In China I believe this, after being over there this summer and from everything I have heard, you as a white man get a LOT of looks just because your white and they all think you have money. Yes their economy is booming and will be much larger in several years and some of the chinease are all about making face. People want to drive nice cars to make people think more about them (learned this when I was working in Chengdu, helping with market research) But right now thats a large part of their society.
Oh and I would agree just PIITB and call it a day, then throw em back to the curb.