Lamborghini’s are not a thrifty car …
September 19, 2008 by kellys
Filed under automotive, celebrities, news
So have you heard about the Arab Sheikh who flew his $400,000 Murciélago LP640 Lamborghini to London for an oil change. This is the same car used in Dark Knight. I must be missing something. Here is how The Business Sheet breaks it down in US dollars:
- $400,00 – The cost of the car
- $40,000 – The flight to London to get the oil change
- $7,000 – The mechanic’s price to do the oil change
- $? – It doesn’t mention how much the oil cost
- $447,000 – Oil change
I just got my oil changed today for a total of $26. I pay that much because the oil place I goto donates to our church’s mission fund for every member of our church that goes there. I feel it’s worth it. But $447,000! Come on, I can’t even pay the $75 to fill my gas tank for my mini-van. BTW, I get 18-18.5 mpg with my 20 gallon tank.
Don’t get me wrong. There isn’t a person out there that doesn’t wish they had the money to throw around like that. But why does it seem that there is such a big gap between them and the every day regular people we know and love?
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It’s more like a 47k oil change….still outrageous, though.
I’ve found that it’s cheaper to use synthetic oil. I only pay $17 more, but I can go more than twice as long without having to get another oil change.
That is the world we live in. And it is not only crazy sheiks with crazy amounts of money. The difference between the “haves” and the “have nots” in this country grows by the day, and the middle class is a dying breed.
I agree! Even though I feel like I am by definition in the middle class, I don’t feel like I am.