I struggle to get motivated to blog when I am away from the streets of Abu Dhabi. I guess I never realized how much inspiration they bestowed on me. That said, I am doing better at Texas blogging today. I figured out how to upload pictures on this computer, but I still haven't be able to get spell check to work. Oh well, most of my readers are more into pictures than good spelling anyway.
We all know that vanity plates cost extra and we have all heard about millionaires in Hong Kong paying a million dollars to have the lucky number 8 on their license plate. Of course, the Arabs love their cars and love their status too. That combination is a recipe for the following story.
It seems that spending $700,000 for a car was not enough for Talal Khouri (pictured above, 3rd from left). You will understand why he has such a firm grasp on his worry beads. He has just set the all-time record by spending 6.75 million dollars on the licence plate with the number 5. He will be putting this on his shiny red Rolls Royce of course. What is interesting is that the license plate actually cost 10 times more than the car. Talal also owns the plate with the number 7 which he just paid a mere $3 million for. The numbers 1-4 will be coming up for auction soon...I'll keep you posted.
Interesting thought to ponder...Talal is not in the oil business
1 comment:
The number 5 must be significant given the muslim principle of praying 5 times a day. In a similar way, muslims are limited to no more than 4 wives. I expect the number 4 will be bought by a bachelor..... as any man with 1 or more wives would surely know that the number 4 will result in a bent fender!
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