Monday, June 16, 2008

Girls like stuff that is shiny

... apparently so do Saudis. In the land of sand and black gold everyone owns a supercar. When everyone drives a "regular" M3, AMG, or XKR as their beater, you need to go above and beyond to stand out in the crowd.

As Nicholas Cage put it in Gone in 60 Seconds:
Memphis: (pointing to a Ferrari 360)...But, you know, this is the one. Yes, yes yes... I saw three of these parked outside the local Starbucks this morning, which tells me only one thing. There's too many self-indulgent wieners in this city with too much bloody money!

So how does the self-indulgent wiener stand out in the land where a full 20% of all Bugati Veyrons are in Dubai alone? Well if you were looking for a Veyron you could pick up one of their "Special Editions". There is the Pur Sang, the Fbg by Hermes, the Targa, or the Sang Noir. For one enterprising Saudi, however, just buying a stock car, regardless of how exclusive, isn't enough. Not to mention no matter how much you wax that paint job, well, its just not shinny enough.

The answer? Chrome a brand new Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. I can't imagine how horrible it must be to drive this car in the full sun of the average Middle Eastern day. My guess is that he only drives it at night and with the hopes that the ladies go for it. After all, a guy needs any advantage he can get in a place where the girl/guy ratio is somewhere around 1:3.





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