I don't know if I could spend $89,000 a month.

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I could have fun trying to spend that sort of cash each month.

I could spend it, but i'd also have at LEAST 50 cars within a year.

This sort of thing is far from unusual.

As far as spending that kind of loot, I suspect it would be far easier than you think.

I would spend it quite easily. A house here, a supercar there and it sure wouldn't be building up.

Think of all the hookers you could get a month with that..... And I suppose a couple of cars too.

Buy some land and start building a race track, that'll eat it all up. LOL But that's what I'd do if I got a crap-ton of cash.

A nice garage + engineering tools to design/build whatever I want. I could spend it for the first year probably.

Hell, in Northern, there are plenty of houses with a mortgage that would cost far more than that.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7201-Dulany-Dr_Mc-Lean_VA_22101_M51861-62770

Conquest351 wrote: Buy some land and start building a race track, that'll eat it all up. LOL But that's what I'd do if I got a crap-ton of cash.

That's actually my plan to get rid of the excess money. I would actually pave a huge area and then get little cone-carrying/placing robots so I can make new track layouts on a computer and have them assemble it for me. No sense being stuck with one track right?

Conquest351 wrote: Buy some land and start building a race track, that'll eat it all up. LOL But that's what I'd do if I got a crap-ton of cash.

I want to build a kart track, scale replica of Monza.

Just need to hit the lotto first!

GameboyRMH wrote: That's actually my plan to get rid of the excess money. I would actually pave a huge area and then get little cone-carrying/placing robots so I can make new track layouts on a computer and have them assemble it for me. No sense being stuck with one track right?

Dear Bob, that's an awesome idea. I was going to build a big flat autocross area with a preengineered shop building next to it, and let my local car club run there for free. But I never thought of having scutters to place the cones like a big CNC machine. Raises a beer to genius

GameboyRMH wrote: That's actually my plan to get rid of the excess money. I would actually pave a huge area and then get little cone-carrying/placing robots so I can make new track layouts on a computer and have them assemble it for me. No sense being stuck with one track right?

I've put serious thought into something similar:

Embed threaded inserts into the concrete. Create custom foam "cones" that thread in. When you hit them, they will flop over, but pop right back up.

I'd start off with a light inside that blinks if it is agitated enough. Later I would incorporate wireless transmitters that would notify the timing system that a cone has been hit.

ProDarwin wrote: Embed threaded inserts into the concrete. Create custom foam "cones" that thread in. When you hit them, they will flop over, but pop right back up. I'd start off with a light inside that blinks if it is agitated enough. Later I would incorporate wireless transmitters that would notify the timing system that a cone has been hit.

That sounds like a good way to have a blowout if you hit a cone.

I'm sure I could figure it out...or just invest it all and give it away after the first few years because it won't take long to own everything I need. What more do you need than a house with lots of land and 10-15 cars

scardeal wrote:

ProDarwin wrote: Embed threaded inserts into the concrete. Create custom foam "cones" that thread in. When you hit them, they will flop over, but pop right back up. I'd start off with a light inside that blinks if it is agitated enough. Later I would incorporate wireless transmitters that would notify the timing system that a cone has been hit.

That sounds like a good way to have a blowout if you hit a cone.

It could work if the base of the cone is a flat plate and the bolt projects below it. Then to detect a hit, another plate is sandwiched on top with a load cell in between.

scardeal wrote:

ProDarwin wrote: Embed threaded inserts into the concrete. Create custom foam "cones" that thread in. When you hit them, they will flop over, but pop right back up. I'd start off with a light inside that blinks if it is agitated enough. Later I would incorporate wireless transmitters that would notify the timing system that a cone has been hit.

That sounds like a good way to have a blowout if you hit a cone.

All of the threads would be below the surface of the pavement.

Twin_Cam wrote: I'm sure I could figure it out...or just invest it all and give it away after the first few years because it won't take long to own everything I need. What more do you need than a house with lots of land and 10-15 cars

I would start by adding a badass garage/machine/weld/fab shop

If I had my own race track, there'd be about a 5 acre skidpad out there to play with too. LOL I like the foam cone idea! Also have pop-up sprinklers to wet it all down for some wet sideways fun.

Silly people. Think machine vision. A few cameras, each watching cones section of the track. Computer ID's where the cones are supposed to be, lets the scoring computer know when one moves and sends a cone-bot out to adjust.

GE...I wish they would get specific!

If the government let you keep it all. You'd have to hire a tax expert to keep you from getting fleeced by the government, anyway. After they took their share, you'd be working the drive-through at McD's anyway.

What if you're like me, and actually run over the occasional cone?

I'd hire someone to break in my jeans.

914Driver wrote: I'd hire someone to break in my jeans.

I would wear brand new socks every day.

I could eat up $89k a month just on my ALMS team alone.