• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Seriously. Racing school was fun and only $1,500! Yeah that was serious money for me, but I thought it was a good investment/ birthday present. For him though… That’s like a quarter.

    Uninsured is also just strange. Even if I bought a junked supercar, rebuilt the thing myself, and didn’t care if I wrecked it, I’d still insure the thing.

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      10 months ago

      I feel like Elon is the type of guy who views having insurance as weak. Like someone or something having an even minute amount of authority over him is unthinkable.

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      10 months ago

      For him though… That’s like a quarter.

      Today, yes, but back then he was just another dot com millionaire. Remember, that footage was before PayPal, so he probably had about 300M, tops. A million was still only a fraction of his wealth, but it was still a noticeable fraction.

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        10 months ago

        Even so, I seriously doubt the $1500 he could have spent to learn to drive the thing properly would have been a serious expense.