ant london wrote:Fair do's....I'm amazed. As everyone at a certain level in the Mid East would normally have a driver...good on HRH for keepin it real
He does look like he's been bulking up though
AG7 wrote:Yes he must have a driver, actually a few of them but they are all for either families or just to move cars around, generally the local emiratis, including sheikhs (even the likes of crown prince of Abu dhabi, and ruler of Dubai) all like to drive themselves ... and are spotted often on roads or arriving or leaving from functions themselves in the driving seat.
It's a trend all over middle east not just UAE, comes from their love of horses and camels from the past, car is a status thing and not supposed to be given to drivers. You'd also find that even the poorest or middle class families who don't have have big houses would go out of the way to have a nice car first rather than upgrading their house thus you see shiny new cars outside some of the poorest old houses as well.
Tony P wrote:Where was he when we were shit??!!
The Italian Job wrote:
AG7 wrote:Yes he must have a driver, actually a few of them but they are all for either families or just to move cars around, generally the local emiratis, including sheikhs (even the likes of crown prince of Abu dhabi, and ruler of Dubai) all like to drive themselves ... and are spotted often on roads or arriving or leaving from functions themselves in the driving seat.
It's a trend all over middle east not just UAE, comes from their love of horses and camels from the past, car is a status thing and not supposed to be given to drivers. You'd also find that even the poorest or middle class families who don't have have big houses would go out of the way to have a nice car first rather than upgrading their house thus you see shiny new cars outside some of the poorest old houses as well.
AG7 wrote:It's a trend all over middle east not just UAE, comes from their love of horses and camels from the past,
Alex Sapphire wrote:AG7 wrote:It's a trend all over middle east not just UAE, comes from their love of horses and camels from the past,
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Alioune DVToure wrote:Alex Sapphire wrote:AG7 wrote:It's a trend all over middle east not just UAE, comes from their love of horses and camels from the past,
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It's where the term 'horsepower' originated.
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