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Old 09-20-2006, 08:28 PM
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What do you Billionares drive?

You're going to be surprised.

http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/to...ill_cars_promo

Bill Gates drives a '99 Porsche 911 cabrio. He's also got a rare Porsche 959, for which he got President Clinton to sign a law legalizing it for road use.
Now that's some serious clout, but with $50 billion at his disposal and a taste for Stuttgart's finest, wouldn't a Carrera GT or a new 911 Turbo have found a way into his garage?

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett drives a Lincoln Town Car Signature Series, complete with landau roof.

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad has a '93 Volvo 240 GL, but prefers taking the bus. Seriously. And he uses his senior-citizen's card, too.

Like his pal Bill, Mircosoft co-founder Paul Allen has a Porsche 959 (how original), but drives around Washington State mostly in an '88 Mazda B-Series pickup.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, meanwhile, has got the Infiniti FX45, Hummer H1, Volvo XC90, Rolls Royce Phantom and Daewoo Matiz in his garage. Two of each, so that his entourage can follow in identical wheels. (If the Daewoo seems out of place, it's because the prince is part owner of the company.)

Michael Dell (whose name is probably emblazoned on the computer you're using to read this) alternates between a 2004 Porsche Boxster and a 2005 Hummer H2.

Larry "the Oracle" Ellison has got wheels with some style: a pair of new Bentley Continentals, a GT coupe and a Flying Spur sedan. (They go well with his fighter jet and America's Cup racing yacht.)

Jim Walton, owner of Wal-Mart, has for a garage what you'll probably find at the local used car lot: a 2002 Dodge Dakota, '99 Chevy Silverado, '98 Mitsubishi Montero Sport and 2000 Acura Integra, all available at everyday low prices. (His '59 Cadillac is probably a sweet ride, though.)

Jim's sister Alice Walton walked after killing a woman in '89 behind the wheel of a Porsche. Now she drives an F-150 King Ranch pickup. (More carefuly, we hope.)

Like his colleagues Bill and Paul, Steven Ballmer made his billions at Microsoft, but he stays true to his motown roots at the wheel of a '98 Lincoln Continental.

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Old 09-20-2006, 10:31 PM
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.....and not one is driving a TITAN, just does to show, money doesn't buy happiness!!!
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Old 09-20-2006, 11:55 PM
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They didn't ask me, I would have told them the Titan.
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Old 09-23-2006, 05:21 PM
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wow i cant belive that paul allen drives a '88 B-series
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Old 09-25-2006, 09:05 AM
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Well I guess it isn't all about the "Rides" then.
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Old 09-25-2006, 01:38 PM
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wow i cant belive that paul allen drives a '88 B-series
And I bet he draws absolutely NO attention to himself, which is probably his intention!
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:06 PM
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I am insensed that the person who wrote that made the gross generalization that *I* would stoop to the use of a Dell computer.
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:30 PM
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I am insensed that the person who wrote that made the gross generalization that *I* would stoop to the use of a Dell computer.
That bothered me also since I build my own towers and only use Toshiba laptops.
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Old 09-27-2006, 03:31 PM
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I have been insulted! A duel is in order! To imply that I would stoop to a Dell computer is intolerable........ I have been building my own for over 10 years. And, I don't use Intel processors. The nerve! He can
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Old 09-27-2006, 11:24 PM
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It came to my attention that people like that don't normally keep a lot of things in their own name. Normally they keep it in a corporation that they are in control of. It has its tax advantages.
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