Driving along the 10-km-long Corniche in Kuwait City, it's not uncommon to be driven past by luxury cars every other minute. These would include Maserati, Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc. and typically, they'd be driven by young Kuwaitis who'd challenge the car next to them whenever they'd stop at a traffic light. Reading this, you will gather Kuwait City is not the quietest of cities! Anyway, that's not the point I was coming to...
During the day, you'd think these young and rich Kuwaitis enjoy driving expensive cars because:
a) So many horses below the hood make them feel so powerful
b) Driving fast rises their testosterone adrenaline level
c) Their car looks cooler than yours
However, by night time, you realize it's a whole different story...
In the middle of the dense traffic of the Corniche, you suddenly notice the young and rich Kuwaitis drive with the window open in spite of the humid heat... Oh, and why won't they just move forward, it's been ages since the light went green... They just keep staring at the sides, while they should actually look ahead... What's so interesting to stare at anyway? What? Young - female - Kuwaitis also driving with their window car open?
If you have not understood by now, in the lack of night clubs and given the cultural impossibility for them to flirt in public, it seems young Kuwaitis have found driving along the Corniche a nice way to meet and flirt. Now you'll understand the importance of the luxury car...!
And if you still have doubts about the Kuwaitis' flirtatious nature, check here!
I should start doing the same on the I45, although gasoline is way to expensive at this time ... maybe later
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