not you, you're pretending, just like a hollywood or hedgefund douche. Yes, you can do it, just sayin, don't.
Big ole yikes here. Step away from the keyboard for a few hours and chill.
> You want to race? ok, go all in. Sadly, you'll probably never catch up with real racers, like Michael Jordan never did much on the baseball field, but at least you can be authentic doing that and not just a celeb poseur, push pedal, go fast, in places where you're not safe for other people.
Glad you've deemed yourself the authority on what makes a "real racer" and who is "authentic".
You sound bitter over people with money spending it on luxuries.