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.
No longer, however, including the Royal Yacht, which was pensioned off a decade or so ago.
Ever work on a mid-engine before?
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.
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!
I bet the darn thing has a Wankel in it, too.
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.
Brains are no longer a prerequsite to wealth.
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.
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.
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.
Hey, they’re not wearing their seat belts!
If you fall for all the add on's at Jiffy Lube, you'd come close.
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!
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