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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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What jobs do SLR owners have?

Random question but I keep thinking it so I thought I would ask it. What kind of job do the SLR owners on here have?
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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Most SLR owners probably don't have regular jobs.......they are business owners, real estate moguls, VC's, CEO's, athletes, celebrities, trust fund babies, etc.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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My business partner has an SLR.. I will soon be an owner of one myself... We are Real Estate Developers.
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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^^^ right. Or, anything else in the federal government.

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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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Almost all business owners. In fact any car about 100K is almost strictly business owner OR very high position in some company. Athletes and Celebs go without saying. Bottom line, they don't have jobs, they give jobs.
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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CEO, CFO, Investment Bankers, Professional Sports, Entertainment, Movie Producers, Movie Directors, ... there's plenty of industries or career paths to land you an SLR, not just people who sit on beaches all day, there are business people who still work in you big Financial Firms who can afford/buy these cars.


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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:57 AM
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I am not any of those things and I have 2 SLR McLaren. One is black and the other is silver.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:02 AM
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I am not any of those things and I have 2 SLR McLaren. One is black and the other is silver.
yeah, okay, and I have three, one is painted zebra.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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I am not any of those things and I have 2 SLR McLaren. One is black and the other is silver.
Classic when a newbie's first post is what car and how many they own....

Pics please
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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Classic when a newbie's first post is what car and how many they own....

Pics please
We had a guy on the R230 board claiming to have 3 SL's (65,55,600) before others called him on it. He ended up being a 17-year old looking for online bragging rights

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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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We had a guy on the R230 board claiming to have 3 SL's (65,55,600) before others called him on it. He ended up being a 17 year old looking for online bragging rights
Yeah ok. I do have all those cars and am not looking for bragging rights as I already said.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Yeah ok. I do have all those cars and am not looking for bragging rights as I already said.
Any of them painted white with illuminated door sills? Not messing with you. Just wondering.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 09:44 PM
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 02:21 AM
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Yeah ok. I do have all those cars and am not looking for bragging rights as I already said.
Whay would you want a 600, 55 and 65 of the exact same model? It makes no sense. I mean the 65 *goes* the best and the 55 *sounds* the best but the 600 seems kind of redundant in the threesome and I'd sooner have 3 totally different models (65, Ford GT and 997TT) if I had that kind of money and didn't have kids stopping me buying two-seaters.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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Whay would you want a 600, 55 and 65 of the exact same model? It makes no sense. I mean the 65 *goes* the best and the 55 *sounds* the best but the 600 seems kind of redundant in the threesome and I'd sooner have 3 totally different models (65, Ford GT and 997TT) if I had that kind of money and didn't have kids stopping me buying two-seaters.
It makes complete and utter sense if you are Bill Gates. He has every model of Porsche dating back to a very early year as I recall. BUT, if you aren't him then it makes absolutely no sense at all. Besides minor exterior changes and options, the real only difference is under the the hood. I would've purchased the 65 and then jumped off the Mercedes bandwagon onto the next..
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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Cheers guys, right time for me to try and start my own business then lol.
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I am not any of those things and I have 2 SLR McLaren. One is black and the other is silver.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:05 AM
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yeah, okay, and I have three, one is painted zebra.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Well lets see every MB dealership in south florida owns one so MB car dealer owners. You want a good deal on one buy it in Miami, FL. they will fight for your business. It will have to be silver thats the only color I've seen at the dealerships.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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