# Arab money, an exercise in excess

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [February 14, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312 "2010-02-14T11:01:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/21 "2010-02-14T14:23:16Z")

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I like the orange M5. That’s probably my favorite car of the bunch. BMW sure does make some sexy ass cars. Too bad the raw power and looks is the only thing I like about them. I’ll most likely never own one even if I can afford one.

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**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/22 "2010-02-14T14:36:37Z")

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> [@Anyone hear this story in the news?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-hear-this-story-in-the-news/29314/17):
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> Aside from the above mentioned points from jclark/psi/dannyboy… does anyone think a single modification to any one of these cars made the car better than it was with the stock part (wheels, paint, spoiler, whatever)??
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> I think they’re all hideous :rofl

If I had enough money for a Veyron I wouldnt skimp on the gold. Platinum plate that bitch. Gold plated turbZ.

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**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/23 "2010-02-14T14:45:30Z")

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Fucking towlheads

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**Author:** ![Mark355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mark355/32/6528_2.png) [@Mark355](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mark355)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/24 "2010-02-14T15:00:37Z")

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I like where this thread is going.

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**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/25 "2010-02-14T15:01:15Z")

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![http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/raminarami/Arab%20Money/image038.jpg](http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/raminarami/Arab%20Money/image038.jpg)

Chrome car with unpolished aluminum wheels? WTF?

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**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/26 "2010-02-14T15:21:58Z")

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He didn’t want too much chrome

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**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/27 "2010-02-14T16:01:48Z")

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> [@New name. different city. same car.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-name-different-city-same-car/29252/14):
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> If I had enough money for a Veyron I wouldnt skimp on the gold. Platinum plate that bitch. Gold plated turbZ.

🤣rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/28 "2010-02-14T17:40:43Z")

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If I had enough money for a Veyron, I surely wouldn’t spend it on a Veyron…

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**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/29 "2010-02-14T17:43:38Z")

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Yeah I’d much rather spend that money on niblets than a Veyron

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/30 "2010-02-15T07:15:42Z")

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> [@Anyone hear this story in the news?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-hear-this-story-in-the-news/29314/7):
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> That Veyron thats black and gold is kinda cool…even if it does look like a vibrator lol.

+1 i thought the same thing when i saw that, vibrator !! :lol

> [@Anyone hear this story in the news?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-hear-this-story-in-the-news/29314/13):
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> +1. These pics will be hilarious when we’re remembering the people that squandered the greatest natural resource in history.

hahaha so true !

> [@FS: 1998 GMC Jimmy SLT](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1998-gmc-jimmy-slt/29318/3):
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> Fucking towlheads

deeply offended

:Idiots

my family works hard to wrap those towels around their heads and i may choose to come to our next event with a towel on my head… i don’t know if i can face such an excuse for a man as you when present.

> [@PJB"](#):
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> Chrome car with unpolished aluminum wheels? WTF?

> [@Hey! I'm new and clueless!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-im-new-and-clueless/29302/63):
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> He didn’t want too much chrome

:rofl 🤣rofl:rofl

> [@Anyone hear this story in the news?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-hear-this-story-in-the-news/29314/41):
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> If I had enough money for a Veyron, I surely wouldn’t spend it on a Veyron…

hahaha no shit, that dude has some pocket change left over

but yeah, thats some fuckin arab money fuh sho !!! this thread was long overdue

![http://3rdshift513.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/busta-rhymes-green-lambo.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/8/882821624951f86c829c437c56b1868f7c0addc5.jpeg)

![http://90scraze.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/arab-money1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/e/6ed865910ada72d2b43d6400ef2437b0736ceebe.jpeg)

:rofl the bed spread/sheet/cloth looks more arab than the money on top of it :rofl

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**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/31 "2010-02-15T07:24:40Z")

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man i want that bright green lambo!!!

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**Author:** ![imported\_ST4TUS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_st4tus/32/6290_2.png) [@imported\_ST4TUS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_ST4TUS)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/32 "2010-02-15T09:20:27Z")

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whats wack is that the owners pay more for the plates than the car itself

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/33 "2010-02-15T10:50:13Z")

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> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/5588):
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> whats wack is that the owners pay more for the plates than the car itself

:rofl yahhh hahaha for plates like " 1 " hahahaha

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**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/34 "2010-02-15T11:34:55Z")

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Chrome vinyl on the lambo isnt going to last too long in the mad hot desert. You can see on the hood its already clouding over.

tsk tsk

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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/35 "2010-02-15T13:59:27Z")

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> [@i hate buffalo....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-hate-buffalo/29336/31):
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> Chrome vinyl on the lambo isnt going to last too long in the mad hot desert. You can see on the hood its already clouding over.
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> tsk tsk

its just another excuse to toss it and get a new lambo, obviously

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**Author:** ![BURNALL4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnall4/32/6502_2.png) [@BURNALL4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BURNALL4)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/36 "2010-02-15T14:04:25Z")

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thats just the next level of ballerness.

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**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/37 "2010-02-15T20:19:16Z")

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i love all the nuke em comments…i hope you guys are just trolling.

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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/38 "2010-02-20T01:44:26Z")

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Why do I get the feeling that most of these cars are beat to shit, both cosmetically and mechanically?

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**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/39 "2010-02-20T04:43:08Z")

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because they are. everytime i saw a ferrari or lambo when i was in dubai, they were ripping it. but can you blame them?

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**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/arab-money-an-exercise-in-excess/250312/40 "2010-02-20T07:50:20Z")

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> [@Big news, everyone.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-news-everyone/29458/26):
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> because they are. everytime i saw a ferrari or lambo when i was in dubai, they were ripping it. but can you blame them?

nothing wrong with that, its how cars are suppose to be driven. if you can’t afford to break it you can’t afford to buy it.

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