When you own a Rolls-Royce, there are plenty of ways to keep your lavish automobile clean. Washing it in the ocean is definitely not the best choice.
Unfortunately, it looks like nobody told the owner of the Phantom Drophead Coupe in the clip below that salty water leads to corrosion. Unaware of the issue, the man allowed the waves to caress his Roller, with everything being caught on camera.
For some, the first though that comes to mind when seeing the footage is actually a question, or a set of questions and we’re ready to be it all has to do with the girl in the passenger’s seat, who seems to be enjoying the waves.
Moving past that, many can’t stop but wonder why one would do that to a car that costs half a million dollars when new. Well, Rolls-Royces are usually more than the sum of their parts, so seeing this Phantom Drophead Coupe being abused in such a manner feels worse than witnessing the actual $500,000 getting wet.
To get a better idea of how such a car comes to the world, we’ll mention that, for any new Rolls-Royce to be born, it takes 60 pairs of hands and over 450 hours of intellectual and manual labor.
Sure, this is not the Series II mid-cycle revamp, but the fact that such vehicles don’t lose all that much of their initial value is just as much of a general knowledge piece as the salty water info in the intro.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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