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Originally Posted by cavvy
Is money an issue here?
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When Bottle O was at TDR, the D'Alberto family businesses seemed to pick up the shortfall between the cost to run, and the amount of money RNR supplied to operate the car. That was done reasonably cheaply... with not so many crew, and a plug n play WP technical alliance keeping costs down. Say $1.5m/yr for full operational expenses, excluding capital.
When Bottle O and RNR moved to FPR, you would have to presume that the full cost of operating the car there would need to be footed by RNR. So where the TDR cost was at the $1.5m mark suggested above, FPR is likely $500k to $1m beyond that..
Now while Canadian Club has taken the bonnet space (say $300k), there is still a gap.. which by looking at the car...
... is taken up to some extent by the Autobarn, and arguably related Castrol funding on the front of the thing. Now whether that signage is in lieu of Mr Dumbrell's driver wage might be interesting to ponder.
It is not unlikely that Mr Nash has had to spend more of his own income to operate the car at FPR than he ever did at TDR, or the sub $1m deal done when Mr Owen was the pilot of his ex-PMM Commodore.
On this basis, Mr Moffat with his Norton 360/Doric/Boylan dowry might be a good fit. Question would be whether the brands Mr Moffat seems to have available are compatible with a purveyor of alcoholic beverages....
But he isnt the only one with access to funds...
Could we see Mr Bargwanna rock up at RNR with Jana Living painting the available spaces in that Trading Post Orange?
