Laura Kenny
English cyclist
A Rolex, after London 2012.
Money & investment
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
201 answers answered between 2003 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
On the record
Public figures who have answered a question like this elsewhere. Quoted from the source shown, not written for FLAPSS.
Read by field
Everyone
Science and medicine 2
Arts and letters 174
Politics and public life 10
Business and finance 6
Sport 9
Read by age
Any age
Before thirty 4
In their thirties 35
In their forties 43
In their fifties 42
In their sixties 41
Seventy and beyond 30
Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist
A horse. I have two: Vesperal Dream and According To Sarah.
Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
Chris Hoy
British track cyclist, 1994–2013
A road track car, a Porsche GT3. I’ve done the 24-hour race in Le Mans, which was a dream come true.
Kevin Pietersen
English cricketer
Cars. I’ve got a Tesla at the moment.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
I bought a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000.
Judy Murray
Scottish tennis coach
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
Paul Merson
English footballer and pundit
Thirty-odd years ago I bought a black pinstripe suit which I thought was £900. But when I went to pay that was just the jacket – the trousers and waistcoat were extra. I didn’t have the balls to put anything back. I dread to think how much it cost me in the end.
A holiday in New York for my son Arran’s 18th.
0 answers from members
Nobody has answered this one yet.