Bulletproof Rolls Royce Silver Spur

"Tapas" (tapas) 02/28/2019 at 15:10 • Filed to: None

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Apparently, Princess Diana rode in it. But !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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HammerheadFistpunch > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 15:17

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“As part of the armoring, the vehicle is said to have been fitted with steel and Kevlar plates, extra reinforcement of the doors and hinges, along with polycarbonate windows, replacing the original glass windows. This car also is equipped with a sunroof.”

Tapas > HammerheadFistpunch 02/28/2019 at 15:20

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Lol

Well, you gotta have that sunroof, so you don’t have to lower a bulletproof window to shoot out from.

Spanfeller is a twat > HammerheadFistpunch 02/28/2019 at 15:20

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Doesn't Kevlar expire?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 15:22

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Yes, but Balmoral green...

Spanfeller is a twat > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 15:22

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Bubbled up windows= worthless.

If someone wants to buy it as a collector’s car, fine, but it has no practical purpose when it comes to stopping any sort of bullet.

HammerheadFistpunch > Spanfeller is a twat 02/28/2019 at 15:23

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kinda sorta. The expiration date, as I understand it, is mostly a liability release for the company.

functionoverfashion > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 15:27

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Whenever I see a car that would be even slightly absurd as a daily driver, I think, “but how awesome would this be dropping off my kids at preschool?”  Not only would this be an easy 7 or 8 out of 10, it would be easier to convince my wife than most absurd cars. “Honey it’s literally bulletproof!”

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 02/28/2019 at 15:29

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Nixon rode in a bulletproof car, and a bullet never hit him

Checkmate, physicists.

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 02/28/2019 at 15:29

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Story checks out, though he was condemned to live forever as a cartoon head in a jar so...you know.

Tapas > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 02/28/2019 at 15:30

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I still don’t like the shade and now I don’t like whatever Balmoral is.

Tapas > functionoverfashion 02/28/2019 at 15:31

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Haha true.

“Honey it s literally bulletproof!” is also something you’d have to say every time your wife looks at the gas receipts lol

Tapas > Spanfeller is a twat 02/28/2019 at 15:32

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They could always be replaced...

Spanfeller is a twat > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 15:36

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If you want a basic bulletproofing it’d be quite hard since they don’t have the original casts or window... and it would cost around 30,000USD

Tapas > Spanfeller is a twat 02/28/2019 at 15:37

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Oh....well that sucks.

Tripper > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 15:50

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Hah, their interiors have barely changed!

Tapas > Tripper 02/28/2019 at 16:06

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Lol yup!

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 16:19

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That car was being sold at the Auburn Indiana auction the weekend she died, it brought a lot iirc, I was at that auction it became a makeshift memorial 

Tapas > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 02/28/2019 at 16:39

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Wow.....kinda sad how they timed that sale

ranwhenparked > Tripper 02/28/2019 at 19:21

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Some things can’t be improved. 

ranwhenparked > Tapas 02/28/2019 at 19:22

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Personally, the color does it for me. It looks somewhat similar to FCA’s F8 green, which was sadly impossible to find at dealers the last time I went shopping. 

Tripper > ranwhenparked 02/28/2019 at 20:44

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Honestly the interior on those cars looks like a complete afterthought. I said to someone else recently, “Rollers age like an avocado.” As he posted a 2015 model that could have been from 2002. 

ranwhenparked > Tripper 02/28/2019 at 20:47

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Economics b e damned, at least the materials are top grade. Chrome instead of plastic, leather instead of vinyl, wool instead of nylon, and a nice, thin steering wheel instead of a chunky race car style one that automakers seem to thing normal cars need for some reason. 

Tripper > ranwhenparked 02/28/2019 at 20:50

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Nice materials, but if I’m going hundreds of thousands on a luxury sedan I want it to be at least aesthetically pleasing inside. I swear there is a cookie cutter for that dash. Any super expensive low production cars have that same dash from 1980 til nowish.

ranwhenparked > Tripper 02/28/2019 at 20:52

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See, that’s where our tastes diverge, because that’s exactly how I want my dash to look. 

Tripper > ranwhenparked 02/28/2019 at 21:31

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Fair enough. Just saw your post about importing. I just did it a few months ago. I b ought a 1975 BMW 1502 from Holland and had it shipped to the east coast.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-rookies-guide-to-importing-a-25-years-or-older-ca-1831554146

If you have any questions it’s still all very fresh in my mind, haha.

ranwhenparked > Tripper 02/28/2019 at 22:04

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That is really good to know, thanks. What was your total cost, all-in, excluding the actual purchase of the car itself? I’d be doing almost the same route, coming in through the same port.

Though, honestly, the more I get into it, the more I realize why cars that sell for £1200 in the UK turn up two months later in the US for $15,000. 

Tripper > ranwhenparked 02/28/2019 at 22:34

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About $4500 but $1300 of that was tax and tags. Also, I could have saved a ton of money and hassle by choosing a different US broker. My broker was expensive, and so terrible at communicating that I did most of what I paid them to do! All the broker did was sell me a customs bond and file paperwork. After all that I had to grease the delivery driver with $300 on top of the extra $375 I paid the broker for delivery. The driver was ready to bail on pickup day (which was already a week late) because the broker sent him to the wrong spot twice and didn’t provide the proper paperwork. I was on the phone all day thay day sorting out the broker, driver, customs peeps, and dock workers. The whole story is in my profile post by post if you want the dirty details. The lady at the dock said that what I was experiencing was common at that the brokers are all crooks.

Next time I plan to file and pickup myself. At the very least if advise you to vet the shit out a a few brokers should you choose to use one, and make sure that their office is near your port of entry. My guy was on the west coast.

It was $1500 to ship and the guys in Amsterdam were wonderful to work with.

You could definitely get it done for 3k ish if you file and pickup yourself.

ranwhenparked > Tripper 02/28/2019 at 22:45

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Well, that part’s good to know, anyway. That seemed to be at the lower end of what I was figuring, based on what I could find on line. I’m only an hour from Philly, so I’d say definitely cut out all that mess and just go pick up in person.

I mean, the easiest thing would be to find someone in the US that already has what I want, which I have, except they are refusing to provide a price quote by email, and the last time they had the car listed online, they were asking several times what it was actually worth.  S o a personal import is probably the way to go.

Tripper > ranwhenparked 02/28/2019 at 22:56

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Its really not hard and I enjoyed the process other than the shitty broker that I used. It’s a great story to tell and I got something really special.

I also bought the car at auction which added a little extra drama. As I had the excitement of bidding, winning, and making a deal with the seller all before I even had a clue how I was going to pay for it and  get it home.

The dealers that handle the import process for you is def the most expensive, but it’s easy.