Here's What a $300,000 Rolls-Royce Was Like... in 1996

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    This 1996 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur cost the equivalent of $300,000... in 1996. So what did that money buy you 20 years ago? I took a closer look to find out.
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  • @dreammfyre
    @dreammfyre 7 років тому +1402

    "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.

    • @betz8733
      @betz8733 7 років тому +156

      A Roadie in an Italian car, when you push it the third time, nothing happens, because it broke already

    • @Jatmundar
      @Jatmundar 7 років тому +23

      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.

  • @tonyoliver2330
    @tonyoliver2330 7 років тому +3140

    Doug demuro just devalued that Rolls Royce carpeting by 50%

    • @dionrest8557
      @dionrest8557 7 років тому +289

      Tony Oliver I'd buy it for 50k, so I can clone another Doug and have a Doug for myself

    • @LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS
      @LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS 7 років тому +163

      Dion Rest How disturbing.

    • @maelstrom1158
      @maelstrom1158 7 років тому +24

      Curious Airlines its not disturbing its
      cute xD

    • @landymighuel6271
      @landymighuel6271 7 років тому +28

      it already had a stain, I noticed it - probably poop

    • @Chthonian121
      @Chthonian121 7 років тому +27

      I was just thinking that with his shoes lol

  • @Juan-ri4mx
    @Juan-ri4mx 4 роки тому +1154

    Doug the type of guy to read his kids the owners manual for bedtime

  • @lukec.7782
    @lukec.7782 4 роки тому +633

    6:55 Doug that’s actually for coke, not work

    • @saintkevin5286
      @saintkevin5286 4 роки тому +5

      Champaign interior?

    • @JoseGomez-pj9gt
      @JoseGomez-pj9gt 4 роки тому +18

      ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄

    • @Enzo575
      @Enzo575 4 роки тому +18

      What if you had a few bumps in the road?

    • @rubi20ful
      @rubi20ful 4 роки тому +48

      And the side mirror is to check ur nose lol

    • @2015071
      @2015071 3 роки тому +10

      @@Enzo575 The suspension will soak it up

  • @Markworth
    @Markworth 7 років тому +528

    Oil level indicator is pretty posh in 2017, let alone 1996.

    • @brtd9418
      @brtd9418 7 років тому +7

      Markworth yea second that

    • @yahee122
      @yahee122 7 років тому +5

      Markworth - really? Honda Civics have it...not that uncommon

    • @ninjamaster3453
      @ninjamaster3453 7 років тому +2

      Markworth they shouldve given it it's own gauge

    • @Markworth
      @Markworth 7 років тому +4

      If your Honda Civic has a dry sump system, you put it there.

    • @skuzzyj
      @skuzzyj 7 років тому +2

      Rolls and Bentley have had that since the 50s, if you believe it.

  • @bazthehandyman
    @bazthehandyman 5 років тому +1063

    Yes ..press a switch and it turns on...press again and it turns off....absolutely unbelievable.

    • @seanvangster
      @seanvangster 5 років тому +9

      bazthehandyman should be a switch to press it to transform into a robot..lmao

    • @jakealford7370
      @jakealford7370 5 років тому +17

      Wolff Were you alive in 1996? They had switches back then lmao

    • @abhirammadhu2973
      @abhirammadhu2973 4 роки тому +1

      LMAO...

    • @syncmaster710n14
      @syncmaster710n14 4 роки тому +3

      Well if it has Lucas electrics its quite incredible to accomplish both turning the item on and off again!

    • @forrestjames9691
      @forrestjames9691 4 роки тому +1

      @@syncmaster710n14 ha!

  • @oliwerjohansson9866
    @oliwerjohansson9866 4 роки тому +987

    0:57 the amount of times he put his hand on the trunk and crossed his legs and then decided not to😂😂

  • @sumeetgawai8265
    @sumeetgawai8265 4 роки тому +794

    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.

    • @taz874
      @taz874 4 роки тому +62

      What about taking out on the road first before giving her a doug score lol

    • @rustymugg9658
      @rustymugg9658 4 роки тому +7

      Bahaha...😂

    • @nayeer01
      @nayeer01 4 роки тому +11

      @@taz874 a soft road huh?

    • @Cubemaster
      @Cubemaster 3 роки тому +40

      What about the "driving" experience

    • @platinumencasedpenile4812
      @platinumencasedpenile4812 3 роки тому +29

      @@Cubemaster more like the riding experience

  • @aydynx
    @aydynx 7 років тому +2194

    Apparently everything is his favorite part about this car.

    • @XxGorillaGodxX
      @XxGorillaGodxX 6 років тому

      Asif Talpur ok

    • @Ishmeetsinghis
      @Ishmeetsinghis 6 років тому +34

      You don’t find this much excited person for a RR anywhere

    • @olina5563
      @olina5563 6 років тому +1

      DemonCatz Random found you again

    • @AAACLEANINGBaltimore
      @AAACLEANINGBaltimore 5 років тому +5

      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.

    • @user-pf5xq3lq8i
      @user-pf5xq3lq8i 5 років тому +1

      @@AAACLEANINGBaltimore Not just any friend. A liberal friend.

  • @dustey_4553
    @dustey_4553 5 років тому +2874

    imagine ur in class and u whip out a roll royce pen just to flex

    • @LouSassoleSledgecock
      @LouSassoleSledgecock 5 років тому +27

      Dustey_ what in the fuck are you talking about noob

    • @kmydet
      @kmydet 5 років тому +65

      @@LouSassoleSledgecock i've done this with an f1 pen

    • @oioioioi992
      @oioioioi992 5 років тому +4

      That would be interesting...

    • @triumphtheinsultdog1550
      @triumphtheinsultdog1550 5 років тому +62

      I did that with an official Ferrari pen I had. No I didn't have a Ferrari

    • @gui18bif
      @gui18bif 4 роки тому +40

      Flexing is so stupid

  • @Lionn8563
    @Lionn8563 3 роки тому +105

    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"

  • @firstcosmicman3742
    @firstcosmicman3742 4 роки тому +87

    12:07
    ITS UNBELIEVABLE THE RIDE QUALITY *THUD* IT JUST GLIDES OVER EVERYTHING

    • @fredfredburger5150
      @fredfredburger5150 4 роки тому +40

      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.

    • @benjaminsmith2287
      @benjaminsmith2287 4 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 3 роки тому +7

      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...

  • @divanosoba9658
    @divanosoba9658 7 років тому +691

    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

    • @filip36365
      @filip36365 7 років тому +20

      divan osoba The radiator in my ML350 was $900. I can only imagine how much it costs in a RR

    • @divanosoba9658
      @divanosoba9658 7 років тому +39

      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!

    • @NickyNightShine
      @NickyNightShine 7 років тому +19

      I'm sure that sheep's wool matting will feel like a comforter at night :D

    • @nunyabuizness2953
      @nunyabuizness2953 7 років тому +3

      Would probably be cheaper to have a aftermarket radiator manufacturer make a copy.

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj 7 років тому +10

      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

  • @harrycoffeynield6941
    @harrycoffeynield6941 5 років тому +870

    This car still looks magnificent.

    • @berserkstroke3478
      @berserkstroke3478 5 років тому +9

      Lie again

    • @avdgaming3550
      @avdgaming3550 4 роки тому +45

      Every old car still looks magnificent.

    • @seanbarry2306
      @seanbarry2306 4 роки тому +8

      AVD Gaming The Yugo looks magnificent?

    • @themanguy2110
      @themanguy2110 4 роки тому +19

      Sean Barry I guess it looks better than a new Corolla hatch...

    • @Wilantonjakov
      @Wilantonjakov 4 роки тому +8

      @@themanguy2110 yes it actually does

  • @MikeEves
    @MikeEves 4 роки тому +508

    The car was really quiet - until Doug sat in the back...

  • @TheDonBro
    @TheDonBro 4 роки тому +370

    This is utter beauty! True Godfarther classic ❤

    • @zachbrown1630
      @zachbrown1630 3 роки тому +57

      ah yes, classic movie, that Godfarther

    • @apothecurio
      @apothecurio 3 роки тому +12

      aah yes the classic 90's classic

    • @elysium5726
      @elysium5726 3 роки тому +20

      "Godfarther"

    • @zanehayes4380
      @zanehayes4380 3 роки тому +4

      I see what you di-
      Unfortunately this sentence could not be completed, because the author had suffered a heart attack.

    • @platinumencasedpenile4812
      @platinumencasedpenile4812 2 роки тому +1

      The godfarter

  • @octaviussludberry9016
    @octaviussludberry9016 5 років тому +442

    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.

    • @datsoon9236
      @datsoon9236 2 роки тому +21

      No way 😂 that's nuts

    • @octaviussludberry9016
      @octaviussludberry9016 2 роки тому +26

      @@datsoon9236 Such was life back then.

    • @datsoon9236
      @datsoon9236 2 роки тому +6

      @@octaviussludberry9016 indeed, my friend

    • @BeatsByYari
      @BeatsByYari Рік тому +71

      Ferrari would just sue you for not keeping your car clean

    • @nicholastaylor2386
      @nicholastaylor2386 Рік тому +60

      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.

  • @dewwed975
    @dewwed975 7 років тому +776

    0:55 Leans on the car 7 times.

    • @wyatta8699
      @wyatta8699 7 років тому +51

      Dew Wed it looks like a dance step he's doing lol

    • @fazic759
      @fazic759 7 років тому +50

      Haha and he just kept on doing the same body movement between every lean.

    • @HybOj
      @HybOj 7 років тому +6

      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.

    • @srm8866
      @srm8866 7 років тому +20

      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) ;-)

    • @sergeantbigmac
      @sergeantbigmac 7 років тому +1

      Lol I saw that too and couldnt believe what I was seeing, he just kept repeating the pattern over and over again!...

  • @mmac7123
    @mmac7123 3 роки тому +56

    Doug’s the type of guy to rub his face in the floormats where rich people put their feet

  • @19kruger99
    @19kruger99 3 роки тому +45

    1:13 I'm fascinated by how much this guy changes poses.

  • @admonix2
    @admonix2 7 років тому +337

    *TEN MINS INTO NETFLIX&CHILL AND HE GIVES U THIS LOOK* 6:43

  • @manolisko8881
    @manolisko8881 7 років тому +114

    -The handmade craftmanship of this vehicle...
    -RIGHT
    -...is such an incomparable testament of...
    -RIGHT
    -RIGHT

    • @djstatyk1540
      @djstatyk1540 7 років тому +4

      Right?

    • @Mruca
      @Mruca 7 років тому +1

      AbovePerfect that car does it better than new cars it's amazing I want one so bad

    • @0001Stealth
      @0001Stealth 7 років тому +1

      if it costed them 180,000 dollars, it better fuckin do something right. I'd much rather have a V6 Accord though.

    • @djstatyk1540
      @djstatyk1540 7 років тому +3

      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.

    • @jorgedelreal2354
      @jorgedelreal2354 7 років тому

      accord sucks.

  • @innoutburger126
    @innoutburger126 4 роки тому +63

    11:57 why does he keep looking outside like someone trying to murder him

    • @Impreza-bj5jh
      @Impreza-bj5jh 4 роки тому +26

      Brady Rolls Royce owners going through a Mercedes neighborhood

    • @paperbackwriter4145
      @paperbackwriter4145 4 роки тому +14

      Plot twist: he stole the car

    • @kaohsiung99
      @kaohsiung99 3 роки тому +6

      I think Doug had "borrowed" the keys without permission!

    • @Gulag00
      @Gulag00 3 роки тому +4

      Doesn’t want someone running up and jacking his car

    • @moogle68
      @moogle68 3 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @closer71
    @closer71 3 роки тому +8

    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...

  • @MrRandomcommentguy
    @MrRandomcommentguy 7 років тому +337

    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."

    • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
      @F1ll1nTh3Blanks 7 років тому +2

      Simon Coles still preferable to today's​ tin cans lol.

    • @Fosi94
      @Fosi94 7 років тому

      This is so true, LMAO

    • @LaZarusXtnct
      @LaZarusXtnct 7 років тому +3

      that car is still perfect even by todays standards. Like Tony Montana would say, "ok, bulletproof it".

    • @IschChef
      @IschChef 7 років тому +3

      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.

    • @Perogiii
      @Perogiii 7 років тому +2

      Jeremy Clarkson was the man. In fact that whole crew was legendary. Top Gear will NEVER be as good as it used to be.

  • @neuralyser
    @neuralyser 6 років тому +657

    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

    • @user-ge3gq2rx9p
      @user-ge3gq2rx9p 6 років тому +22

      Wow sounds amazing

    • @BrittenelleandOrionKMG
      @BrittenelleandOrionKMG 6 років тому +39

      Captain Hindsight 😂😂😂(when someone tries to act like a 12 year old)

    • @user-xg8yy7yl1d
      @user-xg8yy7yl1d 6 років тому +14

      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?

    • @megaswenson
      @megaswenson 6 років тому +17

      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.

    • @megaswenson
      @megaswenson 6 років тому +10

      venomsucks, I don't think the "maid" is a psycho. The murder was a 'crime of passion'. Otherwise, you've guessed right.

  • @thenightcrawler7289
    @thenightcrawler7289 4 роки тому +153

    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.

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 4 роки тому +12

      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.

    • @danielvisintainer3352
      @danielvisintainer3352 4 роки тому +2

      ByCoco GR except the styling of interior back then was disgusting

    • @stefanfatu7889
      @stefanfatu7889 4 роки тому +5

      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

    • @biggoza725
      @biggoza725 4 роки тому +3

      Ok boomer

    • @benjaminsmith2287
      @benjaminsmith2287 4 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @MarkDarnell
    @MarkDarnell 2 роки тому +8

    This is the perfect example of what hands can do versus what machines can do.

  • @keith7836
    @keith7836 5 років тому +294

    When people started driving Rolls Royces wearing jeans ,that my friends was the end of the British empire.

  • @L8-APEX
    @L8-APEX 7 років тому +262

    Those fold out tray tables weren't just for doing paper work Doug.. lol

    • @Mail144
      @Mail144 7 років тому +21

      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!!!

    • @alexjones3839
      @alexjones3839 7 років тому +108

      drugs lol doing drugs

    • @erickfernandez8485
      @erickfernandez8485 7 років тому

      FILTHY haha

    • @Lex-Rex
      @Lex-Rex 7 років тому +1

      I thought I noticed some residue.

    • @zyzzyva303
      @zyzzyva303 7 років тому +27

      No, they are for the Grey Poupon.

  • @tinglydingle
    @tinglydingle 4 роки тому +20

    The VIN plate has the leopards of England, and the Tudor roses.

  • @misterjwestcoast
    @misterjwestcoast 3 роки тому +17

    Doug sure took on the Rolls Royce spirit by making sure only his voice was heard and not the chauffeurs.

  • @ChazHarding
    @ChazHarding 7 років тому +136

    "My worries are gone" - immediately followed by an ominous "until something breaks!"

    • @JoshsWorld
      @JoshsWorld 7 років тому +14

      totally laughed at that part... def not scripted.

    • @TonyStewartKY
      @TonyStewartKY 7 років тому +1

      Those cars are notorious for having electrical issues.

    • @gosportjamie
      @gosportjamie 7 років тому +22

      +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..."

    • @marcteigh8633
      @marcteigh8633 5 років тому

      @@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.

  • @chasingtails7416
    @chasingtails7416 7 років тому +255

    My VW GTI has two buttons for the dome lights. #class #luxury #opulence

  • @GaryMalone7
    @GaryMalone7 11 місяців тому +3

    Great job in every way Doug ! The Grey Poupon ending was perfect ! Keep up the good work !

  • @Howard007
    @Howard007 4 роки тому +59

    6:44 your mom picks you up and says “honey I’ve been cheating on your father” You open back door and.....

  • @onekidneystan4330
    @onekidneystan4330 7 років тому +244

    If only there was a column where I could read more about this car

    • @kylegibson4963
      @kylegibson4963 7 років тому +2

      Sack Of Potatoes every damn video lol

    • @durbabajovan
      @durbabajovan 7 років тому +4

      Sack Of Potatoes how original

    • @jamespatrick6939
      @jamespatrick6939 7 років тому +8

      perhaps in a webpage, perhaps in one that trades cars

    • @AliHassan-mh6qg
      @AliHassan-mh6qg 7 років тому +1

      Sack Of Potatoes every video same comment

    • @GiulioImparato
      @GiulioImparato 7 років тому +2

      Darude Sandstorm

  • @Starcrunch72
    @Starcrunch72 7 років тому +87

    Perfect illustration of depreciation at the end while passing the squeeze-bottle of Grey Poupon mustard, not a glass jar.

    • @dfgdfg_
      @dfgdfg_ 7 років тому +14

      Try the Rolls Royce of mustard: Colman's of Norwich (Royal Warrant was gained in 1866)

    • @eLJaybud
      @eLJaybud 7 років тому +2

      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. 😂

    •  7 років тому

      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.

    •  7 років тому

      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.

  • @rohanromero
    @rohanromero 4 роки тому +98

    Doug is the kinda guy who will borrow one's Rolls Royce and ask the owner to chauffer him around. 😂😂 Doug is awesome..

  • @functionalist
    @functionalist 2 роки тому +12

    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.

  • @AdrianosClassicGarage
    @AdrianosClassicGarage 7 років тому +814

    Unlabeled switches: in a Rolls-Royce they are luxury, in an Italian car they're dumb.

    • @BlatentlyFakeName
      @BlatentlyFakeName 7 років тому +118

      In an Italian car they wouldn't work anyway. Especially not 20 years later lol

    • @04dram04
      @04dram04 7 років тому +14

      I have a 1991 348 and I can attest to that.

    • @MarcoVenustus
      @MarcoVenustus 7 років тому +3

      What the hell, Adriano, you're here, on Hoovie's channel, you're everywhere. Your channel is fucking amazing, by the way.

    • @AdrianosClassicGarage
      @AdrianosClassicGarage 7 років тому +1

      Ahahahaha I'm into cars a bit :P Thanks! I'm working on a new video right now!

    • @TheGreatSteve
      @TheGreatSteve 7 років тому

      :-)

  • @hisbabyf
    @hisbabyf 7 років тому +16

    Please avoid scratching the car with your jeans and its buttons

  • @saxxxxxxxxx
    @saxxxxxxxxx 4 роки тому +22

    Here’s what Doug Demuro’s wardrobe was like in 2017.

  • @SauceInformatics
    @SauceInformatics Місяць тому

    Wow, this is so relaxing. Doug has a special talent, keep shinning sir!

  • @apexgt4
    @apexgt4 6 років тому +182

    "Once you get used to the wood" only you Doug

    • @RockBoyy1
      @RockBoyy1 6 років тому +4

      I was searching for exactly THIS comment, thanks haha!

    • @adavega5229
      @adavega5229 6 років тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @adavega5229
      @adavega5229 6 років тому

      😂🤣😂🤣😀😁😀😁🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚘🚘📈📈

    • @blc12051957
      @blc12051957 6 років тому

      Apex GT4 hi sweetie pie

  • @m.benk.7274
    @m.benk.7274 5 років тому +234

    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.

    • @oafyvonskidmark316
      @oafyvonskidmark316 5 років тому +9

      So you were barefoot in the Rolls.

    • @kenlee9874
      @kenlee9874 5 років тому +4

      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 "!!!.

    • @m.benk.7274
      @m.benk.7274 5 років тому +4

      @@oafyvonskidmark316 hahaha, it was summer, I guess I was hahaha

    • @m.benk.7274
      @m.benk.7274 5 років тому +3

      @@kenlee9874 is having the best experience is only linked with how naked you are?

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +3

      I would buy one except for the fact that they are very expensive to maintain. And they need a LOT of it!

  • @JREVY22DECEPTICON416
    @JREVY22DECEPTICON416 4 роки тому +12

    I’m considering an old 80s or 90s rolls Royce as my next and 3rd project. I like builds few have done

  • @jmj18462
    @jmj18462 4 роки тому +1

    Nice job Doug! :) I enjoyed taking a drive in the Rolls with you!

  • @frazerbrennan9245
    @frazerbrennan9245 6 років тому +681

    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

    • @BryanMoreiraFCB
      @BryanMoreiraFCB 6 років тому +19

      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

    • @justbreakingballs
      @justbreakingballs 6 років тому +20

      Frazer Brennan I realised I hated him on the 20th vid

    • @frazerbrennan9245
      @frazerbrennan9245 6 років тому +6

      lol is because he's the super rich nerd we all wish we were?

    • @artiebucco5195
      @artiebucco5195 6 років тому +12

      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

    • @alexwaddell7709
      @alexwaddell7709 6 років тому +4

      Yes, me too. I'm not a big car guy, but have been sucked into his videos!!

  • @sreeragsram9862
    @sreeragsram9862 7 років тому +148

    he describes everything very detailed...I like it..

  • @MartinGutsch
    @MartinGutsch 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @happycrimes1361
    @happycrimes1361 Рік тому +10

    The wild thing is that this car costed about 70k in the 1996, which is around 200-300k today 😳

  • @rymorales4
    @rymorales4 7 років тому +90

    Pretty uncomfortable watching you dig your head into the floor mats

    • @sshayka3139
      @sshayka3139 7 років тому +1

      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.

  • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
    @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X 7 років тому +36

    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.

    • @terencejay8845
      @terencejay8845 7 років тому +2

      Maybe that's the real point of them.

    • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
      @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X 7 років тому +4

      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.

    • @carlosedwardos
      @carlosedwardos 7 років тому +4

      One cannot really go anywhere in a Rolls Royce without bringing their mechanic!

    • @BOHICA_
      @BOHICA_ 7 років тому

      +X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X All this Rolls Royce shows is how you made it 20 years later.

    • @Eranuzz
      @Eranuzz 7 років тому +1

      Without the fear that someone would crash in to you and destroy this beauty.

  • @benaldridge2887
    @benaldridge2887 3 роки тому +6

    “And the ashtray comes out! CLASSIC”. Lmao, fk I love you Doug, you are so funny

  • @jimbart76
    @jimbart76 2 роки тому +1

    These Doug luxury car videos are like comfort food to me.

  • @tejas1090
    @tejas1090 7 років тому +632

    Doug should have his own show on Worldwide TV!

    • @suu2212
      @suu2212 7 років тому +1

      He should get his own show on Sattelite!

    • @TheJDO77
      @TheJDO77 7 років тому +72

      Tejas Karande He should have a blog or something where we can read more on his thoughts.

    • @jdiddy1111
      @jdiddy1111 7 років тому +4

      Tejas Karande Top Doug

    • @TitaniumCountess
      @TitaniumCountess 7 років тому +7

      He has enough gravitas to be the next Jeremy Clarkson, just needs to be a little more opinionated to get that Clarkson 'vibe' going.

    • @SeaandSpeed
      @SeaandSpeed 7 років тому +4

      Nah, watch Hoovies Garage, that guy is funny and an idiot.

  • @aeronjamessalvatierra9138
    @aeronjamessalvatierra9138 7 років тому +694

    Doug, even if it's lamb's wool, don't run your face on a floor piece

    • @kingsnationcokingsnationco6418
      @kingsnationcokingsnationco6418 7 років тому +7

      Aeron James Salvatierra I was just thinking the same !

    • @Rottensteam
      @Rottensteam 7 років тому +32

      I got triggered because now his greasy fingers and face grease is all smudged in the wool.

    • @aeronjamessalvatierra9138
      @aeronjamessalvatierra9138 7 років тому +4

      Rottensteam 21 years ago, the owners rubbed there feet on the soft lamb's wool.

    • @Rottensteam
      @Rottensteam 7 років тому +14

      Aeron James Salvatierra But now it got face grease.

    • @aeronjamessalvatierra9138
      @aeronjamessalvatierra9138 7 років тому +13

      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.

  • @MarkusVolcanz
    @MarkusVolcanz 3 роки тому +4

    I'm so happy I watched the video until the end, the "grey Poupon" part was hilarious. 😂😂😂

  • @dylanes21
    @dylanes21 4 роки тому +6

    The “Better then everyone else” line was awesome.

  • @fruitfarmfactory7901
    @fruitfarmfactory7901 7 років тому +78

    The other guy was quite funny. You should get him in more videos.

  • @jacccuster6162
    @jacccuster6162 7 років тому +278

    What's with the hate about how he used the buttons? All he did is push them, they're fucking made for that.

  • @frankburns8871
    @frankburns8871 3 роки тому +2

    Dude straight up jacked that Grey Poupon. After him, Jeeves!

  • @rodiz23
    @rodiz23 4 роки тому +1

    4:33 I love Doug LOOLOOLest!!!!
    Doug is the type of guy u just can't hate.

  • @zakelwe
    @zakelwe 6 років тому +381

    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...

  • @mhess427
    @mhess427 7 років тому +144

    It has FOUR separate wheels to spin FOUR separate tires!! Who woulda thought?

  • @Profoundaj
    @Profoundaj 2 роки тому +3

    The gray poupon skit was priceless 🙌🏿

  • @consbeats7894
    @consbeats7894 2 роки тому +4

    This was one of the most hilarious episodes I swear 😁😂😂

  • @bryanmchugh1307
    @bryanmchugh1307 7 років тому +254

    you have to take out the foot rest and put it in place yourself? What are we savages?

    • @zwro5045
      @zwro5045 6 років тому +5

      Bryan McHugh what are we Neanderthals??

    • @dennisgordon7767
      @dennisgordon7767 6 років тому +9

      Nonsense! The top class escort next to you does it before going down!

    • @lamondjack4349
      @lamondjack4349 6 років тому +5

      Bryan McHugh we were in the 90's

    • @marcel911
      @marcel911 6 років тому

      No, no no. You ask your butler to do that before you start out on journey.

  • @ShortStorytime
    @ShortStorytime 7 років тому +1790

    The chauffeur address and phone number are still in service today. That's service! XD

  • @manxman8008
    @manxman8008 2 роки тому

    one of your best reviews Doug!

  • @joewatson4962
    @joewatson4962 4 роки тому +3

    I’m nearly 17, meaning I will soon be driving (I live in the UK), and insurance is mad for new bloke drivers, and I’ll have a Ford Ka or a Skoda Citigo that’s in a low insurance group for the next couple years. But once insurance is lower, I’d love something like this, less costly to buy and maintain, but an early 2000s S-Class or a 2000s E-Class estate or a 2000s XJ would be perfect. Classy,cheap to buy, comfortable, available as an auto for motorway driving, rly elegant attractive cars ♥️

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 4 роки тому

      Buy a Jaguar XJ300. Luxurious, fast and quintessentially British. Make sure though to have a few grand left for when it inevitably breaks down, also be aware that there’s a black hole in the fuel tank.

    • @taz874
      @taz874 4 роки тому

      Old luxury cars like a 2000s merc may be cheap to buy but they're not so cheap to maintain. Once something goes wrong which it probably will it'll be costly to fix.

  • @truecrimepodcasting
    @truecrimepodcasting 5 років тому +335

    You should start wearing felt gloves when touching these vehicles.

    • @kenlee9874
      @kenlee9874 5 років тому +2

      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!

  • @bobsullivan4634
    @bobsullivan4634 7 років тому +44

    8:50 damn I wish I could afford a magnet

  • @emmanuelofori6521
    @emmanuelofori6521 Рік тому

    Doug knows how to use the exact adjectives and its refreshing watching him.

  • @SunriseSuperThruster
    @SunriseSuperThruster 4 роки тому +63

    My 1981 Silver Spirit opened my eyes. I don't think I'll buy another one. My Silver Seraph & Bentley Arnage (same style as each other) were like Cathedrals on steroids. The repair shops are like hungry grizzly bears. The spare parts are your arms and legs being swallowed whole. I'm on tranquillisers nowadays they're cheaper.

  • @WestVanGarage
    @WestVanGarage 7 років тому +35

    Dam Doug, you're getting cars as nice as the big production shows, yet your bugget is no where near theirs. good work man

  • @stuchly1
    @stuchly1 6 років тому +172

    I am so amazed with how well it has aged on the inside. Such a beautifully designed and manufactured car.

    • @willpowr416
      @willpowr416 6 років тому +1

      those seats tho

    • @stuchly1
      @stuchly1 6 років тому

      ItsWillPower I see nothing wrong with them?

    • @Kerveros1904
      @Kerveros1904 5 років тому +1

      the owner did not use this car much. I doubt if this car has done over 20000 kms

    • @Kerveros1904
      @Kerveros1904 5 років тому +7

      @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.

    • @TheTradesmanLU2001
      @TheTradesmanLU2001 5 років тому

      Hand made

  • @mtsflorida
    @mtsflorida 3 роки тому +13

    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.

  • @joshhwwaaaaaa
    @joshhwwaaaaaa 3 роки тому

    Thank you for redoing the grey poupon. Brought a smile to my face.

  • @paulofurtado4925
    @paulofurtado4925 7 років тому +206

    1:10 - 1:18, is that your dance routine/moves? your feet are well trained!

    • @adamleon9128
      @adamleon9128 7 років тому +8

      Paulo Furtado LMAO

    • @massy1943
      @massy1943 7 років тому +10

      Paulo Furtado i think he was just too eagar to drive the car

    • @aidan-8100
      @aidan-8100 6 років тому

      Paulo Furtado I

    • @holifield
      @holifield 6 років тому +10

      I'm dying, it starts at 0:56 and goes on til 1:32 LOLOL

    • @paulofurtado4925
      @paulofurtado4925 6 років тому +4

      Edits RS buy this man a fidget spinner hahahha

  • @barrymcockener4336
    @barrymcockener4336 5 років тому +183

    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.

    • @monsterjambrony
      @monsterjambrony 5 років тому +5

      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.

    • @kenlee9874
      @kenlee9874 5 років тому +4

      @@monsterjambrony Rice gum eats rice and chews gum in his luxury car!.

    • @monsterjambrony
      @monsterjambrony 5 років тому +2

      Ken Lee LOL!

  • @GiovanniXO
    @GiovanniXO 3 роки тому +7

    4:36 close your eyes

  • @guillermopadilla4741
    @guillermopadilla4741 3 роки тому

    I find your videos very entertaining. Educational with a great sense of humour.

  • @maxxjettfilms6322
    @maxxjettfilms6322 7 років тому +64

    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.

  • @freddypedraza2066
    @freddypedraza2066 7 років тому +344

    When you realize 1996 was 20 years ago 😢😢😢

    • @crazyhorse1755
      @crazyhorse1755 7 років тому +1

      Freddy Pedraza that cat ain't worth that now

    • @uzzle21
      @uzzle21 6 років тому +4

      Freddy Pedraza lol yup i was born 97 shit crazy bro im here might get one for 25k amazing price

    • @freddierowe-crowder7178
      @freddierowe-crowder7178 6 років тому +4

      Freddy Pedraza 21 years ago

    • @gavinmacgregor8365
      @gavinmacgregor8365 6 років тому +1

      Freddy Pedraza ikr

    • @Muziify
      @Muziify 6 років тому +4

      Freddy Pedraza and that you're 55 years old and don't have kids or a house.

  • @moshXpit91
    @moshXpit91 3 роки тому +1

    i really like that guy towards the end you should put him in more videos he seems super chill

  • @ismailabi5988
    @ismailabi5988 4 роки тому +44

    4:40 DELETE THIS IN MY MIND

  • @Naekotine
    @Naekotine 7 років тому +147

    Something about this guy reminds me of a 90s Batman villain

    • @paulcarmi8130
      @paulcarmi8130 7 років тому +5

      That's why we love doug

    • @23Guitardood
      @23Guitardood 7 років тому +3

      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.

    • @ElGranSanto
      @ElGranSanto 7 років тому +1

      Sounds like The Riddler. :P

    • @23Guitardood
      @23Guitardood 7 років тому +2

      Mossberg Finley not bad! What if you're right? We should call someone...But who? 🤔

    • @ElGranSanto
      @ElGranSanto 7 років тому

      The Dark Knight?

  • @Sea_Barb
    @Sea_Barb 7 років тому +31

    That outro was amazing

    • @MarcoVenustus
      @MarcoVenustus 7 років тому

      What the hell is outro

    • @PervertedThang
      @PervertedThang 7 років тому

      Chris Barb Opposite of intro. It's the ending.

    • @BadAsh915
      @BadAsh915 7 років тому

      Chris Barb Thanks bud, almost left with a min left. Soooo worth watching til the end. Lol

  • @gioleveque4295
    @gioleveque4295 Рік тому +1

    I am 23 and my dream car is a Mercedes 300 SEL, the classiness of the car, the prestige and the craftsmanship is amazing, seeing that Rolls just shows that it is a different era for luxury cars.

  • @zoltanrudolf9413
    @zoltanrudolf9413 2 роки тому

    As a long time fan of Ian Richardson I was absolutely delighted to see the grey poupon reference at the end of the review. Very nice work, gentlemen.

  • @LocoFaux
    @LocoFaux 7 років тому +70

    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.

    • @abhishekrao1710
      @abhishekrao1710 7 років тому +5

      feeshschticks nice pal....you one lucky guy.

  • @peterkingston1617
    @peterkingston1617 7 років тому +114

    I'm in awe with that RR from the past. Wow. Still better than most 2017 cars

    • @Vin80_
      @Vin80_ 6 років тому

      They've been around for I think way longer then the 90's.

  • @coredumperror
    @coredumperror 4 роки тому +2

    Loved the Grey Poupon scene at the end. Classic commercial.

  • @Averagegamer673
    @Averagegamer673 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @kennedywalker2168
    @kennedywalker2168 7 років тому +35

    "There is wood every where "😮😮 "Once you get use to all the WOOD, it's not that bad "😂😂😂

  • @shadow-Sun
    @shadow-Sun 7 років тому +38

    very informative in depth look at a old classic done in a quick and easy manner ...old school style review
    thanks

  • @sinjinkincaid
    @sinjinkincaid 2 роки тому

    This might be the funniest video on the channel right now, the lines, the pauses, the looks, classic

  • @arjunrai1234
    @arjunrai1234 4 роки тому +7

    Doug the kind of guy who climaxes on a floor mat.