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Old 01-28-11, 03:39 PM
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BTW, can anyone tell me if my car's been equipped with Semi-aniline leather? And how to recognize it?
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considering your car is fully loaded, i am pretty sure it has semi-aniline. it's much softer than normal leather, though it's hard for you to tell maybe, coz' it's a comparative word
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I'm just curious about the exceptional option from Arabia, but it's actually softer than the LS460 which I have tried on before. The Semi aniline leather is nice but crumples so easily, when getting out and in the car, I always have to take care of the seats lest the leather will be crumpled.
Old 01-28-11, 10:14 PM
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very nice ride!
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Some pics of my 2nd car at my apartment parking lot, Infiniti FX35, the LS430 has been replaced by my LS460L.

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Very nice LS460L!!!
Old 02-02-11, 11:38 AM
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WOW. When I trade, I want one like that.
Old 02-03-11, 12:56 PM
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WOW! That thing is sweet!!!!!!!
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Wow, congratulations! I usually go back to Viet Nam with my family every four or five years. Last time was in 2007 so we're almost due to go back again. I've always held the belief that if you want to see many newer BMWs and Mercedes (and nice cars in general) to spend a day in Saigon and you'll get all the eye candy you could want.

It's amazing the number of cars, and nice cars, that are here considering how expensive they are.
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Originally Posted by RX_330
Wow, congratulations! I usually go back to Viet Nam with my family every four or five years. Last time was in 2007 so we're almost due to go back again. I've always held the belief that if you want to see many newer BMWs and Mercedes (and nice cars in general) to spend a day in Saigon and you'll get all the eye candy you could want.

It's amazing the number of cars, and nice cars, that are here considering how expensive they are.
That is true.. I was there in Dec 2010. Lots of eye candy of vehicles. Here in the states, you don't get to see any if maybe once in a blue moon. In Saigon, your guaranteed to see at least 3 Rolls Royce Phantoms (especially near Cho Ben Thanh), Bentleys, Mercedes, BMWs, and many high end Porsches (like 2011 Cayenne Turbo), and actually saw a Ferrari and one Bugatti Veyron there! I see more LS600HLs then LS460s in Saigon. I say, the rich in Vietnam are 10x more wealthy than that of the rich here in the states. Again realize, these cars priced here in the states are taxed 200% more in Vietnam!!
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If you are about to go to Saigon, don't miss the new residential district Phu My Hung. Meet me there and will show you the Beverly Hills of Vietnam.
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Originally Posted by RX_330
Wow, congratulations! I usually go back to Viet Nam with my family every four or five years. Last time was in 2007 so we're almost due to go back again. I've always held the belief that if you want to see many newer BMWs and Mercedes (and nice cars in general) to spend a day in Saigon and you'll get all the eye candy you could want.

It's amazing the number of cars, and nice cars, that are here considering how expensive they are.

A little off topic here, but what I don't understand is if this is a communist country and everybody is equal and shares everything, how can some people be so rich other other people be so poor? I recently saw a program hosted by Piers Morgan on Shanghai and he showed the same dichotomy, some people fabulously weathy and most others incredibly impoverished. I thought that is what communism was supposed to correct.
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I LOVE Saigon, went there a couple of years ago and had a blast! i didnt roll in any pimp cars, but i did pay some guy to haul me around behind his bicycle...i had never been before, but i was impressed at how clean the city was and how many western restaraunts and shops there were. would go again in a heartbeat. Anyway, your car is beautiful!
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Those "sharing" and "equal" ideas are in theory only. In fact, one's money is always one's money. Since money is hard to get, there is no such thing as sharing money with the less rich ones.
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Originally Posted by Nospinzone
A little off topic here, but what I don't understand is if this is a communist country and everybody is equal and shares everything, how can some people be so rich other other people be so poor? I recently saw a program hosted by Piers Morgan on Shanghai and he showed the same dichotomy, some people fabulously weathy and most others incredibly impoverished. I thought that is what communism was supposed to correct.
Vietnam doesn't share the same characteristics as other Communist countries. Free market enterprise was introduced into its system in the 1980s and since then they've actually encouraged private ownership of small businesses and the like. Large scale operations are still under State control and regulation however.


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