Penguinz0 on Why Dubai is a Supercar Graveyard

Someone really built a city where abandoning your Lamborghini at the airport is a more viable financial decision than paying your bills. This whole situation in Dubai is one of the most absurd examples of 'rich people problems' turning into a legitimate crisis. You've got these parking lots and even just random roadsides littered with dust-covered Ferraris, Bentleys, and other supercars just... sitting there. They're not stolen, they're not broken down, their owners just bounced. The whole reason this supercar graveyard exists is pretty wild. A ton of expats move to Dubai for high-paying jobs, get massive loans to buy these million-dollar cars and live a crazy lifestyle, and it's all good until something goes wrong. If they lose their job or the economy takes a hit, they can't make the payments. In Dubai, that's not just a bad credit score, it's a criminal offense that can land you in prison. So their only move is to leave the keys in the car, drive to the airport, and get on the first flight out of the country, never to return. This is such a regular occurrence that thousands of these cars are found every single year, as this penguinz0 clip shows. It's a complete mess that creates these bizarre automotive fossils. The police have to impound them, and they eventually go to auction for cheap, but the sheer volume is insane. It's a perfect, dust-caked symbol of a system built on extreme wealth and equally extreme consequences. You just don't see anything like this anywhere else in the world. As someone who covers a lot of weird internet rabbit holes, I gotta say, the story behind Dubai's abandoned luxury cars is a standout. It's less about the cars and more about the desperate people fleeing a financial trap. Definitely one of the most fascinating topics moistcr1tikal has reacted to.