Hello everyone good coments
Well kuan, basically put, in my opinon, RR engines are a pain in the butt to work on from its looks. I went to test drive a silver shadow and silver spur and when i asked the salesman to pop the hood, i was in awe. Wires everywhere! cramped working space! components on top of components! kind of like a sardine can or something, lol. Compared to a 84 300D or a 92 300D 2.5, they are very complicated in my opinion.
Steve, usually they dont need rebuilding till about 200K. which is fine for collectors, but if you were to use one for a daily driver, i dunno. i drive 40K a year roughly so in 5 yrs or less (definetly less if i buy a used one cause it will already have some miles on it), i will be faced with some very expensive repair bills.
Like some memebers said in RROC, a rolls can clean out your pocketbook faster than yuo can blink you eyes, and it can have you in tears from the joy of ownership or the repair bills. Not that i cry, LOL.
2 grand for a front windshield, 25 grand for an engine, 5-10 grand in rebuilding the brake system, minimum 5 grand to redo the leather interior (using real OE leather and not just a simple dye job), i dunno, it seems like the repair bills will kill me quick.
diesel, i guess if you buy a rolls thats already converted you can pick it up dirt cheap eh? that dont bother me, other than the originality issue.