Not Just Your Average L.A. Pursuit...

[crustychief]

Mustafa Mustafa

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

I wonder how much of a discount a $300,000 Bentley goes for with blood all over the dash?

More like an *under $100k Bentley*, at least for an '08 on ebay. Those cars are fulfilling their purpose for the owners if observers like you guys think that they cost $300k.

A brand-new RR Phantom isn't even $300k. This guy was driving the cheapo, bottom-of-the-line Bentley, it's the Chrysler 300 of Bentleys. Costs about the same as a plain vanilla MB S-class.

NOTE: I was going to paste a link from eBay of one of them and eBay doesn't have address bars on their web pages anymore. How do they do that?? I thought that you could always see where you were on the web.

[austin552]

http://motors.shop.ebay.com/items/Cars-Trucks___bentley_W0QQQ5ftrkparmsZ72Q253A317Q257C65 Q253A12Q257C39Q253A1QQ_trksidZp4506Q2ec0Q2em245QQ_ sopZYear29fc5d_DESCQQ_scZ1

It should be listed soon.

[speeder]

Your link go to eBay home page. HTF did they eliminate the address bar on their web pages?? I always thought that there were some laws regarding the web including always being able to see where you are, ie. the address.

[austin552]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___2006-Bentley-Flying-Spur-w-Chrome-whls-Full-Strut-kit_W0QQitemZ390028397539QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20Trucks QQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=i tem390028397539&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A-2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[speeder]

How'd you do that? (I'm not real web-savvy).

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by speeder

More like an *under $100k Bentley*, at least for an '08 on ebay. Those cars are fulfilling their purpose for the owners if observers like you guys think that they cost $300k.

That's not even the worst of it. I can't count the number of times I've been driving with a friend and seen a Maserati only to have them drooling instead of driving. They simply can't believe that the 02-03ish Maserati they're ogling is worth the same as their 05-06 BMW

[RWebb]

hope the car has a happy ending at least

[Britwrench]

He must have got great fuel mileage in the Bentley.

[Rusty Heap]

No "Pit manuver" to tap his tail end and put him in a spin?

Would the LA cops show the same restraint with a 1976 ford pinto.......? oooops, yeah those ones might blow up on you, okay, what about a chevy vega or AMC pacer? car and driver would be apprehended in minutes/seconds after being stuffed into a palm tree.

[juanbenae]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

I don't even know who this nigga is.

out of line.

t

[tabs]

Too bad it wasn't the CEO of a Wall Street banking firm...

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by car 311

out of line.

t

Not if he's on your ignore list!

Seriously though, I agree with your point. In jest or not (and societal double standard or not) that's not appropriate.

[dd74]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

No "Pit manuver" to tap his tail end and put him in a spin?

Would the LA cops show the same restraint with a 1976 ford pinto.......? oooops, yeah those ones might blow up on you, okay, what about a chevy vega or AMC pacer? car and driver would be apprehended in minutes/seconds after being stuffed into a palm tree.

Don't forget the fact that this might have been someone "famous." That and the expensiveness of the car, probably played a large part in the tactics taken.

[speeder]

The pit maneuver is generally only used when the perp is driving in a way that endangers public safety, ie. running red lights, swerving into oncoming traffic, etc... This guy was going 40 mph the whole chase, even on the freeway.

[Rusty Heap]

I love the movie Blazing Saddles just for it's totally ANTI "politically correct stance"

EVERY race / skin color / ethnic origion gets blasted.

Jews, blacks, orientals, whites, women, guys, horses, ox...........

Wah Wah Wah, "that's not appropriate" some one blabbered.

Oh the joy of the 70's when you could tell a pollock joke, people laughed nobody was offended. Now we have Blonde Joke. Most may be a natural brunette, so can you not tell a blonde joke to a brunette who has dyed her hair?

hmmmmm, " Mongo must know he is just a pawn in the chess game of life."

I'm sure someone will want to sue the gun manufacturer for providing the weapon that this guy swallowed a bullet from, or the car dealership that sold him the car.


Perfect example. I share with you the new "MUSLIM BARBIE" with skimpy outfit to only be worn in private with her man. And how dare you ever even take her head dress off, where american barbie girls take all the clothes off and pranch around naked barbie nude.

Oh the humanity of it all................




LIVONIA, Mich. (Oct. 8) - At first glance, this new girl on the block doesn't give Barbie much of a run for her money. After all, Barbie is everything Razanne is not - curvaceous, flashy and loaded with sex appeal.

But that's exactly why many Muslim Americans prefer Razanne, with her long-sleeved dresses, head scarf and, by her creator Ammar Saadeh's own admission, a not-so-buxom bustline.

For Saadeh, the doll not only fills a marketing void but also offers Muslim girls someone they can relate to.

"The main message we try to put forward through the doll is that what matters is what's inside you, not how you look," said Saadeh, who set up NoorArt Inc. with his wife and a few other investors.

The Livonia-based company, founded about seven years ago, sells the Razanne doll and a number of other toys geared toward Muslim children.

"It doesn't matter if you're tall or short, thin or fat, beautiful or not, the real beauty seen by God and fellow Muslims is what's in your soul," he said.

Razanne has the body of a preteen. The doll comes in three types: fair-skinned blonde, olive-skinned with black hair, or black skin and black hair.

Her aspirations are those of a modern Muslim woman. On the drawing board for future dolls are Dr. Razanne and possibly even Astronaut Razanne. There's also Muslim Girl Scout Razanne, complete with a cassette recording of the Muslim Scout's oath.


"It's no surprise that they'd try to portray a Middle Eastern Barbie either as a belly dancer or a concubine"
-Ammar Saddeh, Razanne's creator, referring to a Moroccan Barbie

What sets Razanne apart from her few competitors is that she "holds a global appeal for Muslim girls," Saadeh said. That image encouraged Mimo Debryn, of West Bloomfield Township, to buy the doll for her daughter, Jenna, four years ago.

"Razanne looks like the majority of women around Jenna," said Debryn. "She loves that doll and always took care of her, giving Razanne a special place in her room, treating her with respect.

"Jenna never tried to take Razanne's hijab (head scarf) off, though Barbie was usually stripped naked," she said as her daughter, 11, curled up on the couch and smiled.

In the United States, Mattel, which makes Barbie, markets a Moroccan Barbie and sells a collector's doll named Leyla. Leyla's elaborate costume and tale of being taken as a slave in the court of a Turkish sultan are intended to convey the tribulations of one Muslim girl in the 1720s.

"It's no surprise that they'd try to portray a Middle Eastern Barbie either as a belly dancer or a concubine," said Saadeh, adding that countering such stereotypes was one of his main aims in developing Razanne.

Mattel didn't respond to repeated calls seeking comment.

AP file
Barbie is everything Razanne is not - curvaceous, flashy and loaded with sex appeal.

Laila, the Arab League's answer to Barbie, offered girls of the league's 22-member states a culturally acceptable alternative to Barbie's flashy lifestyle. But she never made it to store shelves. Sara and Dara were launched a couple of years ago - Iran's version of Barbie and her beau, Ken. The two were offshoots of a children's cartoon in Iran.

But Saadeh said those dolls are more "cultural and don't have mass appeal in the Middle East."

Saadeh hopes to capture that market. Razanne will soon be marketed in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and make greater inroads in southeast Asia.

The doll is sold throughout the United States, Canada, Singapore and Germany. Saadeh would not reveal the doll's sales figures, but he said retail sales over the company's Web site account for a majority of the almost 30,000 dolls sold per year.

Prices range from $9.99 for a single doll to $24.99 for a set like Teacher Razanne that includes a briefcase and other accessories.

Saudi Arabia's religious police recently declared Barbie dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing clothes are offensive to Islam.

Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries likely would be attracted to Praying Razanne, who comes complete with a long hijab and modest prayer gown.

Lest people think that she's all about praying, there's In-Out Razanne, whose wardrobe also includes a short, flowery dress she can wear inside the home, in view only of men in her family.

"Razanne represents to Muslim girls that they have options, goals and dreams and the ability to realize them," said Debryn.

Jenna, who recently donned the veil after much soul-searching, said Razanne makes her "feel more comfortable about being a Muslim girl."