FARK.com: (6822895) A $1.5 million 24-carat gold Rolls-Royce would be the perfect vulgar holiday gift for the 1 percenter on your list

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		A $1.5 million 24-carat gold Rolls-Royce would be the perfect vulgar holiday gift for the 1 percenter on your list (dailymail.co.uk)		48
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I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body

2011-12-17 02:44:31 AM

Haters gonna hate.

/Still don't know what the objective of the OWS'ers is.

//I don't think they know either.

MurphyMurphy

2011-12-17 05:21:18 AM

I'd hit it

/with my truck
//then i'd fake my death
///to escape the insurance company'shiat men

illannoyin

2011-12-17 05:25:13 AM

'aters gonna 'ate

/I'm sure he could find something wrong with a gold rolla
//Probably something along the lines of "it's just like a regular rolla. But gold."
///Followed by some maths that show how you could buy the same amount of gold and a rolla for less money
\Crikey!

steamingpile

2011-12-17 05:38:22 AM

I want one, just so I can drive around like Arthur.

/the real one, not the shiatty remake
//RIP Dudley

jtown

2011-12-17 05:51:46 AM

That's really not as gaudy as I was expecting. I wouldn't buy one for myself even if I had that kind of money to throw around but, if it were to show up in my driveway Christmas morning, I'd make room in the garage.

moof

2011-12-17 05:54:19 AM

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: /Still don't know what the objective of the OWS'ers is.
//I don't think they know either.

It's not hard to figure out what they want. Low unemployment, a move from corporate welfare to social programs, lower income disparity (or at least fewer conflicts of interests and less apparent corruption), more effective regulation of mega corporations, etc. etc.

Basically, pick up any political program of any major political party that was written a couple of decades ago and you'll find those items in there, either as explicit goals, or as policies that have since been abandoned and got us into this mess.

Political parties just like to say "we just don't understand them, it's so unclear and nebulous" even though they promise essentially the same stuff come every election. It's never nice to be called out on a couple of decades of broken election promises.

Ablejack

2011-12-17 05:57:34 AM

A wee bit more expensive, rather more british and quite more class.

uttertosh

2011-12-17 06:00:51 AM

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: Haters gonna hate.

/Still don't know what the objective of the OWS'ers is.

//I don't think they know either.

1/10

And you only got the 1 simply cos you got a bite.

chaddsfarkprefect

2011-12-17 06:45:29 AM

FTFA: It is fitted with the same 6-litre twin-turbocharged engine of the Ghost, giving the saloon more than 560bhp and a top speed of 155mph.

FIsh?

Spiralmonkey

2011-12-17 06:53:59 AM

Ablejack: A wee bit more expensive, rather more british and quite more class.

I have always wanted one. And an E-type Jaguar. You know, just for spare. I've never seen the appeal of a Rolls, or a Bentley - too big, and associated with being hire cars for weddings.

elkraf

2011-12-17 07:14:46 AM

What kind of mileage does it get? Today you have to consider this when you shop for a new car.

Dadoody

2011-12-17 07:29:13 AM

You has my attention...

listentoleon.net

jayg22

2011-12-17 07:46:05 AM

JohnAnnArbor

2011-12-17 08:12:07 AM

Approves:

Rufus Lee King

2011-12-17 08:31:05 AM

RandomAxe

2011-12-17 08:36:16 AM

Let me know when Bentley comes out with the improved version.

FlashHarry

2011-12-17 08:44:12 AM

Ablejack: A wee bit more expensive, rather more british and quite more class.

drool.

though for about a tenth of the price, you could get this:

www.benzinsider.com

stuhayes2010

2011-12-17 08:47:16 AM

1%'ers have bad taste in cars.

jnyrmni

2011-12-17 08:56:37 AM

This will be bought by a one percenter. In the middle east.

Sleeping Monkey

2011-12-17 09:06:53 AM

Does it run on jobs?

NYRBill

2011-12-17 09:30:25 AM

approves?

Beluga Heights

2011-12-17 09:45:02 AM

Gold is for poor people.

Platinum Rolls Royce? Maybe.

SlowTimedRapid

2011-12-17 09:56:19 AM

Insert obvious Tower Heist reference, blah blah blah...

adm_crunch

2011-12-17 10:01:43 AM

No, no, no. It's supposed to be a solid-gold house and a rocket car.

Born2Fart

2011-12-17 10:16:57 AM

The dune coons have been doing this for decades

TheDirtyNacho

2011-12-17 10:29:09 AM

Beluga Heights: Gold is for poor people.

Platinum Rolls Royce? Maybe.

Middle eastern monarchs tend to be fans of both gold and Rolls Royce. I'm sure the car has already been sold..or maybe auctioned to the highest bidder.

ironoctopus

2011-12-17 11:16:43 AM

I finally know what to get Masta P for Christmas.

BadReligion

2011-12-17 11:17:37 AM

Pure gold is very heavy and very soft. This sounds like a terrible idea.

Beluga Heights: Gold is for poor people.

Platinum Rolls Royce? Maybe.

Platinum is cheaper than gold right now, by almost $200/ozt.

Elzar

2011-12-17 11:18:46 AM

welchblvd

2011-12-17 11:33:31 AM

Not for an American 1%er.

This thing is on its way to the UAE as we speak.

Coastalgrl

2011-12-17 11:38:17 AM

moof: I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: /Still don't know what the objective of the OWS'ers is.
//I don't think they know either.

It's not hard to figure out what they want. Low unemployment, a move from corporate welfare to social programs, lower income disparity (or at least fewer conflicts of interests and less apparent corruption), more effective regulation of mega corporations, etc. etc.

Basically, pick up any political program of any major political party that was written a couple of decades ago and you'll find those items in there, either as explicit goals, or as policies that have since been abandoned and got us into this mess.

Political parties just like to say "we just don't understand them, it's so unclear and nebulous" even though they promise essentially the same stuff come every election. It's never nice to be called out on a couple of decades of broken election promises.

Exactly. A lot of people are mad about a bunch if different things. All muddled together you get the Occupy movement. They lacked a clear message other than "were fed up" from what I can tell.

/no research, just observations.

ionember

2011-12-17 11:46:24 AM

I want to search out and destroy that vehicle.

LoneWolf343

2011-12-17 12:00:27 PM

I think it is lovely.

I would hate myself if I owned it, though. No man should own something like it. Should be in a museum for all to enjoy.

Giltric

2011-12-17 12:13:55 PM

Americans don't buy this type of tacky garbage.....probbaly gonna be bought by a wealthy Russian or Arab.

Lunchlady

2011-12-17 01:10:11 PM

Giltric: Americans don't buy this type of tacky garbage.....probbaly gonna be bought by a wealthy Russian or Arab.

Basically this.

I saw basically because there are wealthy Russians or Arabs who naturalize and those technically Americans will be driving these wastes of money.

/Trust me
//I'm a doctor
///Not really, but I do live in LA

j0ndas

2011-12-17 01:12:58 PM

The interior is beautiful, but I'm not a big fan of the outside.

brantgoose

2011-12-17 02:13:13 PM

NYRBill: approves?
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It's a Gold Brick-lin!

New Brunswickers will know what I'm talking about. To everybody else it's probably just a tacky Delorean.

brantgoose

2011-12-17 02:25:58 PM

When I was a student one of the hairdressers in the south end Geneva neighbourhood where the student residence was situated had a Rolls Royce with a gold mascot. I thought THAT was tacky.

I don't much like the two-tone paint job and the rest of the car seems squarely aimed at the Petrostate and Hip Hop markets.

The most attractive Royces date from the late 1920s and early 1930s. Something like 75% of all the cars ever built are still road-worthy, and that includes models that date back all the way to 1904 or thereabouts.

The RR logo was originally in red but when one of the two founders died, it became black and red, and then when both Mr. Roll,s the race car driver and salesman, and Mr. Royce, the carriage-maker, died, they both became black. I learned that in a car museum which had quite a collection of Royces.

They've been customizing the cars for the garish tastes of Royality, Celebrity and Nouveau Riche money forever. This might not be the ugliest car they ever built.

Hard to beat this one for over-wrought splendor (note the snake):

http://0.tqn.com/d/exoticcars/1/0/w/3/-/-/1920-22-Silver-Ghost.jpg

Hacker_X

2011-12-17 02:54:31 PM

I saw the interior and one thought immediately sprung to mind.

Guido Mobile.

Not that your typical guido could even remotely afford one, but it just screams guido "style".

Samwise Gamgee

2011-12-17 03:10:54 PM

I spent some time poking around the Rolls Royce website the other day just for shiats. I think they are ugly as sin.

justanothersumguy

2011-12-17 05:07:54 PM

I came.

FlashHarry

2011-12-17 06:16:10 PM

Born2Fart: The dune coons have been doing this for decades

www.clevelandfrowns.com

JerkStore

2011-12-17 06:25:38 PM

For you old timers like me (Speed Racer "The Mammoth Car"):

cdn.hometheaterforum.com

spawn73

2011-12-17 08:06:37 PM

jnyrmni: This will be bought by a one percenter. In the middle east.

That was what I was thinking.

It'll probably go to Saudi Arabia or UAE, where there isn't any old money, and people haven't developed class yet.

The_Homeless_Guy

2011-12-17 08:30:50 PM

Can someone explain to me the point of a super-high-powered long-wheelbase chauffeured car? I wouldn't want my chauffeur hooning my car and, if you are buying a long wheel-base rolls royce, you definitely aren't driving it yourself. Obviously I would want my car to have ample power (300 hp v8 or something) so that my chauffeur can easily merge on the highway (cars this size aren't light), but I don't get the point of a 500hp v12 in a car that I'd never be driving/would just tempt my chauffeur to drive dangerously.

spoonman

2011-12-17 10:16:03 PM

The_Homeless_Guy: Can someone explain to me the point of a super-high-powered long-wheelbase chauffeured car? I wouldn't want my chauffeur hooning my car and, if you are buying a long wheel-base rolls royce, you definitely aren't driving it yourself. Obviously I would want my car to have ample power (300 hp v8 or something) so that my chauffeur can easily merge on the highway (cars this size aren't light), but I don't get the point of a 500hp v12 in a car that I'd never be driving/would just tempt my chauffeur to drive dangerously.

for all those high speed chases. plus, they will trick the car out with bulletproof plating, which is heavy. heavy cars need power

ansius

2011-12-18 03:55:32 AM

psh, amateurs

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