Young Elon Musk being Cocky
Channel: RICH & MIND-BLOWING
Date: 2021-04-03

Watch the young Elon Musk and his girlfriend (later wife) motivation interview when they take delivery the Million Dollars SuperCar the Mc Laren F1. At that time Elon just funded PayPal after he sold his company Zip2 to Compaq for $400 Million Dollar. Elon Musk showed off his 1 Million Dollar McLaren Car of which there are only 62. But Musk deserves to be cocky, he's a hero who revolutionized our world.

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- „Its a million dollar for a car... its decadent „ says Justin Wilson, Elon's girlfriend / fiancee at that time. Later Elon Musk's wife.
Justine Wilson (Musk's girlfriend , later wife) said she was afraid Elon Musk could miss: "a sense of appreciation , motivation and perspective."
We cannot talk about appreciation because that depends on the viewer's background and expectations, but we can say we appreciate what the Mc LarenF1 probably did for Electric Vehicle  history. Although some people loathe combustion-engined cars, the McLaren F1 must have taught Elon Musk what a car should be. In the brief period he drove it, the F1 probably have amazed ElonMusk multiple times to the point he knew the Model S would not be good enough if it did not do the same. 
Elon Musk feared he would be seen as an imperialist brat for having bought the Mc Laren F1. Justine Wilson (Elon Musk's girlfriend and later wife)  was also concerned they would become "spoiled brats." On the other hand, perspective shows that the most valuable car company in the world may have a lot to owe to a then $1-million combustion-engined car from 1999.

Unfortunately, good things don't last forever, and Musk soon learned what happens when 627 horsepower at the rear wheels goes wrong. 

While driving to a meeting about PayPal with investor Peter Thiel venture capitalist billionaire in one of the passenger seats, on Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, Musk was asked to show was the F1 could do, and uttered the famous last words of :   

 "WATCH THIS".

The Original motivation interview was made by CNN in 1999, but from the archives it was realesed only in 2021.