Man another slave girl would be fun
Oh yeah... more girls... riiiiiiiight.
Guys we need more sausage in this fish party we call a ship.
The engines and computers are all new though thanks to the overhaul from dear ol' dad.
The actual shape of the ship (not condition, shape) shouldn't matter much in space travel, no air resistance and what not. And the gates are doing most of the legwork.
Well your cousin does the blue/gary oak thing where they get everywhere first.
So while you're driving a lemon he is piloting a top of the line ship and does, in fact, get places first. Yet he gets held up at every probe so you can catch up. If the guy's response to everything wasn't "throw money at it" he'd probably be able to win this "race" hands down