What $3.00+ per gallon gas buys you...

Jeff Murphy · #1 08-09-2006, 12:04 AM

I thought you guys might be interested in the informal car show that happens everynight outside my house in London during the month of August.

It gets so hot in the Middle East that all the rich Arabs from Dubai, Qatar and UAE move to London, Geneva, etc. They also ship their cars back and do tons of shopping at places like Harrod's the super upscale department store I have in my backyard (think Neiman Marcus crossed with Bloomingdales or Macy*s).

They roll up in their cars and the women and kids get chauffered in stretch Mercedes limos, S-Class sedans or vans.

Most of them have nothing to do while the women shop, so they sit in two little cafes and have an impromptu car gathering I like to call... 1001 Arabian Knights.

Be warned, this might make you a bit sick. I took all these pictures over the course of three and a half blocks while I walked to the grocery store tonight. Excuse the quality because I shot them off my camera phone.

**mssl72** · #2 08-09-2006, 12:18 AM

pic's???

Jeff Murphy · #3 08-09-2006, 12:49 AM

Just another Tuesday night: Bugatti, 3 Bentleys, a BMW M6, a Lambo Gallardo Spyder...

Bugatti Veyron: one recently sold at auction in London for £1.1m ($2.0m). 1001 hp quad turbo V-16, speed limited at 230mph.

and the matching paint family cruiser - Bentley Continental Flying Spur (US$230k, 0-60mph 4.9sec, top speed 195mph in a 5500lb package).

Electric red Bentley Continental GT (USD$220k; there was another red one parked around the corner).

Custom paint Lime Green Lamborghini Gallardo Convertible (USD$275k, makes you wonder if these guys would have bought Hemi 'Cudas if OPEC had been around in 1970? although if OPEC had existed in 1970, I guess there wouldn't have been any Hemi 'Cudas to buy??

)

Porsche Carrera GT (US$500k+), Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster (US$400k) before the tuning package the guy has on the car (he really pisses me off because he revs his engine up everytime he goes by my house to let his buddies know he's coming or going):

Duelling Ferrari F430 Spyders (US$300k ea) and a hard top was parked around the corner:

Aston Martin DB9 in White Metallic Pearl (bleeechhh; license plate translates as 009) There were 3 more of these on my walk at US$200k ea) More Bentleys and S-Class sedans in the background:

Another Flying Spur passing another Gallardo Spyder:

Another Flying Spur with an Arnage (even more expensive) behind it:

The Carrera GT again (the guy almost stalled it twice trying to get it around the corner):

A brilliant purple new AMG custom designo edition S-Class (the base AMG S65 is about US$270k) Also note the rows of mini-vans lined up to take shopping home:

BMW Alpina B5 (the cheapest car on the block at US$130k, but 500hp, 560 ft lbs of torque push this little sedan to 4.5sec 0-60mph and damn near 200mph):

Jeff Murphy · #4 08-09-2006, 12:55 AM

Crazy, huh?

There was actually automobile Paparazzi forming on the corner across from the Bugatti just standing around taking pics of whatever turned up next. I left off the pictures of probably 15 S-Class Mercedes that I passed along the way as well.

The average age of these car owners appears to be late twenties / early thirties. Here is a pic of the local youth group:

That's all for today. I can make this as regular as xplantdad's Pavillions shots if I find anything else bizarre.

On the other hand, I'm fleeing the area to go over to Southern California again on Friday and will go to Donut Derelicts either this weekend or next, so I'll try to post pics of real muscle cars instead!!

**Xplantdad** · #5 08-09-2006, 01:03 AM

Jeff...awesome pics. Holy crap...there a lot of new muscle there!

When you go to Cali...make sure to hook up with Mark Sheppard and Gary Perkins. You'll have a great time there.

Please make it a regular thing to photograph these cars...I don't think I've seen but one of these cars in person

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #6 08-09-2006, 01:07 AM

Wow! Pretty sad actually

**firstgenaddict** · #7 08-09-2006, 02:41 AM

The oil shieks and princes did buy some of Joel's cars didn't they?
Their kids have just moved up to the "New Muscle".

nuch_ss396 · #8 08-09-2006, 02:51 AM

As I'm looking at my gas bills for the month, I see this
thread and immediately want to torch the whole lot of them - Cars & owners......

Thanks for getting me riled-up Jeff

Just kidding

These bastards get richer than belief, flaunt it all over the place, and we get it in the back door......

Man, I'd love to see them come here and try flaunting like that.

Guys, I hate to say it, but we are going to have to give up
the gas guzzling SUV's and sport cars. It can't continue
like this. Somebody here better figure a way to run our
babies ( muscle cars ) on an alternative fuel.

**69LM1** · #9 08-09-2006, 02:56 AM

"Guys, I hate to say it, but we are going to have to give up
the gas guzzling SUV's and sport cars. It can't continue
like this. Somebody here better figure a way to run our
babies ( muscle cars ) on an alternative fuel. "

Naw, You can't eat oil! All we have to do is stop sending them free food. Then we TRADE them the food for the oil!

nuch_ss396 · #10 08-09-2006, 02:57 AM

All that money and they hate Westerners too! We poor infidels.........
Nice place for a hand grenade - huh?

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