Wes' new ride

[mikem91288]

Saw Wes and Jimmy Cruising Marquette last night in his brand new Audi R8. Black one. It was a sweet car.

[chapman]

Showing Jimmy what he can get if he blows up this season.    

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.

[77ncaachamps]

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):

[Blackhat]

number of times wes gets jumped...4 over/under

you need to be packing heat,  driving that thing around.

[CrazyEcho]

number of times wes gets jumped...4 over/under

you need to be packing heat,  driving that thing around.

In Portland?

[Skatastrophy]

In Portland?

Yeah dude.  A lot of hipster on hipster violence out there.

[Blackhat]

Milwaukee

[wildbillsb]

Sturgeon Bay

[MU Avenue]

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.

[GOMU1104]

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."

[avid1010]

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

[Dr. Blackheart]

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.  

[wildbillsb]

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.

[Coleman]

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?

[Ari Gold]

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

[rocky_warrior]

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  

[4everwarriors]

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.

[Skatastrophy]

You wonder ZBF still shouts his vespa.

He was ghost-riding that thing up on 27th and Highland Ave this weekend.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

They only thing me n wesley have in common when it comes to cars is we both rolled though college with ford tauruses.

[buckchuckler]

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.

[Benny B]

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.

[RawdogDX]

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. 

[StillAWarrior]

Is this a joke?

I certainly hope so.  It's gotta be, right?  Right?!

[MU Avenue]

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.

[Henry Sugar]

The Jetta is a car for Trixies.

/pops cassette into '96 Toyota Corolla
//admires wood paneling