MarkMas
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I think this transcends all material wealth. No matter how wealthy you are, you can’t beat the grim reaper and we all have a limited time to enjoy life. Look at one of the Billionaire Barclay brothers who went down the crow road this week when his time was up at a typical age of death of early 80’s and not of Covid. No amount of money could help when his time was upIf your healthy you‘re wealthy !
...but I don’t want to go leaving all my stash to the kids as they need to learn to make their own way in life. ....
Drawdown, no question. Flexibility and manage your tax exposure accordingly as it’s 55% if u take the lot and/or Crystalise over your LTAFfs don’t buy an annuity!
Where can can I get three donkeys... Ah yes, Bolton Wanderers back line...We don't do this here in UK
Not our temperament.
I was shocked initially when Jacqueline insisted I visited her relatives in Greece.
Every time I stopped to fill up with petrol.
A crowd would form.
Very sweaty.
Q1. What do you earn?
Q2. How much is your house worth?
Q3. How much is your car worth?
Q4. How many sons do you have?
I have a very nice daughter. You can have her for 3 donkeys.
Took me a while and Jacquie assured me that it was their way of determining where you fitted.
You get a steel stare from me buddy
Oy!Where can can I get three donkeys... Ah yes, Bolton Wanderers back line...
One thing I'll never do is own another Maserati , I went in with Rose tinted glasses , i'm sad to say it but the reason they're relatively worthless at 15 years old is they're just not special enough to justify the horrific bills they can throw up.
Oh no, what have I done. I should have seen this before I bought my GranTurismo and should forget about a GranSport!
The only exception is the granturismo as it was still on sale until a couple of years ago and is still viewed as a current car.
So as long as you can afford it and are happy to accept it may throw up a 5k bill at any time you'll be fine but QP and 4200 , £2000 a corner for wishbones , 5k plus to replace a rotten subframe , 4k for a clutch makes Maserati an unviable brand for most people(wives) even when the asking price is under 10k.
You can see that by how long many cars take to sell , unless they're given away or top examples with no miles on that have already had thousands spent on them , like a £1000 service every year even if the only mileage it's done is mot and back they take months to sell in an ever dwindling pool of buyers
A controversial view for a Maserati forum. I for one love my Maser and it’s more than worth what I spend.
Seconded. A couple of glass half full views on this thread..
Perhaps the cash millionaires could contribute to the food bank for the down-at-heel rest of the forum.Which is saddening, really, as we are rich beyond the dreams of the vast majority of the planet.
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Ive been very fortunate in life ... but I don’t want to go leaving all my stash to the kids ....
A realistic one though , half of the posters on this forum don't own one and are unlikely to by a chrysler in an italian party dress anytime soonA controversial view for a Maserati forum. I for one love my Maser and it’s more than worth what I spend.