Super Bike Deals


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Perhaps more than luxury cars,superbikes are more your thing?Be sure you can get them at a discount too if you are willing to buy a per=owned machine.And if you are lucky,the previous-owner might have forked out big time for enhancements and customizations.

You could source such bikes from  Shreyans Auto,But the selection is a bit limited.

The second-hand market for super bikes is not organised. The news is spread word-of-mouth and through social networking sites.A good place to start looking for a second hand Ducati,BMW ,Honda,Yamaha or Suzuki superbike is Prince Raj Kapoor’s FB page.He makes anout 20.000 rs per sale.Alternatively you could try to network on bikedekho.com Read more of this post

Luxury Cars For Less


If luxury at a cut-price is your thing,pre-owned luxury cars is the way to go.As these cars lose value fast, as soon as they drive off the showroom, you can get excellent value for money as long as you are not put off by the fact that you are not the first to own the vehicle.And interestingly not many of these vehicles have been driven any great distance and many owners have not skimped on servicing and maintenance expenses.May cars even have expensive customizations. If you’re still hesitating,know that many cricketers,politicians and businessmen are driving round such pre-owned cars.

Of course the best pre-used car to buy,is one where you have a great deal of information and don’t have to fork out a commission.So it’s cars owned by friends and family.If you can’t or don’t want to use this option there are companies like Big Boy Toyz and Shreyans Auto. that manage to sell 150-200 such cars every year on a 4-5% commission.Also official dealers of international cars such as Aston Martin dealer Infiniti Cars in Mumbai buys and refurbishes about a dozen cars each from their clients and sells them in the second hand market, Read more of this post

Private Submarines


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At the Monaco Yacht Show there are 4 companies hawking luxury personal submarines.viz. Hawkes Ocean Technologies,U-Boat Worx, Triton Submarines LLC and Seamagine Hydrospace Corporation.

The submersibles on offer cost from around $1.5 million to $4.2 million depending on their size and underwater range.

U-Boat’s five models equipped with bubble-shaped acrylic windows can hold between two and five people and sink to between 100 meters and 1,000 meters underwater.Rival Triton, which is based at Vero Beach in Florida, is pushing the depth limit to 1,650 meters for similar battery powered technology. Hawkes’s underwater flying machines differ from the others. While his resemble soft-edged airplanes with bubble-shaped cockpits, the others are more like UFOs.

Since storing an 18,000-pound submarine elegantly on a designer yacht is a challenge. Sub owners to have get bespoke boats conceived with subs in mind or, alternatively, invest in a “shadow” vessel i.e a smaller speedboat to accompany the yacht.  Read more of this post

Tracking Beta


Volatility in stock prices is one of the reasons behind the large potential returns from shares,but there are times when stock volatility starts preying on your peace of mind.There are times when you want to see steadiness and predictability in the value of your holdings.So here’s a list of the most and least volatile stocks in India to help you plan your portfolio,

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Premium Shoe Care


wealthymattersWhen it comes to footwear,I splurge.I want them to look good and more importantly fit me well and make walking a pleasure.The only exceptions I make are when I know I’m going to be deliberately abusing my shoes,

I can and will skimp on party shoes but never on every-day shoes.

I also find it better to spend on good quality leather shoes(the emphasis is on quality or fungus will destroy it before the monsoon is out) rather than sneakers.Sports shoes are great for sports but are not so long lasting for daily use.The glued together parts just fall apart and even the manufacturer can’t put them together in a way that makes repairing them worthwhile.

Quality leather shoes with good quality fittings,that give me years of trouble free service are my preference.Per use they work out cheaper than the cost of a wardrobe full of cheaper shoes,

Having acquired expensive shoes,the next issue is regularly taking care of them.So far I have made use of the complementary services offered by the manufacturers,Today I read about the shoe shine services by John Lobb,Link.Now if only they’d do ladies shoes too.