The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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A Porsche 911 Turbo.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗
When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.
My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.
My dog was quite expensive. She’s a Bedlington whippet, named Rafi after Mohammed Rafi, the famous Indian singer. She’s got a boy’s name, but she doesn’t mind.
My first car, three years ago – a Toyota Verso.
“Do you know what your problem is?” It was a dear friend of mine. They were referring to the fact that I’m impatient.
Funny, loyal, genuine.
Ignorance and rudeness. Decency and a please and thank you cost nothing.
The notion that anything is possible.
I’m slightly impatient.
Looking back is not productive.
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