Andi Oliver: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Andi Oliver said elsewhere, not written here

I’ve never bought a property. The most expensive thing I’ve bought was a Hyundai Tucson.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2021 source ↗

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