Twilight star Robert Pattinson is fairly down-to-earth.
The 26-year-old British-born actor, who has more than once implied that he wouldn't be a fan of the angsty teen vampire series if he wasn't in it, was recently added to the Forbes list of highest paid actors, with an income last year of $26.5 million.
But the actor has also more than once referred to himself as cheap. As he told Jimmy Kimmel on August 22, he does most of his shopping on Craig's List, including his car shopping.
While Justin Bieber drives a Fister Karma (granted Bieber was higher on the Forbes list, with earnings of $55 million) and Kim Kardashian drives a Rolls-Royce, Pattinson's ride is a 2001 pickup truck.
Pattinson told Kimmel that he purchased it recently for $2,500 dollars. "I got a 2001 Silverado. It's beautiful. Solid car," Pattinson told Kimmel, "I buy everything off Craigslist. Every single car that I've bought."
Kimmel was incredulous that the star would respond to ads himself, and show up at random people's homes. But Pattinson said that he did indeed go to haggle for the truck with a seller who still lived with his parents in the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills.
The subject of Pattinson's mode of transportation came up last fall in a red carpet chat with Yahoo! When the interviewer asked him to confirm that he had a modest set of wheels, Pattinson replied, "I used to; now I don't have a car at all." He added that he was relying on rentals.
The car in question was a 1989 BMW. "It's beautiful," Pattinson said. "It's an old BMW. It's a minor classic that cost $1,000." The problem was, it had blown up. "I still have it. It's just blown up."
Evidently, the 11-year-old pickup is an upgrade.
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