Not as funny as you might think -- if you own a car in India, you're probably upper class. In India, lots of paid inane chores are common, like carrying one's luggage from the taxi to the airport, even if it's a small backpack.
source?
- Total $4.469 trillion[5] (3rd)
- Per capita $3,703[5] (129th)
GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate
- Total $1.843 trillion[5] (10th)
- Per capita $1,527[5] (133rd)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
This also holds true across other Asian countries - car ownership is common only in upper-middle class and really rich families; and for very rich Chinese families the really expensive part is the license plate and not the car... no 4s and the more 8s and 9s, the more expensive the plate.