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Rolls Royce is gone. Bought by BMW more than a decade ago. The gas turbine manufacturer still exists, though. Lamborghini is gone, it is owned by VW now. Rolex has a cheaper brand (Tudor). What was your point again? X

That you are not terribly quick on the uptake. Whoosh for maximum levels of whoosh. Who owns any of these companies has nothing to do with my point.

My point is that there are people in this world who will pay for quality. There are also people who want rock bottom cheap and will stop at nothing to get the cheapest poorest quality they can get.

I learned a long time ago that cheaping out only ensures cheap. You don't have to pay top dollar for everything, but if your metric is that apple isn't competitive because they are overpriced, then go out and buy a Digiland Tablet. Now to your smashinig ripost and utter destruction of my entire premise, which is somehow declaring these outfits don't exist any more, or that all Rolex watches are cheap bacause of producing a less expensive model....

Here is Rolex http://www.rolex.com/ Go tell them that all their watches are the equivalent of Swatches because they have a less expensive model.

Here is Rolls Royce. https://www.rolls-roycemotorca...

Since they are "Gone" as you put it, you might do the company and the dealerships a favor in telling them they are selling air or something Get on that, and tell me how that works out for ya. Gotta put these idiots straight.

Go tell them they don't exist any more

Here is Lamborghini http://www.lamborghini.com/en/...

More air being sold, eh?

Go tell them they don't exist any more.

You're a genius!!! I hadn't realized until now that the Lamborghini is also a failure in the Automobile market given its equally low market share.

The cost of a service (or lack there of) doesn't/shouldn't define that service. Besides, telegrams are sent electronically, just like email! So really, how is it different?

Are there any cars out there better than this?

• Ferrari Enzo Ferrari
• Porsche Carrera GT
• Mercedes McLaren SLR
• Lamborghini Murcielago
• Saleen S7
• Koenigsegg CCR
• Pagani Zonda

Well, guess who I think is a gullible moron who has been screwed out of his money.

I'd have to say that it would be impossible for someone to actually spend $1 billion, assuming some limitations were set:

1.) No military vessels (i.e aircraft carriers).

2.) No buying up small nations.

3.) No space stations on the Moon.

Given those limitations, I don't see how one person could possibly spend $1 billion at a rate faster than it would accrue interest (assuming only three percent or so for argument's sake).
Let's see, you'd have to have a house. Maybe something like this? I've heard that it would probably cost $75 million to reproduce it. That would drop you a little, but in the time it would take to build it, your interest would likely make up for the entire construction cost.

Okay, now that you've got a house, how about a car? You could buy ten of each of the Bentley Azure, the Lamborghini Diablo, the Mercedes CL600 Coupe, and throw in a few million dollar 'collector cars' from here, and still not spend more than you'd make back in interest in the time it took for you to drive each one 1,000 miles.

How about some toys? Maybe a nice Gulfstream, since every billionaire must have one? How about two, since they only cost $40 million each? Maybe a yacht? This one is a mere $68 million for a 244 footer! Remember, once you've made your yearlong cruise of the world you've almost made up for the cost!

I can't personally think of much else, since the cost of a 'fine companion' to share this with could be any cost...;-). The point is, however, that unless you sought the goal of actually spending $1 billion and being left with nothing, you would probably be shocked as to how easily that pesky money would re-create itself as you were trying to spend it.

It's spelled Lamborghini.

(All prices in USD)

Garmin GPS III Plus receiver (between 350 and 500, depending on where you buy).

Any DVD - no more than $25.

Toshiba TW65X81 or DW65X81 television to watch above dvd's - 4999 for TW, 5800 for DW.

Nokia 8860 - around 800-900

New Car - expensive

Another New Car - expensive

Luxury Car - more expensive

In lieu of computer, please send the TV. I have enough computers.

-m