Only by melons out of a Porsche or better?
Posted on 09/26/2020 9:24:01 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Police officers found the mysterious watermelon seller with his luxury Lamborghini in Istanbul, said to be an Iranian influencer who broadcasted the sale on his social media channels to his followers and fined him with 1,228 Turkish Liras ($165).
The man following an internet phenomenon was fined for “using a vehicle with a reason other than mentioned in the license” and was also disqualified from driving for 15 days.
The Iranian man, on Sept. 2, had stopped his Lamborghini in one of the busiest roads of the Beyoğlu district and started selling watermelons for five liras (60 cents). After the video of the incident became a nation-wide mystery, police officials took action and found out the identity of the driver from the plate number registered to the southern province of Antalya.
The man, detained on the evening of Sept. 3, was free to leave after being fined. The price for a secondhand Lamborghini Aventador in Turkey is around five million Turkish Liras, according to car experts.
The annual tax of the car, which goes from zero to 100 km per hour in 2.9 seconds, is 46,000 liras ($6200).
Only by melons out of a Porsche or better?
That’s a lot a watermelons
Man, talk about too much government.
About 15 years ago in Monaco I saw a guy in an Audi Q7 4.2 TDI (V8 turbo) delivering produce to a restaurant. That model wasn’t available in the US, but was about a $125,000 vehicle.
He needs to come to the U.S. and sell his watermelons. 60 cents is a danged good price!
Love visiting the car dealerships across from the casino.
I have always been struck by the number of high end vehicles one sees in Europe; often parked next to a real $hitbox of a house.
I think the price is 5 TL/kilo which is about $0.30/pound in real money, not 0.60 each. Wal*mart is currently selling watermelons for $6.98 each.
Most states have restricted registrations.
Auto plates then are truck plates of/for different weights and commodities.
I’m pretty sure her melons are great no matter what she is driving!
It was a public set-up to cover something much more serious.
Well, if I had a Lamborghini it sure as hell wouldn’t be purple.
I like my watermelons delivered by a girl on a Vespa.
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