Didn’t know Jony Ive was American
Good point. And thanks!
America doesn't want to claim credit for his lack of UX / UI sense.
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BMW Z8 Owned by Steve Jobs Estimated to Fetch Up to $400,000 at Auction Next Month
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Good point. And thanks!
America doesn't want to claim credit for his lack of UX / UI sense.
Me too I suppose but I often wonder why people put more importance on others than they do their nearest and dearest. Take the royal family. People get more offended if you abuse the queen than a member of their own family. What's that about??Sure, but having a professional term for it does not make it any more rational in cases like this, where it is not about tracing back whether a piece of art is an original or similar. Here people (some of them) are irrationally obsessed with obtaining mass-produced items of a certain provenance, even though there are thousands like it that only differ in having a different ownership history. So I would agree with H2SO4's assessment, but I am not bothered by this story - I have made my share of irrational purchases myself.
I did say comparatively. GM has multiple subsidiaries (Chevy, GMC, Cadillac, Buick) that make a dozen models with each model having a dozen makes. That ONE company has more then Mercedes/BMW combined. Add Ford (which also makes Lincoln, Aston Martin, and others) and Chrysler (which makes the Dodge, Jeep, and other brands) and you’ll realize the European auto segment in the US is minuscule.
Decisions, decisions. Now I'm torn between bidding for this magnificent car, or getting an iPhone XS+ instead. I can only afford one!
I assume Job's wife and their charities inherited enough money, while this "guy" may be a regular hard working and lucky person.
I have always wondered why Americans drive European cars...
European cars like the higher end BMWs and Mercs are such solid cars - you can drive at 120 MPH all day in absolute comfort.
Why, who cares? I don't understand why something is valued more because of who owned it. I mean I can see something like notes or designs hand written by Steve Jobs before the iPod or iPhone came out as this is capturing his "genius" in history, but someone dumping near 1/2 million into one of numerous cars he drove to work is ridiculous.
Precisely. I'd totally see buying Stephen King's favorite typewriter or one of Clapton's guitars... but why would I want their car if that's not at all their claim to fame?
This is an opinion.
The people who will bid on this vehicle at Sotheby obviously have another.
Ah the StarTac... I remember this hack where you could type a code on the keypad and it would let you listen to random live phone calls that were within its cell range. Did anyone else ever tried it?
Well some people have money to burn. I don’t get why it matters that Steve owned the car. Bragging rights? Possibly paying almost double for it, seems idiotic but people can do whatever they want with their money I guess.
a radical scientist will buy the car, strip it down looking for any bit of Jobs left in the car, and sort of DNA and begin the cloning process of Steve. In 10 years there will be 6 clones of him running around the world, searching out bad design and take over the world.....
highest bidder will be a middle eastern person and you may never see it agian, thats why its not a big deal, unless u have 400 grand to shed
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Honestly just put it on display.
That's OK, I'm a car guy too but I couldn't care less whose butt was in the seat before mine. I'd gladly drive the Z8 because it's a cool car, but I wouldn't pay more for one because Jobs owned it briefly.
E46 was/is a great car. I considered an E46 M3 a while back but ended up in an E93 M3 instead.
Yes, I'm constantly worried about the rod bearings on my S54. I only drive the car a few thousand miles per year and have been debating if I should just get them replaced now or wait.
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It's not quite as simple as that. The same car gets five stars in the US NHTSA test, which is different than the European NCAP testing program. It would be easy to just dismiss the US testing as inadequate, but it actually is harder to pass when it comes to rollover and pedestrian injuries.
I believe the US and European agencies are trying to work together to get the testing more similar to make it easier to sell cars to each other.
Well, nobody has done it yet. The estimated prices from auction houses always include a lot of wishful thinking about the level of buyer interest. This is a collectable car, but according to Kelley Blue Book, its value is under $150k. It's difficult to see how the provenance makes this one worth more than twice as much.
Gotcha, that makes more sense. Took what you were saying more literally
. As a 20yo, I think the new Lincoln's are kind of cool and look like nice cars, but they'll depreciate hard and I can't understand why they'd make such a high end car and leave it FWD? Maybe people don't care.There comes a point for some people where the story behind the object is worth more than the object itself. I have a number of clients like this.
Definitely didn't go wrong with E93. I prefer the coupe but must be great on weekends. You have an S54 as well? What chassis? If not E46, Z4M?
Whoops, that 'S54' is a typo that should have said 'S65', referring to the V8 in my E93.
Truth be told, I'd prefer the E92 coupe as well but I already have a Porsche 996 coupe and getting the convertible M3 was the only way to sneak another sports car past my wife.