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Cars and driving in Saudi Arabia
« on: November 21, 2012 - 01:07:51 PM »
1 - the curbs here are about 12 inches tall. When I asked why, I was told "So people don't drive on the sidewalks"  :bigsmile:

2 - I've been here about two weeks. In that time, I've seen a Maserati at a strip mall, a Ferrari, and a Lamborghini pulling into the cheap little cafeteria where I eat. Tons of money here  :grinyes:


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Re: Cars and driving in Saudi Arabia
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2012 - 01:25:38 PM »
I've videos of the insane stuff they do over there.  Jumping a Lamborghini for the fun of it,  street skating in sandals and that phsyco drifto stuff.   Crazy man.

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Re: Cars and driving in Saudi Arabia
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2012 - 01:26:32 PM »
we all know what a Ferrari looks like.... any high performance camels out there?   :useless: :useless:
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Re: Cars and driving in Saudi Arabia
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2012 - 01:41:57 PM »
I'm going out picture taking tomorrow, but I have to be careful. Among other things, they lynch people for taking pictures of women. Seriously.


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Re: Cars and driving in Saudi Arabia
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2012 - 03:22:21 PM »
 Which city are you in??  I have 13 one-month long trips to the Capitol Ryhad. That was back in the late '80s through mid '90s. I really enjoyed the trips. Make sure you go shopping at gold souchs (markets). I saw some exotic cars back then, but mainly little white Toyota pickup tucks. Take care and send updates.

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Re: Cars and driving in Saudi Arabia
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2012 - 02:28:24 PM »
we all know what a Ferrari looks like

Granted  :bigsmile: the one that really struck me was the Lambo, which I saw pulling into the parking lot of my crappy dining hall. It's as if someone in the states drove a Lambo to a Western Sizzlin' Steak House.

Which city are you in??  I have 13 one-month long trips to the Capitol Ryhad. That was back in the late '80s through mid '90s. I really enjoyed the trips. Make sure you go shopping at gold souchs (markets). I saw some exotic cars back then, but mainly little white Toyota pickup tucks. Take care and send updates.

I'm in Dhahran, a couple of hours from Riyad, on the Arabian Gulf coast. I was at the souqs today, but they were closed at the time. Which is fine, because I was taking pics.


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