January 31, 2008
This one of a kind Mustang has a little bit of everything in it. It's powered by a twin supercharged and intercooled EFI engine that offers 800+HP on pump gas with over 1,000+ HP is possible w/tuning. A fully integrated tube chassis with roll bar easily handles the power while a NASCAR style belly pan provides high speed aerodynamics. Formula One style paddle shifters enable lightning fast and consistent gear changes. Enormous Brembo four wheel disc brakes with hydro boost provide fade-free stopping power in a hurry.
Inside, you’ll find power everything with bone chilling air conditioning. To ensure the highest level of your entertainment experience there is a 3,000 watt Kicker stereo system with Dolby 5.1 surround sound, DVD navigation, MP3, iPod, XM Radio, 60GB hard drive, Bluetooth and HomeLink. There’s even WiFi Internet access wherever your journey takes you. The cockpit is wrapped in the finest leather. Seating is fully adjustable with lumbar support, electronic control and heating. To keep the outside world from coming in and to provide the ultimate in year round comfort, the interior is fully lined with the latest in sound proofing and heat insulation. The latest instrumentation with Chameleon lighting provide vital statistics and allow you to adjust to just the right look. A touch screen LCD is integrated into the cars fuel injection system, stereo electronics and diagnostics. With access to a chassis dyno, you can precisely tune the engine from the cockpit. A fully integrated yet easy to operate security system ensures it stays in your possession. Lastly, full documentation ensures the ease of service and helps protect your investment.
Only one of these will be made, and the price tag is a hefty $1.3 million.
You can see more pictures of the car at the Luxury Launches site HERE.
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January 31, 2008
From the press release:
Virgin Galactic today unveiled the design of its new, environmentally benign, space launch system based on the X Prize winning technology of SpaceShipOne, which successfully flew into space for the third time in October 2004 and won the $10m Ansari X Prize.
The construction of the White Knight Two (WK2) mothership, or carrier aircraft, is now very close to completion at Scaled Composites in Mojave, CA and is expected to begin flight testing in the summer of 2008. It is the world’s largest, all carbon composite aircraft; it has a unique high altitude lift capacity, capable of launching SpaceShipTwo and its eight astronauts into sub-orbital space flight.
Whilst the two vehicles comprising the space launch system have been under construction, Virgin Galactic’s cadre of future astronauts has continued to grow strongly to well in excess of 200 individuals with around 85,000 registrations of interest to fly. The deposit base now exceeds $30m representing more than $45m of future income to the fledgling spaceline.
Virgin Galactic will make further announcements regarding the progress of the launch system, development of its markets, the test flying program and start of commercial operations at Spaceport America in due course.
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January 30, 2008
Icehotel, billed as world’s first ever ice hotel, has hosted more than 200,000 people in the past 17 years. The hotel opened for it's 18th season on 7 Dec., 2007 and will have over 29,000 people visit it's 80 ice rooms, bar and chapel this season. The creation of this hotel begins every year in November using only the crystal clear ice from the Torne River near the village of Jukkasjarvi in Sweden. The hotel will be open until mid April, and then of course begin to melt as summer approaches.
You can read more about the Icehotel at their home site HERE.
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January 18, 2008
The Pimpstar rims from Dub Custom Wheels have built-in full color LED lights, a microprocessor and wireless modem, allowing you to display virtually any image, including text, graphics, logos, and even digital photos, on your rims while driving. You can even place different images on each wheel, and set them to rotate through up to six different images automatically at a set time interval. The wheels are environmentally sealed and are powered by the vehicle electrical system. The Pimpstar rims come in a chrome finish in 22, 24 and 26-inch sizes and the pricing starts at $11,950.
You can catch a video of them in action at the BornRich site HERE.
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December 13, 2007
Coming from the "I wish I had thought of that first" category, is a unique way to keep your drink cold. A company called Sippin on the Rocks is selling highly polished cubes made from imported granite directly from quarries in Scotland. Here's the explanation from the web site:
"Sippin on the Rocks offers the perfect solution to the problem of having your Scotch or favorite drink diluted with melting ice. These highly polished granite cubes are simply placed in your freezer and then are used to cool your drink. We are not trying to replace ice, simply allowing the Scotch drinker a chance to enjoy a different aspect of their favorite drink. Even the most demanding conniseur will appreciate putting a little bit of Scotland back into their Scotch!"
The cubes are also supposed to enhance the aroma and flavor of the liquor. You can buy the cubes in a walnut wood gift box, which comes with 2 hand polished granite cubes, and 2 beautiful crystal sippin glasses, for $75 at their site HERE.
(via Luxist)
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October 24, 2007
The 40-foot tall, 30 ton monster known for crushing cars at events and even staring in a recent Toyota commercial is going up for auction.
It's claim to fame is picking up two ton cars, setting them on fire with a 20 flame, and then crushing and tearing them apart with 24,000 pounds of force. The monster is run by a pilot who sits in a cockpit inside the dinosaur’s head. It can now be yours, since it's set to be auctioned off during the annual Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona between January 12 and January 20.
You can see pictures and video of the monster in action, read about it's history and other details about the machine at their site HERE. The site makes some noise, so if you're in the office, you might want to turn the sound down.
(via BornRich)
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October 19, 2007
These are given out by invitation only, so don't expect to score one, even if you do have the $10,000 a year membership fees.
Playboy Passport is a members-only concierge service aimed at providing its members with the finest life has to offer. This service strives to accommodate all member requests – no matter how extravagant or obscure – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Upon joining, each member is assigned a personal lifestyle management representative to attend to all of his or her needs.
Some of the benefits to the service are VIP treatment at the Playboy Club in Las Vegas, tickets to the Playboy Super Bowl party, poker with Playmates and even access to the legendary parties at the Playboy Mansion. Beyond that are what you might expect from any other high end service, such as private jet and yacht services, upgrades at hotels and resorts, global restaurant and dining recommendations and reservation service and so on.
As I mentioned earlier,it's by invitation only, and once a person is in, they can invite up to three friends.
You can read more about the service at the Passport site HERE.
(via A Luxury Travel Blog)
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October 15, 2007
Owning your own island is pretty much only for the seriously rich, and Ronde Island in Grenada might be only for the top of that group. The island is over 2,000 acres in size, and will be the largest private island located in an area of the Caribbean that's growinging in popularity. It's completely undeveloped, which will allow it's future owner to step in and do whatever they would like with it. It does also have some charm that would make it a nice vacationing spot, such as sea-bottom drop-offs over ‘bottomless’ vertical walls, coral-encrusted canyons and even a swim-through cave which opens to an underground cavern decorated with stalactites and quartz crystals.
The location is currently listed by Private Islands Inc. for $100 million dollars, which is the highest price tag of any island on the international real estate market. You can head over to their site HERE for more information on Ronde Island and other sites.
(via BornRich)
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October 10, 2007
This might be one of the more unusual gifts that I've heard of.
Vik Muniz is reknown for crafting internationally famous art out of literally anything: caviar, dirt, diamonds, and even toys. For a mere $110,000, artist Muniz will paint a His and Hers portrait for you in a double helping of Bosco® chocolate syrup. The painting will be a framed 60" x 48" museum-quality photographic work of art, and of course a limited edition of one. If you think that might be a bit steep, at least it's for a good cause. Muniz will be donating his proceeds to Centro Espacial Rio de Janeiro, the charity he created to bring social and art projects to life for underprivileged young people in Brazil.
You can head over to the Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog HERE if you're really interested.
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October 4, 2007
Not only are the Dragon steel sculptures impressive on their own, they are also fully functioning barbeques.
Artist Ed McBride has created two welded steel dragon barbecues, with a third in the works. The first in the series was sold for $65,000 at the Safari Club International 33rd Annual Hunters' Convention. The second in the series is currently up for sale at $90,000 and will be the biggest of the three.
The second barbecue in this series will be a towering 9 feet in height with a 10 feet wide wingspan. A theatrical touch was added in that propane powered flames will erupt from between the dragon's teeth. Also, a small dragon is used to heat a dutch cooking oven with its "dragon breath." It's first, and maybe only, showing will be at the SCI convention in Reno, Nevada in January
The third in the series will be the smallest of the three, costing $40,000. It will be 6 feet in height and length, and is scheduled to be completed in late 2007.
You can read more about the sculptures and see what other things Ed McBride has created, at his website HERE.
(via BornRich)
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