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Sheikh flies Lamborghini 6,500 miles to Britain for oil change
The Sun ^ | Today | Neil Syson

Posted on 07/31/2008 4:16:32 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes

A RICH Arab sent his Lamborghini on a 6,500-mile round trip to Britain for a service. The £190,000 supercar was put on a scheduled flight from Qatar to Heathrow – then flown BACK after the oil check.

Money was no object as the flight would have cost the owner – thought to be a Sheikh – around £20,000.

The move sparked fury from green campaigners.

An airport worker said: “This car doesn’t have a carbon footprint – more of a crater.”

The overall cost of sending the Lamborghini to London for the oil change would have cost more than £23,000.

His black-and-gold supercar costs £3,552 to service at an approved dealer – on top of the £20,000 to freight from Qatar to Britain.

The Murciélago LP640 – driven by Batman in movie The Dark Knight – arrived from the Middle Eastern country on Friday.

It cleared customs and was trucked to specialist mechanics in London for the service.

On Monday it was flown back 3,250 miles to the oil-rich state where it was collected by the owner.

A cargo handler at Heathrow blasted the car’s environmental damage.

He said: “It would have been far more efficient to fly mechanics out there.”

Horrifies It is another example of how rich people exploit and pollute the planet because of their money.”

She said the role of the super-wealthy in climate change was not properly recognised – while poor people were rapped for going on holiday.

Friends of the Earth’s transport campaigner Richard Dyer said: “Flying a car thousands of miles for a service is ludicrous when planes are one of the most polluting ways to transport goods. We urge the individual to get their car serviced closer to home.”

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But David Price, of Lamborghini Club UK, said: “If an owner wants to service his car in that way, it is his choice.

“I’m not surprised. Thankfully the age of excess in some areas continues.”

Lamborghini UK spokeswoman Juliet Jarvis said there could be “kudos” for a Middle Eastern owner in servicing a car in London.

She said the exclusive Italian brand had a network of authorised dealers around the world – and most cars were looked after in the country where they were bought.

But she added: “This sort of thing is not unheard of.”

Qatar Airways confirmed it carried the Lamborghini.

The cars are popular with celebs including Rod Stewart and David Beckham.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: carbon; energy; oil; sheikh
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To: palomonte

No longer, however, including the Royal Yacht, which was pensioned off a decade or so ago.


61 posted on 07/31/2008 1:51:45 PM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
"$7,000 for an oil change?"

Ever work on a mid-engine before?

62 posted on 07/31/2008 1:56:15 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
$7,000 for an oil change?

What a cheapskate... for an extra $1000 they could dump the waste oil in the Thames and really get the enviros knickers in a knot.

63 posted on 07/31/2008 1:58:56 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Past Your Eyes

This is the least offensive thing i’ve heard of a muslim doing lately. Compared to the other things some of his brethren are doing gluttony isn’t that bad!


64 posted on 07/31/2008 3:54:05 PM PDT by DemonDeac
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To: Joe 6-pack

I bet the darn thing has a Wankel in it, too.


65 posted on 07/31/2008 4:38:34 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: Past Your Eyes
Well, that was silly. The guy flies his car 6500 miles for an oil change that's only gonna last him 3000? By the time he flies it back it'll need another change. Now where in Saudi Arabia are you gonna get any oil?

He needs a smart guy like me to figure this stuff out for him. I got some room in my garage, too. Put some nekkid lady mudflaps on that bad boy and you'd have a real fashion statement.

66 posted on 07/31/2008 4:53:22 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Past Your Eyes
Typical rich raghead with no brains.
Coulda flown a master mechanic and tools for half as much without risking damage to the car...

Brains are no longer a prerequsite to wealth.

67 posted on 07/31/2008 4:56:55 PM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: Publius6961

So if I’m so smart, does that mean I don’t have any chance to be rich?
Ah, never mind. I’m too old to worry about stupid stuff like that any more.


68 posted on 07/31/2008 5:01:19 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Well, hey, all the oil money he spent on this is $7,000 that won’t be going to some madrassa in Pakistan...and it pisses off the greenies too. It’s a two-fer.


69 posted on 07/31/2008 6:24:32 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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To: coolbreeze

Well,I’ve seen Arabs drive

Check this clip out...and this is without alcohol...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c40_1184429364

70 posted on 07/31/2008 6:28:27 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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To: G8 Diplomat
Oh, and this one too. Geez these people are crazy!
71 posted on 07/31/2008 6:34:18 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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To: gridlock
What would be actually funnier is if any of the executives who received the taxpayer's money from AIG used their bonuses paid by the taxpayers to send their Lambroghini to London to get an oil check while those who gave them the heafty bonus are being forced out of their homes as their mortgage is greater than the value of their home with subprime interest rates. You can sure bet that doing it with the taxpayer's money, spending it this way is definately acting as a stimulus for the economy! Giving to the wealthy moves money whereas giving it to those who are in debt will not bring about spending but only hoarding.
72 posted on 03/19/2009 8:53:58 AM PDT by Umpatan (BETTER IS IF TAXPAYER'S HARD EARNED MONEY WAS USED BY THE RICH)
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To: Umpatan

Well, this story is not about AIG executives, but rather about an Arab oil sheikh. But, even if it was an AIG executive who had received a bonus, why can’t he do whatever he wants with the money? I spend my money how I want. You spend your money how you want. Let Mr. AIG Moneybags spend his money the way he wants.


73 posted on 03/19/2009 10:17:27 AM PDT by gridlock (The wheels on O's bus go thump thump thump!)
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To: G8 Diplomat

Hey, they’re not wearing their seat belts!


74 posted on 03/19/2009 10:33:49 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
$7,000 for an oil change?

If you fall for all the add on's at Jiffy Lube, you'd come close.

75 posted on 03/19/2009 10:35:16 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: yantis
“I envy this guy! I mean IMAGINE the size of his “carbon footprint.” The thought alone is making me drool.”

Remember the thread awhile ago that had a link to some “Earth Watch Carbon Footprint” thing. You type in your particulars (3 cars, 4 bedroom house, etc.) and at the end it says something like :”Congratulations - if everyone lived like you the earth could not support life in 16 years” or something.

FReepers were getting on there and going “Hey - I got 8 years.” “Bah - amateur I've got 2.5 years!” This sheik would probably get a “score” of 6 minutes or something!

76 posted on 03/19/2009 10:50:43 AM PDT by 21twelve (The Obamas have all the class of the Clintons and none of the charm.)
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