Dad Who Got His 5-Year-Old a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Bought a $1-Million Car at a Gas Station

The Carrera GT has an incredibly capable 5.7-liter V10 engine that produces 605 horsepower and 435 lb-ft or 590 Nm of twist. The 6-speed manual transmission system sends all that power to the rear wheels. One vital piece of info about this ride comes from the auction's description saying it was a total loss due to an accident in October 2009. The Porsche received a rebuilt title in March 2010 and again in 2012.

While it was repaired, it's a long way from being perfect, according to the aged description. Its known defects at the time of the auction from February 15, 2023, include some scratches, along with sticker residue, spots of peeling in the wrap, misaligned body panels and exhaust outlets, yellowing headlights, the windshield was cracked, cracked carbon fiber behind the driver's seat, and the tire pressure monitoring system's warning light is illuminated in the instrument cluster.

It also only includes just one key, and in case anyone was wondering, yes, it's the very same model Paul Walker from the "Fast & Furious" series was in as a passenger when he suffered a tragic and fatal accident.

Back at our gas station, Houston checked his bank account and shook hands with the owner to seal the deal in the good old-fashioned way. Local folk songs from nearby taverns were created on the spot and sing about how, in this adventure, fancy words were uttered by Mr. Crosta, like "I'll buy it, dude, like, we have a deal."

Friends surrounding him at the time of the deal even thought it might have been destiny at work. After calling his wife and getting her approval, things were set in motion that could not be undone, and Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, more than one year later since first setting eyes upon it, the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT finally became his.

After sealing the deal and realizing he had never even driven it or checked it before buying it, Mr. Crosta started going through an incredible volume of emotions and nerves. "It obviously works, right?" he said to his friends before getting inside it for the first time. At least it had a fresh full tank of gas, so it was a win-win situation for every party involved. It especially helped with the following donuts he made in it, because why not?

We don't know exactly how much he paid for it, but given that the $600k reserve price from the auction wasn't met and the video says it's a $1,000,000 car, the real price lies somewhere in between. No matter what, Houston Crosta has one heck of a story to tell about how he bought a 2005 Porsche Carrera out of the blue at a pump station for an unspeakable amount of money.

Houston is no stranger to high-performance cars. The Rolls SUV he bought for his daughter has a 6.75-liter V12 engine that develops 536 hp and 627 lb-ft, or 850 Nm, of torque. While it weighs 5,800 lbs. or 2,630 kilograms, it's nothing to scoff at. It can hit 60 mph from a standstill in 5.2 seconds and has a top speed of 155 miles per hour or 249 kilometers per hour.

In addition to his YouTube channel, which has over 826,000 subscribers, he runs quite a few businesses. One such venture is his "exotic car" rental company, as he calls it, which mainly deals in supercars and SUVs. His webpage looks like it was copy-pasted from Grand Theft Auto Online, which isn't an insult at all but quite the opposite.

He also dabbles in detailed car washing, limo service, and other things, but more to our point, he owns a supercar dealership, which shows that his impulse buy wasn't so out of the blue after all.