The Supercars In Northern Ireland!

[Shannonsir]

Meant to add this earlier in week.. hellcat???

Looks like it indeed. Torque monster.

 

[acsmyth]

 

[Davytog]

Serious questions but where do all these feckers make the money for such expensive toys?

 

[e320mark]

Serious questions but where do all these feckers make the money for such expensive toys?

My wife used to work for someone who started a company here, self made & im guessing he has around 2million possibly more in cars, some really nice stuff! He is extremely private though! Really nice guy & very down to earth!
There is money in this wee country!

 

[r16vka]

Serious questions but where do all these feckers make the money for such expensive toys?

Dont forget 90% of the newer stuff is all leased. And paid for through the company books.

 

[Q.S Gav]

Serious questions but where do all these feckers make the money for such expensive toys?

I know alot of guys who fly out of the airport early every single Monday morning and work away from home all week. They have nice toys through hard work and sacrifice.

 

[ChrisL]

Id like to think most work hard so enjoy their wages and the disposable income. Im sure there are plenty that have inherited family wealth and like to be ballers lol

 

[Eager]

There is a lot of successful businesses in more or less every town here. Along with relatively low costs of living and housing and employing people etc, plenty of money about this we rock.

 

[acsmyth]

Successful business on every street corner, we punch above our weight!

 

[Finbarr]

Serious questions but where do all these feckers make the money for such expensive toys?

I just made an account to reply to this as i was lurking since my family member's car has been featured on this thread (cant really say which though)

He runs a 3rd party delivery company delivering & collecting appliances/white goods. He always leases at approx £2000 a month and never pays the final lump so hes just paying £20k every year to drive a Ferrari. You might be surprised to hear most of his car mates who are all business owners are doing the same thing...Don't think there are many going down to Charles Hurst and paying full price off the lot.

 

[Davytog]

There is money in this wee country!

Isnt that the truth - suppose it has always been so

I just made an account to reply to this as i was lurking since my family member's car has been featured on this thread (cant really say which though)

Finn

thanks for taking the time - very interesting to hear what you have added in answer

 

[Eager]

Along with getting more or less nothing in the bank? Might as well spend it on something.

 

[Shannonsir]

Fairplay to them all for enjoying their money and not sitting on it like a scrooge. But I'll say it again, that Urus makes my eyes bleed inside out.

 

[e320mark]

Was behind this earlier today, was lovely!

 

[earlofdrift]

I just made an account to reply to this as i was lurking since my family member's car has been featured on this thread (cant really say which though)

He runs a 3rd party delivery company delivering & collecting appliances/white goods. He always leases at approx £2000 a month and never pays the final lump so hes just paying £20k every year to drive a Ferrari. You might be surprised to hear most of his car mates who are all business owners are doing the same thing...Don't think there are many going down to Charles Hurst and paying full price off the lot.

Majority are indeed leased, it's not great having a depreciating £200k asset, no to mention supercars are notoriously difficult to sell in Northern Ireland leasing make sense from a financial point of view, seven years free servicing on a new Ferrari too. Then say your income dips or investments and business goes sideways, you can thrown in the supercar and pay the damage without struggling to offload a supercar at a 40k loss.

If you're a nosey b a quick look at some of those supercar owners company accounts would tell you they are leased. One owner who I know accounts show less than £20k profit in the last financial year but from their lifestyle you wouldn't know it.

 

[davyk31]

You may need to look at what that company owner paid himself and what benefits he granted himself to then just leave 20k profit to pay corporation tax on.

 

[stevensti]

Was behind this earlier today, was lovely!View attachment 291892

Seen the same car myself at the Indian Ocean in Carrick as well. Lovely car.

 

[Mr.Mint]

One owner who I know accounts show less than £20k profit in the last financial year but from their lifestyle you wouldn't know it.

Indeed, a lot of them don't have a pot to piss in! It's the same locally, lots of 'business' men in wagons that you know they just can't afford.

 

[earlofdrift]

Indeed, a lot of them don't have a pot to piss in! It's the same locally, lots of 'business' men in wagons that you know they just can't afford.

Plenty of cooking the books locally I can tell you

 

[bora-gav]

These look incredible in black

The sound of this thing starting up sounded like an F1 car

 

[bora-gav]

 

[warren]

Was behind this earlier today, was lovely!View attachment 291892

I was standing drooling over this at the Go garage in Carrick while I stood at the pump opposite filling up my Skoda a while back. The Octavia is lovely but I need to make some better life choices

 

[paddyirishman]

Just seen a Ferrari 488 heading through Castledawson. One of yours @pkhardman?

 

[veedubnoodle]

Not techincally a supercar but seen a Lotus Carlton last night

 

[Chris Mac]

Dont forget 90% of the newer stuff is all leased. And paid for through the company books.

It'd be financial suicide to do it any other way though. Dropping £200k into a depreciating asset wouldn't be great business.