Cash & Cars Winner takes cash over CCX

[a social dsease]

Here's the story.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/21/nwt-car.html?ref=rss

The guy who won the Koenigsegg CCX lives in a remote town in NWT that doesn't even have any paved roads! Pretty obvious choice to take the cash..
Glad to see the money went to someone who deserves it however, I hope this helps him with his cancer treatment and the associated costs. :clap:

[Kloubek]

As great of a car as it is, I would have easily taken the cash as well. I probably couldn't afford a damn muffler for the car.

[Trini]

yea I would take the cash as well

is the list of winners up?

[Eleanor]

Originally posted by a social dsease
Glad to see the money went to someone who deserves it however, I hope this helps him with his cancer treatment and the associated costs. :clap:
:werd:

Stories like this are good to hear. I wish you luck in your fight Louie :thumbsup:

[Tik-Tok]

Good for him (bastard... should have been mine)

Really though, I bet if he kept the car, he could have sold it for a lot more than a million.

[E36M3]

Are you kidding? He wouldn't get more than 500k for it.. you can buy them at the official dealership in Vegas and they are hardly flying off the shelves. Not sure if you noticed the global economic meltdown or not, but it isn't helping swedish supercar sales.


Originally posted by Tik-Tok
Good for him (bastard... should have been mine)

Really though, I bet if he kept the car, he could have sold it for a lot more than a million.

[FilthyMcNasty]

oh man i bought 3 tickets to the lottery, hoping to win the ccx. at least a cancer patient who could use some happiness won. I wonder where the car is going to end up though?

[ZorroAMG]

Yeah, cause a cancer fighting man from a nowhere town in NWT should find it in his best interest to try and sell a million+ car. :rolleyes: Was that a serious post?

Congrats, Louie!

[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by Kloubek
As great of a car as it is, I would have easily taken the cash as well. I probably couldn't afford a damn muffler for the car.

:werd: Insurance, maintenance. How many people could afford to keep the car?

[2002civic]

why is the prize winner list not up yet?

[JfuckinC]

lol norman wells!
my friends go up there to make snow for ice roads sometimes :rofl: imagine the ccx on an ice road!!

[A790]

Originally posted by badatusrnames


:werd: Insurance, maintenance. How many people could afford to keep the car?
I don't think they actually intended for the winner to take the car. It's just too impractical- even a Ferrari or a Lambo is somewhat "practical" given they cost significantly less than $1,000,000. This car was more for the symbolic value. After all, they even secured a buyer from the US beforehand ;)

[Redlyne_mr2]

A part of me would have probably kept the car..

[Destinova403]

any word on when the winners list is going to be posted up?

[clem24]

Man another out of town winner. Ok I have no problems with this guy winning the car/1M, but seriously... Has anyone else noticed that anytime there are these big lotteries, it seems 90% of the TOP winners are usually from some dinky town, and almost never from Calgary or Edmonton??? And if you go down the list of winners of the biggest prizes, also the same thing. I am going to have to assume most of the tickets are sold locally with a minority being sold to smaller markets. But something either isn't right or just truly weird.

[Xtrema]

I would have take the cash as well. No place to run that car in Calgary unless you want to be like certain white Lambo owner.

Taking a mil and pay $300K for a Lambo or AM still leave you $700K to maintain it and live a baller life.

[chkolny541]

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[rp_guy]

Originally posted by clem24
Man another out of town winner. Ok I have no problems with this guy winning the car/1M, but seriously... Has anyone else noticed that anytime there are these big lotteries, it seems 90% of the TOP winners are usually from some dinky town, and almost never from Calgary or Edmonton??? And if you go down the list of winners of the biggest prizes, also the same thing. I am going to have to assume most of the tickets are sold locally with a minority being sold to smaller markets. But something either isn't right or just truly weird.

how many of you guys are buying 10 tickets at a time though?

[clem24]

Originally posted by rp_guy


how many of you guys are buying 10 tickets at a time though?

Shouldn't matter how many tickets you hold. The highest concentration of winners should be where the highest concentration of ticket sales are.

[Ripper]

Release the rest of the winners damnit! Although I'm assuming all the top prize winners have already been contacted. :(

[dr_jared88]

In the rules I thought you said you had to be a resident of alberta otherwise I would have bought tickets. Either way I'm glad they didn't say no to him. He deserves it more then most.

[kenny]

Originally posted by clem24
Shouldn't matter how many tickets you hold. The highest concentration of winners should be where the highest concentration of ticket sales are.

Thats exactly what happened. Guy bought the ticket from Edmonton which is where the highest concentration of ticket sales were.

[avow]

Originally posted by clem24


Shouldn't matter how many tickets you hold. The highest concentration of winners should be where the highest concentration of ticket sales are.
he bought the4 tickets in Edmonton though :S. good that someone who can truly use the money go it though :)

[scat19]

Originally posted by chkolny541
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Ok lil wayne pipe down

Im glad it went to someone who could actually use it!

[eur0]

Yeah where is the winners list? Last draw was 3 days ago!

[nbaker00]

So is the CCX available for sale?

(Through Cash and Cars? Or who has it)?

[1997GSR]

i thought that it went back to the factory in Sweden?

[black13]

Didn't they get special clearance from customs canada for the CCX? Meaning it would have been the only CCX in Canada until it was 15 years older?

In that case I'd probably take the car and selling it down the line wouldn't be hard for more than a million since its the only one in canada.

[chongkee_]

http://jalopnik.com/5096438/rural-canadian-wins-koenigsegg-ccx-has-no-road-to-drive-it-on

story featured on Jalopnik. Some of the comments are hilarious.

[hks]

Originally posted by chongkee_
http://jalopnik.com/5096438/rural-canadian-wins-koenigsegg-ccx-has-no-road-to-drive-it-on

story featured on Jalopnik. Some of the comments are hilarious.

hahaha
"The man is obviously aware of the car's specs, and realizes that it would make a lousy tractor. "

[2EFNFAST]

Originally posted by nbaker00
So is the CCX available for sale?

(Through Cash and Cars? Or who has it)?

brokered to somebody in the US from the US koenigsegg dealership

[asifka]

Originally posted by clem24
Man another out of town winner. Ok I have no problems with this guy winning the car/1M, but seriously... Has anyone else noticed that anytime there are these big lotteries, it seems 90% of the TOP winners are usually from some dinky town, and almost never from Calgary or Edmonton??? And if you go down the list of winners of the biggest prizes, also the same thing. I am going to have to assume most of the tickets are sold locally with a minority being sold to smaller markets. But something either isn't right or just truly weird.
He bought tickets in edmonton.

[GQBalla]

i woulda taken the cash too.

good choice.

i wonder how much hell be taxed on it htough

[USED1]

Originally posted by GQBalla

i wonder how much hell be taxed on it htough

None, this is Canada, you do not get taxed on lottery winnings.

[dino_martini]

I love the Koenigsegg but I would take the Cash as well.

[SCHIDER23]

Damn that car was mine lol, :banghead:

[/////AMG]

Common sense to take the cash over the car.

[Oldskool]

Originally posted by Ripper
Release the rest of the winners damnit! Although I'm assuming all the top prize winners have already been contacted. :(

Apparently anyone who won a prize worth more than $10,000 was to be notified with a phone call, every other winner will be notified with a letter in the mail.

If you havenet heard anything yet, chances probably arn't good:(

[max_boost]

I probably didn't win anything. Oh well, it was for a good cause. The car or the cash would have been nice :D

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Oldskool


Apparently anyone who won a prize worth more than $10,000 was to be notified with a phone call, every other winner will be notified with a letter in the mail.

If you havenet heard anything yet, chances probably arn't good:(

Yeah, last year I won a gift cert. for something, and I had it in my mailbox before the grand-prizes were even drawn.

[Oldskool]

I just have my fingers crossed that maybe my phone number was written down wrong on the ticket:D

[redx2nv]

Hmm, i gotta phone call saying i won a prize, but then my iphone dropped the call, anyone get anything like that?

[Quickstrike]

Originally posted by Oldskool
I just have my fingers crossed that maybe my phone number was written down wrong on the ticket:D

Why? So they could claim it illegible and move onto another ticket?

[Eride]

Winners list is up

[redx2nv]

yay, didn't win fuck all..

thats not the point, the money went for a good cause to fight cancer, and will gladly donate again next year :)

[Destinova403]

awwe i didnt win either... oh well, hopefully better luck next year.

[HP2133]

He deserves it ... based on what ? Cancer ?

****


Originally posted by dr_jared88
He deserves it more then most.

[GQBalla]

did anybody on beyond win anything|?

[2002civic]

Originally posted by HP2133
He deserves it ... based on what ? Cancer ?

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really?:rolleyes: :thumbsdow :facepalm:

[2002civic]

I won a DS! :) lol but i did buy 8 tickets, oh well it is for a great cause

[GQBalla]

nice!!! ^^

[Eride]

Nothing for me

[Donmega]

Originally posted by HP2133
He deserves it ... based on what ? Cancer ?

****



wow..............:facepalm: :thumbsdow

[2EFNFAST]

Originally posted by HP2133
He deserves it ... based on what ? Cancer ?

****



Request for ban for stupidity.

He's only member #50095; wouldn't be loosing anything.

[schocker]

He's an idiot.

Hp Picture Frame here:dunno:

[FilthyMcNasty]

bought 3 tix and no win. gaaay.

[kenny]

Won a Pink Lime gift certificate, but will probably give it away... haha. :rofl:

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by kenny
Won a Pink Lime gift certificate, but will probably give it away... haha. :rofl:

Lol, that's what I won last year. Gave it to my wife for xmas, but she hasn't even used it yet, and it expires in 6 days :rofl:

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
A part of me would have probably kept the car..

Haha, same!

Must be only the mid-engine lovers that would want to keep it.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by mr2mike


Haha, same!

Must be only the mid-engine lovers that would want to keep it.

I would have kept it, and sold it with the clause that I would personally be delivering it right to the buyers door... with a few added miles. :D

[eur0]

no win here either

[Trini]

won nothing as well