Emirates Mustang Club members share their passion for muscle cars and talk about the car culture in the UAE.
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00:00I'm a petrolhead, I love cars, not really fast cars, just interesting cars that are
00:15fun.
00:16Like for example it doesn't have to be like a Bugatti Veyron or something, just anything
00:20that's quick enough or that gives you adrenaline rush, you know, gets you excited basically.
00:28But the thing is, I fell in love with Mustangs when I was like 14 or 15, just seeing a convertible
00:3466 or 65 I think it was, and I was like I'm going to get one of those cars for myself
00:39in the future, and as soon as I moved into Dubai and I got the chance, I just immediately
00:46went for it.
00:47It's not about being fast, it's just about the quality of the drive itself, I just love
00:53driving this car, I look forward to finishing my day and just hitting the road with this
00:58one.
00:59It's not about fast cars, in my age it's not about wanting to go and drive fast, it's
01:13about, I think when it comes to Ford Mustangs and to muscle cars, it's more than an identity,
01:18it's more than, it is something that you always feel it's like a unique, it's not like
01:23any other regular car.
01:28Driving a fast car is just a passion, the speed itself, it's an adrenaline, so it just
01:33goes over there, since childhood fast cars have been a passion.
01:38Dubai or UAE is a place to have your dreams come true in regards to the car you're going
01:42to drive, whatever car you've ever wanted to drive, you can drive it over here, maintenance
01:47wise, price wise when you buy a few, so you can go for a V12 even if you want to, but
01:54there is a big culture for cars over here, people are so connected to their cars, it's
02:00just absolutely amazing.
02:02Actually in UAE there is a huge car culture for all the different kinds of cars, you got
02:08the 4x4 off-roaders going to the desert all the time, and you got the sports cars and
02:16even supercars, like UAE, especially Dubai, is pretty much petrol head city, because
02:23all the cars that you drool about, that are exciting or interesting, they're all in here.
02:30Well that's one of the things I love about UAE, that there is like, people are crazy
02:34about cars, and you see all the kind of cars that you never see in other countries, because
02:38I live in a different country, and no one is like here, you know, people love cars,
02:44and they have a passion for that, so.
02:46Everybody owns a fantastic car over here, around every corner you see a new car, a different
02:53car, a unique car, and there is a lot of culture about upgrading your car and modifying your
02:58car, so there's a lot happening around in the city, it's a vibrant city, so we also
03:03have the passion of just having one of the exciting cars.
03:06And there's a huge car culture in the UAE, I think because most Arabs love high-powered
03:11vehicles and the four-wheel drives, and it's very prevalent.
03:18Sometimes a lot of people connect through the model of the car, so like for us, you
03:22know, Ford Mustang, we have an Emirates Mustang group, which is this for all Emirates Mustang
03:29cars, and then I've joined this group for the last six years now, and it's always, we
03:35can stay in touch, we can connect with each other, we can go out for social activities.
03:40In this group, we have various nationalities from everywhere, but we have one thing in
03:45common, that we love the car, you know?
03:47So that's what, if we can do one group and we start talking, that's how they connect,
03:52so because of the car, we know each other.
03:55Usually, car enthusiasts always like to connect and share with other people and to share their
04:01passion for performance cars.
04:03Some people want to show off as well, what they got, you know?
04:06People passionate with cars, you always find that they gravitate towards the like-minded
04:10people, which is why there are so many car clubs here.
04:13We do different things, and we start, like I said, we either go for cruise, like sometimes
04:17we go for cruising, sometimes we go out for coffees, morning coffees, we do lunches together.
04:23And we chat with each other all the time.
04:28It's a good thing to know people who have the same passion as you, same hobby as you.
04:33From time to time, we go from road trips, for example, to Hatta, to Fujairah, to Ras Al
04:39Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and when you go to special places like Fujairah, it's not
04:47really a city, it's just a place with a lot of scenery, with mountains.
04:50It's almost like a carnival.
04:52You'll be driving along in tandem, and everybody stops and looks and waves.
04:56We've gone up to Hatta Fort Hotel and spent the day and had a barbecue there.
05:02It was really good fun.
05:03We cruise around, like we've done seven states in one day, seven Emirates in one day.
05:08We do a cruise of 500 kilometers in just one day, just for the fun of it.
05:13It's not about speeding, it's not about anything, it's just about going across highways.
05:20It's just such a beautiful car to drive.
05:24I was surprised with the views that we find on the way, but as I said, it's always about
05:29getting with other people and just enjoying the drive.
05:33For me, I just look ahead and I see 10, 15 other Mustangs driving.
05:38That's a breath-catching scene.