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In my 20s I spent more than 6 figures to travel world. I cannot imagine a single "thing" that will ever come close to giving me a similar experience.

It completely altered my life, consciousness even.

If a Lambo can replicate that, I will gladly save money to buy one down the road.




Personally I believe travelling the world on a much smaller budget (like lower 5 figures, depending on how many years you travel of course) is more interesting. Instead of big hotels you stay in small guesthouses, more contact to fellow travellers (of that age-group) and contact to the locals.


It was in the lower spectrum of 6 figures, spread out over 4 years of almost persistent travel. A lot of that money went to plane tickets, which is crazy to think, really. But for the most part, I was renting houses that were maybe $300 a month on the lower side and $600 a month if I was staying in Bali. I enjoy quiet and in a sense it is priceless for me to be away from busy roads.

And, of course, a lot of hotels along the way.

I also learned to eat entirely local, but this took time. The first 6 months of traveling Asia was an absolute nightmare for my gut. And I truly mean that. I don't even want to go into details because it was that gross.

But I understand what you are saying. I made some costly mistakes, especially in the first part of my journey. It certainly taught me a lot about myself in the process.


You can travel in your Lambo. Some ppl actually do this.


To buy and *maintain it*. Maintaining it is quite an expensive experience.


No idea about the Lambo, but the Ferrari programs seem designed to encourage driving the hell out of the car. Everything is X years with unlimited miles. When you buy the car, you can opt to purchase a 15-year long "you pay for gas and tires, we cover everything else including car washes" package. I'm sure the cost is insane, but then again so is the car.


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