SCAM ALERT! THE DARKSIDE OF DUBAI EXOTIC RENTAL CARS!

**The Frustrating Experience of Renting a Lamborghini**

I ordered a brand new 2022 Hurricane Evo from a rental car company, expecting to drive it on set for our upcoming YouTube project, Gumball. However, when I arrived at the location to pick up the car, my excitement was short-lived. The car that awaited me was clearly not in great shape, with worn-out tires and scratched body panels. When I pointed out these issues, the rental company representative assured me that they would "find something else" for me.

Unfortunately, it soon became apparent that this was a case of "we're sorry, but we don't have what you want," rather than an attempt to find a suitable alternative. The representative had told me earlier that I could get brand new tires put on the car, but when I asked about the age of the vehicle, he revealed that it was actually a 2021 model, not a 2020 or 2022 as I had been led to believe. This was only the beginning of my frustration with the rental company.

As we began to discuss the details of the rental, the representative told me that the car's tires were mixed match and that he would need to get in touch with the previous owner to arrange for repairs or replacement. He also mentioned that the car had been previously certified by Lamborghini, which raised my suspicions about its condition. Despite my requests for clarification and explanations, the representative seemed evasive and unsure of how to proceed.

The root of the problem was a lack of accountability on the part of the rental company. When I asked him why he hadn't explained the options or alternatives available to me upfront, he claimed that he had been trying to "solve problems" for me, but ultimately failed to do so effectively. This attitude only added to my frustration and disappointment with the entire experience.

As we continued to discuss the car, I expressed my concerns about the safety implications of driving a vehicle with mismatched tires and scratches on the body panel. The representative seemed unconcerned, which was alarming given that I had a family to take care of and would be driving in heavy traffic. Despite this, he failed to offer any meaningful solutions or alternatives.

The final straw came when I requested that we get four new tires to ensure safety, and the representative told me that this would not be feasible at short notice. At this point, it was clear that the rental company was not taking my concerns seriously and was instead trying to find ways to avoid responsibility for their mistakes. This left me feeling frustrated and disappointed with the entire experience.

As a YouTuber who relies on high-quality equipment and vehicles to produce engaging content, I expect a certain level of professionalism and accountability from the companies I work with. Unfortunately, this rental company fell far short of my expectations, and I could not in good conscience proceed with using their vehicle for our upcoming project. The only positive outcome that we were able to secure was the replacement of the tires, which is still a major concern given the safety implications.

The incident highlights the importance of due diligence when renting cars or buying used vehicles. As individuals who are often under pressure to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality content, it's easy to overlook these details and assume that everything will work out as planned. However, in this case, our lack of attention to detail and failure to research the rental company thoroughly led to a frustrating and disappointing experience.

In the end, we were stuck with a car that was not suitable for our needs, and the rental company failed to take responsibility for their mistakes. As someone who loves doing what they do, it's disheartening to encounter such incompetence and lack of accountability from a company that should be trusted to provide high-quality services.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enballrooms oh I don't know this this doesn't look like it what's up you guys it is registration day day one Gumball 3000 the Middle East let's go look at your favorite thing first thing in the morning snacks croissants daily driven Exotics yes wow what a spread how you doing I'm very well thank you we are still the easiest clients you've ever had debatable I mean it's getting there again how much fun is it to be in the Middle East for the very first time no stress you guys are gonna add something nice what are we doing we're going to register yes we're going to get you in here we gotta keep signing all this information for the weeks and blue cards uh I'm gonna get some cool merch that matches your hat and your Footwear Alberta merch is what we call it inspired by DDE all this was inspired by LP 580-2 supercharged abbreviate it slightly Evo no here it's perfect because everything here has a long time it's like Shake name bin then after the dad there's always an owl between each red as well Al or bib I learned this it's really interesting let's go let's go foreign so much gear from Gumball insane love all the merch but it's funny how it's a bit of a challenge when you have a Supercar on a rally and already the stuff we brought here obviously our luggage our roller bags and all that we need to find a vehicle to put that in so Angus on the luggage car you're the luggage car you got the Earth yeah is that what we're doing we're putting our beds in here cramming it in it's going to be sliding around the entire time so great where are we going for lunch you got a surprise we're going for lunch we're going to Burj Khalifa the world's tallest building this one right here it is funny how it's deceiving depending on where you are in this city if you have a building that's obviously more foreground to you it almost appears that it's as tall like this building right here yeah looks like it could be as tall as that building but it's not even remotely close so we're going to you said it's the only restaurant in there the only one that's doing brunch today yeah only one doing you can't come to buy a knock on the world's tallest building it would be a shame not to do it so we're going up there to have lunch we're gonna show you guys plus we need to reveal what car are we driving on Gumball Middle East it is sitting at the start grid and what Carl I can't tell you I can't tell you really big surprise and it's all decaled up so we'll reveal to the uh the car to you sometime after lunch don't go anywhere getting going okay so mt20 is actually like be back there another one another one there's like six mc20s here that are on the road it's happening to be here in Dubai that is wild like six or seven nc20s in like every different color it's crazy okay yeah we'll show the luggage truck first yeah the luggage truck is the largest truck is here you ready by the way the luggage truck is a Lamborghini or rice y'all some dirty hey a lot of your secrets Agnes I like the interior it's cool all right boys let's go over the world's tallest tower I forget the name already look at this you have to film it through the sunroof that is so huge what are you worried about on this rally is there anything like you're like worried about going to jail over or anything like that I don't think so just the camera you're super worried be honest we were highly advised not to run a red light because of all the CCT cam footage that they will actually track you down and apparently arrest you or something like that and by the way that was told To Us by a local original emirati why are there so many g-wagons here there's so many g-wags holy crap well this is gonna be cool lunch in the world's tallest building all right I'm gonna bring you guys up to speed because I haven't been able to film where we were so when we first went in we were going for a lunch we're going to a specific restaurant in the Burj Khalifa and the side we went into didn't have anybody sitting around and walking around and I was like thinking to myself how is this the world's tallest building there's like no tourists here to see it we're on the residence side which is why security was like so tight I was actually told to put my camera away and if I wanted to film anything just use my phone anyhow after getting lost in the residence side we finally found like this back way that this guy led us through through a secret elevator that then now dropped us off on the more touristy side Angus here has been very nice to kind of host us and move us around here and paid for us to go on the highest payable level so there are certain levels to this building and you pay more money the higher up you go so where are we going we're going to the what floor 150 150th for 54. 154. so that's only nine floors below the very very top 154th floor on the Burj Khalifa let's go let's go this is it this is the real deal boys we're going outside yes someone lets us out oh that's got a special card it's like James Bond here thank you whoa holy crap bro look at the dude so our start is right it's pretty surreal you guys come to Dubai I highly recommend you come to the top of the Burj Khalifa all right we were way up there and now we're way down here we're trying to figure out how to get to the gumball stork grid which is on the other side of the water and apparently we're lost Angus explain yourself what hurricane it's working we're trying Dave what are you doing back there hey Dad I'm good it's okay so you guys want to know what car we're driving on Gumball we're about to go and show you hopefully it's on the Stark grid David V confirmed it's on the start grid with Dad if it has a car there yeah apparently the car's there we haven't seen it yet we haven't seen it we don't know so here's the trick we actually don't know what car we got so we're about to find out the downside is we couldn't get one of our cars here I'll let you in on that little secret it's not one of the DVD cars we had to rent a car one of the main reasons for that is proper insurance and being legally allowed into the other countries here so we're not just staying in the UAE we're also going to Oman something to do with going to Oman was very very particular about insurance for example Angus you had an issue with insurance for Oman yeah Oman seems to be a problem seems to be a problem you want to elaborate on that yeah just you can't get coverage it seems so Canadian companies will cover us here but not Oman so for that kind of one day leg of the trip so there's something sketchy about going to Oman that insurance companies don't want to basically cover you for so we're not going to risk a million dollar car uh doing that however companies here are used to that because it's a neighboring country so they have some sort of special Insurance it costs us five thousand dollars there Insurance yeah it's between five and nine thousand dollars USD for the insurance and the issue with Oman is that most insurance voters don't have a policy written for that country so they have nobody there to talk to in case there's a problem yeah I think if your car got stolen come on they have nobody to contact to help recover the car they don't have that relationship that's why insurance is hard to get them on when we find out what our Gumball 3000 car is you'll be finding out with us so I hope it's something good more importantly at this point I really hope it's something reliable you see our friend James Mr jww has had an issue with the car he's bringing from the UK here because it was stuck in customs to do with some paperwork we'll let him explain maybe more of that later but I think did he get it out we don't know what's coming it is coming yeah oh that's cool so if he gets his car that'll be absolutely phenomenal uh one of the issues with his way bill or something to do with his paperwork was someone put his in a YouTube handle instead of his full name so they put Mr jww well that's not what it says on his uh ID or his passport so Customs would not clear the car but it sounds like Angus who sells cars and brings cars here all the time had some connections to help clear that up talk about last minute clutch coming in clutch by the way I love the interior of this it's sick it's nice and bright uh we should be able to see our car very soon trying to get down to the start has been very interesting we just went through like a complete construction zone I actually should have filmed that it's weird because they're building this building behind us oh you can see some other cars trying to come down now and we went through like this weird area that was like super super super construction so welcome to Dubai but you're not going to get your drink that you wanted uh Celsius I know they don't have it here no they do you have to they do you have to order it I'll send you the link on your Instagram thing you have to order it you can get the whole thing that's amazing yeah okay we are past security we have the uh oh look at Diddy shirt oh we got the start grid right here start grid we're scrolling up nice breaks Angus how are you guys yo what's up where are you parking right here oh dude how are you gonna back it in right here you're so what's this it's so tight it's so tight what's that front end the front end's tight bro I'll sign you here it'd be funny but it wouldn't be funny because actually this is his vehicle right this is your vehicle that's it you shipped it with his dad's money yeah what's this you're parked like six feet away no pressure there's nobody watching how's it gonna get out these guys I just almost hit this guy well you're parked now so how do we get out of here those trams climb over I guess thank you appreciate you thank you how you guys doing how long have you guys been out here what's up are you driving with us yeah it's cool I'm excited this is fun why not DFC General why not yes that's not ours yeah I know but we're hitchhiking Angus is our chauffeur she's joking he's our friend he's over there look at this that's how important he is he has all the security on the start grid we have to walk kind of Halfway Around apparently our car's number 15 on the grid pretty close to the front which is great because we'll be able to get a good start when we leave tomorrow and then we'll be able to film all these cars going holy crap that's it there's a lot of cars that we have not seen yet that are on Gumball and I'm sure we're gonna walk by some of them right now but first and foremost the most important thing is what are we driving on Gumball so let's go and find out collectively together because everybody here is asking everybody's wondering it's about time we reveal all that secret let me check some things out along the way we got Aventador BMW GT3 GT2 GT3 SV got the ra 812 GTS GT3 GT3 big Porsches here there's a big Porsche present you just know this again and then it's like crazy hyper girl it's going to be so insane all the main him and the guys keep telling us that we can go crazy here oh damn Aston Martin Speedster you just don't see these things I'm looking forward to seeing this driving around now the start of Gumball in Toronto was phenomenal right downtown and I've watched some of the Stark grids like London but I'm telling you I don't think I've seen anything as impressive as the Burj park right in center of all of downtown Dubai and right behind us is the building we were just in the Burj Khalifa like look at this look at all these cars and then you have the world's tallest building there and you're just surrounded by all these other beautiful buildings it is so overwhelming to be here and we're just so grateful all thanks to you guys also supporting us watching the Channel all right where are we going over here is a car for us we're not quite sure where yet but somewhere over here there's a man right there this guy who made it what do you got for us what do you got for us what do we got what are we driving let's go and Si Civic at least is it an Integra type bar oh yes I got the 11s 11's baby so what year is this car I think this is a 2020 2021 I would say probably not because it's not an EVO it's not an Eva oh yeah maybe it's on board so what year is this car that's a problem a 19 was this looks like a Huracan 610 LP 610-4 so all-wheel drive super reliable which is what I asked for my request was get me in a reliable car so I don't get broken down and stuck in the middle of the desert now nothing's impossible but this is the best shot of making it from here to the very end of Gumball this year we'll be driving in a very familiar car that you know on how to drive really really hard in and it's gonna be a lot of fun the 610 because we're in the desert and the dirt and the sand it's all-wheel drive well here it is guys the official daily driven exhaust come ball Middle East car all right so we have a Lamborghini Huracan and this is yes a rental now we're looking at the car we gotta inspect the car so let's go over the car together I'm really curious to know what a rental car here in Dubai is like compared to something like royalty Exotics where they're all perfect and amazing so let's go over this and have a quick look so well let's just start with the wheels wheels here Tires Tires are this one's not too bad we're going to be driving this for the next basically nine to ten days so you know my life's on the line Dave's life's on the line our wives and our families want us to go home in one piece so we got to make sure we do our due diligence and make sure we check all the boxes make sure first of all that this vehicle is safe and Gumball 3000 ready all right little curb rash that's not going to do any damage hopefully though the wheel's not been that would be my concern when there's like damage like this to the wheel I'll be looking to make sure that when we drive this vehicle um unfortunately we didn't get to drive it before we came to the start grid this is where we're meeting the car for the first time we want to make sure that the car drives straight especially at higher speeds because odds are we'll be ripping this car on the rally this does concern me because when there's usually curb rafts like this you have the high probability of having a bent wheel coming around to the front what is the date in the tire the date of the tire we can check out that one's probably so newer Tire I noticed this right away that's not good someone's uh someone's done a little love tap with the uh basically curb here it's a repair but fiberglass you can see it yeah so a little damage there let's see what else we can find in general there's like some scuff some bumps you can see some damage in there this wheel is just look over here oh look at this we got more curb rash here oh that's just uh but that's why I didn't have one Gator guard right here too apparently they don't trust people driving their curbs there's no center cap on this wheel right there 22. so the other side's two years old so this one's two years newer that's what we got here got some love tap on uh on the mirror all over here side skirt damage it's got a screw in it over here too another screw it's a drywall screw to hold the side skirt on the tires they've obviously changed the front tires this one is two years old as well two years old 20 20. yeah this this has had some miles put on it because when I feel it look at the corners it's been tracked and I can actually feel the wear bar this will probably be by the time we're done this will be uh those tires will be done get a motor what hole it's like ice Rover for a year well hopefully all in all this car is safe to drive it's about like scoot on it looks like having wood here from now not only this one you don't like that yeah if this is your car then why didn't you guys clean it because like it's like completely dirty in the engine bay but those ones are all old this is 2022 now it's 20 20 that was 2020 that was 20 20. it's your car or his car so the rental company white white that we rented the car from gave us a really beat up car three of the tires are like over two years old this car is rented out every day the rear tires are down to the wear bars the engine bay is absolutely disgusting we've talked to a bunch of people other rental cars like this car behind me have a clean engine bay like for example come check it out this is also a rental car that gets rented out here all the time you can see the engine bay fairly clean like not completely destroyed this one has literally been parked outside like in the hold it up higher please like look at the engine bay in here it's absolutely insane anybody would rent us a car this this destroyed I also when I ordered I said hey you could get brand new tires like put them on filming I said yeah we'll look into that and he said that Lamborghini is certified in service this car before it came here yeah Lamborghini Windows on this car with mixed match tires so long story short we're now trying to get a hold of the guy who was here earlier who also lied about the Year this car was if you notice that when I said hey what year is this car he's like 2021 it's like Dave's like well it's not Neva that's not possible what year is this car I think this is a 2020 2021 so long story short now we're stuck uh trying to deal with this car last minute before we start the beginning of Gumball tomorrow and with the other issue is even if somehow we got a hold of this guy and he replaced it we'd then have to get all the decals put back on here so we're in we're in a bit of a pickle at this point right now that's the guy right there well you said that we acknowledged fact that this car is not in great shape and you said you find something else but like the tires don't even match like that tires knew that one's old the thing is though this car obviously on the list we had brand new 2022 hurricane evos and that was available and then this car was obviously an old one we walked up here so it was a 2021. uh no I don't know why I don't know thinking but obviously it's a older hurricane wow bad rental car companies in Dubai what frustrates me is the lack of accountability like in any business if you're honest with your customers and just say here's what I have because what he was saying first of all he said it was 2021. then he says well it's a 2016 what did you expect you should have gone more expensive those were his words I was frustrated because I was like you didn't explain to me my options like if you have a business you're like here's a product we have now what are expectations you want something clean because I only have this older one he lied then when we came here didn't seem to care that's a frustrating part I said to him like we didn't negotiate I didn't try to do a brand deal I said hey how much is it going to cost me a car make sure it's safe I asked him make sure it has brand new tires on it he said yeah no problem when you get hearings I mean all types of excuses in line about the car and when you're in sales of any business you're basically trying to solve problems per person and helping them we never wanted a deal we didn't want people beat up Huracan that's what we do have because if these options say cool what was that when it was an 18 or 19. okay cool is it good yeah it's good yeah like do I have to ask does it have scratches and beats bills don't match do I have to ask that has has been the souls are down to the where Mars I guess my biggest issue is I just didn't show that They Carried about I don't know how to flex the fact that we're YouTubers it's completely irrelevant like we're paying them money this is 25 000 to rent for the next seven days I didn't bulk at the price but the whole time is making excuses saying what do you want me to do I'm like what can you do goes well I don't know you tell me I'm like well no I don't know what my options are at this point I'd prefer their money back unfortunately we can't yeah we're completely screwed we're stuck with this car just beat the worst worst worst case scenario is we have a problem with the tires so I requested that we got four new tires is a safety issue a wife and three kids I want to go home to as much as I love doing this and this is my job I have to go home at the end of it so I want to be unsafe like when we drove on on the last Gumball like his own Mystery we all speed okay we go very fast so I do that though in confidence that I know my Machinery is safe so I'm not putting not just my life at risk but anybody else around me and I always drive with a big bubble around me but I still want to make sure that like when we're working with something that's at least get a hold together you really gotta go through your gut whenever you rent a car or buy a used cars the same thing if you look at a car to buy this is for sale you can run away so we're stuck with it hopefully he can get his new tires at a minimum\n"