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Jay Leno Used To Sleep In His Car In Los Angeles
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August 28, 2019
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2:33Now PlayingWhen Jay Leno moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, the first thing he bought was a car. Leno still owns the 1955 Buick Roadmaster, which he's featured on his CNBC show “Jay Leno’s Garage.” The car only cost him $350.
After purchasing the car, Jay Leno couldn’t afford an apartment, so he slept in his Roadmaster. He also squatted in empty houses that were on the market and at times spent the night in the back of a police car.
Jay Leno isn’t the only successful person who went to extremes to save money before making it big. In his 20s, billionaire Mark Cuban aimed to live on as little as possible. “I did things like having five roommates and living off of macaroni and cheese, ” he told Money in 2017. Like Leno, he also drove super cheap cars, including a 1966 Buick LeSabre and a Fiat X1/9 with a hole in the floorboard.
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Jay Leno Used To Sleep In His Car In Los Angeles
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