RE: SBH Royal Auto Gallery Abu Dhabi: PH Photo Gallery
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It's just a massive dick slinging contest for them, who has more wealth, more houses, more cars, more planes, boats...the list goes on.
Obviously every manufacturer will get in line and do as told, they'd be daft not to with the amount of cash these people throw around. But I wish there was a way to stop this kind of hoarding, to get these cars out on the road and used as they should.
I could go on how they're probably all elbow deep in human rights abuses and funding terrorism of some form, but that is a discussion for another day...
Obviously every manufacturer will get in line and do as told, they'd be daft not to with the amount of cash these people throw around. But I wish there was a way to stop this kind of hoarding, to get these cars out on the road and used as they should.
I could go on how they're probably all elbow deep in human rights abuses and funding terrorism of some form, but that is a discussion for another day...
Dubai is a super car mecca (see what I did there?) We went for our honeymoon earlier in the year and although I fancied going hunting for super cars in the end it seemed a bit pointless as their so ubiquitous. I've been to Monaco, "the right" parts of London etc and I've never come close to seeing the things in the quantity we saw there. Often just parked at malls, matte black Aventadors, a boat load of Ferrai's, AMG GT's, Shelby's Brabus, everything everywhere. Also squeezed in a track tour around Yas marina and got behind the scenes.
It's a fantastic place not somewhere I'd ever put on my must visit list but would advise anyone to give it a go, we went in September so slightly cooler but still boiling, didn't bother with the beach till about 4pm most days as it was in the 50's water was 35 degrees mental. Also a fantastically built city where things have been planned and built to work around cars and modern life styles.
It's a fantastic place not somewhere I'd ever put on my must visit list but would advise anyone to give it a go, we went in September so slightly cooler but still boiling, didn't bother with the beach till about 4pm most days as it was in the 50's water was 35 degrees mental. Also a fantastically built city where things have been planned and built to work around cars and modern life styles.
Wow, the response to this is not what i expected.
Id say they ARE pistonheads, they do drive many of them, granted others they dont drive.
They have been collected for the love of them, you cant say the man doesn't love them, look at them, look at the condition they are kept in, and the surroundings they are kept in.
They are not collected for investment purposes like many, they are being collected as works of art.
The fact he even lets people in to see them is great, thats his private place, not a museum.
There are some rich people on here, do you guys want to let all of us in to see your cars?
What about the collectors on here, football memorabilia? guitars? watches? paintings? - i suppose its all relative to wealth.
Id say they ARE pistonheads, they do drive many of them, granted others they dont drive.
They have been collected for the love of them, you cant say the man doesn't love them, look at them, look at the condition they are kept in, and the surroundings they are kept in.
They are not collected for investment purposes like many, they are being collected as works of art.
The fact he even lets people in to see them is great, thats his private place, not a museum.
There are some rich people on here, do you guys want to let all of us in to see your cars?
What about the collectors on here, football memorabilia? guitars? watches? paintings? - i suppose its all relative to wealth.
MDMetal said:
Dubai is a super car mecca (see what I did there?) We went for our honeymoon earlier in the year and although I fancied going hunting for super cars in the end it seemed a bit pointless as their so ubiquitous. I've been to Monaco, "the right" parts of London etc and I've never come close to seeing the things in the quantity we saw there. Often just parked at malls, matte black Aventadors, a boat load of Ferrai's, AMG GT's, Shelby's Brabus, everything everywhere. Also squeezed in a track tour around Yas marina and got behind the scenes.
It's a fantastic place not somewhere I'd ever put on my must visit list but would advise anyone to give it a go, we went in September so slightly cooler but still boiling, didn't bother with the beach till about 4pm most days as it was in the 50's water was 35 degrees mental. Also a fantastically built city where things have been planned and built to work around cars and modern life styles.
Aston Martin Vulcan lapping the Yas Marina Circuit - You Tube doesn’t do it justice It's a fantastic place not somewhere I'd ever put on my must visit list but would advise anyone to give it a go, we went in September so slightly cooler but still boiling, didn't bother with the beach till about 4pm most days as it was in the 50's water was 35 degrees mental. Also a fantastically built city where things have been planned and built to work around cars and modern life styles.
Dale487 said:
MDMetal said:
Dubai is a super car mecca (see what I did there?) We went for our honeymoon earlier in the year and although I fancied going hunting for super cars in the end it seemed a bit pointless as their so ubiquitous. I've been to Monaco, "the right" parts of London etc and I've never come close to seeing the things in the quantity we saw there. Often just parked at malls, matte black Aventadors, a boat load of Ferrai's, AMG GT's, Shelby's Brabus, everything everywhere. Also squeezed in a track tour around Yas marina and got behind the scenes.
It's a fantastic place not somewhere I'd ever put on my must visit list but would advise anyone to give it a go, we went in September so slightly cooler but still boiling, didn't bother with the beach till about 4pm most days as it was in the 50's water was 35 degrees mental. Also a fantastically built city where things have been planned and built to work around cars and modern life styles.
Aston Martin Vulcan lapping the Yas Marina Circuit - You Tube doesn’t do it justice It's a fantastic place not somewhere I'd ever put on my must visit list but would advise anyone to give it a go, we went in September so slightly cooler but still boiling, didn't bother with the beach till about 4pm most days as it was in the 50's water was 35 degrees mental. Also a fantastically built city where things have been planned and built to work around cars and modern life styles.
numtumfutunch said:
Tell me Im wrong.....
Nope.The irony is in the catch-22.
If people with mega $$ didn't buy so many of these ultra-rare things to store in a bunker so no-one would ever see them, then the manufacturers wouldn't be able to justify making them in the first place, so we wouldn't be able to see them anyway...
Not sure of the mindset of someone who collects so much exclusive and expensive stuff tbh. It's obvious the collection isn't to be driven, so willy waving to no-one, or investments where the money isn't actually needed..
shirt said:
hondansx said:
I suppose, technically you're right. Thing is, the UAE is not like the West. There is huge disparity between the poor and rich....... there are a huge number of people with obscene wealth who have worked very little for it.
That sounds just like the west tbhIt's a different to the west is it better or worse? who knows I'm used to a certain way of living that doesn't mean it's the right one just because it the most familiar.
MDMetal said:
shirt said:
hondansx said:
I suppose, technically you're right. Thing is, the UAE is not like the West. There is huge disparity between the poor and rich....... there are a huge number of people with obscene wealth who have worked very little for it.
That sounds just like the west tbhIt's a different to the west is it better or worse? who knows I'm used to a certain way of living that doesn't mean it's the right one just because it the most familiar.
hondansx said:
Oh please, that is incredibly naive. Half of the UAE population earn less than £130 a month.
Exactly. What do they actually produce? I have never seen an item with "Made in the UAE" on it. Or Saudi etc. All they have is oil, which is just an accident of geography. And they had that for thousands of years to no avail. It was only when the west invented machines that needed it, and the technology to get it out, did it become of any value. Everything they have is imported, and anything they build is mainly done by imported labour.
hondansx said:
Oh please, that is incredibly naive. Half of the UAE population earn less than £130 a month.
Naive? Please.Obviously western corporate cronyism, where company directors have multiple private jets (a la F Ross Johnson, former CEO of Nabisco Corp), yet we have homeless people on the street is a better option... And let's not talk about the Military Industrial Complex and the western media driven war effort of go into the Middle East to steal from people who were simply lucky enough to be living over a resource the world uses or the Prison Industrial Complex (that still effectively employs slave labour).
Bottom line is, from a moral standpoint the West is no better than the UAE.
As for the car collection, if someone wants to buy cars and not use them then that's entirely their right to do so. The level of open, sneering jealously on here is astounding to me.
Edited by sidesauce on Friday 15th December 12:10
sidesauce said:
hondansx said:
As for the car collection, if someone wants to buy cars and not use them then that's entirely their right to do so. The level of open, sneering jealously on here is astounding to me.
Which is a typical thing I find here (UK especially) and not other places, maybe it's down to this belief people have that they've been cheated out of something they were never going to have in the first place. The illusion that anyone can be a millionaire if they work hard enough is just a fallacy to stop people looking at the structured system.Edited by sidesauce on Friday 15th December 12:10
And oil wise nobody wanted it 1000's of years ago, nobody is going to want it in another 1000 either. It is what it is, the same as every other point in history where one group had something another wanted.
If anyone on here thinks with that level of money they'd somehow be driving all of these cars daily despite their value then they're just lying to themselves.
I have to agree with the majority of comments here - you may as well just tell us how much he's worth. Whilst I have nothing against people with money having nice things, to have 5 Veyrons unused just seems nothing more than a willy waving competition at the uber rich end of the market.
To me they're displayed in a very sterile environment with no accompanying artefacts such as period artwork, literature,audio-visual media, interactive displays or cut-away dynamic models to provide context & enrich what is a very impressive collection.
Admittedly this is a private garage rather than a museum, but compared to Jay Leno's garage there seems to be a total lack of vision, creativity or basic curatorial ability.
It comes across as what it is - basically a pristine underground used car lot!
Tim
Admittedly this is a private garage rather than a museum, but compared to Jay Leno's garage there seems to be a total lack of vision, creativity or basic curatorial ability.
It comes across as what it is - basically a pristine underground used car lot!
Tim
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