Sultan of Brunei selling exotic cars he never drove.

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Sultan of Brunei selling exotic cars he never drove
The mysterious cache of exotic cars collected by the Sultan of Brunei has been hidden from public view for many years — until this week, when 21 popped up for sale for as much as $2 million. The worst news? The sultan never drove most of them.

The postings on luxury used car seller JamesList make no mention of their heritage or current owner — outside of their location on the Pacific island of Indonesia. Some have no indication of mileage, and only a few have publicly listed prices, the top being the 2004 Ferrari Enzo listed for $2 million (1.4 million euros). And as visitors have noted, a tropical island is no place to stash a supecar and expect it to survive humid, salty air without periodic attention. (The brown gunk on the carpet in this one is probably Ebola.)

But the Sultan’s neglect was so all-encompassing that many of them, including the Enzo, the Jaguar XJ220, the BMW Nazca V12 and the Cizeta V16 pictured above have the same mileage on their odometers that they left the factory with. That kind of car hoarding might appeal to a few collectors and museums, but here it’s a tragedy. Not only did a wealthy despot waste his country’s resources on toys no one enjoyed, there’s no telling how much of their engines and suspensions have converted into a rust-and-oil cobbler. The world won’t shed too manny tears over a few Ferraris wasted, but many of these are a piece of history and deserve better than they’ve been treated so far. If someone with the proper resources wants to help us launch the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Supercars, we’re here to help.
Sultan of Brunei selling exotic cars he never drove

http://www.jameslist.com/cars?country=23424773&order=cd

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Time to assemble a gone in 60 seconds crew? Dave?

:Idiots

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I’ll take that F40 and keep it safe.

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Amazing list of cars.

This one really caught my eye
http://www.jameslist.com/advert/317039/for-sale-bmw-taldesign-nazca-v12

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:slight_smile:

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Anyone have access to a dozen c-130’s and a small arsenal? Let’s go get emmm.

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Much of the money went into a private life that included five wives, 17 children and a harem of about 40 women kept in a palace next to the car collection. The women in the harem were paid up to $20,000 a week in addition to opulent shopping excursions, or trips aboard Jefri’s 180-foot yacht christened “Tits.”

:rofl:rofl:rofl

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C130s are lightweights. get a few C-5 Galaxy aircraft. they can fly without refueling and carry a much larger payload.

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I love the f 40

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Poor cars…I feel bad for them just sitting there not getting beat on!

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C-130’s right around the corner at the 109th, and C-5’s down at Stewart. I’m sure they won’t mind if we borrow one or two.

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Yo dawg…
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads17/f+14d_buno_159600_arrival_at_meacham_2007+02+04_jim_hodgson_011270077659.jpg

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Lets make this happen, who can pilot a military aircraft? lol

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I have 200 hours on Microsoft Flight Simulator. LETS GO

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I’ve been in C-5’s and C-130’s in real life going into Kuwait.

Does that count?

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Oh and we should be sneaky about it so we might need to do a combat drop and if you dont know what that is you are in for a treat LOL.

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Is that the part where I jump off a flying plane and i’m shitting bricks the whole way down?

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Nope you will still be inside the plane strapped in for a combat drop haha, however your stomach will be in your throat and then a few seconds later it will be down near your ankles and then repeat those steps until the plane has touched down LOL

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i could get an EA-6B prowler off the ground im sure. landing… i dont know about that.

yeap C5 > C130 ALL DAY. i flew back from Norfolk in a C130, to NAS Whidbey Island… took all day.

C5 from Japan to Hawaii, 10 hours.

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Yea we flew a C-130 from Ramstein AFB to Kuwait…took FUCKINGFOREVER.

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i think a flock of canadian geese have a faster cruising speed.