(CavemanCircus.com)
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A Most Impressive Purchase
Most expensive in-app purchase ever: Apple Pay used to buy $1 million Aston Martin
In what is claimed to be the largest-ever transaction made with Apple Pay, a customer used their fingerprint to authorize the purchase of a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 priced at over $1 million.
British automobile auction house Coys of Kensington announced this week that the classic car was bought via Apple Pay for £825,000, or over $1 million U.S. The historic automobile specialist says the transaction is the largest known in-app purchase ever made.
Coys also claims the 1964 DB5— like the one featured in the James Bond film "Skyfall" —was the first-ever classic car sold via social media. The Apple Pay transaction was completed on the platform Vero.
Upping the value of the Aston Martin was the fact that it was a right-hand-drive silver birch model with red leather trim. The previous owner gave it a full restoration, including a rebuild of the engine, and overhauls of the suspension and gearbox.
Prior to it being restored and sold, the DB5 was in dry storage for 20 years, where it was not used.
The anonymous buyer got to see the Aston Martin in person at the Mondial de L'Automobile Paris Motor Show, then placed the "buy now" order with Apple Pay through the Coys profile on Vero.
(AppleInsider.com)
In what is claimed to be the largest-ever transaction made with Apple Pay, a customer used their fingerprint to authorize the purchase of a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 priced at over $1 million.
British automobile auction house Coys of Kensington announced this week that the classic car was bought via Apple Pay for £825,000, or over $1 million U.S. The historic automobile specialist says the transaction is the largest known in-app purchase ever made.
Coys also claims the 1964 DB5— like the one featured in the James Bond film "Skyfall" —was the first-ever classic car sold via social media. The Apple Pay transaction was completed on the platform Vero.
Upping the value of the Aston Martin was the fact that it was a right-hand-drive silver birch model with red leather trim. The previous owner gave it a full restoration, including a rebuild of the engine, and overhauls of the suspension and gearbox.
Prior to it being restored and sold, the DB5 was in dry storage for 20 years, where it was not used.
The anonymous buyer got to see the Aston Martin in person at the Mondial de L'Automobile Paris Motor Show, then placed the "buy now" order with Apple Pay through the Coys profile on Vero.
(AppleInsider.com)
And People Wonder Why Cars Are So Expensive
Things You're Doing Wrong When You Pick Out a New Car
Complete list (Thrillist.com)
You're wasting money on options that aren't right for you
Think about what you're really going to use the vehicle for. If
this car is going to be your day-in, day-out commuter, performance
options are going to be a huge burden when you're stuck in traffic,
regardless of how sexy they may seem in your window-shopping fantasies.
If you're schlepping kids from muddy soccer practices to greasy pizza
parties, you might want to reconsider those cloth seats. If you plan on
using it for backroad jaunts or track-day fun, upgraded brakes or a
track package might be legitimately worthwhile.
It's easy to say you just want one car that can do everything,
but you're better served sticking with what makes sense for you and the
car -- and not going overboard and wasting money on fancy features you
won't use. Often times the more desirable car truly lives up to the less is more motto.
Complete list (Thrillist.com)
This Was An Impressive Run
NHRA Funny Car Goes Airborne After Hitting 250+ MPH, Driver Somehow Manages To Avoid Crashing And Rides It Out
(BroBible.com)
(BroBible.com)
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