![]() 05/12/2017 at 05:21 • Filed to: Wraith | ![]() | ![]() |
Rolls Royce Wraith. Seen one before in a showroom, but this is the first I‘ve seen in the wild. Much classier surrounded by traffic than on its own; other cars give its proportions some scale. Does a great job of combining “Get out of my way, peasant” with “Envy me, for I have obscene levels of both money and taste*”.
That heavy stainless trim round the side windows really makes the whole design, I think. It breaks up the giant mass of the thing vertically and accentuates it horizontally, and its thickness makes the whole glasshouse seem delicate in proportion.
*In black, at least. In the footballers-wife leopardskin wrap I suspect they’re more often seen in, probably not so much.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 05:58 |
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That loud sucking sound you hear is the depreciation.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 06:09 |
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The Wraith is nice but I’d spec one with regular forward opening doors, not the rearward opening ones.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 06:17 |
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That even louder fluttering sound you hear is cash pouring into coffers from evil money-making schemes. If you can afford one of these, you don’t care about depreciation.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 06:24 |
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It didn’t dawn(pun maybe intended) on me how big these are, until seeing one. You only realise that after standing next to one in real life or seeing it next to a good reference.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 06:29 |
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Yes, they’ve done a good job of de-emphasising the size. Unlike the Phantom, which is designed to scream “I’m bigger and more important than you” from 100 yards.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 08:07 |
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Hey you. Yes, you, ya poor. What do you think you’re doing taking a picture of my RR with a cellphone? It’s a beautiful car and deserves a proper photo, not taken with some peasant’s device. Here, take this camera and retake the shot. Keep the camera.
![]() 05/12/2017 at 09:53 |
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Exactly. If any vehicle other than a G-Wagen or Bentayga screams “dark money”, this is it. Especially in a money laundering center like any densely populated British city (maybe London?).
![]() 05/15/2017 at 20:32 |
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Going north on I-95 I saw a Bentley Continental (coupe version). And they weren’t doing some leisure crap driving. He or she must have been a oppo member because they were moving! And there was some light level of dirt residue on the back areas further proving the oppo member status. :P