Usually when someone wants to buy a car they do it with cash. Well, that's not what poker players do. At least not those who have a huge amount of Pokerstars' Frequent Player Points. <b>Eric Liu</b>, aka Peachy/Northface in our forum, just bought a <b>Range Rover</b> from PokerStars and paid for most of it with his FPPs. How nice is that, eh? Peachy made a comment on the reasoning for choosing the Range Rover on <a href="http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2008/11/vip-club-liu-snags-car-with-fpp.html">PokerStars Blog</a>, and he is already aiming at the next car he will buy with his next load of FPPs.
Peachy's comments on the story:
<i>I'm a 23 year old high stakes cash game player and instructor at CardRunners who has just recently started playing live tournaments. I've had good success so far, cashing in all 3 of the EPTs I've played in (PCA, Monte Carlo, London). Just recently a few months ago I moved to San Francisco and brought along my car, a Mazda RX-8, and needed to get a new clutch for it. Well, the clutch was too tight, so I kept stalling, which is very bad news in San Francisco because of all the hills.
Naturally, I decided to get a car that’s powerful, nice looking, and very good on hills, and nothing is better at doing that than a Range Rover! Coupled with the fact that I've wanted a Range Rover or Escalade for some time now, it just seemed like the natural decision to make.
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The specific SUV that I purchased is a black '08 Range Rover Sport Supercharged. I've only driven it a few times so far as its new and I'm out of town so much, and so far I simply love it. I love the way it looks, and the stuff inside is incredible. Technology these days is incredible--everything is automatic: seat positions, windshield wipers, lights, temperature, GPS, etc. There are also a few quirks about it that are amusing but mostly useless: a dial that allows driving in all different kinds of terrain (rain, snow, gravel, sand), a button that raises and lowers the car, and the most ridiculous of all, a large yellow button that allows the car to go down a 45 degree incline on loose sand.
In a few years when my RX-8 gets old and I'm settled in Las Vegas (where there are no hills), I'm probably going to replace it with a porsche 911 turbo. Hopefully I'll have enough FPPs by then to get yet another car from Pokerstars.</i>
It is a really nice car Peachy. Congratulations and have a lot of fun with your Peachymobile!
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