Owner ships Lambo from Qatar to London (and back) for oil change
08-07-2008, 09:20 AM
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Owner ships Lambo from Qatar to London (and back) for oil change
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All for a silly Lambo
A wealthy Arab man, thought to be a Sheikh, recently had his black and gold Lamborghini LP640 flown 3,250 miles to London via Qatar Airways and trucked to a certified UK Lamborghini dealership last Friday for a fluid change, which cost him a paltry £3,552 compared to the £20,000 round-trip flight. That's a grand total of £23,552 ($46,644 USD) for a friggin' oil change.
Environmentalists are obviously not pleased with the owner's wanton display of conspicuous consumption. Airport workers at Heathrow also blasted the owner's excess after watching the car get the royal treatment on the runway. One commented, "This car doesn't have a carbon footprint - more of a crater," and another pointed out that it would've been much cheaper to just fly certified Lamborghini technicians to Qatar to do the service.
This type of behavior begs the question of how far one's personal choice extends in the face of the greater good. We're told the Earth is dying beneath our feet and it's all our fault, so should a Sheikh be allowed to ship his car around the world for an oil change while the rest of us stick compact flourescent light bulbs in our lamps and wait in line to buy a Prius? Perhaps the only act that could be more environmentally egregious than this is if he just threw out his exotic and bought a new one every 3,000 miles.
All for a silly Lambo
A wealthy Arab man, thought to be a Sheikh, recently had his black and gold Lamborghini LP640 flown 3,250 miles to London via Qatar Airways and trucked to a certified UK Lamborghini dealership last Friday for a fluid change, which cost him a paltry £3,552 compared to the £20,000 round-trip flight. That's a grand total of £23,552 ($46,644 USD) for a friggin' oil change.
Environmentalists are obviously not pleased with the owner's wanton display of conspicuous consumption. Airport workers at Heathrow also blasted the owner's excess after watching the car get the royal treatment on the runway. One commented, "This car doesn't have a carbon footprint - more of a crater," and another pointed out that it would've been much cheaper to just fly certified Lamborghini technicians to Qatar to do the service.
This type of behavior begs the question of how far one's personal choice extends in the face of the greater good. We're told the Earth is dying beneath our feet and it's all our fault, so should a Sheikh be allowed to ship his car around the world for an oil change while the rest of us stick compact flourescent light bulbs in our lamps and wait in line to buy a Prius? Perhaps the only act that could be more environmentally egregious than this is if he just threw out his exotic and bought a new one every 3,000 miles.
08-07-2008, 09:25 AM
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Re: Owner ships Lambo from Qatar to London (and back) for oil change
I don't see anything wrong? Dude wants to blow his money, let him. Help support the economy. 46k towards a 200k car? No worse than someone putting 5k into a 1k honda. . . all in perspective I guess. Article looks like it was written by a jealous tree hugger.
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Re: Owner ships Lambo from Qatar to London (and back) for oil change
i like how they say "wait in line for a prius" doesnt the batterys in the prius come from some huge mineral dig in a really fucked up country? and the supposed life span of a prius isnt even that long?
08-07-2008, 10:30 AM
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Re: Owner ships Lambo from Qatar to London (and back) for oil change
I love it. Reminds of Rob, the British guy in the Mischief series. I believe it was before Mischief Destroy that the water pump on his Mercedes SL55 (which of course he had flown over from England) went out the day the rally was to start, and another one could not be located, so his friend removed the pump off of his SL55 and flew it over to the US so Rob could run the rally.
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I love it. Reminds of Rob, the British guy in the Mischief series. I believe it was before Mischief Destroy that the water pump on his Mercedes SL55 (which of course he had flown over from England) went out the day the rally was to start, and another one could not be located, so his friend removed the pump off of his SL55 and flew it over to the US so Rob could run the rally.
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