My Neighbour, the Drug Dealer (or Pimp)
September 24, 2009 Home, Japan, Living in Japan
Do you ever wonder about your neighbours? I wrote a few months ago about how one of my neighbours has the same camouflaging skills as a chameleon or ninja, and now this. It seems that someone who lives in the apartments across the street has way too much money available. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the import car in this picture looks to be a recent-model Lamborghini.
I’ll find out for sure in 20 minutes when I head off to the train station to earn a piddly 9,000円 for the day’s work.
In the past 18 months there have been several very exotic cars parked in this particular lot. Typically it’s a relatively new 7-series BMW, but there will occasionally be a very nice Saab, some sort of Porsche, and once there was even a Ferrari. While the owner of this vehicle certainly has the right to have any car they can afford, I am absolutely astounded that they would have access to vehicles that cost more than the entire apartment complex that they’re staying in. Heck, rent is a piddly 55,000円 per month across the street because all of the units are 1LDKs. Wouldn’t it make more sense for someone with this kind of cash flow to have a really nice condo or house somewhere along the river or somewhere in Nagoya next to the ocean?
おかしいよ。
Update:
It’s a real Lamborghini! Jeez! I loved these things as a kid … from a distance … a very … very … long distance. But still! Here are two more pictures of the offending exotic sports car.
I’d love to get one of these myself, but it would probably turn out to be more of a sausage-magnet than anything. No. Thank. You.
Comments (10)
maybe they do internet marketing and are raking it in! hey, ya never know. ever read the millionaire next door?
If someone in Japan can earn enough money with internet marketing, then I’ll be the first to applaud their efforts. Such things are typically unheard of here because it’s not seen as a “respectable job”. To make matters worse, the only internet provider in this area has such pitiful service that we’re practically using dial-up most days
This doesn’t make it impossible, though….
Part of me wants to scream, “RENTALS FOR CHICK-PICKER-UPPERING PURPOSES!!!1″
Hah! If I had enough in the bank to buy a Lamborghini, I sure as heck wouldn’t rent it out. Maybe a cheaper Porsche or Saab, but never a Lamborghini
I think it’s quite likely the guy works at a place that services/repairs nice cars like the ones you describe, or whose job is in some way related to the car industry.
A friend of mine who lives near me (a French guy) is a mechanic for a garage that does repairs on cars like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche etc. He gets to test drive them as a part of the repair process, although I do wish he got more excited about the cars; he tells me in such a blasé way that he drove like a Dodge Viper or something at work that day, it makes me want to scream at him! He also over the Obon holiday borrowed a Mercedes S-series for a week while his parents visited from France, in order to ferry them around places. A nice perk for sure.
Anyway there’s that possibility. I think it’s a reasonably safe assumption that somebody who can afford a car costing probably 3000 man wouldn’t be renting a 55k apartment.
***Or a prostitute
Its a lower end Lamborghini. The Gallardo. Still pretty though, but you won’t see them with gull wing doors.
When you’re just a lowly English teacher, anything nicer than a Toyota Carolla is a “high-end” car. Having a name like Lamborghini just adds insult to injury
Just letting you know, tomorrow I’m selling my Harrier and buying a 9-year-old Ford Escape. I’d like to visit my parents in the US every year, instead of every two or three, and getting out of car loan debt would help improve things in that regard.
Why buy an import? Pick up a happy little Daihatsu Move, claim some cash back in Eco Tax, and enjoy the gas-sipping savings of a Kei Plate