# You Are A Billionaire - Want A Chauffeur? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393 "2012-03-10T17:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/1 "2012-03-10T17:25:21Z")
You have far too much money, have a cleaning staff, gardeners, cook, personal trainer, personal stylist and a few other assorted employees for your mansion. Would you want a personal chauffeur? ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/2 "2012-03-10T17:34:09Z")
Yes. As long as it’s long and black and somebody else is driving it, it doesn’t matter what kind it is. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/3 "2012-03-10T17:43:51Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/4 "2012-03-10T17:58:01Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Reported. Yeah, I stupidly put this in the wrong forum - should be Humble Opinion. If a Mod could move this, I would be grateful and they can borrow my chauffeur for a week as a thank you. I guess I was napping in the back of my limo and the mouse slipped… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/5 "2012-03-10T18:19:03Z")
Yes. Were I a billionaire I’m sure I would own a fancy exotic supercar to zoom around in for fun, but for everyday going-here-and-there, no fucking way I’m driving myself. If I could afford to not have to deal with traffic and idiot drivers, I would, in a heartbeat. I’ve never understood why celebrities drive themselves, especially when they go out to clubs and parties and keep getting DUI’s. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/6 "2012-03-10T19:14:03Z")
Game Room —\> IMHO. Gukumatz, Game Room & IMHO Moderator. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/7 "2012-03-10T19:21:51Z")
Yes. I don’t understand rich people who get DUIs. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/8 "2012-03-10T19:52:09Z")
Absolutely. I hate driving. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/9 "2012-03-10T19:57:50Z")
Absolutely. She/he should have training from the best defensive driving course in the world, of course. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/10 "2012-03-10T20:05:14Z")
Only for when I’m going out to dinner and a club or something or I’m in a hotel in a big city I’m not familiar with. Otherwise, I’ll drive my my fleet most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/11 "2012-03-10T20:10:10Z")
I picked yes, but I mean yes for about 90% of the time. If I’m going through the drive-through at McDonald’s, I can drive myself. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/12 "2012-03-10T20:14:13Z")
I don’t drive at all, so being hugely wealthy would make my life easier. Even if I did drive, I’d try to employ as many people as I could afford. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/13 "2012-03-10T20:22:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Only sometimes - if I am going to a party or bar or long trip. There are times when I’d like to go out, but I know I have a 20-mile drive home so I don’t go mad with the consumption. It would be nice to have a driver. But I voted No. If I was a billionaire I’d just get a hotel room if I was ‘partying’. For me, what’s the use of having nice cars if I let someone else drive them? I want to drive them myself. (And for a long trip, I’d take my plane or helicopter. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/14 "2012-03-10T20:36:44Z")
No, I get car sick. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/15 "2012-03-10T20:38:48Z")
Yeah, I can hang with being driven around. I’m one of those people who is always doing the driving (I do enjoy it) and also always has to go home at the end of the night (pets) so it’s a real treat for me _now_ when I don’t have to drive and when I am able to over-the-limit drink. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/16 "2012-03-10T20:57:22Z")
I would definitely hire one, but I wouldn’t use the limo \*all \*the time. Because I’d have a couple sporty cars and motorcycles, and I looove the wind in my hair on a summer day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/17 "2012-03-10T20:58:08Z")
I’d want a driver. I might not always choose to have somebody else drive my car but I’d want to have the option. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/18 "2012-03-10T20:59:06Z")
Billionaire, with a ‘b’? I think I’d have a chauffeur, of a sort. If I were going to a restaurant downtown, where it’s hard to find parking, it would be nice to be dropped off right in front and then call for a pickup later. And I’d let him do the mundane stuff like washing the cars or taking them to the mechanic. Wouldn’t be a bad job, really. I’d still drive myself lots of other times, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/19 "2012-03-10T21:04:33Z")
Yes, I’d have someone do most or all of my driving for me. My eyesight is getting worse, so I rarely drive at night. I probably wouldn’t have someone whose only job was to drive me around because I don’t go out that much. I’d just make sure that a few of my staff were good drivers, and were available to drive me whenever and wherever. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393/20 "2012-03-10T21:09:33Z")
I chose “other” because if I hit the megalottery I wouldn’t need a chaffeur - I’d be buying that townhouse or PH triplex apartment in Manhattan I’ve always dreamed about and would practically not need a car at all. I could take taxis everywhere if I wanted to, and for the occasions that I needed a car, I’d still prefer to drive it myself. Or more likely, taking one of my fleet of motorcycles! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393.md?page=2)