Texas Lottery: You Don’t Need to Win to Rent a Lamborghini Gallardo
The winner of the $125 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot bought his or her ticket in New Jersey, though lottery officials have not yet reported the name of the town where the winning ticket was purchased.
The New Jersey winner, although the only one to match all numbers and the Mega ball, was not the only winner in Tuesday’s drawing. Eight other tickets matched all numbers except the Mega ball, including one winning Texas lottery player. The Texas winner received $250,000, just $25,000 more than the MSRP of a Lamborghini Gallardo.
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Since some of the Texas lottery winnings would have to go to Uncle Sam, chances are even winning the lottery wouldn’t give you enough money to buy a Lamborghini. However, there are a few other options when it comes to driving your dream car.
Besides the initial investment to buy an exotic car, owning a dream car can be another added expense. Exotic cars can be costly to maintain, insure and store. Those costs are part of the reason exotic car rental has become so popular.
“A lot of people in DFW prefer to rent a Lamborghini, rather than to deal with the expense and hassle of owning one,” says Ron Sturgeon, owner of a Dallas TX exotic car rental company. “When even matching all six numbers in the lottery doesn’t give you the cash to buy your dream car, you have to get creative to find ways to drive it,” insists the entrepreneur and small business consultant.
In addition to exotic car rental, car clubs for exotic vehicles present another option for driving that Lamborghini or other elite car. Members of car clubs share an entire garage of exotic cars like Ferraris, BMWs, Mercedes, and of course, Lamborghinis.
“One of the best things about car clubs,” says Sturgeon, “is that you don’t have to commit to a particular car. You can play the field, drive a Lotus Elise one weekend and a Dodge Viper the next. It’s the ultimate option for people who love cars but don’t want to limit their driving to just one.”
Options like exotic car rental and exotic car clubs, as well as automotive dream tours, give the rest of us non-lottery-winners the chance to drive our dream exotic car without shelling out the cash to buy an expensive vehicle.
The current Mega Millions jackpot is $12 million dollars, and the next drawing will be held on Friday.
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Eric on July 23rd 2008 in Exotic Car Rental