Comment #5

TigerAngel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:00:54 GMT

Only a Jag will do!

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JAP69 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:52:18 GMT

I would buy a car or pickup restored or restorable from the 40s or 50s.

Comment #3

LottoVantage — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:17:48 GMT

I'd rather have my new Hyundai Elantra than anything else made...

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pumpi76 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:02:45 GMT

i rather buy a peugeot or kia than an audi...i like small cars, hate big cars...

Comment #1

pumpi76 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:01:18 GMT

is a VERY, VERY, VERY nice car too bad that good cars are only sold so little and their mechanics are not everywhere thatÂ´s the problem with minority car brands in the USA...Renault is another one...

Original Blog Entry: What car(s) would you buy if you hit the jackpot? This woman bought a $13,500 Peugeot 207

Robmaster7 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:56:14 GMT

To each his (or her) own. If your dream car is a Puegeot, Kia or one of those awesome new Ford Fiestas... then by all means pick one of those bad boys up. I think most people dream Maserarti, Bentley or Phantom. I think I'm a little more modest since all I would want to do is upgrade my Escape (or Es-ca-pay as Dori would call it) to pimped out Range Rover and pick up a 350Z Roadster for trips down the PCH from my sweet new house in Malibu. Spending a total of $130-$150k on cars. Now my lady friend is a car gal, and if she or I hit the JP, she would most certainly insist on Porsche 911 GT2 RS costing about $245k itself. So I wonder, what car or cars would you pick up?

Here's the story of the lovely Brit who won and got her dream car, a $13,500 Peugeot 207. The story is from Mirror a UK based news site.

Lottery winners to start spending 12million win with Peugeot 207

Mum Sharon Mather yesterday celebrated winning 12.4million on the lottery and immediately picked out her dream car.

She can now easily afford a Ferrari, Porsche or Aston Martin but there s only one model in her sights a Peugeot 207 costing just under 11,000.

The EuroMillions jackpot win means a future life of luxury for Sharon, 44, and her family. And it s all thanks to her dad John Morris, 64, who paid for a week in a seaside caravan with her husband Nigel, 44, and their children Rhys, four, and one-year-old Lewis.

It was while they were on holiday in Minehead, Somerset, that she bought her winning lucky dip ticket at a newsagent s.

And yesterday she said: The win is all thanks to dad s generosity.

We had to cut the trip short to see him in hospital as he wasn t well. But he s recovering and we were thrilled to tell him of his amazing gift. We ll make sure we return the favour.

For hotel manager Nigel, the win means Christmas has come early. He has served dinner to his guests every Christmas for the last 25 years but this year he and Sharon will feast at one of the world s great hotels. Nigel, who has his eye on a 40,000 Audi Q7 fourwheel drive, said: It ll make a change to have a turkey dinner myself.

Sharon, of Sale, Manchester, revealed that before checking her ticket on TV she won 10 on Saturday s National Lottery and 20 on a scratchcard and Nigel had landed a 25 premium bonds prize.

Then I found I d won EuroMillions in the Friday draw, she said. Nigel was at the supermarket and I phoned him to come home quick. He thought there was something wrong till I told him.

The couple popped champagne corks ZFootball at Manchester City FC s ground, where Nigel is a fan, and brandished a team shirt with the numbers of their prize.

Sharon had only recently returned from maternity leave to her job as a council information officer. But she said: I really missed the children when I went back to work, so I m delighted I can now stay at home with them.

Nigel, a local hero when he saved an elderly woman from a flat fire 10 years ago, also came close previously to winning 9million on the National Lottery but had to settle for 2,400 for matching five numbers. I d thought that was my one big chance, he said.

He was back at work at 8am on Monday at the Menzies Pinewood Hotel in Manchester, but told his bosses it might not be for much longer. I m thinking of taking a year out, he said.

He has not ruled out a tour of the world s top hotels to see how they are run but is not thinking of buying one.

We have no major plans, he said. We ll take our time and enjoy it. I did promise to take Sharon to Venice for her 30th birthday but we had to cancel as she needed an op. We may do that now.

The couple also plan a sizeable donation to Francis House, a local hospice where Nigel s niece Shadia was treated for cancer before she died aged 18.

Winning numbers 2, 22, 24, 36, 44 Star numbers 1, 2 10,995 Price of a brand new Peugeot 207, with three doors and a 1.4 litre engine. Despite its size, it can only manage 0-60 in a snail-like 15.7 seconds, but has a top speed of 106mph.

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