Re: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow/Spur/Sprit advice

> They're a British, mass produced, car of the 1970s.
>

Rolls-Royce mass produced?

> Do you REALLY think they're going to be reliable?
>

Yes. Well, they are not the same as other cars, they are not built down
to a price. They should have been made to a lot higher standard than
anything else.


> If you really must - and I suppose from a BMW, a Rolls Royce is about
> the only way the nouveau-rich=E9 can go - then the pick of the bunch for
> reliability, image (though, I'm afraid no-one will know you're loaded
> instantly as they would with the Spirit of Ecstacy atop your grille)
>

LOL, do you know me?

> the Bentley Eight - a "sportier" Mulsanne which was actually a little
> more basic, with a mesh grille, and aimed at the 40-something market.
>

Well, I was thinking the Rolls would be more suitable for everyday, as
the Bentley's engine has been tinkered with and tuned, and therefore
more prone to brake. More to go wrong. Especially, the turbocharged
versions.

Plus, I'm 30 something and the Bentley is not the same image I want.
And I don't like the mesh grille.

> If you want British ambience, I think the later (mid 90s) Jaguar XJs
>

And old Jag? I don't want to look like cockney gangster or an aging
managing director of a small company, the old school business man, die
in the wool Tory, smokes cigars and keeps a bottle of Scotch in his
desk draw, like Mike Baldwin from Coronation Street. Not the image I
want.