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Community => Non-audio hobbies and interests => Cars and Bikes => Topic started by: Bob in St. Louis on 12 Mar 2010, 04:25 pm
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http://www.leenks.com/gallery1076.htm
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Uhm, Wow :eyebrows:!
Just goes to show you I wouldn't know what to do with that kind of money, I had not considered developing the actual garage spaces AS living spaces.
I have long dreamt of an outbuilding, 6 car garage on the main floor, HT and billiards on the second story.
Guess I need to dream bigger!!!
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I really like the one with the lone vintage BMW coupe.
Some of these... sorta reminds me of those people who dress their dogs up. I really question there priorities in life.
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I really like the one with the lone vintage BMW coupe.
Some of these... sorta reminds me of those people who dress their dogs up. I really question there priorities in life.
I can see having a nice place to store your cars, and also to work on them if you're so inclined. I don't understand why you'd want a kitchen or bar in the garage though. Why not just eat or drink in the house?
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I think that would be classified a disgusting display of wealth :lol:
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Cool stuff. It is their hard earned money right. To each their own. Just shows what hard work can get you if your willing to do it.
charles
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(Almost?) nobody actually earns that much money. At best,they have worked themselves into a position where their compensation becomes obscenely disproportional to what they can possibly contribute to a company or a society.
At worst it's inheritance from possibly shady means that simply grows from generation to generation since the tax burden on those who earn their wealth by sitting on their boat and calling in buy/sell orders is less that what the average guy pays for an honest day's work. (The Warren Buffet vs. his secretary's taxes, for example).
I'd feel like such an ass if I came home to a house like that every day.
-Mike
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Damn......... :duh:
I just wanted to show off cool stuff
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Sorry - It sure is cool stuff.
I'm guilty of doing the "Anyone who drive faster than me is a lunatic and anyone who drives slower than me is an idiot"
Drool on...
-Mike
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I like the glass house with the Berlinetta Boxer. If I lived there I would not throw any stones.
When I was a teenager, there was an old guy in my home town who drove a purple one around town all the time. He was certainly enjoying his money.
I don't get the guy with the Maserati fetish though, not my thing I guess.
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There might be a little irony here as there is some offense taken about gratuitous displays of wealth through motorsport, but I recall plenty of well received threads about outrageous audio rooms!
Don't get me wrong, I agree that it is over the top, but it is fun to look at!
I liked the one that looked like an enourmous proper workspace - all that task lighting, tool trays, and the motorcycle did not hurt either... (http://www.tiptopglobe.com/skin/smile/s12144.gif) (http://www.tiptopglobe.com/free-smiles-smileys-emoticons-blog-forum-email) :thumb:
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The guy with the Boxer in his living room is currently in a dispute over the bridge built to get the car there.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brentwood-garage5-2010feb05,0,4655518.story
Seeing this reminds me to check my PowerBall and MegaMillions tickets. Sorry guys, but if I win, I'm going to start my own similar car collection, but I promise the audio room and home theater will be equally impressive.
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Am I the only one who thought of Ferris Bueller's Day Off when I saw this pic?
http://www.leenks.com/gallery1076-22.htm
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The same thing occurred to me, Stu. In fact, I wondered if it was the same garage.
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No, it's not the same house from Ferris. If you check the link I posted above, that house is in California, and the owner just recently built a bridge that allows access to his living room from street level.
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Bob, which one is yours? It's hard to tell from the pics.
Dan :green:
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The Ferris house is for sale and is on the North Shore area of Chicago. I think it's Glencoe or Highland Park. All of those areas kind of blend in to me. I've seen this place in person and it looks much smaller than it does in the pictures.
http://raisingtheroof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/ferris-bueller-house-on-the-market/ (http://raisingtheroof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/ferris-bueller-house-on-the-market/)
price reduced to $1.8M. Here is a virtual tour:
http://tours5.vht.com/Viewer/PhotoGallery.aspx?ListingID=1193830&Style=IDX (http://tours5.vht.com/Viewer/PhotoGallery.aspx?ListingID=1193830&Style=IDX)
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An interesting place to be sure - but, for this crowd, looks like a tough place to get good sound - lots of reflective surfaces, so I guess I will have to keep looking!
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Bob, which one is yours? It's hard to tell from the pics.
Dan :green:
The one with all the Chevys and neon signs. 8)
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An interesting place to be sure - but, for this crowd, looks like a tough place to get good sound - lots of reflective surfaces, so I guess I will have to keep looking!
I agree. That place screams for a B&O system. :green:
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B&O would be good in there. The Beolab 5, I believe it is called, is a 4 way speaker system with a mono ICE amp for each driver, digital inputs and a built in room correction system. Also, really large spaces needn't be as concerned about room treatment. My only concern about living there, aside from Illinois weather, would be cleaning something that large. A window washer service would be very pricy. Perhaps someone on this site would know about that.
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Sure, any kind of omni speaker - Duvel Planets, Shahinians, OB etc would likely be better than monopoles, but just imagine hanging tons of room treatments in there!
I guess one would just have to build a bunker on the property for sound!!!
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I think the guys with these places can afford pretty nice dedicated listening rooms if they're into that sort of thing. Or they just hire their favorite bands to come play live. :D
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My only concern about living there, aside from Illinois weather, would be cleaning something that large. A window cleaning service would be very pricy. Perhaps someone on this site would know about that.
Wouldn't be too bad of a job Tom...all large thermo glass panels on one level...it would go quick....and time is money.
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