Understatement is the whole point!

Didn't you see the Top Gear clip about bling? You won't have the change to put 9 pounds worth of petrol in that Roller!

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

haah yeah, "I know mates who have this car but they can only afford enough fuel to drive around the block 3 times a week."

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I've seen a Phantom pushing down on PCH a while ago. It was cruising just ahead of me. The frame of the license plate just spared the 6 digits/letters. The rest, such as registration stickers, state etc. was fully covered up by the frame. The color combo of the plate looked like a newer New Mexico plate. But who knows.

I suppose, only in a Phantom, you can drive around in such a fashion, without being stopped and fined ....

How many cars does Jay Leno own? I know he makes a lot of money, but I can't believe the vast collection of cars that guy has.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Not sure, but at least he has good tastes.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Yeah, of that there is no doubt!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

One of my all time favorite cars. I love the understatedness and the sheer power.

Interesting tidbit about that Turbo-R being one of only two cars Jay ever bought new. The other was an '83 300(S)D that he said was just too slow so he traded it in on the Bentley. Just a little performance gap there.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Yeah he mentioned that in the video but you can tell that he still loved it. I wonder if his opinion would have been different if he had gotten a 300SD instead?

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Did he mention if it was a D or SD? I didn't catch it with all of the background noise here.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

When I was in high school in Augusta, GA, one of my friends fathers (not him, his brother or his sister, but his dad) had one of those. He also had a 560 SEL. It was like a Ferris Bueller moment when I first saw it: we were at his house, grilling out by the pool, and he needed something out of one of the garages. When the doors came up, both cars were sitting side by side with California plates. I was like, wtf? His father owned collection agencies (20 in LA alone) all over CA. He was actually in CA at the time, but alas the owner was a step-father and my pal's mom was on thin ice, so I never got to drive it.

Want ugly (like the Turbo R??) - get the Rolls Camargue instead...

I think that Turbo-R is beautiful. All wood and leather on the interior, one of a very few cars that was designed well enough not to be tempted to mod it. The wheel scream 80's, it's so funny! I would take one in a heartbeat!

BTW, did anybody notice the w123 at 3:08 left in the video?

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior

I will own one of these some day.

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Al

That was a nasty-looking car. Take a '75 Caprice, pry off the fender skirts and slap a Rolls grille on it and you have a Camargue clone.