Man-Caver Alert F1 Simulator for sale at Costco UK

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Hail22
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Man-Caver Alert F1 Simulator for sale at Costco UK

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I just spotted this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/05/ ... costco-uk/

Followed the Costco UK link to which my jaw dropped that they're actually selling this! If only this was able to be shipped to my country....sigh :(

Costco UK link: http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk ... 2.4/140490
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Hail22 wrote:I just spotted this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/05/ ... costco-uk/

Followed the Costco UK link to which my jaw dropped that they're actually selling this! If only this was able to be shipped to my country....sigh :(

Costco UK link: http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk ... 2.4/140490
Only problem is the price. Roughly 140000$ US.
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"Customers also bought"... a $600K 152" 4K TV.

Where'd I put my AmEx..
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What's the point of having this? If that was a hydraulic system which imitates G-forces, I'd get it, but you could as well just buy an old F1 car.

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timbo wrote:What's the point of having this? If that was a hydraulic system which imitates G-forces, I'd get it, but you could as well just buy an old F1 car.

This, Buy an actual F1 rolling chassis and hook it up to a £1000 PC and you're still about 20 grand in pocket :lol:

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timbo wrote:What's the point of having this? If that was a hydraulic system which imitates G-forces, I'd get it, but you could as well just buy an old F1 car.
1) It gets CostCo traffic to their website
2) There's people in this world who have that kind of cash to throw away.
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this guy in singapore paid almost half a mil to acquire a Ferrari simulator recently

http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 88048.html

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CHT wrote:this guy in singapore paid almost half a mil to acquire a Ferrari simulator recently

http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 88048.html
But this one make sense -- I'd bought one if I had money. And he drives even worser than me=)