Rich Sheikh Indulges in £20k ($40k) Oil Change

by Michael Ross		comments 6
Published on 31 July 2008

Car Insurance

A Qatari resident spent the astonishing sum on having his Lamborghini flown into London's Heathrow Airport - and back out again - just for a service.

A rich sheikh had his Lamborghini flown thousands of miles from Qatar to Britain and back - just so he could have the supercar's oil changed.

The anonymous resident had the £190,000 car put on a scheduled Qatar Airways flight from the Gulf nation to London's Heathrow Airport and had it sent straight back after the routine check, the Sun reports. The entire operation is thought to have set the sheikh back around £20,000.

It seems likely that the unusual move will spark concern among environmentalists. "This car doesn’t have a carbon footprint – more of a crater," one worker at the airport told the newspaper. An annoyed cargo handler added: "It would have been far more efficient to fly mechanics out there."

Also expressing her concern, Jenny Evans at anti-aviation lobbyists Plane Stupid said that the five-figure oil check "horrifies me", and Richard Dyer at Friends of the Earth branded the sheikh's behaviour "ludicrous".

The anonymous - and very rich - Qatari did win support from David Price at Lamborghini Club UK, however. "If an owner wants to service his car in that way, it is his choice," he said.

"I'm not surprised. Thankfully the age of excess in some areas continues."

Source: The Sun

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fred

who are you people to judge someone else on what they spend their money on.

20 Dec 2008 00:55

colin

Why do we get a shock from this it happens all the time. These people have too much money and instead of doing good they waste it. We should not be supprised and if we dont look for alternative sources of fuel we will continue to pay more and more for oil. instead of moaning we should convert our coal into fuel, this technology has been developed from the fourtis by the Germans in the war and is used by South Africa and now China. So lets not be a slave to rich arabs.

5 Sep 2008 13:10

S Joseph

maybe he does feed the poor and still have enough to do what he did. Who knows what we would do if we had that kind of money!!

20 Aug 2008 21:46

quantro

yeah that's just like what i think. a lot of people can be saved if he use his money in the proper way...

4 Aug 2008 06:44

Fiddle

yea i wonder how much starving children he couldve fed with that same money

1 Aug 2008 06:00

Peter

One day we'll look back on this day and say, "You see, that was the car that destroyed our planet, if it only weren't for those oil sheiks who needed an oil change"

31 Jul 2008 19:56

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