Abandoned Luxury Cars in Dubai

[davidI]

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/09/things-are-tough-all-over-luxury-cars.html

Amazing!

[derpderp]

Dust everywhere

[davidI]

Yea, cars even sitting for a day or two get covered with sand there. I've always wondered how the paint holds up as you'd think it would be like driving through a sand blaster.

[CUG]

To their defense, a lot of those expats were used to train up locals and told to fuck off. It happens all over those high flying middle eastern countries.

[Scope951]

f40 please!

what a waste, shows how shallow dubai really is.

[SRT]

Originally posted by davidI
Yea, cars even sitting for a day or two get covered with sand there. I've always wondered how the paint holds up as you'd think it would be like driving through a sand blaster.

My uncle is over there, says all cars have the paint blasted off the front ends because of the sand.

ALSO says you can pick these abandoned cars up at auction for a fraction of their true values. His buddy grabbed a 2007 ML350 for the equivalent of $10,000 CDN.

[Tilly]

that f40 doesn't quite look right. what's with the offset on the front rims? and the headlights? i'm not willing to believe this photos are completely accurate in terms of the article..

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

That F40 doesnt look right, looks like a knock off to me :dunno:

[bluetek]

F40 is clearly a fake. Either a replica or some sort of kit.

edit: Headlights, bumper, fenders all look terrible.

[davidI]

Originally posted by CUG
To their defense, a lot of those expats were used to train up locals and told to fuck off. It happens all over those high flying middle eastern countries.

Haha, except that the locals in the UAE don't work. 80% of the population in Dubai is expatriate. Many western expats were used to train up Indians, Pakistanis and Filipinos though. If you were fired you'd still sell your property and car though, rather than abandoning it.

The bigger story is that a lot of expats made speculative investments on real estate and when the market crashed they were left with loads of debt. If you have debt in Dubai you're not allowed to leave the country and have to try to work it off (or go to jail) so many expats just fled the country, leaving their cars at the airport on the way out.

[Phenix]

poor poor cars. what a waste

[SCHIDER23]

:werd:

Sad to see so many nice cars abandoned :cry: , I will happily take one home for a low price.....you know just to give it a home:bigpimp: .

[dezmarez]

that is insane...
would you even be able to import one of those if you somehow bought one there?

[K3RMiTdot]

I'd settle with the s class :(

[Moe Man]

Just got back from Beirut, my cusin if from there. He said that they are leaving the keys in the ignition and moveing. Most of them are accually comming to lebanon :nut:

[Jeremiah]

unreal

[beyond_ban]

In other news, Avis, Budget and Enterprise all record record losses.

[Justin-88]

Originally posted by beyond_ban
In other news, Avis, Budget and Enterprise all record record losses.


Honey I was guna rent a car but on the way look what I found *Vroom* *Vroom* :D

[Zewind]

Wow, just wow

[J.M.]

Damn..

[w_man]

Originally posted by dezmarez
that is insane...
would you even be able to import one of those if you somehow bought one there?

No - as far as I know, it would never pass the north american emissions spec.

[bighead2267]

Originally posted by w_man


No - as far as I know, it would never pass the north american emissions spec.


care to elborate?

[Type_S1]

thats insane