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Rich and Famous Discuss Frugality

January 29, 2008 by Lazy Man 3 Comments

Earlier today, I was watching the Super Bowl Media Day coverage, when this little conversation nugget occurred. In a little bit of fun, Patriots’ Tom Brady was taking questions from Pierre Woods, a Patriots player who doesn’t get a lot of playing time. Here’s a paraphrase of the conversation:

Pierre Woods: Everyone says that you should put the boot [famously from the New York tabloids] on Ebay. You could get $500,000 for that.
Tom Brady: You aren’t paying for that.
Pierre Woods: I know I’m not.
Tom Brady: [To the media] Pierre, was complaining the other day. He said, because he got a rental car, he was only going to put 87 octane in the tank rather than 93 – to save himself $2. I said, “You are not even going to drive the car enough to fill the tank up. So what’s the big deal?” That tells you, that’s a responsible kid right there – smart kid.

He said the last line with all the sincerity in the world. I imagine that I’d have the same conversation with someone else. It’s funny, because I can see both sides of the story here. Why spend the extra money for the rental car? On the other hand, Brady’s got a good point, it’s not going to add up to much savings.

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Comments

  1. rstlne says

    January 29, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    I’m with Pierre on this one. If 93 octane is not necessary, why buy it? That goes not just for rental cars but for my own car too.

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  2. Money Management and You says

    January 29, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    A lot of cars don’t even take advantage of the premium fuel, its really only worth using if you have a higher end car that can utilize the greater quality fuel.

    Reply
  3. Frugal Dad says

    January 30, 2008 at 3:32 am

    It’s pretty easy to identify which one is the multi-million dollar golden boy and which one is riding the minimum salary train, isn’t it?

    Reply

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