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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 01:41 PM
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http://jalopnik.com/5559767/i-sold-everyth...kyline=true&s=i


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Man loses wife, and sells everything (home, cars etc). Buys Lambo Murci . Drives over 90K miles around America. Started a new chapter of his life and is happy.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Sad.

The end.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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Moron. This stupid decision is probably an indication of why his fiancee left.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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fun miles but damn what about resale lol?
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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How about, Sadly beautiful? A failed relationship has me doing this a lot, albeit on a much smaller scale. Sometimes I'll just drive, in no particular direction for no particular reason other than that behind the wheel is where I feel comfortable and safe.

He's got one helluva life story to pass down, that's for sure.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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Good read, everyone needs change at times he just brought it to a whole new level lol!!
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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Before reading that article, I thought he lost someone due to an accident or something. Guy shouldn't be so depressed that someone left him ... talk about over dramatic.

Couldn't he just buy a normal car and experience more of the world if he was so "down?"

Also I didn't see it in the article, but did he fully pay off those tickets and loan? Or is he just going to let it go to bankruptcy what not?
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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love this part

""I don't travel without guns, I've been in too many situations so I always carry one or two guns with me," Richard says."
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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beautiful car, sad story.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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As much as I love the story, and the idea of selling all my possessions to drive an awesome car around for a few years wandering the country, I just can't seem to wrap my head around the financial irresponsibility of it all.

Eventually when the money would run out, I'd have a hunk of metal worth a few thousand, nothing in the bank, and have to start again from square one. And I'd rather not piss away years of savings with every mile I travel.

Then again, some would say that my plight is sad.

(Also- Dude should've sold everything and put his money in a high yield CD in '06, and bought a bike instead.)
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