You think I’m serious? In your last poll, I think 1 (or is it 2) claimed that his/her net worth is more than $20 million.
Ok, that means we’ve 1-2 rich people if 20M is the threshold. Is there any over 30M?
Being rich is to buy a brand new Lambo, get drunk, and drive it from SF to San Jose on first gear at 40 MPH.
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Are you talking of filthy rich? Being filthy rich is like Larry and Elon, change spouses often and can afford their alimony 
Not interested in cars unless they come with a babe 
Count me in. 
I mean, the guy in question blew up the car in one trip. He thought he was driving an automatic shift Lambo. 
The really rich have a personal limo driver. I always wonder about how stupid the rich Hollywood types are like Mel Gibson getting a DUI. The guy is almost a billionaire. He can’t afford a driver?
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Stop being jealous of those people. They are rich for a reason.
There is something intrinsically American about taking the wheel and hitting the road. Being chauffeured around is not second nature to a country who has made pop-songs celebrating the Chevy 409, Daddy’s T-bird, etc.
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For sure, for us older folks, but what about for the millennials who are weened on Uber and Lyft? My God, millennials would be crying if they had to walk a mile or so or actually have to drive a stick shift in the Fab 7x7. I learned how to drive a stick in the city by my Big Bro who could give a rat’s arse if people are honking at you as you keep killing the motor. Let’s just say I learned pretty quickly…
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To be fair, learning stick shift is like learning assembly language when you can program in C++. Ok, this comparison is way to nerdy… how about is like learning how to use an abacus when you can use a calculator?.. oh well, still nerdy what can I say… 
a) Once we have inflation AND a slowdown of the economy, millennials will start to re-think the strategy of paying for everything as a subscription or a service. I guarantee it.
b) I get so irritated when people stop their cars RIGHT BEHIND MY CAR when I’m at a stop sign on a hill. Do people not understand stick shift cars will roll back a little? Luckily my exhaust is LOOOUUUDDD. i’ll just rev her to 4K and make them breathe excessive hydrocarbons.
BTW — ripping off 7K rpm upshifts with a stick shift is nothing like programming in assembler.
Real men know how to drive stick. I take it you don’t know how to drive a stick? 
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Yes, be a real man and go back to your cave and eat your raw meat 
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I’m probably the only one here that learned to drive a stick shift on a tractor. It was a small John Deere one. That was how my dad learned, so that’s how I learned.
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Not jealous just don’t understand why a billionaire wouldn’t have a chauffer/bodyguard.
This will stop carjacking
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Ok so maybe stick shift does have its advantages if you live in a rough neighborhood
I can’t imagine that thing has a synchromesh transmission. +99999 for extra difficulty! Grind the gears much? 
My first new car was a 1977 Chevy pickup, Red stepside. Three on the tree manual transmission…Could power shift and pull into neutral without the clutch…Drove it up Lombard street once…should have kept it…
3-on-the-tree is a sign of a real man. Or perhaps an Asian taxi driver. But C’mon, pulling into neutral without the clutch is easy. Its shifting INTO gear without the clutch that takes skill.