Aston Martin dealership

Front page article on the Statesman this morning is about how John Eagle European plans to open an Aston Martin car dealership in Austin. Link here. I like business owners like this who have the stones to ignore the recession and boldly proceed with business plans. That V-12 DBS (picture from Statesman article below) is a sweet ride for ONLY $260,000!

Nerdy side note: A quick check of a mortgage calculator shows my CAR payment for that car on a THIRTY-YEAR finance of that amount at 6% yields a monthly payment of over $1500, more than 3.5x my current Altima car payment (for only 4 years). If you could get 0% interest for a 5-yr note you're talking 4333 / month, a solid 10X my current car payment!

photo by Ralph Barrera, Austin-American Statesman