No Place for Posers

If you are the kind of person who feels compelled to compete with the neighbors to have the newest and best,a move to Dubai will be expensive. In Dubai, a standard BMW, Porsche, or Mercedes is just an embarrassment. To maintain some self respect and show you are at least working and trying to get ahead, Alpina, Ruf and AMG badges are a must if you intend to be able to hold your head up in public.

The spaces of an average apartment parking garage display a collection of cars valued at more the total GDP of some small countries.







On a weekend trip to the grocery, one sees multiple Lamborghinis and Ferraris parked in the lot. The humble Porsche owners have to hide their cars in the bushes. (Rolls and Bugattis are frequently seen in traffic headed to the clubs or hotels—their owners of course too rich to do their own shopping.)

As for boats – forget about one upping here,too! The world’s largest yacht is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. Currently docked in Dubai while construction is completed, it will be 524 feet long – almost 75 feet longer than the second place yacht, the 456 foot Al Salamah currently owned by the Crown Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia.


The Platinum

Dubai money scene – posers need not apply!