August 30, 2005

Your Oil $$ at Work

A friend emails this picture -- believe it at will. It is a Silver (That's Ag, not the color) Audi A8 for a sheik in Dubai.

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Now you feel better paying for $3 gas, don't you?

On the web Posted by jk at August 30, 2005 11:57 AM

Hmm, silver what plated? The Audi A8 is somewhat unique in its extensive use of aluminum body panels instead of the normal steel. Great for weight savings, not so great if you get in an accident - few auto body shops can deal with the cutting and welding of aluminum. Aluminum also does not plate well, so the claim of real silver seems questionable.

Posted by: Silence Dogood at August 30, 2005 12:29 PM

This is already in SNOPES.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/silveraudi.asp

It's not true.

Posted by: Michael Cummins at August 30, 2005 1:39 PM

Truth, schmuuuth -- we have a blog to run!

Posted by: jk at August 30, 2005 1:46 PM

That's the spirit! Man can you imagine the sun glare off that thing?

Posted by: Silence Dogood at August 30, 2005 2:28 PM

Here's what I wrote back to my mother-in-law when she forwarded this picture to me two weeks ago:

This looks like an Audi A8 with aftermarket work by MTM (whom I’ve never heard of.) Sort of like AMG though I’m guessing.

Now let’s talk about this philosophically:

Saudi sheiks have an obscene amount of money from profit on selling crude oil. This is fine.

Saudi crude oil is pumped from the ground by (largely) American companies in partnership with the Saudi government. This is also fine.

The Saudi oil fields originally belonged to American and English private oil companies, who bought the land only to have it gifted to the Saudi royal family, aka the Saudi government, by President Eisenhower. This is NOT fine.

The thought of these hypocritical playboys of the middle-eastern world driving around in a car like this is obscene. Where is Howard Roark!

Posted by: johngalt at August 30, 2005 3:07 PM | What do you think? [5]