Drive like a millionaire
This is what happens when car-crazed millionaires can't hit the brakes on their obsession.
From a two-continent joy ride to racing a $52 million Ferrari uninsured, here are eight ways to drive like a millionaire.
— By CNBC's Kelly Lin
Posted 15 March 2016
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Rally like a super star
Price: $500,000
Gumball 3000 is a week-long whirlwind car rally. The most recent edition started in Stockholm and ended in Las Vegas — with an outrageous all-nighter on a private plane in between. Participating in this around-the-clock, two-continent party can cost more than a half million dollars (car not included).
Buy parking privileges
Price: $1 million
This 300-square-foot slab of concrete may not look like much, but it's a million-dollar parking space. Located in the basement of a $24 million New York City condo, this spot is pricier than the posh unit upstairs on a per-square-foot basis.
Break the speed limit
Price: $10 million
The anonymous buyer of this 1982 Porsche 956 recently blew through a new world record, purchasing the most expensive Porsche ever sold. But that's a small price to pay for the car that won the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Now, this 630 horsepower beast can only make the rounds on the hobby circuit — it isn't street legal.
Be OK with being the third wheel
Price: $13.75 million
The McLaren F1 has a centered steering wheel flanked by two passenger seats. It's the only car with such a seating configuration — which gives being the "third wheel" a whole new meaning.
Fly like you drive
Price: $17 million
Real estate king Gil Dezer owns tens of millions of dollars worth of cars. But it's this custom $17 million Gulfstream 4 that shows his true colors. The top of the jet is painted silver to match Dezer's Porsche Carrera GT. The plane's underbelly is painted Ferrari Grigio (Ferrari's special shade of gray) to match his Ferrari 458 Italia.
Build a shrine
Price: $18 million
This 80,000-square-foot monument pays homage to Brooklyn native John Staluppi's car obsession. The Cars of Dreams Museum was built to look like an amusement park, and includes a replica of New York's famed Coney Island boardwalk. Staluppi keeps 100 cars parked here, and only opens the Palm Beach, Florida, shrine for charity events a few times a year.
Drive without car insurance
Price: Estimated at $52 million
This 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO makes car fanatics weak in the knees, especially because the Italian carmaker built just 39 of them. But when the owner of this pricey Italian stallion takes this one out on the race track, the insurance company won't cover it. Still, it might be worth the risk — if you can afford it.
Own the world's most expensive car
Price: Estimated $40 million to $60 million
The 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic is revered as a work of art. Only two exist. Fashion icon Ralph Lauren owns one, while financial services mogul Peter Mullin co-owns the other. Mullin keeps his curvy French coupe at his renowned California museum, but he said he drives it every once in a while because it would be "boring" to keep it locked up.
Secret Lives of the Super Rich
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