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Prices out to around 3.29 a gallon for 350 cars with 20 gallon tanks filling up once a week.
so that means in each day, he has to drive 50 cars and fill them all up, assume he doesn't travel (wait, where's that 110k?) and no need to work (yup, injury), sleep for 8 hours a day, he has to consume gas on around 3 cars every hour. i guess he needs to drive all the time in 1st gear to maybe make it happen
Originally Posted by mavericck
He is paying for it isn't he? I could care less as long as he is paying $23,000 for his gas.
if he really spends the money, no problem. but i hate if someone is manipulating numbers (in a silly way) to get away with tax or whatever support he's entitled to
Does he have any kind of private aircraft? Fuel costs on a couple trips across the country could be expensive, just a thought.
Locally, Jet "A" is running about $4.75/gal to $5.75/gal, with 100LL gasoline slightly higher. That could add up in a hurry when fueling your G-IV for a long cross-country hop - at cruise, it will return about one nautical mile per gallon of fuel. Starts making that Veyron look like an economical transport. Of course, that's without the Slim Jims.
For the real plutocrat, an FBO (airport private terminal services) offers more than Ho-Hos and pork rinds besides gas; with limo and catering services, full maintenance services and air charters - In case your G-IV isn't plush enough, you can charter a BBJ (and about 20% more fuel) to give your 7-plus-foot frame a little stretch-out room, and impress the crowd on your arrival. Yessir, fill 'er up with Jet A? 10700 gallons comin' up. Fifty-five thousand bucks for a fillup? Now THAT can send your Exxon card into meltdown in a hurry!
BTW, Shaq doesn't own a private jet, he is "involved" in a private airline - Halcyon Jets that specializes in charters - primarily targeting other sports and entertainment figures.
so that means in each day, he has to drive 50 cars and fill them all up, assume he doesn't travel (wait, where's that 110k?) and no need to work (yup, injury), sleep for 8 hours a day, he has to consume gas on around 3 cars every hour. i guess he needs to drive all the time in 1st gear to maybe make it happen
if he really spends the money, no problem. but i hate if someone is manipulating numbers (in a silly way) to get away with tax or whatever support he's entitled to
01-24-08, 09:05 AM
