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  • JoMiran@lemmy.world
    71·
    10 months ago

    No. I interacted with him on two occasions during the PayPal days. They were pitching PayPal as a payment mechanism for a bunch of our verticals. Even back then he was weird, awkward, and cringe. I think there is video of him back then taking possession of a McLaren and you can see how cringe he was.

    EDIT: Found it.. On rewatch, it doesn’t really show how insufferable he was in person. It’s funny to see how x.com gets recycled though.

      • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        According to another comment Musk wrecked his McLaren but so did Atkinson (twice!).

        It’s like crazy high-performance sports cars are hard to drive.

        • Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          I won a competition to drive a Ferrari F458 on a track. It was dope but it took me several tries to even pull away cleanly (this is after an hour long lesson about the track and 30min hands on with the car).

          One of the Ferrari guys took it and warmed it up for me after which it behaved much better but it’s a long story to say that I can see an inexperienced driver screwing up badly in a super car especially when cold.

          • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            10 months ago

            And the McLaren F1 is an older more raw car than the F458.

            If I were into cars and had the money, I think it would be part of the joy of getting my new toy to pay up for a few days of track time with a good trainer.

            But I guess I’m not surprised Mr. “I know more about manufacturing than literally anybody else” would be pretentious enough to just wing it and fuck it up gloriously.

            • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
              3·
              10 months ago

              The schools are worth the cost. It cost me $1500 for a 3 day course way back in '98. Same racing school is now $2050. I can say I gained a lot more control of my car after that.

              • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                That sounds reasonable and fun. Compared to the cost of a McLaren F1, it’s peanuts.