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Rolls Royce and Lamborghini Dumped

From today’s Arab Times:

Rolls Royce and a Lamborghini dumped in a desert
Kuwait : Police found two luxurious cars — a Rolls Royce and a Lamborghini — worth KD 200,000 dumped in a desert area, reports Al-Anba daily. Reportedly, the cars were stolen from a rental office about 20 days ago. Personnel from the Criminal Evidences Department lifted fingerprints to identify the culprits.

Does anyone else find this funny? I mean funny, hahahaha, not funny strange, or weird. I mean it IS weird, it is so weird, but it makes me laugh.

In a little village in Washington State, there was a huge snowstorm a few years ago, and the roofs in the yacht club collapsed from the weight of the snow, collapsed on all those big fine yachts, and the citizens of the little village gathered and laughed. Boat moorage in their own little village had gotten so expensive, they couldn’t afford it, so these were all other people’s boats. And they just laughed.

200,000 KD worth of car in two cars. Just dumped in the desert. Seems kinda wasteful, doesn’t it?

April 21, 2008 - Posted by | Community, Crime, Cross Cultural, Cultural, Entertainment, ExPat Life, Financial Issues, Kuwait, Living Conditions, Seattle, Social Issues

20 Comments »

  1. I think it was a dare! Lol!

    Skinnybumblebee's avatar Comment by Skinnybumblebee | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  2. Seriously I’d be rolling all around the sand and laughing at that scene.

    I wouldn’t buy any of these two or similarly priced cars even if I could afford one. No proper place to race them anyway. 😛

    bilaterallynumb's avatar Comment by Я | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  3. They faked the paperwork, drove em around for a couple days and ditched em. There isn’t much of a market for exotic stolen cars or parts in Kuwait.

    K.TheKuwaiti's avatar Comment by K.TheKuwaiti | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  4. SkinnyBee – they went to a lot of trouble, didn’t they, signing the paperwork and stuff. Normally, when you rent, don’t you put down a deposit? Or use a valid credit card?

    Я – I’d be rolling right there with you. something about it just strikes my funny bone.

    K – no kidding? Some rental car bozo really goofed up on that one, I guess. I hate to think of the condition those cars were in.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  5. That was really sad. I read about it today morning and was shocked…I mean what will the robbers get out of eat…2 days of fun!!! and life time of jail…

    Amu's avatar Comment by Amu | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  6. O_O

    Olórin's avatar Comment by Olórin | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  7. loool

    it IS funny!

    eshda3wa's avatar Comment by eshda3wa | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  8. Amu – I know they were fingerprinting the car, but the guys who stole the cars may not be in the system – yet. You think it will be a lifetime in jail?

    Olorin – LOL!

    eshda3wa – It just makes me laugh, I don’t know why. The colossal waste, the cost of the cars, dumping them in the desert, I guess there is a thin line between laughing and crying.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  9. You know how many houses I can buy in Hungary for 200.000,-KD?
    Heck, I can probably buy a whole village 😀

    NicoleB's avatar Comment by rainmountain | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  10. LLOOLLL, Nicole! A whole village? And all those lovely paprikas!

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  11. Its quite ironic considering that a considerable amount of exotic cars up for rent are stolen from Europe. Interpol is having a hard time getting things out of the Middle East.

    K.TheKuwaiti's avatar Comment by K.TheKuwaiti | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  12. Well, maybe you get a special rate when you buy them all.
    But with 25.000 Euro a house you get almost a village 😉

    NicoleB's avatar Comment by rainmountain | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  13. Hahahahahahah, K! So stolen luxury cars are sent to Kuwait, where they are stolen and dumped in the desert? This just keeps getting better and better. You gotta wonder what kind of condition they are in now and . . . who will be the next renters?

    Nicole – Do you speak Hungarian?

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  14. Hey that Lamborghini is my car; I have been looking for it all day. So that’s where it is, hmmmm, thanks for finding it. 😀

    *goes to the desert to pick up her car*

    😛

    Mirror Polisher's avatar Comment by Mirror Polisher | April 22, 2008 | Reply

  15. Nope, a few words but that’s it.
    All that country hopping doesn’t really help in learning a language 🙂

    Nicole's avatar Comment by Nicole | April 23, 2008 | Reply

  16. LLOOLLLL, Mirror Polisher! Think they’re going to need a little work before you can drive them again.

    You are right, Nicole. And some languages are easier than others. I think Hungarian is supposed to be hard.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | April 23, 2008 | Reply

  17. i will buy it cash

    Shazad's avatar Comment by Shazad | November 5, 2008 | Reply

  18. OK! just send it to me, Shazad!

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | November 5, 2008 | Reply

  19. it was a dare LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    ROY THOMAS's avatar Comment by ROY THOMAS | February 12, 2009 | Reply

  20. Nice website, Roy. Every now and then I yearn for a glass of good red wine. Just one . . . sigh.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | February 12, 2009 | Reply


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