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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: mikem91288 on August 29, 2010, 02:28:41 PM
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Saw Wes and Jimmy Cruising Marquette last night in his brand new Audi R8. Black one. It was a sweet car.
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Showing Jimmy what he can get if he blows up this season. ;D
Awesome to see Wes continuing to stay around and help the team. It would be more than enough for him to just go about his business and let the program say "look who's in the NBA", but playing in the Pro Am, hanging out with Jimmy, and mentoring Vander, a great ambassador for the school.
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I'm not a car guy so I had to look this one up.
Sweet whip!
For those who don't know what it looks like (like Wes's but not his ACTUAL car):
(http://www.blackberryos.com/images/misc/dreamcar.jpg)
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number of times wes gets jumped...4 over/under
you need to be packing heat, driving that thing around.
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number of times wes gets jumped...4 over/under
you need to be packing heat, driving that thing around.
In Portland?
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In Portland?
Yeah dude. A lot of hipster on hipster violence out there.
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Milwaukee
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Sturgeon Bay
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
He just got checks for $5 million...he can buy any damn car he feels like. It doesnt have anything to do with being "so smart and grounded."
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
He signed a contract that is worth about 6.6 million per year....we'll go ahead and say you make a million a year (1/6 of Mathews)...take 1/6 of his car's price tag and you have your $24,000 car.
I get what you're saying, but he seems like nothing less than a class act. If he wants to have a car, I'm not judging. His time is worth a lot of money, and he gave time to MU and Madison youth this summer. I'm guessing he didn't question what you did for others this summer? I hope his next purchase is a private plane so he's back home often :D
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Or the dealer gives him a personal appearance lease where he shows his face at a couple of signings and he gets an essentially free car.
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I bought a 92 Toyota king cab pickup truck in 1998. It had 40K+ miles on it. 4 cylinder, 5 speed, no ac, crappy radio. A couple of weeks ago the right front wheel fell off (tie rod rusted through). Only had 130K miles on it. Hope Wes has better luck with his foreign vehicle purchase.
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
Is this a joke?
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
Either way he'd still be rolling in a Nazi sled, same thing with a Lambo
Wes shoulda went Italian or English
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He signed a contract that is worth about 6.6 million per year....we'll go ahead and say you make a million a year (1/6 of Mathews)...take 1/6 of his car's price tag and you have your $24,000 car.
Hah, yeah, he just spent a smidgen over 2% of his annual salary on a new car. If that was the standard we were supposed to live by, you'd need to make over $600k annually to justify buying a $14,000 car.
Tough standards on spending money around here :)
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Hah, yeah, he just spent a smidgen over 2% of his annual salary on a new car. If that was the standard we were supposed to live by, you'd need to make over $600k annually to justify buying a $14,000 car.
Tough standards on spending money around here :)
You wonder ZBF still shouts his vespa.
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You wonder ZBF still shouts his vespa.
He was ghost-riding that thing up on 27th and Highland Ave this weekend.
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They only thing me n wesley have in common when it comes to cars is we both rolled though college with ford tauruses.
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
Im nothing if not smart and grounded ( ;)), but if I had that money, one of the first things I'd buy would be a car, never an audi, but to each his own. Get over yourself. Seriously.
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
I fell in love with the classic Ferraris and Porsches when I was a kid (e.g. the 250GT in Ferris Bueller - albeit a replica). The cars were about style back then - they said something about the designer, the lines were meticulously drawn, they weren't mass-produced, etc. - they were works of art... image was merely a by-product. Today, these cars - the ones you see in the US, any way - are about image first, in most cases with a wanton disregard for style (case in point: the Porsche Cayenne).
The R8 is about image. Nice looking car, but it screams "look at me" not "appreciate me." But then again, that's exactly what Wes' agent and publicist want. If it was entirely Wes' choice, he might have bought something different, but my guess is that the R8 was on the advice of someone who has a vested interest in Wes' marketability & earning power.
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If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta TDI with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
Fixed.
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Is this a joke?
I certainly hope so. It's gotta be, right? Right?!
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Im nothing if not smart and grounded ( ;)), but if I had that money, one of the first things I'd buy would be a car, never an audi, but to each his own. Get over yourself. Seriously.
So you are “nothing if not smart and grounded,” huh, buckchuckler?
So smart that you have actually replied to my post in such a way. And so smart that you have responded to my “Jetta SEL” suggestion by telling me: “Get over yourself. Seriously.”
Tell me, buckchuckler, do you find yourself saying “I don’t get it” or “What’s so funny?“ a lot as you go through your days?
Yep, you appear to be one smart fellow.
I hope you get some money one day so you can buy a car, although not an Audi, of course.
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The Jetta is a car for Trixies.
/pops cassette into '96 Toyota Corolla
//admires wood paneling
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Fixed.
The Jetta SEL, not the TDI, is atop the Jetta lineup.
I urge you to check your facts before you “fix” another person’s post.
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The Jetta SEL, not the TDI, is atop the Jetta lineup.
I urge you to check your facts before you “fix” another person’s post.
Just to be clear, you are still advocating that Wes Matthews should buy a Jetta instead of the Audi, correct?
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This thread is, well, just completely useless.
I bet we'd have posters advocating that Wes eat only Pop-Tarts for breakfast if he came out and endorsed Toaster Strudels.
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Just to be clear, you are still advocating that Wes Matthews should buy a Jetta instead of the Audi, correct?
If the Audi breaks down, we'll surely see the board spammed with "I told you so" threads.
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priceless.
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This thread is, well, just completely useless.
I bet we'd have posters advocating that Wes eat only Pop-Tarts for breakfast if he came out and endorsed Toaster Strudels.
Toaster Streudels are the tits.
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Toaster Streudels are the tits.
you can add your own frosting!
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you can add your own frosting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji-cT58rgNc
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We should get Wes to hang around for a couple more weeks so he can pick up recruits at the airport when they make their official visits.
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The Jetta SEL, not the TDI, is atop the Jetta lineup.
I urge you to check your facts before you “fix” another person’s post.
That's debatable. If you go by which car is 'last' on the list - the TDI is always after the SEL. Also, the Jetta GLI used to be the 'top' Jetta - that has been replaced by the TDI Cup Edition.
So actually, it's not really debatable at all.
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The Jetta SEL, not the TDI, is atop the Jetta lineup.
I urge you to check your facts before you “fix” another person’s post.
The TDI is not part of the S, SE, SEL line up. You can get a TDI with all the SEL features. It means that you have diesel car that gets 40+ mpg and runs quieter than most standard engines.
I urge you to double check your facts before telling someone they are wrong to "fix" you.
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Sturgeon Bay
LOL I grew up there, pretty tough neighborhood!
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I'm sure wesley is really concerned about gas milage.
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We should all be concerned about our children and grand children breathing smog, until money makes you asthma and cancer proof.
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LOL I grew up there, pretty tough neighborhood!
Same here. East siiiiiiiiide
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He is smart enough to buy the hottest car out there right now. He and I can both enjoy blowing the doors off Jettas and letting them eat the exhaust of our smog emitting rides. ( although I don't drive an audi r8- I would if I could)
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We should all be concerned about our children and grand children breathing smog, until money makes you asthma and cancer proof.
Then Wes should have bought a Trek...
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Same here. East siiiiiiiiide
East Side represent!! LOL Were you Sunset or Sunrise
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East Side represent!! LOL Were you Sunset or Sunrise
I rolled with the Sunrise set. We were smokin Sunset fools.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -
Wes Matthews has come out with a public apology for recently purchasing an Audi sportscar, stating he has "let down his fans at MuScoop" who had come to know him as a "smart and grounded" individual. He stated he has traded in the luxury car for a used 1997 Kia Sephia, which he says better represents him as a person. He has also stated that he will be downgrading from his downtown luxury condo to a 400 sq ft. Salt Lake City studio apartment which rents for $550 a month. Although it lacks central air, he is undecided about purchasing a window unit, so as not to offend his fans who admire his humble character traits.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -
Wes Matthews has come out with a public apology for recently purchasing an Audi sportscar, stating he has "let down his fans at MuScoop" who had come to know him as a "smart and grounded" individual. He stated he has traded in the luxury car for a used 1997 Kia Sephia, which he says better represents him as a person. He has also stated that he will be downgrading from his downtown luxury condo to a 400 sq ft. Salt Lake City studio apartment which rents for $550 a month. Although it lacks central air, he is undecided about purchasing a window unit, so as not to offend his fans who admire his humble character traits.
He must be the 1st NBA player in history to live in Salt Lake City, and not play for the Jazz. ;D
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yeah my bad. I forgot. Switch it Portland. You get the jist.
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(http://www.fortmeyereditions.com/images/crispy01.jpg)
(http://kiddievents.blog.com/files/2009/09/toaster_strudel_art_by_campbells_da.jpg)
(http://yoism.reality-movement.org/images/Penn&Teller/VM-PopTart.JPG)
Has there been a poll yet?
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Given the ownership of a position in the 5 least reliable cars in the US market why would anyone buy a VW.
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Given the ownership of a position in the 5 least reliable cars in the US market why would anyone buy a VW.
I dunno...to stay "grounded"?
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
VW makes AUDI.
and Jetta's are for girls.
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and Jetta's are for girls
TRUTH!
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VW makes AUDI.
and Jetta's are for girls.
I'm relieved that one of my daughters (the MU grad) and not one of my sons drives a Jetta.
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If Wesley Matthews has really bought an Audi R8, he is driving a car whose starting price is $147,500. It is certainly within his new budget, of course, but a bit surprising for a guy who seems so smart and grounded.
If Wesley wanted European, what was wrong with a VW Jetta SEL with leather-wrapped steering wheel and multifunction trip computer?
An awful nice ride at about $24,000.
You're supposed to use teal when using sarcasm. You are using sarcasm, right? Please tell me you're kidding.
He has the money to buy any car he damn well pleases. He's set for life. Even if he blows every cent he makes in salary he'll still have his per diem, licensing money, and pension when he hits the ripe old age of 40.
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Either way he'd still be rolling in a Nazi sled, same thing with a Lambo
Wes shoulda went Italian or English
A Lamborghini is Italian.
That R8 is one of the best cars currently made.
English cars are, generally speaking, crap for the money. Aston Martin is a good car, but for the money you can do a lot better.
Dollar for dollar the best cars are Porsches.
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The discussion about VW Jettas makes me not want to associate with you people. Please stop. You're embarrassing the rest of us.
And Jettas are a chick car. A hot chick car, but still a chick car.
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A Lamborghini is Italian.
And owned by VW.
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And owned by VW.
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Funny, 4never is owned by ZFB.
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A Lamborghini is Italian.
That R8 is one of the best cars currently made.
English cars are, generally speaking, crap for the money. Aston Martin is a good car, but for the money you can do a lot better.
Dollar for dollar the best cars are Porsches.
Which is also owned by VW. Volkswagen AG (the mothership) alternates with Toyota on a month to month basis as the largest automotive manufacturer in the world.
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I guess Wes likes his cars. Saw him today driving down Wisconsin in a white Cadillac Escalade Ext.
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I guess Wes likes his cars. Saw him today driving down Wisconsin in a white Cadillac Escalade Ext.
Well, that doesn't sound very grounded. He should be riding the bus.
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Well, that doesn't sound very grounded. He should be riding the bus.
Pshh. Wisconsin Ave has bike lanes.
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Wisconsin Avenue also has minivans with Lamborghini doors.
And this.....
(http://wiki.muscoop.com/lib/exe/fetch.php/godmobile.jpg?cache=)
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You're supposed to use teal when using sarcasm. You are using sarcasm, right? Please tell me you're kidding.
He has the money to buy any car he damn well pleases. He's set for life. Even if he blows every cent he makes in salary he'll still have his per diem, licensing money, and pension when he hits the ripe old age of 40.
I am “supposed to use teal when using sarcasm”? Uh, supposed to?
I expect that well-educated and astute members of the Marquette community are able to grasp a joke without a roadmap.
Others obviously are not.
Teal? Come on!
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maybe marquette and mke public transit should hook wes up with u pass while he is in town.