Sobering to think this company also makes aircraft engines.
Yeah, I have a hard time turning down something of value. There’s a spot in our barn where I could store it, up on blocks and covered with a tarp. When the “couple years” is up, I’d sell it.
Perhaps you’re joking, but they’re not the same company. The cars come from a subsidiary of BMW, while a separate British company makes the aircraft engines.
Rolls Royce Autos was separated from the Aero Engine division in the 1970S. It is currently owned by VW.
I am a bit of a car person, but I’ve always felt the same about the big old Mercedes you see some folk driving. I had an uncle who loved them - never understood the attraction - at least in terms of exterior styling, interior comfort, or driving experience…
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Sure. I’d take it. Liability insurance wouldn’t be too bad on it. I’m a pretty good shade tree mechanic so the reliability issues don’t bother me. It wouldn’t take up any garage space- I don’t have one! I live in an area where no one cares how many vehicles are in the yard, and I have a big one.
Not until 1998 (the BMW part), and the OP specifies a mid-80s model.
It’s complicated.
Rolls-Royce Motors was a British luxury car manufacturer, created in 1973 during the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce automotive business from the nationalised Rolls-Royce Limited. It produced luxury cars under the Rolls-Royce and Bentley brands. Vickers acquired the company in 1980 and sold it to Volkswagen in 1998. Bentley Motors is the company’s direct successor; however BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce trademark for use on automobiles and launched a new Rolls-Royce company shortly afterwards.
A Corniche convertible I’d take in a heartbeat, and probably keep insured so that I could drive it on occasion. (But I’d probably still sell it when I could.) Silver Spur, I’d need to see what it would cost and how much effort would be involved in keeping it, and for exactly how long. We don’t have a ton of space to keep it, but I’d have trouble turning it down.
Also if the person giving it away was wanting it to go to someone who’d drive it and appreciate it, I would definitely turn down a Silver Spur. The Corniche still had round headlights, and just a bit of curves. The Silver Spur was just boxy – which I can appreciate in some old cars, but that one doesn’t appeal to me.
My neighbor inherited his dads Jaguar, the hood ornament is the fanciest part otherwise it looks like a Chrysler a baby blue senior citizens car.
For those who would accept the RR, think very hard about how near your RR mechanic is and can you get parts
Absolutely no interest - I wouldn’t want to babysit the car even if I did have a place to park it.
Agreed. That is what I would do. Two years of storage, and theft insurance, won’t break the bank, and then I can sell it. I am pretty sure that any Rolls of any vintage will find a buyer. But drive it? No, thanks, I prefer something smaller.
Beamers are known to be expensive as they get older.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a Rolls would take some time to find a buyer - especially if you weren’t willing to “give it away.”
Yep. True of a lot of classic cars. My stepfather restored classic cars and sold them, as a hobby. To get what the car was “worth” often meant waiting a while for the right buyer to find it. Depending on the car, people might come from out of state. For a rarer car, like a more desirable Rolls Royce, it’s an international market, looks like.
All I know about Rolls is that you don’t dare call the factory and ask how to mount a towing receiver so you can pull your race car with the Rolls - they have absolutely no sense of humour on that topic 
The old joke says that when a potential buyer of an RR asked what the horsepower was, the reply was “sufficient”. It has also been said that if you need to know how many miles to the gallon it does, you can’t afford it.
That wasn.t a joke. Rolls-Royce famously described the output of their engines as “adequate” for decades. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32743649/last-bentley-6-75-liter-v8-mulsanne-production/ No cite, but when they finally turbocharged the engine, they described its power as “more than adequate” (although the article I linked to says "adequate plus 50%).
For those of you thinking that the best move is to just store it for some minimum period before cashing in or to treat it as a cheap beater until the junk man takes it away, I think you’re missing the spirit of the offer. Grandpa doesn’t need his beloved car any more and he is willing to give it to his darling granddaughter if she will love and appreciate it as he did. Neglecting or ignoring it is not going to win her any favors. She can either take it and enjoy it in good spirit as the gift was intended or politely decline it. If she doesn’t want it, she’ll have to come up with a good reason that won’t insult grandpa. I don’t envy her having to turn down this gift.
For what it’s worth, I received a classic car in a similar deal from my father. I actually like the car and enjoy driving it but it’s still a hassle. It’s my cross to bear though because it would break my dad’s heart if I just auctioned it off to the highest bidder. I’d be sad to see it go too though.
A nice scenario, but not what the OP wrote.
Grandpa is gone and he left a deal I could abide by, whats the issue? I could turn down the gift, its not being forced upon me.