What would you do if you won $100k?

[AV8R_87]

The $100k giveaway thread made me think about this. You could rent a plane for 500-650 hours with that kind of money, or even more if you joined a club.
Would you do that instead of buying a plane? Do something else with all that cash (if the rules allowed it)?

 

[murphey]

High yield non-taxable bonds.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

Me & @murphey

 

[eman1200]

don't make me say it............

 

[ateamer]

Bump my budget for a plane purchase. With what I got for the RV-8, an extra 100 puts me deep into well-equipped low engine time 182 territory. Or a very nice Cheetah with plenty left for all of the taxes.

 

[Matthew]

don't make me say it............

I’ll say it: “Hookers and blow”


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I’m sure, realistically, it would go into our retirement accounts but some would go towards either renting, a club, or a partnership. And likely another rating.

 

[AV8R_87]

don't make me say it............

The "Other" option on the poll was put there with you in mind. Say it!

 

[eman1200]

I’ll say it: “Hookers and blow”

bruh, I was gonna say "donate to charity and those in need". but your suggestion got me thinkin'.......

 

[MacFlier]

Pay for kid's college tuition.

 

[JOhnH]

Add A/C to my V35 Bonanza and put the rest towards a panel upgrade.

 

[dbahn]

Save it for an overhaul that I hadn't planned on.

 

[Zeldman]

I wouldn't be hangin' out on PoA with the rest of you losers...I tell ya whut...

 

[Ed Haywood]

S&P 500 Index Fund

 

[mark.staggs]

Avionics...and then engine overhaul fund.

 

[SoonerAviator]

One word: Plastics.

 

[PaulS]

Bitcoin

 

[SkyChaser]

I voted other. If the rules allowed it, we'd be putting at least half of it towards a down payment on a house and probably the other half into retirement savings, though with interest rates the way they are, we might just put all of it towards a house so it would be faster to pay off the other $50-70k of the mortgage.

If we "had" to get a plane with it, we'd probably spring for an Ercoupe or something along those lines, and put the rest of it into a "plane fund" for when it needs maintenance or other attention.

 

[RussR]

I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...

 

[GeorgeC]

I will have a pickup truck, maybe even a recreational vehicle. And drive from state to state.

 

[DaleB]

I’d set aside a little of it on an engine for my current project, blow a little on a nice vacation with Mrs., and probably discreetly find ways to use the rest to make a few people’s lives less crappy without anyone finding out where it came from.

 

[Bob Noel]

buy some groceries

 

[Clip4]

$100K is much money these days after taxes. Buy a nice car/truck I suppose, maybe a hot rod Lincoln.

 

[Beachy]

Repower my Ercoupe with a new engine and do some other upgrades to make it the "rest of my life" plane.

 

[JOhnH]

$100K is much money these days after taxes. Buy a nice car/truck I suppose, maybe a hot rod Lincoln.

And drive your daddy to drinkin?

 

[nauga]

I can't be the only one who thought of 'Office Space'.

Nauga,
and Lawrence

 

[Matthew]

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I can't be the only one who thought of 'Office Space'.

Nauga,
and Lawrence

Yeah, well, it’s only $100k

 

[dbahn]

On the other end of this question, I just more or less "inherited" over twice that amount by selling my C206 that I can't fly. Then there's also the no-longer-needed expenses of insurance, maintenance, hangar, fuel, and a few others all of which I would HAPPILY keep paying to continue.

Please don't offer advice on where to put it. It's already going to my wife and kids, which is inherently comforting at this stage of my life.

 

[RussR]

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I can't be the only one who thought of 'Office Space'.

Nauga,
and Lawrence

Clearly you missed my post.

I could have gone with Lawrence, but instead chose Samir...

 

[texasclouds]

Avgas and balloon tires

 

[nauga]

Clearly you didn't read my post.

I could have gone with Lawrence, but instead chose Samir...

*whoosh*

Nauga,
with the wind in his hair

 

[Ed Haywood]

I'd buy you furniture for your house
Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman

 

[Racerx]

bruh, I was gonna say "donate to charity and those in need". but your suggestion got me thinkin'.......

 

[Charlie Golf]

I'd buy you furniture for your house
Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman

But not a real green dress, that's cruel.

 

[texasclouds]

New t1ts and a Brazillian Buttlift. Maybe get something for the wife too.

 

[AV8R_87]

I will have a pickup truck, maybe even a recreational vehicle. And drive from state to state.

Raise rabbits and marry a round woman that will cook them for you?

 

[hindsight2020]

yeah post #18 beat ya to it. Most missed the reference, which was low-key and well-played. All in all, warms my heart to see so many Office Space references. Quite formative to my eventual vocational path pivot (and the ironic frustrations with it henceforth).

--brk brk--

yeah the true punchline is FED turned 100K into nothing. Joke's on all of us suckers who earn W-2s in that Walmart brand sanitary wipes so-called currency denomination.

 

[pmanton]

Put it with the rest of my "Walking around money".

 

[Bob Noel]

Raise rabbits and marry a round woman that will cook them for you?

two wives

 

[cowman]

Upgrade my autopilot, maybe get a new truck.

 

[DaleB]

two wives

It’s $100K, not infinity.