This is straight from my imagination. This is what I think that being the owner of a Rolls would be like. I am writing this because a friend of mine once owned a Rolls, and I came upon a Rolls that was for sale at an amazingly low price. The reason was because it is a U.K. registered vehicle and has to be taken out of Spain back to the U.K. It got me to thinking what if!
What was on offer was a two-door, Phantom drop head coupe convertible in striking blue.
This was a lot of car for one man. Just standing close to it and running my hand along its fabulous lines was almost sexual. My emotions were telling me that I wanted this machine perhaps even more than I had ever wanted a woman.
I walked away from it with frequent looks from over my shoulder. For a long time after that encounter I thought about it, with the question of what kind of life is a Rolls life?
I think that this car is only for people who don't have to ask what things costs. If you live on a budget, move on. This is not for you or I. Also, if you are thinking of driving it yourself, perhaps you should not do that. When the Rolls is parked the driver should stay with it. That way, if we mere mortals should need to park our cars anywhere near it we can be supervised.
The image of a captain of industry sitting in the back doing work while sipping a glass of champagne is probably about right. In that regard he could be sitting in a train, or plane, or yacht. However, if you are a young owner, perhaps a successful entertainer, it still seems inappropriate to drive it yourself, but I suppose you could, but that would be unconventional.
It's also a convertible. A big convertible, but some time ago I came to the conclusion that convertibles are a bad idea. They look nice, but driving them means that you are behind the windscreen so you really don't get the full feel of wind in your hair, (if you have hair) but you do get the full feel of the hot sun on your head.
Finally, it's no good having a Rolls without a home to park the Rolls out front. You can't live in a simple flat, no matter how comfortable because a Rolls is not an apartment car. It needs a country estate to enter and to leave from to complete the image.
Even if I could afford a Rolls I don't think this would be the car for me. A Maserati however, is a different kettle of fish. Can we talk?
Copyright (c) 2015 Eugene Carmichael
