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Magic34
01-23-2006, 03:40 PM
So someone buys this thing for $4,100,000 and they frickin drive it on the freeway??
Someone has way more money than brains. Who the hell buys a classic vehicle with a $4.1 mil value and puts it on a 65 MPH freeway?
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4368GM_futureliner.jpg

phebus
01-23-2006, 03:41 PM
Looks like a cross of a fire engine, and a locomotive.

little rowe boat
01-23-2006, 03:41 PM
If I could afford to buy then I would want to drive it. Just my .02

riverroyal
01-23-2006, 03:41 PM
think they called AAA to add it to their coverage?

Jordy
01-23-2006, 03:43 PM
I'd bet they got a few funny looks as they were driving it out of the show, passing all the $100,000 trailer queens. That's good stuff right there. :D

2Driver
01-23-2006, 03:47 PM
When money's no object I guess. $hit, I'd turn into a toy hauler and go to the dunes in it.
I saw this up close on Wednesday and it is reallly cool. Over 11' tall with single center front seat. A giant florescent light panel emerges straight up out of the roof to light up the night

boater012
01-23-2006, 03:49 PM
hey i saw one of those in person a while back at a gm only car show. those were used to haul the cars and personnel to car shows and things of that sort for general motors back in the 50s and 60s, ( i think) they were a pretty trick setup from what i remember of what the old geezer showing said they used to haul concept cars and people would follow them through the streets to sneak a peek at what g.m. was offering for the new year! somewhere i have a picture of one of those with a 57 chevy in the back in like 1955 or something ill try to dig it up!

LAFD
01-23-2006, 03:49 PM
put some stripper poles in and some taps that would be a sweet party wagon.

Beer-30
01-23-2006, 03:51 PM
Yeah, it sold at Barrett-Jackson for 4.1M. That's beautiful that they are driving it. Sweet.

superdave013
01-23-2006, 03:53 PM
there was a basket case one that at a glance looked just like that sitting by the el toro air base.

Beer-30
01-23-2006, 03:58 PM
Besides, it's not that far fetched - you drive this down the road, don't you? Hee hee. :)
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4368DSC00513_crop-med.jpg

AZKC
01-23-2006, 04:01 PM
put some stripper poles in and some taps that would be a sweet party wagon.
Now we're talkin :crossx:

nodigg
01-23-2006, 04:24 PM
If I had the money to buy..... I would definitely drive it.
If you have the 4 mil, why worry about damage? Just buy another if a bug hits it!

coolchange
01-23-2006, 04:44 PM
Don't think it would fit in a car carrier.Whats the difference, driving down the fwy or open towing down the fwy? Might have a hard time findin a lowboy low enough. I know where there is on of those that has already been converted with a bar in it in North Hollywood. Bet they're lookin at it differently today!

JustMVG
01-23-2006, 04:50 PM
Used to see that thing or one just like it sitting on Ventura Blvd in encino, i knew they were trying to get a collector or group to purchase it, guess they got their wish.

SummitKarl
01-23-2006, 04:53 PM
So someone buys this thing for $4,100,000 and they frickin drive it on the freeway??
Someone has way more money than brains. Who the hell buys a classic vehicle with a $4.1 mil value and puts it on a 65 MPH freeway?
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4368GM_futureliner.jpg
POT...meet KETTLE!!!!!.........see your sig line :rolleyes: :) :rollside:

boater72
01-23-2006, 04:53 PM
The guy that bought the bus for 4 million owns the discovery channel.

burtandnancy
01-23-2006, 06:13 PM
7457 you are so incorrect it defies logic. Please change your number to 180

cola
01-23-2006, 06:42 PM
The guy that bought the bus for 4 million owns the discovery channel.
I though he owned Overton Marina on Lake Mead. :)

boater72
01-23-2006, 07:14 PM
7457 you are so incorrect it defies logic. Please change your number to 180
I guess I am human as I know I do and have made mistakes. I saw it posted somewhere else as this to be. I almost always get in trouble when I assume. Sorry burtandnancy. Change my name to 180?

wsuwrhr
01-23-2006, 07:24 PM
POT...meet KETTLE!!!!!.........see your sig line :rolleyes: :) :rollside:
Now that is some funny shit.
Brian

Doin' Time
01-23-2006, 07:26 PM
could sum this whole thread up in one word about that bus.....UGLY!!!!!

wsuwrhr
01-23-2006, 07:27 PM
I'm saying if you have 4 mil to buy a toy like that, you aren't sweating it.
Can you imagine what the houses look like that guy lives in, please, 4 mil?
Probably the same value of a thousand dollars to people like us.
Brian

Hal
01-23-2006, 07:35 PM
You got that right Brain. :cry:

Boa1277
01-23-2006, 10:03 PM
So someone buys this thing for $4,100,000 and they frickin drive it on the freeway??
Someone has way more money than brains. Who the hell buys a classic vehicle with a $4.1 mil value and puts it on a 65 MPH freeway?
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4368GM_futureliner.jpg
If I had 4 mill to buy that thing, I would drive it I cant stand people who purchase something that was designed to be driven and trailer it everywhere, If you wanted a painting for 4 mill then you hang it on the wall, if you buy something with wheels you drive it down the road. Obviously 4 mill was within this guys budget so more power to him and his brains..... :crossx:

Fast Freddy
01-24-2006, 07:21 AM
So someone buys this thing for $4,100,000 and they frickin drive it on the freeway??
Someone has way more money than brains. Who the hell buys a classic vehicle with a $4.1 mil value and puts it on a 65 MPH freeway?
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4368GM_futureliner.jpg
so 1 million plus people have multi-million dollar mansions built in california that are gonna get destroyed by earthquakes, mudslides and fires??
some people have more money than brains.
its called inusrance dude...........get over it

uvindex
01-24-2006, 08:20 AM
Who the hell buys a classic vehicle with a $4.1 mil value and puts it on a 65 MPH freeway?How else would you get it home? :) (Even if you bring it home on a big-ass truck, it's still going to be on the freeway.)

Froggystyle
01-24-2006, 09:21 AM
You could spend your entire life marketing and not get the coverage in the motorsports world this guy and this bus are getting right now. For the rest of his life, and the life of the bus it will have superceded reality, and anyone who knows anything about motorsports, auctions, high value items or world records will recognize and associate with this purchase.
Most expensive vehicle ever purchased. That kind of publicity works. I don't know what he is going to do with the notoriety he has generated, but if it is for promotional purposes (I would have to imagine it is) than he has a goldmine worth far more than the 4 million.

YeLLowBoaT
01-24-2006, 12:44 PM
I think thats great that he is driving it....
If you have a car that just sits there... all you have is a pile of metal that collects dust. Oh and you paid too much for it.

91nordic29
01-24-2006, 01:02 PM
mega bus (http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0124auction24.html)

nodigg
01-25-2006, 01:12 PM
How 'bout that, it wasn't a Californian!

Wet Dream
01-25-2006, 01:20 PM
Who the hell buys a classic vehicle with a $4.1 mil value and puts it on a 65 MPH freeway?
Probably someone with more money than you and doesn't give a shit what anyone else thinks.