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I'm surprised he can even afford a Lotus Elise. But do you think he was able to afford those cars by Delicious MOnster alone? Or were they a purchase from his e

I'm surprised he can even afford a Lotus Elise. But do you think he was able to afford those cars by Delicious MOnster alone? Or were they a purchase from his earnings at Omni?

there 18y ago
a lotus elise isn't that expensive a car; brand new they're only about $45-50k. my lotus exige was only $57k new. though the tesla roadster, while initially based on the lotus elise chassis and body, is about double the price of an elise. i'd be more surprised if he was actually able to find one for sale since i thought all 2008 models were spoken for. though i don't think his article actually said he was buying one, just that he took one out on an autocross course.
- jonny_noog 18y ago
  Well, he did say: "The Tesla I drove was an engineering prototype but is said to be very close to the one I'll get next year." So I guess he's getting a 2009 model or something.
  - menloparkbum 18y ago
    In an another post he mentions getting on the Tesla waiting list, quite some time ago. So long ago I can't be bothered to dig it up out of the archives.
    - tlrobinson 18y ago
      At TED a year and a half ago: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/03/ted2007-days-3-4.html http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/03/ted2007-days-3-4.html
  - DabAsteroid 18y ago
    The 2008's are being delivered in 2009 because Tesla is so far behind schedule.
menloparkbum 18y ago
He sold $250K worth of delicious library in 1 month, according to the interwebs. http://developer.apple.com/business/macmarket/deliciouslibrary.html http://developer.apple.com/business/macmarket/deliciouslibra... Also, OMNI did a bunch of high hourly rate contracting throughout the 90s, even before they sold products.
tlrobinson 18y ago
He's done quite well. Delicious Library has sold ridiculously well, and Wil still owns a large portion of Omni, I believe.

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I'm surprised he can even afford a Lotus Elise. But do you think he was able to afford those cars by Delicious MOnster alone? Or were they a purchase from his e

by jamongkad 18y ago

I'm surprised he can even afford a Lotus Elise. But do you think he was able to afford those cars by Delicious MOnster alone? Or were they a purchase from his earnings at Omni?

there 18y ago
a lotus elise isn't that expensive a car; brand new they're only about $45-50k. my lotus exige was only $57k new. though the tesla roadster, while initially based on the lotus elise chassis and body, is about double the price of an elise. i'd be more surprised if he was actually able to find one for sale since i thought all 2008 models were spoken for. though i don't think his article actually said he was buying one, just that he took one out on an autocross course.
- jonny_noog 18y ago
  Well, he did say: "The Tesla I drove was an engineering prototype but is said to be very close to the one I'll get next year." So I guess he's getting a 2009 model or something.
  - menloparkbum 18y ago
    In an another post he mentions getting on the Tesla waiting list, quite some time ago. So long ago I can't be bothered to dig it up out of the archives.
    - tlrobinson 18y ago
      At TED a year and a half ago: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/03/ted2007-days-3-4.html http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/03/ted2007-days-3-4.html
  - DabAsteroid 18y ago
    The 2008's are being delivered in 2009 because Tesla is so far behind schedule.
menloparkbum 18y ago
He sold $250K worth of delicious library in 1 month, according to the interwebs. http://developer.apple.com/business/macmarket/deliciouslibrary.html http://developer.apple.com/business/macmarket/deliciouslibra... Also, OMNI did a bunch of high hourly rate contracting throughout the 90s, even before they sold products.
tlrobinson 18y ago
He's done quite well. Delicious Library has sold ridiculously well, and Wil still owns a large portion of Omni, I believe.