But it wasn't designed *for* anti-theft! It was to stop people from being impaled in an accident. It also was to make mechanic access to engine bay unobstructed. So it was strictly designed for Safety and convenience, the fact that it also happens to deter theft is just a happy circumstance. Facts!😮
Ah yes the 8 ton steel freight train is nothing to worry about when it hits you, just the dinky hood ornament with a motor that probably wouldn't pull away fast enough to matter anyways 😂
Finally someone who said it! At least in europe every protruding parts in the front 1/3 of the car must bend, flex to prevent injuries to pedestrians in minor accidents. That's the reason for the folding/flexing mirrors, antennas and that hood ornament of mercs that you can change the angle of if you wish.
@@rodiculous9464 Chill out dude! I didn't write the rules they created after extensive study and testing. There is documented proof it lowers the severity of injuries when a pedestrian is struck at *any* speed. Don't try to make it look like I'm blowing smoke, when I state facts and all you have is snarky childish retorts. You should moderate yourself better.
This isn’t even the most extreme pedestrian safety device, large engine cars that have the bonnet very close to the top of a metal intake manifold have to have an air gap under the bonnet so that the bonnet can flex and break the fall of a pedestrian in the case of a low speed accident, some manufacturers get around this by lifting the bonnet with pyrotechnic charges milliseconds before a pedestrian is struck providing an air gap and stopping the pedestrian hitting their head on a solid cast aluminium engine block
That explains why Mercedes ones are on a ball-joint. Can't help thinking the Mercedes approach is a lot simpler and less at risk of failure compared to the Rolls approach, though... 😇
@@James-dp4ez I'm not saying its "broken" or whatever. I just mean, it literally gets its head stuck (intended obviously) going down and it just looks goofy, even though it was effective for the time.
My buddy Keith and I, we invented something we call "The Clam," and it was just a giant metal crush claw that would snap around the entire surrounding front area of those city slickers' fancy german cars, and steal their mermaid statues n' whatnot. It would crunch so fast and powerfully, and the range was plenty. It never stood a chance. I used my share of the money to get out of the dirt, but Keith is still put there, stealing catalytic converters to extract and sell the platinum.
Zawg if this was really for anti theft that wouldnt work your stupid if you think itd work you think your stronger than a machine? And if you are strong enough to hold it youd have to be in like the 1% of grip strength even then stronger machines😱😱😱 its so it wont break off in an accident and impale someone
@INDIANBEA5T Zawg if this was really for anti theft that wouldnt work your stupid if you think itd work you think your stronger than a machine? And if you are strong enough to hold it youd have to be in like the 1% of grip strength even then stronger machines😱😱😱 its so it wont break off in an accident and impale someone
For those of you that don't know if you don't let go it won't drop you can steal these very easily you just have to hold your fist very firm when you grab it because it's going to yank down with a lot of force but if you absorb the initial energy released it literally stops halfway and you can then pull it right back up and out and since it doesn't go all the way down the spring never resets
Unfortunately no, but for a small added fee you can have the electrified ornament which provides a non lethal yet incapacitating shock when the car's alarm is active.
Yeah because hitting someone with your car is more common than simple vandalism..lol that definitely isn't the reason think of the old cars with the "bullet style" bumpers there is way worse than a flimsy hood ornament to be impaled by
@@Jesse5111 It's exactly the same reason why windscreen wipers have to have their spindles hidden under the trailing edge of the bonnet on modern cars. Old cars had them standing proud and was a very common cause of serious injuries.
@@FrontSideBus understandable but in this case the function of that is so the emblem does not get stolen...even the older models have this function so your comment about safety on older cars is completely pointless in this situation
It's more so for anti theft and less so what you are saying if anything that is an afterthought if you are getting hit hard enough for this to impale you...I think you have other things to worry about
for everybody who says about the finger could stuck, the cover comes from the bottom, and its too fast for your finger to stuck, so, in any situation nothing will happen.
The guy who sculpted this ornament worked his whole life as a professional sculptor, but this is the ONLY work we can actually associate with his name.
@@giovanigeorgis3848 not if you were in my position. Calling me out in public to embarrass me or make fun of my question wasn’t very nice either. No amount of wealth allows a person to misbehave with others. You would’ve understood this, had you studied at a proper school.
Not for anti-theft, as others have stated it's meant so pedestrians don't get impaled, but it's also so that in an accident, it doesn't fly off and either go through the windshield or bonk some random person on the head
easy way to bring it back out: place 2 fingers near the bottom of the cover and try to press in a latch while turning the funny gear that funny closes the SOE
It is NOT anti-theft. Its security. If the person owning the car gets in an accident, the mechanism is there to drop the figure down. So it doesn't hurt anyone, especially if the driver happens to hit another person!
It's a rolls, it comes with a bodyguard as standard, a classic rolls comes with a small 3rd world army. Your not getting tased, your getting buried in a shallow grave in sub-saharan Africa.
The old style was not an anti theft measure but rather an anti pedestrian impalement feature in case of a collision that caused someone to roll onto the hood.
Being indigent in jail SUCKS. Commissary day comes along and you watch everybody else get their soups, coffee, snacks and candy. Having money on your books make your stay tolerable.
It's mostly a safety feature to avoid the hood ornement to stab the pedestrians in the even of a crash. It's the same reason why Mercedes hood ornament were mounted on a ball joint so it can "fold" on the hood if you happen to hit a pedestrian.
Anti theft is more of a bonus to less likely to act like a human can opener in a pedestrian accident. There's a reason most cars don't have his ornaments anymore.
My dad grew up wealthy, he told me people stealing hood ornaments back In the day was a big thing considering you could steal a Mercedes Hood Ornament and sell it for $100-$150 back then. Realistically a Rolls Royce hood ornament, would sell for 10K to 150K each today.
The point of old Rolls Toyce is of someone tries removing the statue, and by chance loses his strength, his fingerd will get stuck there till the owner of the car reaches there to catch them red handed
Es muy facil de romper solo necesitas un pedazo de fierro y hacer palanca con todo el cuerpo si vas a romper el coche pero el punto es que si se lo quieren llevar hay mas formas como por ejempli cortar sin movar la pieza del lugar
Its like that because if someone accidentally hits human it goes down so it doesnt pierce the human and wound tue person even more, its a safety system for human, not the car
Hood ornaments quickly fell out of favor in the 30s or 40s because they would rip pedestrians in half in accidents. This is a safely feature to avoid that greusome end.
the old one is gonna be left alone, the new one will be a hood project, and soon the entire front of these vehicles are gonna be disassembled and/or mangled. One does not simply "hide" the jewel from thieves
I promise a thief can get your hood ornament even if it pops down. It’s a pedestrian safety requirement so it doesn’t impale a pedestrian if you hit them.
Imagine your finger gets stuck in the closing hole
That’s the point
No is this
💀
Then you embarrassingly stand there until the owner comes by
What if... something else got stuck in there instead of a finger? Brb, gotta find a Rolls for academic purposes.
Anyone expecting a knife ?
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But it wasn't designed *for* anti-theft! It was to stop people from being impaled in an accident. It also was to make mechanic access to engine bay unobstructed.
So it was strictly designed for Safety and convenience, the fact that it also happens to deter theft is just a happy circumstance. Facts!😮
Ah yes the 8 ton steel freight train is nothing to worry about when it hits you, just the dinky hood ornament with a motor that probably wouldn't pull away fast enough to matter anyways 😂
Finally someone who said it! At least in europe every protruding parts in the front 1/3 of the car must bend, flex to prevent injuries to pedestrians in minor accidents. That's the reason for the folding/flexing mirrors, antennas and that hood ornament of mercs that you can change the angle of if you wish.
@@rodiculous9464 Chill out dude! I didn't write the rules they created after extensive study and testing. There is documented proof it lowers the severity of injuries when a pedestrian is struck at *any* speed.
Don't try to make it look like I'm blowing smoke, when I state facts and all you have is snarky childish retorts. You should moderate yourself better.
This isn’t even the most extreme pedestrian safety device, large engine cars that have the bonnet very close to the top of a metal intake manifold have to have an air gap under the bonnet so that the bonnet can flex and break the fall of a pedestrian in the case of a low speed accident, some manufacturers get around this by lifting the bonnet with pyrotechnic charges milliseconds before a pedestrian is struck providing an air gap and stopping the pedestrian hitting their head on a solid cast aluminium engine block
@@rodiculous9464I mean, would you rather run into a solid wall? Or run into a solid wall with a piece of rebar sticking out towards you?
Future: it transforms into a giant middle finger
Or into a drone that tasers or pepper sprays you
@@Sam5Dor a lever comes up to hit the person in the nuts
and it says "Fak Yuuuu"
you just made someone a million view video 😂
Shit i would rather steel that then the actual logo
It’s not for anti-theft, it’s only there to prevent pedestrians being impaled by the bonnet ornament. It’s a legal requirement in most of the world.
That explains why Mercedes ones are on a ball-joint.
Can't help thinking the Mercedes approach is a lot simpler and less at risk of failure compared to the Rolls approach, though... 😇
It never really did make sense as an anti-theft device. Surely anyone who'd really want to take that thing could easily still do so
@@FinnDarius I saw a video of someone smack one right off, i dont think the plate even dropped
Hood ornament*
Impaled* good try tho
I've never seen anyone give it more than a gentle tug.
you need a better gf
@@jd35711didn’t have to do em like that
@@jd35711💀 vile shit
@@jd35711💀
@@jd35711😂😂
The way it smacks its face going down and gets stuck on the old royce 😂.
It just breaks and falls down, the older ones didn’t have retractable spirits of ecstasy
And yet they were way ahead of the competition by still having electrics like that. When it was new it wouldve been alot more smooth obviously
Its not stuck because my dad has the exact car and it just doesn't have the top
@@James-dp4ez I'm not saying its "broken" or whatever. I just mean, it literally gets its head stuck (intended obviously) going down and it just looks goofy, even though it was effective for the time.
That ain't gonna stop any thief devoted enough to stealing it. The mere fact that the spirit of ecstasy exists is an open challenge to all.
it is infact not to prevent theft
I thought most stuff was more to deter theft? To make it seem like it's not even worth stealing because of the hassle?
😅 wow that second Rolls-Royce motor is grinding itself to shame
Power steering
@@internetbodhi1009was gonna say the same thing
My buddy Keith and I, we invented something we call "The Clam," and it was just a giant metal crush claw that would snap around the entire surrounding front area of those city slickers' fancy german cars, and steal their mermaid statues n' whatnot. It would crunch so fast and powerfully, and the range was plenty. It never stood a chance.
I used my share of the money to get out of the dirt, but Keith is still put there, stealing catalytic converters to extract and sell the platinum.
Just hold it tight ☠️
The truth is this only made people wanna steal it more
Hold it tight and yank it no diddy
Zawg if this was really for anti theft that wouldnt work your stupid if you think itd work you think your stronger than a machine? And if you are strong enough to hold it youd have to be in like the 1% of grip strength even then stronger machines😱😱😱 its so it wont break off in an accident and impale someone
@INDIANBEA5T Zawg if this was really for anti theft that wouldnt work your stupid if you think itd work you think your stronger than a machine? And if you are strong enough to hold it youd have to be in like the 1% of grip strength even then stronger machines😱😱😱 its so it wont break off in an accident and impale someone
Procedes to get arm stuck in car
That older Rolls Royce sounds like it’s on its last leg.
that gentle ass pull
For those of you that don't know if you don't let go it won't drop you can steal these very easily you just have to hold your fist very firm when you grab it because it's going to yank down with a lot of force but if you absorb the initial energy released it literally stops halfway and you can then pull it right back up and out and since it doesn't go all the way down the spring never resets
I couldve sworn i saw one where a knife came out and *STAB STAB STAB* 😂
You did!!!
I had to fix one of these that wouldn't retract one time at a wrap place I worked at. The kid who messed it up sure was glad to see it work again.
Can it shoot pepper spray also ? Is that an option?
If you have money then they can do anything for you, I said anything…..
Given it’s meant to be for if you hit a pedestrian, that would be a little cruel (though pretty fitting given it’s a Rolls Royce 😂)
Unfortunately no, but for a small added fee you can have the electrified ornament which provides a non lethal yet incapacitating shock when the car's alarm is active.
Better to make it spit out coins to distract the commoners😂
This is absolutely amazing!
It's more so when you hit somebody, they don't get gored instead of being an anti theft device...
Yeah a lot of mass behind even a blunt object is no joke
Yeah because hitting someone with your car is more common than simple vandalism..lol that definitely isn't the reason think of the old cars with the "bullet style" bumpers there is way worse than a flimsy hood ornament to be impaled by
@@Jesse5111 It's exactly the same reason why windscreen wipers have to have their spindles hidden under the trailing edge of the bonnet on modern cars. Old cars had them standing proud and was a very common cause of serious injuries.
@@FrontSideBus understandable but in this case the function of that is so the emblem does not get stolen...even the older models have this function so your comment about safety on older cars is completely pointless in this situation
It's more so for anti theft and less so what you are saying if anything that is an afterthought if you are getting hit hard enough for this to impale you...I think you have other things to worry about
I need a full song of this. That was amazing
Me grabs a golf club and scream 4 😂😂😂😂😂.
for everybody who says about the finger could stuck, the cover comes from the bottom, and its too fast for your finger to stuck, so, in any situation nothing will happen.
This just makes me want to take one. Like the anti-theft device is a personal challenge.
The guy who sculpted this ornament worked his whole life as a professional sculptor, but this is the ONLY work we can actually associate with his name.
That one rolls Royce with self defense💀
The anti theft thing was just a side quest, main reason is so people dont get an unexpected Castration when you do actually hit them.
Tbh i didnt know they did this before the phantom 7 (2004?)
Have you never owned a Rolls Royce before?
@@gustav_a.mozumder2011 That’s a hilariously dumb question for a number of reasons 😂😂😂
@@giovanigeorgis3848 not if you were in my position.
Calling me out in public to embarrass me or make fun of my question wasn’t very nice either. No amount of wealth allows a person to misbehave with others.
You would’ve understood this, had you studied at a proper school.
@@gustav_a.mozumder2011you do know kids don't study anymore right?
@@gustav_a.mozumder2011what the fuck are you even on about your just waffling
Not for anti-theft, as others have stated it's meant so pedestrians don't get impaled, but it's also so that in an accident, it doesn't fly off and either go through the windshield or bonk some random person on the head
easy way to bring it back out: place 2 fingers near the bottom of the cover and try to press in a latch while turning the funny gear that funny closes the SOE
It is NOT anti-theft. Its security. If the person owning the car gets in an accident, the mechanism is there to drop the figure down. So it doesn't hurt anyone, especially if the driver happens to hit another person!
Should have a Taser mode..... ⚡
Rubber gloves exist
@@01iverQueen so do condoms, but here we are.....
Knife mode
It's a rolls, it comes with a bodyguard as standard, a classic rolls comes with a small 3rd world army. Your not getting tased, your getting buried in a shallow grave in sub-saharan Africa.
Imagine getting not only hit by a rolls, but then it also tases you
If you're nicking them then you take bolt croppers
It ain't stopping those
Bro old rolls Royce
I like the one we’re when you move it, it retracts in and stabs a knife
My dream car
Mine is a bentley
nice, mine is a pagani huayra roadster bc
Noice, mine's a Bugatti Chiron.
The old style was not an anti theft measure but rather an anti pedestrian impalement feature in case of a collision that caused someone to roll onto the hood.
Someone made a modification where a whole kitchen knife pops out so fast you're garuenteed to loose that hand.
Cgi
@@usenamer3635 well you cannot prove such a preposterous statement. Checkmate
@@MrPhantomIXYTyou can't either it seems
@@KingShibe and neither can you!! HaHA!!
@@generalsheep4169 cope
See videos like this make me want to try and take it. 😅
Rolls royce the car for the epitome of everything weong with society 💯💯
That's how you set off the springlocks and the driver gets springlocked
What the fuck are you talking about kid
Are you autistic
I've always wondered if these have the grunt to tear themselves free if you were to put a couple big steel plates either side to stop it retracting
Me just waiting for the knife 🤣
lolll
@@glitch8773 That was a quick response!!!!
Being indigent in jail SUCKS. Commissary day comes along and you watch everybody else get their soups, coffee, snacks and candy. Having money on your books make your stay tolerable.
Why would anyone feel the need to steal a car’s badge or emblem?
Irrelevant people do.
Spirit of ectasy sells for a lot... there is market for it.. Google it once.. they sell it for hundreds of dollars
It actually goes in black market for a very high price around 5k just for badge
Because yes
I asked myself that same question but here in South Africa they steal all the VW badges to sell second hand
That “Hide away” phrase is giving me flashbacks
This guy is an actual irl Disney character
The Spirit of Ecstasy goes away if you shut the engine off. Or press a button (correct if wrong for older models).
2023: knife instead of just hiding
1111 It is mine already Amen Hallelujah Praise God in the Heavenly Highests always and forever 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤.
Some guy with a crowbar: 🗿
(or literally anything that can be lodged between the hole and the badge like gardening scissors)
or a better grip than a toddler
I think the point is that it prevents casual opportunistic theft.
It just stops people from sawing it off like bart simpson
It's mostly a safety feature to avoid the hood ornement to stab the pedestrians in the even of a crash. It's the same reason why Mercedes hood ornament were mounted on a ball joint so it can "fold" on the hood if you happen to hit a pedestrian.
Yes he using the old rolls royce
Anti theft is more of a bonus to less likely to act like a human can opener in a pedestrian accident. There's a reason most cars don't have his ornaments anymore.
Comparativo entre um atual e um antigo, o Rolls Royce novo tmbm tem a tampa do emblema
Your content always keeps me coming back for more.
It said, "I ain't like that bro...women only".😂
This made my day better.
Right like a thief will be gentle with it, he will just rip it off 😂
The rolls royce back then looked like a box
why would one want to steal that? what use it that metal piece.. maybe use as a paperweight !
Blkppl dude. Their brains are barely functional. They don’t think logically they just see stuff and steal it.
Idk. People are weird.
Its silver at the old ones
Sell it
My dad grew up wealthy, he told me people stealing hood ornaments back In the day was a big thing considering you could steal a Mercedes Hood Ornament and sell it for $100-$150 back then. Realistically a Rolls Royce hood ornament, would sell for 10K to 150K each today.
This is very captivating!
i feel like for both of them i can outpower the tiny motor that pulls it away
I just love the way his rolls Royce
Pov: Redstone over the years
The point of old Rolls Toyce is of someone tries removing the statue, and by chance loses his strength, his fingerd will get stuck there till the owner of the car reaches there to catch them red handed
Made in china 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Like everything else
Just remember, you have to spend thousands of dollars just to have the ornament reset because it breaks the unit after you pull on it
Set of vice grips to hold it in place and a recip saw and there you go
Fact : Everyone remembers the iconic knife clip 💀
It really said "Don't touch me there, this is my no-no square."
I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and love today.
Thats cool it did this back then. I had a 92 towncar and that had a soft close trunk.
“SHIINK~ SHIIIIINK- SSHIINK~~ SSHIIIINNNKK” - Last thing you hear
And before that it was wired into the horn so the car honked if you tried to move the spirit of ecstasy
Mine has a batter pack wired to it. One hell of a shock them thief’s get.
Future future: It transforms into Optimus Prime
The knife version is still dope😂
If you actually pull it with force it would just break off. Nobody is going to give it a gentle tug and let go if they actually want it.
Respect to the kid who said "take me instead!"
It’s no anti theft. It’s main reason is to protect pedestrians in case of an accident
Im glad i looked at the comments cause how often does someone just rip the top off cars like that
This is really cool i didn't know that the older models did that
Es muy facil de romper solo necesitas un pedazo de fierro y hacer palanca con todo el cuerpo si vas a romper el coche pero el punto es que si se lo quieren llevar hay mas formas como por ejempli cortar sin movar la pieza del lugar
It is better to apply a 30,000 volt alternating current discharge.
New Rolls Royce & Old Rolls Royce
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
This man's reactions always seem so genuine; I love these shorts!
What reaction?
Its like that because if someone accidentally hits human it goes down so it doesnt pierce the human and wound tue person even more, its a safety system for human, not the car
Hood ornaments quickly fell out of favor in the 30s or 40s because they would rip pedestrians in half in accidents. This is a safely feature to avoid that greusome end.
This was a feature back in the 1980s. 40 years late, son.
It goes in to meet safety standards. Thats just what salesman say.
it isnt meant for anti theft. it is to protect pedestrian when collision happens.
I can’t believe how many people thought the knife Rolls Royce was real.
the old one is gonna be left alone, the new one will be a hood project, and soon the entire front of these vehicles are gonna be disassembled and/or mangled. One does not simply "hide" the jewel from thieves
This isn’t anti-theft. It’s safety so someone doesn’t get impaled. Let that be easy edu to TikTokers.
Now thats worth even more money
It also provides a job application
For those of you don’t know Rolls-Royce is too expensive to crash test so no one really knows about it safety until…
Back in the day, the sales brochures listed “adequate” as the horsepower. I’ll take them for their word on it.
I promise a thief can get your hood ornament even if it pops down. It’s a pedestrian safety requirement so it doesn’t impale a pedestrian if you hit them.
I held it to hard and now i got a rolls Royce ornament because it didn’t pull in hard enough and my grip strength won