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Eric found this set three-piece forged wheels from Asanti that carry a cool $1,000,000 price tag. They rival the
similarly priced diamond-studded Victoria's Secret bra as the most impractical item ever to cover with expensive gems.
Featuring over 12,000 diamonds and 800 sapphires totaling 1,100 carats of precious stones, these wheels roll with
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Daniel Cowan 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
What a joke! If it were me, I wouldn't be caught with wheels like that. I would be constantly worrying if one of them fell off. Let's get this straight. Who in their right would spend one million dollars on anything? A Bugatti Veyron would be a better thing than 1100 carats of crap like that
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adam 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
Why, God, WHY?!?!
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Cornucopia 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
This is the kind of crap we have to put up with when the liberals have access to the mainstream media. It's time to put a stop to it and call the libs out for the farce that they are.
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Sarah McBride 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
That is a big "No way" for me. i'm not gonna ride off with that. Better be kept on a safe than bragging it on the road. I never knew whims would go this far..on wheels?!
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A concerned... who gives a #@!% 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
For one: This is just a publicity product.
For other than one: No one really cares about the liberals.
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nia 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
i don't know who can drive around with those wheels while millions of people starve in places like africa.
talk about spending money on useless crap.
somebody send these people to iraq, afghanistan or somewhere where life might actually mean something.
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Ryan 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
ummmm can anyone say GARBAGE???
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Ford Mustang 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
Who in their right mind would buy these? Even if you had endless cash, wouldnt you want an Enzo instead? If you already have an Enzo, then wouldnt you want a yacht instead? If you already had a yacht, wouldnt you want...well you get the point.
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Bobby 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
I can't wait to put those on my souped-up Civic!
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Blake 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
"This is the kind of crap we have to put up with when the liberals have access to the mainstream media. It's time to put a stop to it and call the libs out for the farce that they are."
.........HUH?
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Disgusted with Middle America 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
You are not the people that Asanti is trying to target, obviously. Those of you who do not know what it is like to truly enjoy the joys of excess should keep your mouths quiet and keep going to work your 40 hour weeks. Why $1M rims? Why not? Consider the ratio of wealth to a billionaire who drops $1.3M on a Bugatti Veyron. That money is equivalent to someone who earns a mere $60K a year spending $85 on a pair of cheap sunglasses.
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Not poor 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
Life is relative. Some people wash and wax their Mustangs every weekend. Some people think a Holiday Inn is a nice vacation spot. I would rather walk than ride in a Mustang and would not be caught dead in less than a five star hotel. I probably couldn't stand being in the same room with anyone who wrote in this blog (with the exception of "Cornucopia") due to their obvious inexperience with the finer things in life and total lack of ability to understand what the real people in this country are doing. I realize that as affluent as I am compared to Middle America, there is still a ton of money to be made. Poor folks who were dealt lousy hands have my sympathy. The average American who makes $40,000 a year so they can live in an apartment but have 22" rims on their Escalade? These people are the real problem. I hope someday I roll past you in Beverly Hills with my million dollar rims while you are on vacation. I will turn my nose up at you and laugh.
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Captain Xanax 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
I blame Al Qaeda.
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Izzy 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
If I was rich enough to afford 1,100 carats of precious stones set on a set of auto rims, I buy em. Hell, I wrap them with neon colored rubber bands, (local slang for thin, worthless, and brightly colored Tires...) and throw them on my Dub edition Hummer H2. After that I roll down to KFC, and Order Chicken for everyone! Because Nothing, And I mean Nothing, Is better then KFC! And then, I run for president of the whole F**king world. You heared me right! THe Whole known world! China... America... Canada... Russia... Mars, and the rest of the solar System! I hate to brag, But I probably win... Since Im so rich, famous, could afford to surgical alter my body to look like JFK reborn, and just bought you all KFC....
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TDP 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
Interesting. Many here can't understand why the rich (or wannabees) would spend their money on stuff like this and the rich (or wannabees) act as though they can't understand those who are disgusted with them.
Here' is my take on all this: A million dollars for a pair of rims isn't my question. What is, is why anyone would waste their time questioning the virtue and integrity of someone who's priorities are so far out of whack that they endorse the mining of "blood or conflict diamonds" from the likes of Sierra Leone (http://www.onesky.ca/diamonds/) and other similar places. Fact: 15% or more of diamonds come from conflict countries and because of quality are the most sought after while 95% of diamond retailers do not know where their diamonds come from.
These people don't care about you or me or feeding the world, they only care about the bottom line, showing off for their friends and using their monetary wealth to feel superior to those around them. It's a never ending battle of one-upmanship in which in the end they cannot possibly win. In fact people like this actual don't care about country, human rights, or any thing else of virtue and integrity. They are bought and paid for by illusion. Why do you think we have the Enrons, Leona Helmsleys, and Tycos of the world?
Personally I stopped asking these kind of question because people like this (as proof by one comment here) are shallow and really don't matter. The middle class is the back bone, without them the rich would not exist and in the end they will be food for worms just like everyone else. Real class is something learned not bought and unless they practice this they are nothing more than the Beverly Hillbillies.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/06/14/eveningnews/main296716.shtml
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Edsel 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
I'm selling my custom rims for half the price of the Asanti rims - they even include tires!
$500,000/set! http://www.subiegalracing.com/images/misc/ebay%20items/steel_wheels.jpg
"There's a silver lining in every crowd" - PT Barnum.
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Ron 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
If there was an award for the ugliest car rims these would win by a mile.
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Donnie 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
Wouldn't the diamonds and sapphires fly off (centrifugal force) after driving it at various speeds? I can't imagine anyone springing $1 million, just to put this on their 2003 Ford Taurus.
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Garris 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
I have found this week of SEMA coverage barely tolerable... This absurd story will hopefully end it and we can return to real auto news and end the parade of hideously deformed automobiles...
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Adam Singer 11:06PM (12/18/2005)
Dumb and absolutely tasteless.
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