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July 14, 2006 2 Comments

See You at the Beach

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Saudi Prince Waleed Bin Talal's diamond-studded, mink-furnished $4.8 million Mercedes SL600 Mercedes, his 38th car. Source: TransportTrends

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Will

Good lord, how big a tool do you need to be to drive that?!

July 14, 2006 at 2:13 pm Link # 1
Glenn

Diamonds really do help slice through traffic

Talk about unsafe at any speed

July 14, 2006 at 4:10 pm Link # 2

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