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tolky1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Posts: 3

Hi All:

I have an old wireless Mobily connect Internet whatchamacallit, and I was recently told by a Mobily salesperson that they have a new Ferrari Connect which costs a one-time almost $200 fee but then connects much faster (up to 26.1 mbps). I'm sure it's faster, but I'm wondering if anybody has had any actual experience with it and can report actual observed speeds, not just the ones Mobily advertises. Being very cheap myself, I'd rather not part with 700 riyals without a stunningly good reason. Much thanks.

boundforsaudi · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 243

Cool. What are your Google Earth coordinates, or at least what city are you in? Wish I were there. Anyway, you'd need to have a Mobily HSPA+ tower in range of your Ferrari modem or HSPA+ smart phone to get that kind of speed.

tolky1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Posts: 3

Hi Bound for Saudi:

Riyadh. Yes, I doubt I can get that speed, but even half of it would be nice.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Would the Bugatti not be better ?

trapezius · Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject:

I am extremely Shocked

ed that scot knows about the Bugatti!

Anyway, I hope Mobily is using the the name 'Ferrari' with permission from Ferrari.... I will contact Ferrari and tell them! Cool

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Hey... those are the cars of Scot's youth!! (and his father's)

Actually VW owns the name now and are building a new sports car using the name.

Check it out: http://www.bugatti.com/en/home.html

VS

trapezius · Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:34 am Post subject:

I am a car freak VS Cool

They are not building it, they already built it. Well, they are still making them, but it has been on sale for 2 years now. Only 350 total to be built. I saw one on a road in Jeddah a couple of months ago!

The Bugatti Veyron... the world's

~ fastest (253 mph, 407 kmh) (y'all HAVE to see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs where Top Gear drives it to its top speed... very surreal video)
~ quickest (0-60 mph or 0-100 kmh in 2.5 sec)
~ most powerful (1001 horsepower)
~ most expensive car ($1.8 million)

And still it is so easy and forgiving to drive that one can use it as a daily use car (unlike Lamborghinis and Ferraris).

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

........so how long do you have to work if you want to buy one from your salary ?

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Yeah trap... now we know how rich you are. Laughing

I do have to say that the Bugatti name loses a bit of its panache when combined with "Volkswagen" which always conjures up the old bug in my mind.

VS

trapezius · Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 9:58 pm Post subject:

Yup, I am too rich... just a few days and I can and do earn enough to buy the Bugatti Veyron*.

*(a scale model of it, costing a few hundred Euros Razz

)

If I saved 100% of my current salary, it would take me between 60 and 70 years to buy one!

And I agree VS, with the name under VW ownership. Even more so with Bentley, which is also under VW ownership (and also Lamborghini!). At least with Rolls Royce, it is under BMW ownership!