Chicago man who saved person who fell on train tracks gifted a new car.

Its not overanalyzing, just seeing it for what it is. It's a 13 year old flagship German luxury car. It's going to cost several times more to keep on the road annually than it costs to buy one - it's like how E38 740ils go for $2k and are all over the hood. It's cheap to buy German flagship cars that cost 6 figures new for a reason.

The guy who gave him the car runs a towing company, and shamelessly self promotes. He has a facebook page titled "Chicago's secret angel" with a profile pic of him wearing a t shirt saying the same thing... so very secretive of him. He uses it to post articles that call him a "top entrepreneur and philanthropist" lmao, the guy who drives a tow truck and occasionally gives out masks and shit.

This car likely isn't fetching more than $1k at a wholesale auction, the only way you're selling this thing with any kind of expediency at all. And with the whole Early Walker gimmick, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a workflow here of tow car, realize it's essentially a liability, make a tax deductible "donation" to your own charitable organization claiming an elevated value on the car, and then transfer the car from the charity to this guy for additional free publicity.

But seriously. Go to r/cars and make a post saying you're in poor shape financially and someone is offering to give you a 2009 Audi A8 for free. Every single person will tell you not to drive it and to try and sell it and put whatever you get for it towards an old Civic or Corolla or the like.

This thing is financial disaster incarnate.

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