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Old 01-17-11, 09:45 AM
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Default VIP tuning to new height, Junction Produce RR Phantom

In 5~10 years, when these cars depreciate down to below $100k, all these Phantom, Ghost and Mulsanne is going to be obtainable for normal car enthusiast!

Before the Phantom came out, all previous generation RRs and Bentleys are pretty crappy, the Continental GT is a good car, but it is not a full size luxury car, it is too small to be cool.



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Old 01-17-11, 09:49 AM
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I feel bad for that RR. The founders of RR must be rolling in their graves.
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I feel bad for that RR. The founders of RR must be rolling in their graves.
The RR's founders were rolling in their graves a long time ago when BMW bought RR

Being own by the Germans is a lot harder then the cars being tuned by the aftermarket
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Originally Posted by BNR34
In 5~10 years, when these cars depreciate down to below $100k, all these Phantom, Ghost and Mulsanne is going to be obtainable for normal car enthusiast!

Before the Phantom came out, all previous generation RRs and Bentleys are pretty crappy, the Continental GT is a good car, but it is not a full size luxury car, it is too small to be cool.
Obtainable yes but unexpected costly maintenance creeps up on you, I would not advise any normal car enthusiast to buy one, in the 100k market you can find a dozen Japanese cars to buy and if your feeling frisky add in some German cars or to sweeten the value for your money dive into the high end used car market.

The RR and Bentleys don't seem like wise investments, and if they turn into money pits and headaches, your not even gonna enjoy them
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The regal demeanor of a RR just got ghetto.
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Originally Posted by <VENOM>
Obtainable yes but unexpected costly maintenance creeps up on you, I would not advise any normal car enthusiast to buy one, in the 100k market you can find a dozen Japanese cars to buy and if your feeling frisky add in some German cars or to sweeten the value for your money dive into the high end used car market.

The RR and Bentleys don't seem like wise investments, and if they turn into money pits and headaches, your not even gonna enjoy them
1st of all, no car can ever be consider as any kind of investments, cars are nothing but consumable goods. With the exception of a few hyper cars....Enzo, Veyron Super Sport.....etc....that does goes up in value over time. All other cars depreciate at the same rate.

2nd, in case you don't know, both RR and Bentley are all German owns and engineerred now. The Phantom is all BMW engineerred, V12 and tranny is from BMW. The ghost is a direct rebadge of the 760Li. The Mulsanne is mostly engineerred by Audi.

Buying a 10 years old Ghost and Mulsanne is not any different then buying a 10 years old 760Li and S8, tons of people do that.

I probably shouldn't say too much as I don't want anyone to want these cars in 10 years so they don't worth much for me to buy
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u probably should have posted this in the VIP section seeing as how no one really appreciates here
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
The regal demeanor of a RR just got ghetto.
It is inevitable as highend cars depreciate in value.

Just like all the Lexus LSs and GSs rolling on chrome Chinese dubs in all the ghettos today

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Originally Posted by MashinA
u probably should have posted this in the VIP section seeing as how no one really appreciates here
I didn't know there is a VIP section
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
The regal demeanor of a RR just got ghetto.
at least the wheels aren't gold......yet......
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Originally Posted by bagwell
at least the wheels aren't gold......yet......
Gold is better then pink or purple
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just terrible.
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Wowie, for a high-end ghetto look I guess.
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Raise the car up a bit, get rid of those ghetto fenders, and you might have a decent looking car. Oh yea, maybe some more sidewalls wouldn't hurt.
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I can't stand designs from Junction Produce and this is just another reason why.
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