If someone decided to give me a Rolls, I wouldn’t throw it away or anything. But if I was buying, I would go for the Aston Martin Vanquish.
I saw a gray Lamborghini two days ago. Honestly, what is the point? They’re meant to be flashy, get it in yellow or red or something! Without the flash they’re just an expensive and uncomfortable car that’s difficult to drive.
A buddy of mine works in a Mercedes dealership in Bethesda. They’ve got a guy there that handles the selling of the Bentleys. Last month, he sold 14 of them. Commission on one is 20 thousand buckerinos.
Now THAT’S a good month.
Now, to answer the question…I’m not against expensive cars. Some are veritable works of art and they’re nice, but upkeep on a frickin car like that is a lot. Hell, with a Ferrari, they suggest that you bring it in multiple times a year (like once a month or something) to essentially get the engine taken apart and rebuilt. If you were a mega millionaire, I wouldn’t want to own one. I’d spring for a real classy hybrid, like a Lexus or something. I would like to have access to a Ferrari, though. Show up one day at your buddy’s house in a frickin’ Ferrari. Then he asks when you got it, and you answer “Oh, this old thing?”
Okay, or maybe I’d just happy with being a mega bajillionaire and I’ll keep my one car (monkey butler optional).
Maybe it was in primer? 
Maybe it belonged to Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows?
“You know, gray is my favorite color. I felt so symbolic yesterday. If I knew a Picasso, I’d buy myself a gray Lamborghini.”
It does kind of make a statement: “I want to be different from all the other rich pricks with these cars!” I mean, it’s not as much of a statement as driving a restored vintage car, but it’s still kind of cool.
Aaaah, yes, I hadn’t considered the “originality” card. “Everyone I know has a yellow Lambo! I want mine in bondo!”
If I was ‘rich’, I would probably buy an additional modest house or condo or three for those places that I like to be and need to go.
A Rolls? Nope. In fact for where I live now, I wouldn’t buy a different vehicle.
I might look at an old FJ40 for fun. A Crown Vic or mini-van for when I’m visiting my in-laws (kept in PA).
If I did not move, my every day driver would stay the same. '06 Pathfinder.
a Rolls would be way down in my wish list, if I ever had the budget for it. A Rolls is not a car to drive, it is a car in which to be driven around.
Since you already have a Pathfinder, consider a Nissan Patrol.
Yes, they do exist. I’ve never seen one in America.
If I were driving myself, I’d probably get a top-of-the-line Lexus (although perhaps the hybrid version), but I’d get a big Mercedes if I were being chauffeured around.
Really, though, I’d probably join one of the fractional car clubs to have access to a variety of exotic cars without the hassles of ownership.
Very interesting Argent. I wonder how that would market in the US. I know the Escalade crowd wouldn’t be interested, but I bet it would do very well. I would have definitely considered it.
I’d drive a Bentley before a Rolls. Of course, it helps that Bentley has an excellent Web site that lets you see the cars in great detail. I visited the Rolls Royce Web site, and while there was plenty of information about their aerospace and nautical divisions, and about their corporate identity and corporate responsibility, I couldn’t find a damn thing about their cars.
Did you go to http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/ or http://www.rolls-royce.com/? Because they’re not the same thing.
Is your name Jeeves?
That is because the company that makes engines etc. is no longer the company that makes the cars. In fact a little google leads me to believe that nobody really knows who the hell is allowed to make Rolls Royce cars. From Wiki
I think you’ll find it should come with Parker at the wheel.
I’d happily buy a Rolls-Royce.
And do you have references?
I wouldn’t mind expensive, but it would have to be due to technology, not ‘luxury’ or the like. Perhaps a Tesla.
I’ve heard that is a complaint of people who buy a Rolls. People assume they are the chauffeur and the real important dude is in the back.
Ah, that was my mistake. Thanks!
Still waiting to win the MegaMillions lottery, though … 
Me, too. I couldn’t drive something that ostentatious, no matter how wealthy I was.
A Rolls? Probably not, I’d want something I could drive, with good handling. Then again I’ve always had a thing for classic Lotus.
