Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Boxster for Prius, instead of . . .

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

I skipped the Boxster phase and went straight for the 911 when I had my
Porsche and pitched it for Ferrari #3.  Maybe us hicks in Alabama live
better than those in Silicon Valley.




On 11/21/06, Dennis Liu <BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
> A blurb from a NY Times article today on envy in Silicon Valley, that I
> thought would be quite amusing to this group....
>
> Vty,
>
> --Dennis
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/technology/21envy.html
>
> James Hong, a co-founder of Hotornot.com, a dating site, found that his
> $55,000 Porsche Boxster had come to symbolize the trap he often saw others
> in Silicon Valley fall into. Mr. Hong, 33, says Hotornot's success allowed
> him "a very comfortable life without ever needing to get a job - freedom
> money, as they call it." But he nonetheless saw himself succumbing to the
> envy malaise.
>
> After all, his best friend, Max Levchin, was a founder of PayPal and has a
> net worth probably in the tens of millions.
>
> So in a conspicuous move to get out of the game, Mr. Hong has decided to
> sell his sports car and has bought a Toyota Prius.
>
> "I don't want to live the life of a Boxster, because when you get a
> Boxster
> you wish you had a 911," he said, referring to a much more expensive
> Porsche. "And you know what people who have 911s wish they had? They wish
> they had a Ferrari."
>
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