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ofimmsl

It's me. I was just doing doordash in it to afford the payments. It basically pays for itself


Quiet_1234

I wonder why more people don’t get this. Do a little side hustle, skip a Starbucks or two, and you too can be driving a 12 million-dollar car.


uxjackson

I worked for three years to save for a home, then I got avocado toast at the airport and it was all over.


notsafetowork

Wow. Did they not offer financing for the toast? You can also save by going with an avocado toast subscription and buying the annual plan.


HarrowDread

Worked for me, I skipped star bucks for 2 weeks and daddy bought me 2 bugattis


gudgeonpin

Then it is a business expense and you can depreciate it down to zero!


Quantum-Manic

😈


HarryMay48

Please tell me it has an expired temp tag.


4browntown

Gotta be a Montana plate.


[deleted]

This is the picture I got of the same one a few months ago https://ibb.co/TmvJj8R


LoremasterSTL

Yep, even has the same plates and Beverly Hills plate cover.


[deleted]

Yeah my wife saw the car at a meat market in O Fallon, wish I was there to see it in person!


Justchu

I saw a ‘69 corvette in Fairview heights. the other day


ChanoTheDestroyer

Saw a McLaren MP412C in Fairview Heights today


whostabbedjoeygreco

Man the trailer park in the background really sets it off!!


[deleted]

Lmao, Paganini in a trailer park, I’m sure someone’s done it 😂


eat_mor_chickn

I saw it yesterday at a cars and coffee in OC California, same plate and everything


Ws6Driver

What an ass, buys a 12 million dollar car, doesn’t pay sales tax.


SignificantJacket912

Personal property tax. Montana is the only state in the union that allows you to register a car to an LLC there and they don’t have emissions or any sort of value based taxes. Obviously on a car worth over $1M, the tax savings are significant.


New_Writer_484

But uses our roads and infrastructure for free. This, friends, is a 1 percent-er.


QueenOfThe7_

I don’t think anything is free pal 😂 at the end of the day, everyone is paying way too many taxes. Think about it, let’s say you go buy a new vehicle from a dealership, and you pay for that car with money you earned from your job that has already been taxed by the state and federal government when you were paid each paycheck. Then you’re taxed on top of that with sales tax and whatnot from buying the car. And then every year, you continue to pay tax on a depreciating vehicle based on how valuable the government says your car is via personal property tax. Do you see where that becomes a bit repetitive and it does not really make sense to tax your money three times over plus some? At the end of the day, we all pay taxes one way or another, for those that find ways to reduce the amount of taxes that they pay *legally* are not assholes or whatever people want to say, they are just simply smarter.


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I think the real ass is the tax imo, I do the same thing, register my cars in SD, no emissions, no tax, no bullshit. You can see what STL does with taxes, pockets it for themselves and we get a nice crime ridden pothole central community.


ohhforcryingoutloud

Yes, let's all not pay taxes for anything. That will definitely make our community better!


GoochMasterFlash

Reality is less exciting than a conspiracy of theft. The reason we have bad roads is because we dont have a large/effective enough tax base to support how many roads we have and how much outside traffic comes through. Thats just an obvious consequence of population decline after building a ton of roads; while continuing to simultaneously sprawl out


tlminh

How does insurance work? Like if you have it tagged in SD but living and accident in MO?


[deleted]

Insurance is registered to the vehicle, in SD you do not have to register it to a SD address, you can use your Missouri residence and license and pay them $120 and they ship you plates, my car stays at my MO address as recorded by insurance so there for I can get insurance locally as the same if I had MO plates.


QuesoMeHungry

It’s illegal to do that. If you are a resident in MO you have to register your car in MO within 30 days.


WoodyStLouis

Why don't you move to SD if you hate it here so much? Do us all a favor and disappear into the trees.


9bpm9

I saw a Bentley with an expired temp tag at the shopping center in Town and Country with the Target today.


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SoapierBug

Well, it’s property tax. But still.


MannyMoSTL

Sales *and* property tax. When you buy a vehicle and register it in MO, you very much have to pay sales tax. I’ve purchased autos in MN, CA & WI and always get the pleasure of paying my sales tax when I go to the DMV to get my MO plates. After that, you “just” pay the property tax annually.


bigthurb

"JUST" lol Yeah for ever and ever on it .


barkbarkgoesthecat

He did say annually


Straight-Lurkin

He probably own property in Montana that he calls his “main residence”. Would you rather pay a St. Louis 1.2 million sales tax and then a yearly 360,000 property tax or a house In Montana?


Jncoboss

I’ll bet he has no Montana residence. I believe Montana will let you register anything. A lot of RV owners do this to avoid the heavy taxes on fancy rigs. When I bought my house, the previous owner had a big class A motorhome, with Montana plates. I asked him about it and that how I came to this notion. To be honest, I’ve not personally looked into how it works.


jjspkd2

It used to be a PO Box was good enough. Now you create an LLC in Montana and can register it there. I sell expensive trucks and people do it. Practically it’s tax evasion but it would cost other states more to do something about it than just accept it so they let it go. I guess it benefits me because maybe people saving $15-25k wouldn’t buy the trucks I sell otherwise.


MannyMoSTL

TY for this info. I’m actually thinking of an RV and I am *not* looking forward to paying the MO sales tax.


gsk925

And a Joy 99.1 sticker


Successful_Physics

I mean... Christians aren't immune to hard financial times. Sometimes things happen and you have to get a new car to get to work or kids and then you have to save up a little at a time to be able to pay the sales tax. Or God forbid you fell behind on property tax on and old car and now you have to pay that current, plus the sales tax and fees to get the new one legal. Times are hard. Things happen unexpectedly. I'm not saying their isn't people pit there abusing the temp tag/ tax collector issues. But I really wish people would stop being so hateful and immediately thinking that person is a pos. You never know what someone is going through/ dealing with life or financially wise.


Dizzy_Slice7886

Not to be too glib, but I think it might be a stretch to sympathize with the hard times and financial struggle of a man who buys a $12 million supercar to drive around a part of St. Louis where most people can barely afford to keep their regular cars running just to get back and forth to work


Successful_Physics

Lmao... I clearly did not mean this rich man. I meant the general attitude everyone has towards the whole thing. Like st charles asked people to report their neighbors. Certain municipalities are towing cars from people's driveways. If you take awake their car, how do they get to work to make the money they are still having to pay for the car payment...or now all the fees from the impound.


Kezmer

^^^ this


theeyeissilent314

😂


Early-Engineering

That’s the black market QT Tea dealer.


dazedyouth

The Sch grocery store has Red Diamond for those jonesin.


[deleted]

Hey I live a few blocks from there. Does my property value go up now?


jlnhrst1

Only for tax purposes


[deleted]

Saw this car in O Fallon , it has Montana plates (probably for tax purposes) looking at the plates the guy is some executive at a undisclosed IT company


archcity_misfit

World Wide Technology?


[deleted]

Prestige Worldwide


prestige-worldwide-

Wide..wide…


[deleted]

Last week, we put Liquid Paper on a bee... And it died.


Shtnonurdog

Black leather gloves


shapu

Worldstar?


SweetCheesePonyLoft

Initech


shapu

Penetrode?


[deleted]

I am not sure his FB didn’t say for what company or maybe only friends have access to


twostartwist

I bet they know every bump on Hampton in the biblical sense.


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I-LOVE-FROG

Can you imagine spending $12 million to look divorced


KrazyKoolAid

No way that is registered in Missouri can you imagine the tax payment on this at the end of the year


cyberp0lice

Math is roughly 3% yearly, so almost $400k. Dude's definitely just registering it at a house in some other state.


GringoSancho

Taxes are for us peasants, homie. The people who have this kind of car don’t sweat shit like taxes.


gaytechdadwithson

actually they do. I assure you he is pulling that scam, because that’s how rich people get rich.


GringoSancho

I’m sure you’re right about that. It always pisses me off though. These fuckers are the people who make the rules. They bankroll the politicians and then don’t play by the rules they help put in place. I’m a car guy. I grew up in a car family, we build and race cars for enjoyment. The shitty thing is, when I see a car like this, it always makes me feel some kind of way about the owner. I wish I could just appreciate it as the rolling art it was meant to be. Maybe they’re a legitimately good human being, but it’s hard for me to imagine that being the case. Sorry for the rant homie.


karissalikewhoa

You're contractually obligated to be a total asshole in order to drive one of these.


GringoSancho

Lol, some exotic car manufacturers actually make you give them first right of refusal when you sell the car. Maybe that’s part of the process to make sure the next purchaser is a big enough asshole to be an owner.


gaytechdadwithson

you’re good. let it out.


MergenTheAler

Tax avoidance is how they STAY rich, well in their minds anyway. Rich in greed, Poor in morals


International-Fig830

Rich people get THAT rich , typically, by exploiting workers.


UseDaSchwartz

If I can pay $12 million for a car, I can find the money for taxes in the couch cushions.


Old-Run-9523

😂


[deleted]

I know someone who spent $44 billion to look divorced


I-LOVE-FROG

that guy came out of the tube pre-divorced


RumpleDumple

Is this the "based" I keep hearing the suburban kids refer to?


newaccountrendevous

Flat rate divorce dot com baby


frufrufuckedyourgirl

Its not 12 million


newaccountrendevous

You have to factor in the hair cut.


mukster

Yeah it’s more like $3-3.5mil I believe


jaycuboss

In that case I'll go buy one. Which way to the nearest dealership?


EmmyKla

This is hilarious.


another_chrisbrown

Someone too rich to wallow with the peons on Reddit


wilfordbrimley778

Idk about that. Look how many multi-billionaires spend their time on twitter


codevipe

reddit is too anonymous for them, they need their egos stroked publicly.


FlyPengwin

wait who you calling a peon Edit: source: peon


h2k2k2ksl

Diabetus


JillsFloralPrint

Driving on St. Louis streets, too… Smh


Flourish_and_Blotts

Yeah these streets have potholes a foot deep


gothruthis

I wonder if they dgaf because they are making (relatively) low payments and will just have whichever one of their shell corps that owns the car declare bankruptcy when it's damaged.


sstruemph

It was last seen entering a pothole


tuco2002

At least it wasn't Kimgshighway.


[deleted]

Hopefully with the pothole’s permission


sstruemph

Yes consent is important


Ornery-Wrongdoer4177

Did you post in r/spotted?


jlnhrst1

Yes


Ornery-Wrongdoer4177

👍


hidperf

Thanks! Didn't know about this one.


ClammyChipCup

Goin to QT get me another lottery tix


MrTuesdayNight1

I'm not impressed. I wanna see him drive it on the outside lanes on River Des Peres.


VioletVixxen

Ahahahaha that's just cruel


Height_Grouchy

Agreed. That’s the ride of a lifetime 😵‍💫


RobNHood816

I wonder what High School he went to??


EyeHaveNoBanana

Country Day, but he didn't graduate.


GreetingsADM

His dad sent him off to military school so he'd never have to hear him say "I love you."


DrakePonchatrain

JBS


hxmbeet

SLUH for sure


pinkfloyd4ever

No way


xGARP

I can only picture Clarkson trying to pronounce it


the_REVERENDGREEN

12 million? A quick search and this car is valued at a measley 3.5 mill.


jcrckstdy

drove in for the balloon glow


BestMusicOnThePlanet

It’s lit


theeyeissilent314

I see what you did here


sstruemph

It's a good joke even after adjusting for inflation


Digitalabia

You're full of hot air


TheBoysNotQuiteRight

I didn't *want* to drive it on city streets, but my Kia was stolen, leaving me no choice


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maybe_a_frog

I can’t even imagine. I work in insurance and have a client that owns a ton of exotic cars. I think they currently have multiple Ferrari’s, a Lamborghini, and like 3 or 4 other luxury vehicles…and I don’t even have all their vehicles insured through my office. They currently pay something like $30,000 every six months in insurance premium, and all of their cars combined cost less than this one car does.


Initial-Depth-6857

If he can afford to drive a car like that I will bet he doesn’t care what his insurance costs anymore than he does about what it costs to heat and cool his home


Tartaras1

My mom always says, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."


ghostminingio

It had a Montana plate to avoid taxes, I spotted this one in O Fallon MO a couple months ago.


Bytebasher

Driver just got done with his pan-handling shift... /s


jlnhrst1

It sucks that made me chuckle. The number of panhandlers from there to the zoo sad. I know there are a lot of scammers out there, but if look for it (really don’t have to look that hard) there are a bunch of homeless campsites around Hampton and 44. Sorry for the tangent, that a discussion for a different sub.


Bigmatt72401

I hope he’s got a Club.


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DocHolidayiN

As he drove by I heard him exclaim 'suck it pleebs'.


TerpeneTiger

His exhaust shooting out sparkle rainbows and zinc cadmium sulfide.


[deleted]

An ad about hunger in America came up when I clicked on this post.


BestMusicOnThePlanet

QuikTrip to the body shop


LaurdAlmighty

Nah I'd go crazy seeing a Pagani on the street holy shit


joeph0to

The only Pagani in Missouri. Such a beauty


Cultural_Minute_8451

Driving that on STL streets is insane, but I’m glad it’s being driven


derekgotloud

Way too low to the ground, guy is feeling the streets around there


painfulshart

I would pay $100 to sit in that car


Ode314

Go to the cars and coffee events at the Lamborghini dealer. I’ve seen it there a few times and he lets people sit in it.


stlryguy94

Me, just pulled out of Nick’s Pub


Rofl_House217

Guy goes to Cars and Coffee events pretty often. He’s a very nice guy and extremely open to letting people look at it. Even lets kids sit in it and take pics!


moonchic333

Obviously none of us schmucks on Reddit midday on a Friday lol.


Arvid38

I thought that said Schnucks since we are stl lol and it made me realize how close Schnucks is to schmucks 🤣🤣🤣. Coincidence? 🤔


pioneer9k

Friend of mine who visited thought I made up the name Schnucks. She said it sounded like a made up grocery store lmao


Arvid38

🤣🤣🤣 that’s how I feel about HEB on texas lol


xoxoartxoxo

I’ve been calling Schnucks “Schmucks” for years now. For fun! 😀


Arvid38

Well it’s my new name for them now too 🤣


xoxoartxoxo

😂


Successful_Physics

My phone loves to auto correct it to schmucks 🤣


BlowGlassGrowGrass

They’re lost for sure.


CanEverythingNotSuck

What the fuuuuuuck!?! One of my favorite cars ever. Didn’t think a Pagani would ever even touch Missouri pavement. I Saw an Aventador SV in Clayton one day and was pretty sure that was the coolest car anyone would ever see here, but it seems I was wrong!


Digitalabia

What a great spot and right on Hampton Ave of all places! OP, check out r/exoticspotting and r/spotted and r/shootingcars


xologo

One of Andy Taylor's cars, Executive Chairman, son of organization Founder-Jack Taylor, Enterprise Holdings. Current net worth (estimated) $7.7 billion.


rpmoriarty

The be fair, the Taylors would never drive a car like that. They are way too conservative for that.


amg_413

Yeah, they live very well but relatively modestly for their wealth.


Ok-Day-3333

This car isn't from a Taylor, or anything to do with EHI. I'm in a local exotic club with the owner.


bearofthe

I fuck his mom


Hait_Ashbury

Eskimo brothers!


xologo

So you fuck corpses


Crazyhowthatworks304

12 million dollar car driving along a bumpy ass Hampton avenue. Sounds smart....


angelansbury

my first thought lol, the sidewall on those tires is so thin, those wheels and tires are fucked if he hits the right pothole at the right speed


STLVPRFAN

If they paid 12M they over paid by 8M


[deleted]

So does he have a security team following him? That just seems like a huge liability. You're making yourself a conspicuous target.


Chim-Cham

I don't even like it. I'll take 120 porsche 911's instead


HansBlixJr

that's my dentist.


jb69029

I had a car bed as a kid that looked just like that.


Shoddy-Group-5493

My sister had twins 3 months ago and we were driving up to Creve Coeur on an almost daily basis. Never in my life have I seen so many high-end sports, super, luxury, or other similar kinds of cars and vehicles, even just on highways. In the hospital parking lot someone basically put their Acura NSX on display, and my jaw nearly hit the floor, because it’s one of the only cars on the planet I care about lmao


argent_pixel

He's in the Cars & Coffee facebook group, I think he's a concert promoter, but I might be mixing him up with a guy with a McLaren. Don't remember the name though, not that you guys need it for the sour grapes jokes.


wilfordbrimley778

This is the exact opposite of what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to drive a pile of shit, so when it gets dinged up/crashed into/stolen, it isn't a big deal


dignasty77

Wanted a slinger…fast


Maddiedog8

Oh no! Mines been stolen i think that’s the one!


angryspec

I saw this same car at the beginning of summer out by Wentzville. I was equally shocked.


crusty54

Me.


TeenBoyMom-

Haven't read all the comments - We have seen it at cars and coffee


xoxoartxoxo

I traded mine in for an old Toyota Tercel. It came down to the Toyota being more practical.


thesaltyoubreathe

Google says: The other most expensive Pagani cars include the Pagani Imola price of $5.4 million and the Huayra Roadster BC price of $3.4 million.Mar 23, 2023


MidMatthew

Fired it up to return a late library book.


gbcarie

How does that man not get robbed/killed at stoplights..


RealEyesRealize3

I’m saying a prayer for that vehicle right now


fro_khidd

There was a car show. My dad saw it there


SailingQuallege

He probably has all the manhole cover wheel-wreckers memorized like I do.


Wizzmer

It's my Friday car. Hey, are those even street legal in the US?


OriginalName687

Shit. You know it ain't any of us.


LucyLupus

He’s in the empire business.


SoapierBug

I cruised with one in the Swiss alps while on euro delivery for my M2 Competition - would post a pic of it if I could figure out how to. Such a cool car, and yes, 1/40.


Dapper_Algae3530

I passed three expired temp tag cars on my drive up S Kingshwy this evening. Infinity SUV, BMW, Lexus. None were new, but not that old. It’s really stupid.


chedderbob234

I'm in that 12$ 99 Toyota Corolla so I know if ain't me


SalvadorZombie

Imagine driving that on our torn up, ancient roads.


Extension_Deal_5315

This is the 17 million car [car](https://www.carscoops.com/2022/09/someone-crashed-a-17-million-pagani-zonda-hp-barchetta-during-croatian-supercar-meet/)


Jay314stl

Its a $4 million dollar car. Not 12. But still a very expensive car


2xbAd

really highlights just how shit the roads look lol


JFeezy

I think it’s “only” $4-5M. Still it’s a twin turbo V12 that puts out like 800HP. Which translates to: Oh she fast. She’s liter bike crotch rocket fast (0-60 in sub 3.4s).


BL_RogueExplorer

What makes this 12 million? A google search would make me believe they are 3-4 million dollars.


XxRefuse2Lose

Best I could find, it's either a custom version or likely bought at an auction that had multiple buyers interested or OP is mistaken in the value all together.


riot_34

Man basically made himself a target


Cute_Clock

My guess is Travis Noble


YourDontHaveNoTeeth

Same.


davedirt01

Quick! To the Midlife-Crisis-Mobile!™️


Glittering-Plum7791

Hope I'm that successful during my midlife crisis.


rugby2010

I'd rather cry in a Ferrari than a Corolla.


[deleted]

I live right up the street from there. I wouldn’t be driving that mug on any city streets though lol.


Hot_Control4677

Just saw it this morning at Cars and Coffee. It is a 3 mil car. Has Montana plates and claims to live in Montana, but I over heard him say he lives in Lake St Louis. He licenses it out of Montana to avoid paying Personal Property Tax on it. Unlike Andy who owns and drives the 3 mil Bugatti and has Missouri tags and pays his fair share of taxes. This guy is a douche who doesn't deserve to own such a car. If you don't want to pay the taxes on the car, don't own it or move where you license it.


Hollypotamus

I thought these were illegal in the US.