Back in the 1950s, Rolls Royce/Bentley had mobile detailing units which travelled round Britain. The idea was if they spotted a Roller or Bemtley which wasn't in tip-top condition, they would sort it out, for nothing, in order to maintain their prestige.
crazy story. i do valet for a country club and of our members has an older rolls royce. His story with the car was in the early 60s his transmission blew out in arizona. He called their england hq and they flew out a rolls royce specialist and they fixed it within 48 hours free of charge.
Doug when introducing his girlfriend to his friends. Doug: This, is my girlfriend. I'll walk you through its quirks and features and then I'm gonna give it a Doug score.
I was a London chauffeur in private service for the same chap all through the 1990s and drove this model as well as a Bentley Mulsanne and latterly an Azure. In 1993 I persuaded my employer to cough up for the RR driver's school mentioned, it was based at the factory in Crewe and was a 5 day course costing £1200, a lot of money back then but very much worth it. Being a chauffeur was like any other job with good days and bad, I once worked for 20 straight hours, had 3 hours sleep and was then on the go for a further 18 hours, had a straight month without a single day off etc. But I also used to have all expenses paid trips around Europe delivering the car to various places in which he had decided to holiday. Some great experiences
So it was the chauffeurs that persuaded the employers to send them to the school not the other way around as he joked in the video? What kinds of things did they tell you in the course?
Interesting, Rahvis Chihuahuas! One of my parents' associates had a "maid" (actually a chauffeur/bodyguard for the kids), who was a highly-trained chauffeur (for military VIPs). They got her out of prison (where she'd been sent, for murdering her girlfriend), and bought her a beat-up old SEL, which is what she'd been trained to drive. She could do some amazing things with that car. EVERYbody wanted to carpool with THEM. Once the kids were driving (and had been through Krav Maga), the family set this woman up in her own security business, where she's done WELL.
Well, i already figured that out. After i m left with no money whatsoever, and the car has no working parts to even start ignition, i ll just sleep in it, as i will be homeless. I see no shame in it!
You reminded me of a video of a RR Phantom retrieved from being unpaid. The owner did exactly what you said. The car was floored, not by mods but by broken suspension, the engine was shutting down out of nowhere, the funniest was the back door's umbrella that was replaced with a (broken) Spider Man umbrella It was so sad and funny at the same time it gives you seriously mixed feels
My friend once told me, as the old joke, that in the Rolls Royce of that era the only sound your could hear was the ticking of the owners pacemakers...
I've ridden in Rolls Royces of that vintage. Well, one. It was some wedding or something like that. It takes something pretty dramatic to register in them. You felt some bumps but not that many.
If you watch carefully, you can HEAR the thud, but you don't see ANY body shake or vibration AT ALL in the car. THAT is what he means by "glides over everything". In my Mazda 3, whatever made that thud may have actually given my butt air time out of the seat...
I travelled once in this car. It was my father's friend's. The first thing is that at the very beginning, I had to look outside to know if we were stopping. It is still the best experience I had in a car. And even though it's been many years ago, I still remember the experience, and yes, the carpets, it's simply crazy how smooth it feels.
First video I saw (where he compared a minivan with an exotic sports car) I specifically said "I hate this guy" Especially when he was making the vacuum sound lol His content is just too good to ignore
+ChazHarding Rolls-Royce are the only people in the world that make vehicles that officially do not break down. Rolls-Royces do not break down, other vehicles break down. Rolls-Royces "fail to proceed..."
@@TonyStewartKY Absolutely - though useually trivial things - like dash bulbs that need screwing back in (MES lamps!), interior light delay dimmer (dried out capacitor) and "iffy earths". The important stuff is usuallt pretty good.
@Bobby Taylor in Croatia average salary is around 500-600 dollars a month. My mother has 500 dollars and father around 900 a month and we live good. But we will never br able to drive that rolls.
@@LouSassoleSledgecock_III no they are not,they both work in state firms, we have everything,good food( prosciutto, vine, cheese and so on,..), we have a good car, not new but good, we have a new flat with 3 bedrooms. It's just that life here is cheaper except from fuel and cars that have same price everywhere in the world and that's why we wont be able to purchase it. But other stuff is way cheaper than US. And if my parents had these jobs in US, thay would have around 5000 dollars a month
yes, lean on car, cross your legs etc... I was like... hell, when this is gonna stop? Than there was a cut and camera takes only his top half of the body without legs... it felt like salvation to me.
The touching "leans" and constant hand movements demonstrates a high level of self motivation, and it keeps the buyers / watchers subliminal and direct attention focused on the product; which in this case is the car. The dude is a good presenter. (now, with that being said, I'll send you my invoice for educating you in the basic steps of advanced marketing and presentation techniques) ;-)
It would be awesome if Doug could get his hands on a Mercedes-Benz 600. But... they are a little bit rare and usually closely guarded. Well, one can dream.
He's trying to turn out of the parking lot he was doing the review in. I was wondering that too, but when the very next scene was of him driving down a one lane each way road, it clicked.
Blind Guy McSqueezy Why, what else do you think they were for? Important stockbrokers rode in these cars, Mr. McSqueezy, they had lots of paperwork to do and always carried McDonald's straws for their backseat martinis I think!!!
20 something years ago my dad had an old Rolls Royce silver cloud. Bought it dirt cheap, only had engine problems and fixed it. I used to eat McDonald’s in the back, oblivious to what I was in.
Barry Mcockener Wow I’m impressed he could fix that, and by the way I guess it isn’t that bad to eat McDonald in the back, cause RiceGum apparently eats McDonald in the back of his luxury car, so I guess that’s what they’re made for.
@Steve Prince Storage plays major role. If you always park it in garage, the car is preserved very well with minimum effort from the owner. Average cars that are parked outside, they suffer from dents, moisture, rust color damage, generally they suffer from the effects of UV rays which destroy the good looks of any material: leather plastics, color.
My grandpa drove this exact car - he wasn’t chauffeured around in it. He was a dealer (Chrysler-Plymouth) and loved to drive. Just loved cars. And the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur was the ultimate car to own....especially in Los Angeles. His was identical. It was black with an ultra thin red pinstripe, had slightly different wheels, a light grey top and matching light grey interior, however, he had cream colored lambs wool floor mats instead of grey. I remember him driving it cross-country from L.A. to Philadelphia with my grandma and my aunt and uncle. That was his idea of vacation: driving a Rolls across the United States. They had a splendid time, of course, but after dropping off my aunt and uncle in PA, grandpa decided he and grandpa would simply FLY home to Southern California so they could just be home in a day. The Rolls-Royce appeared in our driveway a week later, on a flatbed truck. He’d shipped it from Philly to Rusnak Rolls-Royce in Pasadena (where he’d bought it) to have them service it and then return it to the house!!! 😎 That was a serious baller move in those days...
I really missed the old days when all is just about quality of the materials and not for the tech or for screens or whatever, i really appreciate the handcrafted materials on that beautiful car, and it just feel so soft and more robust than the new cars of now.
I agree with you. Luxury isn't electronic gadgets, it's quality and style. I have owned a 1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III since 1982 and it is far better than any of the current range. Certainly better build quality. I have driven a new Phantom and wasn't impressed.
Say that to a 2020 phantom 😂 bruh it’s gadgets plus luxury materials.. it’s just they are using different styles nowadays hence the different materials, but still when all the knobs buttons and what not are made of metal it feels very steady and high end
The old days brought in some of the worst garbage cars from the Americans you want to think about. The 1970s and 1980s GM, Fords and Chryslers fell apart in about 4 years. Rolls was always high quality. But old days are never as nice as people think there were.
No twinkling lights in the roof lining or bottle fridge in the armrest either. Not necessary in a car of this class. Only the vulgar new range needs them, to appeal to the vulgar people who are the Rolls Royce target market now.
simon lloyd no, you're thinking of quagmire from family guy. He's thinking of a 90's Batman villain. However, I agree with you. His face screams quagmire. I want to punch it repeatedly.
I never thought I'd like this car so much. It's the thoughtful details that make the car seem elite, like the lambswool carpeting, the oil level button, the lighted trays for the backseat passengers, the letter holder, and so on. The quirks aren't just bizarre features or rushed engineering; they actually enhance the experience of driving and owning the car.
What a dream this car is! The only thing what would hold me back is the fact that one cannot really go anywhere in a Rolls Royce without attracting attention.
To most it certainly is. To me, however, it is not. I do not need or want a car to show that 'I made it' - I never did and never will anyway. I just love cars: What a joy it would be to own and drive a car capable of placing me so far from the outside world as this one is.
9:35 I've actually ridden around in a silver spur when my brother got married sometime early 2000s. We borrowed the car from a wealthy family friend who had plaque No 1. It was the very first Silver Spur produced and the plaque was located in the cabin instead of the door. I don't remember much of the car except the woolly floor mats. Seeing Doug nuzzle with them just brought a smile to my face. They really were that fluffy. I actually felt bad stepping on them at the time. It felt like I was burying my shoe in someone's opulent fur coat. I remember this car being really heavy as well and it just devoured most bumps it went over almost like a tank.
Starcrunch72 grey poupon still is in glass jars, but obviously it isn't appropriate for fat American fingers who might sue due to breaking a glass jar. 😂
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Starcrunch72 I don't get why they didn't use the glass bottle one. The small jar. And then he should say "oh take an extra for after your day" and hand another small jar. The store I work at sells them. I gotta order 4 different flavors/jar-size every 3rd day. The squeeze bottles are ordered every couple weeks because not as popular.
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dfgdfg I think the store at my work sells colmans. I don't remember though, if it did, well it sure doesn't sell well but at least it sells enough to not expire on the shelf like lots of other products.
@Steve Prince Sometimes good neighborhoods decline. Things change, trends change, major employers move or go bankrupt, cities and suburbs can be hot at a moment in time, and 20 years later be dying. School districts often go from desirable to undesirable. A house also can deteriorate in condition or desirability without updates.
@Steve Prince I did not miss any point. I am arguing the notion that a house worth $180k in 1996 would necessarily be worth $600k today. Also, rich people buy investments all the time. That's often how they make money.
@Steve Prince because they are smart that's why and that's how rich people stay rich. They invest in assets and let their assets accumulate income for them while they write off expenses and other tax deductions. In 1996 a 180,000 dollar home wasn't a "poor peoples house" you could purchase a very nice home for that amount of money in 1996. If you're rich you invest your money, you get a mortgage put a down payment on the house and then rent it out / lease it to someone and they pay off your mortgage. Overtime when the house is payed off you now OWN the property and make a profit selling it to someone else.
I'm going to explain why its quiet and smoother since it wasn't. The exhaust has 3 mufflers and the shocks are huge with inner struts. The glass is triple xxx bullet proof in many. The doors close with a click and are well balanced and meticulously aligned to precision. I bought one when I was 29 and enjoyed doing the maintenance when I could get parts and supplies.
I live a few miles from the factory (now Bentley only) you kept mentioning the wood. The walnut trees for the beautiful veneers were only half used then catalogued numbered and stored If you take that 21 year old rolls back to have a damaged door trim replaced they get the same tree so it matches all the rest
@skygorider Pardon me for butting in ..... my only reason being that you just posted recently AND you say you live close to the Bentley shop. I made a post up above (a year ago) about something I noticed as a "trivial feature" about this Rolls and even gave a time frame as to when I saw it. Having just re-watched the video, I see it earlier on also. So, I was wondering if you are up to the challenge?? I figured my post wouldn't be seen or responded to by Doug but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. Can you spot the trivial feature I'm speaking of?? Between 7:30 and 8:10.
@Steve Prince I appreciate the guess but no. Here's the clue I promised; Get the video started then hit pause. Go to the frame at 3:50 and the frame at 7:50 and cycle back and forth between them. The feature is in both frames and what makes it distinct can be seen also. If you don't get it this time I'll reveal it to you without any more clues.
@Steve Prince It's the roof lights but the trivial feature is that both sides have two bulbs. If only a front door is open, only the front bulb will illuminate. If only a rear door is open, only the rear bulb will illuminate. Of course both bulbs when a front and rear door are open. Neato, huh??!!
It's mind-boggling how Rolls-Royce and Bentley were selling these vehicles for $300,000 and Mercedes was selling their high-end s classes for $120,000 plus but you could literally walk into a Lexus dealer in 1996 and buy a fully loaded LS400 for about 70 80 grand and keep in mind they had similar options and they used real wood real leather and their V8 made 260 horsepower and 260 torque and insults to injury you could've ordered air suspension factory and to this day Lexus still cares about there cars quality and reliability. If there was a slight imperfection on a Lexus during assembly that car was put back on and fixed correctly Thats why Lexus quality 33 years later you still see them looking sharp
Doug knocked $100 off the value when he smeared his face all over the carefully preserved floormats. "Here's a bridge with a 3 ton wieght limit." LEGITIMATE CONCERN
I had a 1990 Silver Spur. Not only were the rear seats comfortable but they also reclined. The cars weght at that time was 6,300 lbs. Making it a whole lot of beautiful car.
@Steve PrinceA lot of people confuse the gross weight (the maximum weight limit including passengers and cargo) with weight of the car. The 1996 Silver Spur's curb weight (unloaded) was 5445lb.
Agreed, fancy tech that will be obsolete and unsupported in 10 years is way overrated. Give me real wood, nice leather, a couch for seats and a quiet exhaust. Don't remind me I'm driving...
Hey Doug, I must admit I like the older reviews more - more silly jokes and word plays, more attention to stuff nobody usually cares about, like the manual. But you know, that's why your reviews used to be so different. And I love(d) that.
That car surprised me immensely. I was half thinking that it would be poorly appointed. Not the case. It is simply incredible how nice those cars were twenty some-odd years ago. It was also hilarious seeing Doug giddy like a small child. Loved the car.
"Push it once and it turns on, push it again and it turns off." Thanks for letting us know how to operate a switch, Doug.
A Roadie in an Italian car, when you push it the third time, nothing happens, because it broke already
Sometimes a car is so exquisitely luxurious that you need to push an entirely different button to reverse the function of the first button pressed.
Yes ..press a switch and it turns on...press again and it turns off....absolutely unbelievable.
bazthehandyman should be a switch to press it to transform into a robot..lmao
Wolff Were you alive in 1996? They had switches back then lmao
LMAO...
Well if it has Lucas electrics its quite incredible to accomplish both turning the item on and off again!
@@syncmaster710n14 ha!
Doug demuro just devalued that Rolls Royce carpeting by 50%
Tony Oliver I'd buy it for 50k, so I can clone another Doug and have a Doug for myself
Dion Rest How disturbing.
Curious Airlines its not disturbing its
cute xD
it already had a stain, I noticed it - probably poop
I was just thinking that with his shoes lol
Doug the type of guy to read his kids the owners manual for bedtime
Juan Mateo unoriginal
* still
Faxx😂😂
This was epic😂😂😂
This is funny because he actually has a kid now
Oil level indicator is pretty posh in 2017, let alone 1996.
Markworth yea second that
Markworth - really? Honda Civics have it...not that uncommon
Markworth they shouldve given it it's own gauge
If your Honda Civic has a dry sump system, you put it there.
Rolls and Bentley have had that since the 50s, if you believe it.
imagine ur in class and u whip out a roll royce pen just to flex
Dustey_ what in the fuck are you talking about noob
@@LouSassoleSledgecock_III i've done this with an f1 pen
That would be interesting...
I did that with an official Ferrari pen I had. No I didn't have a Ferrari
Flexing is so stupid
6:55 Doug that’s actually for coke, not work
Champaign interior?
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What if you had a few bumps in the road?
And the side mirror is to check ur nose lol
@@Enzo575 The suspension will soak it up
0:57 the amount of times he put his hand on the trunk and crossed his legs and then decided not to😂😂
Dance my man!
ROFL! 7 Times xD
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Jesus christ LMAO
It's just one of the quirks and features of Doug Demuro
Apparently everything is his favorite part about this car.
Asif Talpur ok
You don’t find this much excited person for a RR anywhere
DemonCatz Random found you again
He down played the Maserati but this car has the same problems but he gave a phony review because it came from a friend. He lost credibility.
@@AAACLEANINGBaltimore Not just any friend. A liberal friend.
Back in the 1950s, Rolls Royce/Bentley had mobile detailing units which travelled round Britain. The idea was if they spotted a Roller or Bemtley which wasn't in tip-top condition, they would sort it out, for nothing, in order to maintain their prestige.
No way 😂 that's nuts
@@datsoon9236 Such was life back then.
@@octaviussludberry9016 indeed, my friend
Ferrari would just sue you for not keeping your car clean
crazy story. i do valet for a country club and of our members has an older rolls royce. His story with the car was in the early 60s his transmission blew out in arizona. He called their england hq and they flew out a rolls royce specialist and they fixed it within 48 hours free of charge.
This car still looks magnificent.
Lie again
Every old car still looks magnificent.
AVD Gaming The Yugo looks magnificent?
Sean Barry I guess it looks better than a new Corolla hatch...
@@themanguy2110 yes it actually does
Doug when introducing his girlfriend to his friends.
Doug: This, is my girlfriend. I'll walk you through its quirks and features and then I'm gonna give it a Doug score.
What about taking out on the road first before giving her a doug score lol
Bahaha...😂
@@taz874 a soft road huh?
What about the "driving" experience
@@Cubemaster more like the riding experience
When people started driving Rolls Royces wearing jeans ,that my friends was the end of the British empire.
Not to mention Londonistan.
The British Empire shall never fall.
And listen to Gloria Stefan in it
Well in California it will be Skinny Jeans
Oh fuck off
I was a London chauffeur in private service for the same chap all through the 1990s and drove this model as well as a Bentley Mulsanne and latterly an Azure. In 1993 I persuaded my employer to cough up for the RR driver's school mentioned, it was based at the factory in Crewe and was a 5 day course costing £1200, a lot of money back then but very much worth it. Being a chauffeur was like any other job with good days and bad, I once worked for 20 straight hours, had 3 hours sleep and was then on the go for a further 18 hours, had a straight month without a single day off etc. But I also used to have all expenses paid trips around Europe delivering the car to various places in which he had decided to holiday. Some great experiences
Wow sounds amazing
Captain Hindsight 😂😂😂(when someone tries to act like a 12 year old)
So it was the chauffeurs that persuaded the employers to send them to the school not the other way around as he joked in the video?
What kinds of things did they tell you in the course?
Interesting, Rahvis Chihuahuas! One of my parents' associates had a "maid" (actually a chauffeur/bodyguard for the kids), who was a highly-trained chauffeur (for military VIPs). They got her out of prison (where she'd been sent, for murdering her girlfriend), and bought her a beat-up old SEL, which is what she'd been trained to drive. She could do some amazing things with that car. EVERYbody wanted to carpool with THEM. Once the kids were driving (and had been through Krav Maga), the family set this woman up in her own security business, where she's done WELL.
venomsucks, I don't think the "maid" is a psycho. The murder was a 'crime of passion'. Otherwise, you've guessed right.
8:50 imagine going into an rr service center and saying "hello, my rolls royce badge trunk key lock magnet has become weak, i want a new one"
That'll be $400 sir
@@dhalsim-1 *1400
@@niume7468 14000*
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But realistically, end of chain
The car was really quiet - until Doug sat in the back...
Mike Eves Lol 😂.
*_"R I G H T"_*
RIGHT
Right
:))....exactly ! I wrote something similar on another of his videos !
I m fucking sold. This car is so great, i m ready to get in debt just to buy it, then total bankrupcy for the maintenance
divan osoba The radiator in my ML350 was $900. I can only imagine how much it costs in a RR
Well, i already figured that out. After i m left with no money whatsoever, and the car has no working parts to even start ignition, i ll just sleep in it, as i will be homeless. I see no shame in it!
I'm sure that sheep's wool matting will feel like a comforter at night :D
Would probably be cheaper to have a aftermarket radiator manufacturer make a copy.
You reminded me of a video of a RR Phantom retrieved from being unpaid. The owner did exactly what you said. The car was floored, not by mods but by broken suspension, the engine was shutting down out of nowhere, the funniest was the back door's umbrella that was replaced with a (broken) Spider Man umbrella
It was so sad and funny at the same time it gives you seriously mixed feels
My friend once told me, as the old joke, that in the Rolls Royce of that era the only sound your could hear was the ticking of the owners pacemakers...
zakelwe, yeah now all you hear are gun boots.
Thought it was the small Analogue clock Tick Tock !!!
Omfg 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@fukthegoog damn
"Once you get used to the wood" only you Doug
I was searching for exactly THIS comment, thanks haha!
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Apex GT4 hi sweetie pie
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ITS UNBELIEVABLE THE RIDE QUALITY *THUD* IT JUST GLIDES OVER EVERYTHING
Glad I'm not the only one that picked that up. To be fair it was probably just a poor person going under the wheels.
I've ridden in Rolls Royces of that vintage. Well, one. It was some wedding or something like that. It takes something pretty dramatic to register in them. You felt some bumps but not that many.
If you watch carefully, you can HEAR the thud, but you don't see ANY body shake or vibration AT ALL in the car. THAT is what he means by "glides over everything". In my Mazda 3, whatever made that thud may have actually given my butt air time out of the seat...
I travelled once in this car. It was my father's friend's. The first thing is that at the very beginning, I had to look outside to know if we were stopping. It is still the best experience I had in a car. And even though it's been many years ago, I still remember the experience, and yes, the carpets, it's simply crazy how smooth it feels.
So you were barefoot in the Rolls.
We're you also naked or at least partially naked, and if so what kind of " best experience ever in a car " did you end up "receiving "!!!.
@@oafyvonskidmark316 hahaha, it was summer, I guess I was hahaha
@@kenlee9874 is having the best experience is only linked with how naked you are?
I would buy one except for the fact that they are very expensive to maintain. And they need a LOT of it!
Took me a while to work out if I like this guy. Then I realised I was on the 6th vid for the day so I guess he got me
Frazer Brennan almost the same thing happen to me haha, the only difference is that I realized that I like him like in the third video
Frazer Brennan I realised I hated him on the 20th vid
lol is because he's the super rich nerd we all wish we were?
First video I saw (where he compared a minivan with an exotic sports car) I specifically said "I hate this guy" Especially when he was making the vacuum sound lol His content is just too good to ignore
Yes, me too. I'm not a big car guy, but have been sucked into his videos!!
"My worries are gone" - immediately followed by an ominous "until something breaks!"
totally laughed at that part... def not scripted.
Those cars are notorious for having electrical issues.
+ChazHarding Rolls-Royce are the only people in the world that make vehicles that officially do not break down. Rolls-Royces do not break down, other vehicles break down. Rolls-Royces "fail to proceed..."
@@TonyStewartKY Absolutely - though useually trivial things - like dash bulbs that need screwing back in (MES lamps!), interior light delay dimmer (dried out capacitor) and "iffy earths". The important stuff is usuallt pretty good.
Doug’s the type of guy to rub his face in the floormats where rich people put their feet
Well he did
Still a beautiful car but maintenance would be a deal killer.
I don't think rich people care about that
@Bobby Taylor you still have to be somewhat rich
@Bobby Taylor in Croatia average salary is around 500-600 dollars a month. My mother has 500 dollars and father around 900 a month and we live good. But we will never br able to drive that rolls.
Your parents are bums if they only bring in 1400 a month total. Wtf, that’s garbage. You’re beyond poverty in the US. Are they dope heads?
@@LouSassoleSledgecock_III no they are not,they both work in state firms, we have everything,good food( prosciutto, vine, cheese and so on,..), we have a good car, not new but good, we have a new flat with 3 bedrooms. It's just that life here is cheaper except from fuel and cars that have same price everywhere in the world and that's why we wont be able to purchase it. But other stuff is way cheaper than US. And if my parents had these jobs in US, thay would have around 5000 dollars a month
0:55 Leans on the car 7 times.
Dew Wed it looks like a dance step he's doing lol
Haha and he just kept on doing the same body movement between every lean.
yes, lean on car, cross your legs etc... I was like... hell, when this is gonna stop? Than there was a cut and camera takes only his top half of the body without legs... it felt like salvation to me.
The touching "leans" and constant hand movements demonstrates a high level of self motivation, and it keeps the buyers / watchers subliminal and direct attention focused on the product; which in this case is the car. The dude is a good presenter. (now, with that being said, I'll send you my invoice for educating you in the basic steps of advanced marketing and presentation techniques) ;-)
Lol I saw that too and couldnt believe what I was seeing, he just kept repeating the pattern over and over again!...
Unlabeled switches: in a Rolls-Royce they are luxury, in an Italian car they're dumb.
In an Italian car they wouldn't work anyway. Especially not 20 years later lol
I have a 1991 348 and I can attest to that.
What the hell, Adriano, you're here, on Hoovie's channel, you're everywhere. Your channel is fucking amazing, by the way.
Ahahahaha I'm into cars a bit :P Thanks! I'm working on a new video right now!
:-)
This is utter beauty! True Godfarther classic ❤
ah yes, classic movie, that Godfarther
aah yes the classic 90's classic
"Godfarther"
I see what you di-
Unfortunately this sentence could not be completed, because the author had suffered a heart attack.
The godfarter
You should start wearing felt gloves when touching these vehicles.
You just got me thinking about the next time I fap I'm going to wear disposal thin rubber glove that chefs wear and pretend I'm having actual sex!
As Jeremy Clarkson said about James May's Rolls-Royce "Hand-built is just another way of saying the door's going to fall off."
Simon Coles still preferable to today's tin cans lol.
This is so true, LMAO
that car is still perfect even by todays standards. Like Tony Montana would say, "ok, bulletproof it".
It would be awesome if Doug could get his hands on a Mercedes-Benz 600. But... they are a little bit rare and usually closely guarded.
Well, one can dream.
Jeremy Clarkson was the man. In fact that whole crew was legendary. Top Gear will NEVER be as good as it used to be.
Doug, even if it's lamb's wool, don't run your face on a floor piece
Aeron James Salvatierra I was just thinking the same !
I got triggered because now his greasy fingers and face grease is all smudged in the wool.
Rottensteam 21 years ago, the owners rubbed there feet on the soft lamb's wool.
Aeron James Salvatierra But now it got face grease.
Rottensteam I agree that face grease is not supposed to be on a floor piece, especially if it's expensively designed to be rubbed by feet.
11:57 why does he keep looking outside like someone trying to murder him
Brady Rolls Royce owners going through a Mercedes neighborhood
Plot twist: he stole the car
I think Doug had "borrowed" the keys without permission!
Doesn’t want someone running up and jacking his car
He's trying to turn out of the parking lot he was doing the review in. I was wondering that too, but when the very next scene was of him driving down a one lane each way road, it clicked.
Those fold out tray tables weren't just for doing paper work Doug.. lol
Blind Guy McSqueezy Why, what else do you think they were for? Important stockbrokers rode in these cars, Mr. McSqueezy, they had lots of paperwork to do and always carried McDonald's straws for their backseat martinis I think!!!
drugs lol doing drugs
FILTHY haha
I thought I noticed some residue.
No, they are for the Grey Poupon.
20 something years ago my dad had an old Rolls Royce silver cloud. Bought it dirt cheap, only had engine problems and fixed it. I used to eat McDonald’s in the back, oblivious to what I was in.
Barry Mcockener Wow I’m impressed he could fix that, and by the way I guess it isn’t that bad to eat McDonald in the back, cause RiceGum apparently eats McDonald in the back of his luxury car, so I guess that’s what they’re made for.
@@monsterjambrony Rice gum eats rice and chews gum in his luxury car!.
Ken Lee LOL!
If only there was a column where I could read more about this car
Sack Of Potatoes every damn video lol
Sack Of Potatoes how original
perhaps in a webpage, perhaps in one that trades cars
Sack Of Potatoes every video same comment
Darude Sandstorm
1:13 I'm fascinated by how much this guy changes poses.
LMAO! :D
Now see what happens when you do drugs
I am so amazed with how well it has aged on the inside. Such a beautifully designed and manufactured car.
those seats tho
ItsWillPower I see nothing wrong with them?
the owner did not use this car much. I doubt if this car has done over 20000 kms
@Steve Prince Storage plays major role. If you always park it in garage, the car is preserved very well with minimum effort from the owner. Average cars that are parked outside, they suffer from dents, moisture, rust color damage, generally they suffer from the effects of UV rays which destroy the good looks of any material: leather plastics, color.
Hand made
*TEN MINS INTO NETFLIX&CHILL AND HE GIVES U THIS LOOK* 6:43
LOOOL
iLuvPssy "So, you ain't 'bout to lay it on me??" 😂
mmmMMMmmmm
Lol gold
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-The handmade craftmanship of this vehicle...
-RIGHT
-...is such an incomparable testament of...
-RIGHT
-RIGHT
Right?
AbovePerfect that car does it better than new cars it's amazing I want one so bad
if it costed them 180,000 dollars, it better fuckin do something right. I'd much rather have a V6 Accord though.
For 180,000 he could have purchased a house in 96' and bought and built a tt supra and still had enough to buy a blow up doll.
accord sucks.
My grandpa drove this exact car - he wasn’t chauffeured around in it. He was a dealer (Chrysler-Plymouth) and loved to drive. Just loved cars. And the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur was the ultimate car to own....especially in Los Angeles. His was identical. It was black with an ultra thin red pinstripe, had slightly different wheels, a light grey top and matching light grey interior, however, he had cream colored lambs wool floor mats instead of grey. I remember him driving it cross-country from L.A. to Philadelphia with my grandma and my aunt and uncle. That was his idea of vacation: driving a Rolls across the United States. They had a splendid time, of course, but after dropping off my aunt and uncle in PA, grandpa decided he and grandpa would simply FLY home to Southern California so they could just be home in a day. The Rolls-Royce appeared in our driveway a week later, on a flatbed truck. He’d shipped it from Philly to Rusnak Rolls-Royce in Pasadena (where he’d bought it) to have them service it and then return it to the house!!! 😎 That was a serious baller move in those days...
***sits in back seat of luxury sedan, leans back, smiles at camera, makes mhhhmmmm oddly sexual noise while smiling at camera*** Doug in every video.
Doug just added several thousand dollars to the value of those floor mats: a piece of wool that Doug rubbed his face on, instant collectors item.
Caitlyn doerty
4:34 T H I C C
he put his face on a floormat lol
I really missed the old days when all is just about quality of the materials and not for the tech or for screens or whatever, i really appreciate the handcrafted materials on that beautiful car, and it just feel so soft and more robust than the new cars of now.
I agree with you. Luxury isn't electronic gadgets, it's quality and style. I have owned a 1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III since 1982 and it is far better than any of the current range. Certainly better build quality. I have driven a new Phantom and wasn't impressed.
ByCoco GR except the styling of interior back then was disgusting
Say that to a 2020 phantom 😂 bruh it’s gadgets plus luxury materials.. it’s just they are using different styles nowadays hence the different materials, but still when all the knobs buttons and what not are made of metal it feels very steady and high end
Ok boomer
The old days brought in some of the worst garbage cars from the Americans you want to think about. The 1970s and 1980s GM, Fords and Chryslers fell apart in about 4 years. Rolls was always high quality. But old days are never as nice as people think there were.
The chauffeur address and phone number are still in service today. That's service! XD
Capt'n Joe ?
where in the vid does it show it
That’s Beauty!
that car is such a beauty
ecks dee
Dam Doug, you're getting cars as nice as the big production shows, yet your bugget is no where near theirs. good work man
you have to take out the foot rest and put it in place yourself? What are we savages?
Bryan McHugh what are we Neanderthals??
Nonsense! The top class escort next to you does it before going down!
Bryan McHugh we were in the 90's
No, no no. You ask your butler to do that before you start out on journey.
6:44 your mom picks you up and says “honey I’ve been cheating on your father” You open back door and.....
Steven L 😂🤣🤣
Thisss, is you new dad!
No women admits that directly lol
What a strange comment..... personal experience?
Lmao
Doug'd the type of guy that rubs his face to the floor mats
Doug - the type of guy to silently rub the rivets of his jeans against a 1996 Rolls Royce Silver Spur.
Literally.
At 9:10.
Erafune #gaydoug
4:44 best friends
John K hi eric
I would
What's with the hate about how he used the buttons? All he did is push them, they're fucking made for that.
Jacc Custer snap m8
I'm in awe with that RR from the past. Wow. Still better than most 2017 cars
They've been around for I think way longer then the 90's.
The VIN plate has the leopards of England, and the Tudor roses.
It has FOUR separate wheels to spin FOUR separate tires!! Who woulda thought?
Matt Hess 😭
I love that Doug's videos are getting 500K to 1M views a piece and they still look like they were edited by a lazy 6th grader.
Commenter McCommentFace It's his personality
Commenter McCommentFace i'm in 7th grade ...i can't edit anything,but i want to try :)what free softwares i could use?
NexoQ use torrents. Everything is free 😂😂 #piratesforlife
Nope Nopity Nope pat da vairussess ;(
NexoQ use reputed sources and a bit of common sense kid. You will never get viruses.
The other guy was quite funny. You should get him in more videos.
This is the perfect example of what hands can do versus what machines can do.
Please avoid scratching the car with your jeans and its buttons
i'm feeling very entertained with your review. it's different than the other car reviews
Now you can't feel or hear the people you hit
bahahaha.
Now they're all simply part of the scenery.
...exactly where the plebs belong.
Perfect for Brucelyn Jenner
Peasants have no feelings anyway.
James, would you call 911 please, I'm afraid we rolled over three bikers.
Oops! Hardly jostled the bucket of champagne, nor the bubbles in my flute! Too funny!
Doug sure took on the Rolls Royce spirit by making sure only his voice was heard and not the chauffeurs.
Maybe I can buy a new phantom in twenty years lmao
maybe an azure in 20 years would cost less
Everything in 20 years will be automated unfortunately
Bill Nye you can't see into the future, I think it will take more than a 100 if not never at all before you are not allowed to drive manually anymore
Don't Even Bother pay my tuition. I can be your phantom fam.
Don't Even Bother did you buy
that interior is actually super nice except for that hideous steering wheel
Blame stupid safety legislation for that. Earlier cars had quite elegant wheels.
@JayJ indeed but back in the 90'ties there was no fancy steering wheels
@A real bisexual petrol-head ever heard of opinions? If you don't like his opinion then zip your mouth
@A real bisexual petrol-head toxic much? Like, that is the dumbest shit i've ever heard in my life.
@A real bisexual petrol-head what do you think i am? A dog?
The scene at the end; he should have asked him for some antenna wipe.
Doug is the kinda guy who will borrow one's Rolls Royce and ask the owner to chauffer him around. 😂😂 Doug is awesome..
rohan ghag 😭😭😭
Doug is awesome LOL
no umbrella?
good question. you would think it would. not sure why the steering wheel isnt wood. very plain
lol, don't start.
That’s the only reason I’d buy a rolls Royce lol
It didn’t rain in 1996
No twinkling lights in the roof lining or bottle fridge in the armrest either. Not necessary in a car of this class. Only the vulgar new range needs them, to appeal to the vulgar people who are the Rolls Royce target market now.
Doug should have his own show on Worldwide TV!
He should get his own show on Sattelite!
Tejas Karande He should have a blog or something where we can read more on his thoughts.
Tejas Karande Top Doug
He has enough gravitas to be the next Jeremy Clarkson, just needs to be a little more opinionated to get that Clarkson 'vibe' going.
Nah, watch Hoovies Garage, that guy is funny and an idiot.
Something about this guy reminds me of a 90s Batman villain
That's why we love doug
simon lloyd no, you're thinking of quagmire from family guy. He's thinking of a 90's Batman villain. However, I agree with you. His face screams quagmire. I want to punch it repeatedly.
Sounds like The Riddler. :P
Mossberg Finley not bad! What if you're right? We should call someone...But who? 🤔
The Dark Knight?
I never thought I'd like this car so much. It's the thoughtful details that make the car seem elite, like the lambswool carpeting, the oil level button, the lighted trays for the backseat passengers, the letter holder, and so on. The quirks aren't just bizarre features or rushed engineering; they actually enhance the experience of driving and owning the car.
What a dream this car is!
The only thing what would hold me back is the fact that one cannot really go anywhere in a Rolls Royce without attracting attention.
Maybe that's the real point of them.
To most it certainly is. To me, however, it is not. I do not need or want a car to show that 'I made it' - I never did and never will anyway. I just love cars: What a joy it would be to own and drive a car capable of placing me so far from the outside world as this one is.
One cannot really go anywhere in a Rolls Royce without bringing their mechanic!
+X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X All this Rolls Royce shows is how you made it 20 years later.
Without the fear that someone would crash in to you and destroy this beauty.
9:35 I've actually ridden around in a silver spur when my brother got married sometime early 2000s. We borrowed the car from a wealthy family friend who had plaque No 1. It was the very first Silver Spur produced and the plaque was located in the cabin instead of the door. I don't remember much of the car except the woolly floor mats. Seeing Doug nuzzle with them just brought a smile to my face. They really were that fluffy. I actually felt bad stepping on them at the time. It felt like I was burying my shoe in someone's opulent fur coat. I remember this car being really heavy as well and it just devoured most bumps it went over almost like a tank.
feeshschticks nice pal....you one lucky guy.
grey poupon meme was good doug +1
Is it an american thing, because here in Germany I have never heard of it.
4:40 DELETE THIS IN MY MIND
The carpet devalued by 50% after that happened
i agree
Aynen İsmail abi
Perfect illustration of depreciation at the end while passing the squeeze-bottle of Grey Poupon mustard, not a glass jar.
Try the Rolls Royce of mustard: Colman's of Norwich (Royal Warrant was gained in 1866)
Starcrunch72 grey poupon still is in glass jars, but obviously it isn't appropriate for fat American fingers who might sue due to breaking a glass jar. 😂
Starcrunch72 I don't get why they didn't use the glass bottle one. The small jar. And then he should say "oh take an extra for after your day" and hand another small jar.
The store I work at sells them. I gotta order 4 different flavors/jar-size every 3rd day. The squeeze bottles are ordered every couple weeks because not as popular.
dfgdfg I think the store at my work sells colmans. I don't remember though, if it did, well it sure doesn't sell well but at least it sells enough to not expire on the shelf like lots of other products.
he describes everything very detailed...I like it..
sreerag s ram q
Plot twist. He's allergic to lambs wool.
Cheeto Ayon he then sues himself for not telling himself.
Great job in every way Doug ! The Grey Poupon ending was perfect ! Keep up the good work !
0:56 Doug just can't get a solid lean going
B_Chev HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAH AHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA I SALUTE YOU FOR THIS JSHAHAHAHAHAH
Hahahah watch it at 1.5x speed! hahaha
B_Chev lol
James Heslop he says dicks
It's like the animation of a character select screen.
you could have bought a house instead for 180 grand in 1996 and that house would be worth 600 grand today
True, but now you can buy this same car for a song, and have both benefits.
depends on where the house was located
@Steve Prince Sometimes good neighborhoods decline. Things change, trends change, major employers move or go bankrupt, cities and suburbs can be hot at a moment in time, and 20 years later be dying. School districts often go from desirable to undesirable. A house also can deteriorate in condition or desirability without updates.
@Steve Prince I did not miss any point. I am arguing the notion that a house worth $180k in 1996 would necessarily be worth $600k today. Also, rich people buy investments all the time. That's often how they make money.
@Steve Prince because they are smart that's why and that's how rich people stay rich. They invest in assets and let their assets accumulate income for them while they write off expenses and other tax deductions. In 1996 a 180,000 dollar home wasn't a "poor peoples house" you could purchase a very nice home for that amount of money in 1996. If you're rich you invest your money, you get a mortgage put a down payment on the house and then rent it out / lease it to someone and they pay off your mortgage. Overtime when the house is payed off you now OWN the property and make a profit selling it to someone else.
Still looks stunning today. Sounds better than the Honda Accord. I can't imagine the queen in a Honda Accord for one bloody second.
I'm going to explain why its quiet and smoother since it wasn't. The exhaust has 3 mufflers and the shocks are huge with inner struts. The glass is triple xxx bullet proof in many. The doors close with a click and are well balanced and meticulously aligned to precision. I bought one when I was 29 and enjoyed doing the maintenance when I could get parts and supplies.
I live a few miles from the factory (now Bentley only) you kept mentioning the wood. The walnut trees for the beautiful veneers were only half used then catalogued numbered and stored
If you take that 21 year old rolls back to have a damaged door trim replaced they get the same tree so it matches all the rest
I believe it.
@skygorider
Pardon me for butting in ..... my only reason being that you just posted recently AND you say you live close to the Bentley shop.
I made a post up above (a year ago) about something I noticed as a "trivial feature" about this Rolls and even gave a time frame as to when I saw it. Having just re-watched the video, I see it earlier on also.
So, I was wondering if you are up to the challenge?? I figured my post wouldn't be seen or responded to by Doug but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway.
Can you spot the trivial feature I'm speaking of?? Between 7:30 and 8:10.
@@justinwbohner
I suppose I can appreciate the humor but you would be wrong.
I'll give you another clue if you'd actually like to take a real guess.
@Steve Prince I appreciate the guess but no. Here's the clue I promised;
Get the video started then hit pause. Go to the frame at 3:50 and the frame at 7:50 and cycle back and forth between them. The feature is in both frames and what makes it distinct can be seen also. If you don't get it this time I'll reveal it to you without any more clues.
@Steve Prince It's the roof lights but the trivial feature is that both sides have two bulbs. If only a front door is open, only the front bulb will illuminate. If only a rear door is open, only the rear bulb will illuminate. Of course both bulbs when a front and rear door are open. Neato, huh??!!
Doug, the grey poupon commercial was absolutely priceless and I cried laughing. loved the video as a whole but the last 30 seconds made the video
Bernie Toth I so agree to that 100%!
"Mr. DeMuro, step away from the floor mats"
It's mind-boggling how Rolls-Royce and Bentley were selling these vehicles for $300,000 and Mercedes was selling their high-end s classes for $120,000 plus but you could literally walk into a Lexus dealer in 1996 and buy a fully loaded LS400 for about 70 80 grand and keep in mind they had similar options and they used real wood real leather and their V8 made 260 horsepower and 260 torque and insults to injury you could've ordered air suspension factory and to this day Lexus still cares about there cars quality and reliability. If there was a slight imperfection on a Lexus during assembly that car was put back on and fixed correctly
Thats why Lexus quality 33 years later you still see them looking sharp
Doug knocked $100 off the value when he smeared his face all over the carefully preserved floormats.
"Here's a bridge with a 3 ton wieght limit." LEGITIMATE CONCERN
I had a 1990 Silver Spur. Not only were the rear seats comfortable but they also reclined. The cars weght at that time was 6,300 lbs. Making it a whole lot of beautiful car.
@Steve PrinceA lot of people confuse the gross weight (the maximum weight limit including passengers and cargo) with weight of the car. The 1996 Silver Spur's curb weight (unloaded) was 5445lb.
That's a lot of car for the price of a new civic. Although when it breaks it will cost the price of a new civic to repair it.
For me, I would much rather buy an older luxury car then a new one.
i got a 1992 750il for $4k....
Agreed, fancy tech that will be obsolete and unsupported in 10 years is way overrated. Give me real wood, nice leather, a couch for seats and a quiet exhaust. Don't remind me I'm driving...
I'm in love with the 90's-early 2000 BMW 7 series cars. They're...... Perfect. Couldn't imagine driving anything else
@@jermainerace4156 now THAT'S real luxury !
Lurker1979 ding dong your opinions wrong
Hey Doug, I must admit I like the older reviews more - more silly jokes and word plays, more attention to stuff nobody usually cares about, like the manual. But you know, that's why your reviews used to be so different. And I love(d) that.
That car surprised me immensely. I was half thinking that it would be poorly appointed. Not the case. It is simply incredible how nice those cars were twenty some-odd years ago. It was also hilarious seeing Doug giddy like a small child. Loved the car.
I hope he realizes that those floor mats have been used before lol
I was thinking the same thing.
Someone may have had poop on his shoes.
2pac nutted on em back in 96'
"There is wood every where "😮😮 "Once you get use to all the WOOD, it's not that bad "😂😂😂
The “Better then everyone else” line was awesome.
Pretty uncomfortable watching you dig your head into the floor mats
Ry Morales I couldn't believe he actually sat against the car (the gas cap part) with jeans on! I'd flip if that was my car.
No wonder my neighbor used to shout at me everytime I kicked the ball at the car....
It was the 1996 silver spur....
BLANK u
My neighbours are gay people.
Why he did not park in a garage? The RR is to prestigeious to stay out of the door!
@@D091281 *too*
Two, to, and, too.
Please learn the difference.
@@DarrenD777 I am from germany. So please be pleasant.
Amazing how quiet and smooth it is and free of rattles after 20 years! Most cars develop rattles and noises.
They're all squeeky
TheStig ZeroZeroZero no cheap plastic and vinyl on that car..
hill billy True lol, it's just leather rubbing against wood and lambs wool in there hahaha
just like noah's ark
Dan dd lol
If I found one of these cars for $3000 I would probably buy it..
I’m considering an old 80s or 90s rolls Royce as my next and 3rd project. I like builds few have done
proud to see Doug's finally trying his hands on ASMR videos
Oh man, that's hilarious for real!
My VW GTI has two buttons for the dome lights. #class #luxury #opulence
Chasing Tails My e36 convertible has them too.
My 1997 Ford Escort has 3 of them
Chasing Tails my 2014 Cadillac SRX has 3
Amy Davis ugly car lol
Oh are we counting the rear dome lights too? Then I have 4. #wealthy
The interior of that car is still immaculate.
Still better interior quality than most anything else on the road today.