Fact Fiend - Rolls Royce Pays a Guy To Paint a Single Line on Their Cars

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  • Опубліковано 11 гру 2024

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  • @jonathanperrins8432
    @jonathanperrins8432 Рік тому +158

    Long story short : back in the early 1950's a relative was in Saudi Arabia with his RR and the back axle broke, so he got in touch with them and they flew a new one out and fixed his RR but he did not get a bill there and thought he'd get one when he got back to the UK, they denied it ever happened by just telling him "RR back axles don't break" and that was that.

    • @notoriousgoblin83
      @notoriousgoblin83 Рік тому +14

      The epitome of "we take those"

    • @Namajaff
      @Namajaff Рік тому +15

      best kind of gaslighting

    • @GorbWasHere
      @GorbWasHere Рік тому +4

      "RR back axels don't break."
      "And there is no war in Ba Sing Se."

  • @michaelmiller7928
    @michaelmiller7928 Рік тому +160

    This guy is actually a crucial part of the design process. If the owner of a new RR wants a special design he will do it as well. He may also be the last person of his kind. After he dies Rolls Royce may just opt to use machines. End of an era.

    • @David_Larkin
      @David_Larkin Рік тому +6

      I don't think they'll ever use machines for this. They charge a lot of money for someone to do it. It allows them to be exclusive and to charge the amount of money that they do, they need to separate themselves from the rest

    • @zaco-km3su
      @zaco-km3su Рік тому +2

      You need a special machine for that. It might be more expensive to design and make the machine than to pay the guy.

    • @zaco-km3su
      @zaco-km3su Рік тому +2

      @@David_Larkin
      They charge a lot of money because they can. They will use machines if it's more profitable. Thing is machines like that have to be designed and built. It's gonna be just 1 so that will make it very expensive.

  • @ZebsAlleyOriginalMusic
    @ZebsAlleyOriginalMusic Рік тому +67

    I just NEED to say this about the audio. It sounded fine. Whoever did the audio balancing did a fine job. Great work.

  • @nathanmacrae9199
    @nathanmacrae9199 Рік тому +7

    0:53 no one would steal the bat mobile itself but a street urchin may attempt to steal the wheels then get beaten with a crowbar years later

  • @Iamthelolrus
    @Iamthelolrus Рік тому +28

    You dont steal the whole batmobile, just the tires and rims...

    • @ecurps1
      @ecurps1 Рік тому +6

      Okay, Jason.

  • @jordyboy62
    @jordyboy62 Рік тому +22

    15:15 Brad, you can still buy them the company is called Thorum. I have meteorite banded wedding rings for me and my fiancée from them. They're brilliant quality.

    • @AVspectre
      @AVspectre Рік тому +1

      The one you were describing is called ‘The Meteorsaur’ and I may have to grab one too!

  • @LevMoore
    @LevMoore Рік тому +20

    Brad’s disgust at this whole thing makes it worth watching 😂

  • @_financial_regret_
    @_financial_regret_ Рік тому +22

    Fun fact. Aston Martin had a customer who bought a DBS Superleggera and a Valkyrie. He had them both painted with a paint that had a piece of moon rock ground down and mixed with it

  • @celeste8360
    @celeste8360 Рік тому +20

    I thought the 40 to 60 watercolor brushes were expensive! But if the car is that expensive, it makes sense not to cheap out 😅

  • @gavinakrolin7997
    @gavinakrolin7997 Рік тому +15

    My favourite fact about Rolls Royce is that it was the original transportation of the X-men.

  • @Sergiblacklist
    @Sergiblacklist Рік тому +4

    If you want a bespoke suit go to Hoi An, Vietnam and pick any number of tailors they will make a full suit for about £100 to your exact measurements.

  • @andrewjames9132
    @andrewjames9132 Рік тому +16

    I heard a story of a guy who had powdered diamonds made into the paint for his Rolls Royce.

    • @zaco-km3su
      @zaco-km3su Рік тому

      Diamonds are surprisingly cheap, believe it or not.

  • @daviddonahoe1303
    @daviddonahoe1303 Рік тому +9

    I would love a Mini Cooper or Lincoln Continental customized to look like the old school London Black Cab.

  • @mrswizzlestickz2646
    @mrswizzlestickz2646 Рік тому +3

    This is probably the best free RR marketing

  • @Keloran
    @Keloran Рік тому +2

    My uncle had a couple of rolls in the 80s and 90s before they could be truly customized, and his favorite story of them that
    one day he was driving along, and the car broke down
    so he rang rolls and said its broken down, this was before mobiles so he had to walk to a phone box
    they said, sorry we will be there in 2h
    2h later a flatbed with a rolls of the exact same spec and color on the back turned up, and the guy gave him the keys and took the old one
    couple of days later my uncle rang rolls to find out when he was going to get his back, and the guy on the other end of the phone said
    "I'm sorry sir, I'm not sure what you mean, the car you have is yours "Rolls Royce don't break down""

  • @THEALMIGHTYHUD
    @THEALMIGHTYHUD Рік тому +1

    Got a suit made up for a wedding I went too, and it just feels really good.
    Bought fully tailored, ooooh baby

  • @CommonRandomness
    @CommonRandomness Рік тому +12

    Damn, that dude has to be a baller with his Job constantly on the line^^

  • @NZLion
    @NZLion Рік тому +4

    Pretty sure the wool you are referring to is meant to be Merino. I've heard of meraschino cherries - was that a mix-up?

  • @jordanjuarez8102
    @jordanjuarez8102 Рік тому +1

    You can even buy the color outright and no one else will have that color ever.epic

  • @chubbyblackboi
    @chubbyblackboi Рік тому +2

    Oh my goodnes thats a really nice set

  • @goosenotmaverick1156
    @goosenotmaverick1156 Рік тому +2

    The honda S2000 is a great car to have as a realistic dream car.

  • @erikinuk5610
    @erikinuk5610 Рік тому

    i know its kinda off topic but when you mentioned dream cars. mine since childhood is a Mercedes 560 SEC AMG from the 80's it looks like a car a villain from a 80's action flick would drive.
    also the sound in the video was great so whoever in fact fiend that edited the video/audio did a great job

  • @Demonslayre
    @Demonslayre Рік тому +7

    "Well, we can't quote a base price because it's super customizable and raises the price"
    Yea, that's why the BASE PRICE tells me what I'm starting at, so I can more optimally customize without spending my family's fortune.

    • @AVspectre
      @AVspectre Рік тому +1

      You’d basically just need to select the least expensive option for each step of the decision tree - including omitting anything where possible. If they wanted to provide a base number, they could. They just know it would not be representative of what people imagine a luxury car to be. I understand, but it’s still kind of silly…

  • @carlosvejar3938
    @carlosvejar3938 Рік тому +1

    Lucas with the jeweled Edgy the Hedge for the win!

  • @ProRunner-es8us
    @ProRunner-es8us Рік тому +1

    Carl, a friend of mine in Indiana USA owns Suki's car (one of the movie cars there are many) it's his daily driver! 😂

  • @stephenairey4952
    @stephenairey4952 Рік тому +5

    I really like the new setup, but part of me misses the old greenscreen

  • @monkeypunch6284
    @monkeypunch6284 Рік тому +1

    Wow...... Who knew low riders and Rolls Royces had something in common

  • @elaknessery
    @elaknessery Рік тому

    Karl is a fellow Audi R8 enjoyer. You love to see it

  • @sharonoddlyenough
    @sharonoddlyenough Рік тому

    My current daily driver is pretty close to perfect for me. It's a 2015 Toyota Rav4. Good gas mileage, good in snow, nice looking without being flashy, lots of cargo space, and I can comfortably go camping with it and sleep in the back. Also, if I put my foot down, it goes zoom in a satisfactory way

  • @alanshayler941
    @alanshayler941 Рік тому +3

    Bespoke suits aren't that expensive compared to off the peg I had a 5 piece suit made to measure 2 trousers 1 waistcoat and 2 jackets 1 single and 1 double-breasted and the whole thing tailored from scratch I picked the materials all in cost £476

    • @alanshayler941
      @alanshayler941 Рік тому +1

      Oh and I'm 6'4" with 35" inseam

    • @garyslayton8340
      @garyslayton8340 Рік тому

      ​@@alanshayler941im 6,4 with a 32 waist
      Even finding pants that fit suck

  • @elfi643
    @elfi643 Рік тому

    0:53 Jason. Jason will steal its hubcaps.

  • @Rottypops
    @Rottypops Рік тому +1

    Corvette C8.
    It not only looks like a sick ass mid life crisis, but it talks to a central database that all Corvette C8's connect to to tell all C8's when you come up to a Speed ump that's been logged in the database, and the suspension actually raises the car to accommodate for the speedbumb so you can drive over it, and then lowers the suspension back down after you pass it, without any input from the driver, and all C8 owners can send manual coordinates for a speedbumb that's not already in the database.

  • @Nostripe361
    @Nostripe361 Рік тому

    Dodge Viper, blue with stripes. Ions of my favorite toys as a kid was a model of it

  • @christopherwiessner555
    @christopherwiessner555 Рік тому

    18:54 brad that sent me. That was so funny and I want to go out of my way to tell you.
    I love my puns

  • @Ez728
    @Ez728 Рік тому +3

    Fun Fact: That Black Lotus is closer to 100K... which is such a hilarious idea... buy our mistake, so you can in theory use it to cheese on your friends in a card game about dueling wizards... which in turn I assume makes you feel like a real wizard finding/creating/buying a legendary artifact... just to cheese on your friends

  • @patriograysmark6328
    @patriograysmark6328 Рік тому +1

    Dream car? I've got a list; Caterham 420,
    Second gen lotus Elise
    Shelby cobra 427
    Evo 6.5 ( 6 TME )
    Mk2 escort
    96 holden sedan but blank cheque for parts, tuning, and paint/body work.
    Gotta say, love the noises some cars make. R8 is a solid choice Karl, but Suki's Honda S2000 (that pink one, dunno how much or little you do car spotting) might be better budget friendly. Definitely a solid pick. /Car_nerd

    • @danhectic5629
      @danhectic5629 Рік тому

      nice list! classic driver's cars.
      trade that holden for a falcon and it'd be perfect! * get's beaten up by a random Australian *

    • @patriograysmark6328
      @patriograysmark6328 Рік тому +1

      @@danhectic5629 learned in an XF S-pac wagon, liked the EL model, wasn't keen on AU but BA and BF were good. I'm just biased toward the pushrod 3800 by experience, and better dohc bent 6 by noise.
      In ausDM, team ford were nicer to drive, team GM were more fun. Slow car fast, smiles per miles that whole rhetoric

    • @garyslayton8340
      @garyslayton8340 Рік тому

      Really dark green1969 ford mustang

  • @1988kacy
    @1988kacy Рік тому +1

    Carl smalllwood, as always loved the vid, but fyi think you need a piece of felt or rubber under your desktop mike, its picking up every time your right hand bangs on the desk, detracys from vid a fair bit, pos made worse as i listen with earphones.
    Only mention as i know you guys pride yourselves on technical quality.
    Keep jp the good work

  • @ramshacklealex7772
    @ramshacklealex7772 Рік тому

    A bespoke suit would be mine too

  • @revengehunter0184
    @revengehunter0184 Рік тому

    Love hearing people talk about their dream cars. Realistically, I'd get a classic Mini Cooper.
    If we're talking stupid rich, I'd get a McLaren F1.

  • @swondrak
    @swondrak Рік тому

    my dream car right now. 1999 Honda Odyssey Sport. its just a couple parts short of being a minivan with a supercar enginer.

  • @jojotheswede8444
    @jojotheswede8444 Рік тому +1

    my dad knows a guy who built his own batmobile

  • @notoriousgoblin83
    @notoriousgoblin83 Рік тому +2

    Honestly my ideal car is some ridiculously stupid looking potato with astoundingly good fuel economy or mileage on electricity or whatever. Like a Fiat 500 or something.
    Give me a shitbox that does a really good job of moving in a line at the speed of 120kph, at the very most, and around 40kph generally

    • @ataready8810
      @ataready8810 Рік тому

      shitboxes are the way to go. Get a scratch? Doesnt matter. Need repairs? Parts are cheap. Good shitboxes are easy to repair also cause they have less complicated stuff in them. I'll always respect some smalll 10, 15, 20 yr old car much more than any new SUV

  • @handshenry
    @handshenry Рік тому

    Should look into RWB Porsches and the bespoke process that comes with having it done

  • @blaegme
    @blaegme Рік тому

    "I want a generic Rolls Royce. How much?"

  • @danhectic5629
    @danhectic5629 Рік тому

    awd in the snow with manual transmission is so much fun that i kind of own my dream car, a 2018 Subaru WRX (it doesn't rumble, but at least my neighbors don't hate me). that or the black Ford GT LM from Gran Turismo.

  • @lordofuzkulak8308
    @lordofuzkulak8308 Рік тому

    7:48 - do they have a colour match team, or do they just outsource the job to Dulux?
    😜

  • @bincherito
    @bincherito Рік тому

    I didn’t know those sonic necklaces were official. I went to a Thundercat concert recently and he was wearing a super sonic one

  • @Xenowolff
    @Xenowolff Рік тому +3

    Team viper!

  • @tylarjackson7928
    @tylarjackson7928 Рік тому

    I definitely heard a fart at 22:24

  • @louieisapirate472
    @louieisapirate472 Рік тому

    Karl, is bespoke your word of the day or something?
    Great video btw

  • @KingKong-on3bk
    @KingKong-on3bk 6 місяців тому

    My biggest revelation from this video is apparently pants aren’t sold with length measurements in the uk?

  • @sakuradaidouji6526
    @sakuradaidouji6526 Рік тому

    I want a car that doesnt exist.. the 'Tsunami' from Vigilante 8: Second Offense.

  • @lidular
    @lidular Рік тому

    Bespoke clothes can really be worth it. The fit can really so a lot for ypu, and the longevity can almost make it worth it

  • @Feraligono
    @Feraligono Рік тому

    Every copy of Rolls Royce is personalized.

  • @viable4499
    @viable4499 9 місяців тому

    Watching these videos after the channel has closed down, is very depressing. End of an era

  • @Markcrazeer
    @Markcrazeer Рік тому +1

    jason todd?

  • @1893Mauser
    @1893Mauser Рік тому +1

    It's like the guy that voices porky pig. Try to do it yourself and see how thay works out.

  • @GwilsonDrums
    @GwilsonDrums Рік тому

    A friend of mine, he had a weird ability to dress up really well and look amazing, he went into a rolex store and said he was buying a watch for his father and asked for nothing under $10,000 and was shown watches that were worth like 60 grand and stuff

  • @gartsur84
    @gartsur84 Рік тому

    16:04 you look pretty Brad

  • @TheDLVProject
    @TheDLVProject Рік тому

    We call it a pin strip in the states instead of coach line

  • @lux4134
    @lux4134 Рік тому +1

    my dream car is a clean 79 Camaro in lemans blue with a 358 ci cup motor

    • @WR3NCHGames
      @WR3NCHGames Рік тому +2

      Mine is an Nissan 180 SX in a teal esc colour

    • @lux4134
      @lux4134 Рік тому

      out of the silvias i like the 92 silvia i love the front end an the roofline i dont care to much for the hatchback though@@WR3NCHGames

  • @zaco-km3su
    @zaco-km3su Рік тому

    Rolls Royce has certain limits to customisation.

  • @hershtheonly4799
    @hershtheonly4799 Рік тому

    Who's going to nick the batmobile? a lot of people are going to try.

  • @guillermopena8412
    @guillermopena8412 Рік тому

    Could I have a Rolls-Royce that has Spy Kids 2's auto Mcdonald's dispenser?

  • @davidpowers746
    @davidpowers746 Рік тому

    2 Fast 2 Furious, not the first one.

  • @kreiner1
    @kreiner1 Рік тому +4

    I am so damn boring, I want an old Jeep Wrangler. The cloth top, take the doors off and goo off road. 😊

    • @patriograysmark6328
      @patriograysmark6328 Рік тому +1

      How about a little Suzi. (Sierra, samurai, sidekick, Jimny) their version of the original Willie's. Absolute mountain goats

    • @furiouskaiser9914
      @furiouskaiser9914 Рік тому +1

      Had an '02 TJ Sport with a soft top when I was in the military lol. Had so much fun in it in the Arizona deserts and Florida panhandle swamps.
      Dream car has always been an old school H1 diesel Hummer.

    • @patriograysmark6328
      @patriograysmark6328 Рік тому +1

      @@furiouskaiser9914 definitely loved the 'ol H1 in my teenage years (who remembers the joecartoon gerbil hummer?) Was so interesting in factory form (inboard brakes? How odd, yet logical!) But I do love the lotus ideology, simplify, then add lightness. A lithe car is a fun car

    • @kreiner1
      @kreiner1 Рік тому +1

      I think the jeep part is an age thing. The jeeps were starting to end up with kids in the 80s because they were pretty cheap. And if you couldn't get a jeep, an old blazer made the top removable, put in roll bars, and off we go. And by cheap, I grew up in a very nice suburb just outside of Bolder Colorado. My view of cheap has expanded some, but the dreams are alive.

  • @ILuvKonata
    @ILuvKonata 3 місяці тому

    My dream car is just a classic El Camino.

  • @robertmcghintheorca49
    @robertmcghintheorca49 Рік тому

    My dream car is the Aston Martin DB12.

  • @The_Sentai_System
    @The_Sentai_System Рік тому

    In the tax bracket I'm in a PS5 is a luxury item lol (I'm on SSI)

  • @kaskus7147
    @kaskus7147 Рік тому

    Electric blue Charger.

  • @WR3NCHGames
    @WR3NCHGames Рік тому +3

    Gotta love the ubsurdity of some companies

  • @TheStonedbanana
    @TheStonedbanana Рік тому

    Oh no! The thumping throughout the episode because the mic is sitting on the table. 😭 I keep thinking something else is going on around me.

  • @zigzagdevildog
    @zigzagdevildog Рік тому

    No disrespect to the guy but for that money i personally prefer a high precision machine. Maybe still use the squirrel brush tho. Lmao.

    • @zigzagdevildog
      @zigzagdevildog Рік тому

      Although.... for the flourish it would really depend on what i wanted if i would rather have an artist freehand.

  • @scrondolio90
    @scrondolio90 Рік тому

    The dodge viper is the correct answer

  • @ShakerCheeseIsRite
    @ShakerCheeseIsRite Рік тому

    If I was to get a butt-ass ugly Royce I would make it wine red on the outside and hot pink fuzz on the inside like that Austin Powers car, but then also have the radio antenna coming out the back like a green bent cylinder so the car looked like a cherry

  • @mythicalexplorer7846
    @mythicalexplorer7846 Рік тому

    9:46 Please don’t make an ahego rolls

    • @ADMNtek
      @ADMNtek Рік тому +1

      if I ever have rolls money I will. Ahegao everywhere possible including the damn breaks.

  • @BaphometBibleStudy
    @BaphometBibleStudy Рік тому

    I miss the shitty green screen

  • @bigginsd1
    @bigginsd1 Рік тому

    And people wonder why the British Auto Industry died?

  • @robertoso8796
    @robertoso8796 Рік тому

    a rolls royce is endlessly customizable the same way borderlands has millions of guns. you want blue cup holders or a tediore barrel?

  • @Bowblaxian_Tricknology
    @Bowblaxian_Tricknology Рік тому

    SPIRIT OF ECSTASY, not triumph