Saturday, June 02, 2007

PHANTOM of the Opera


A long time since any activity on this blog…..but it has to be today…..of all the dayss....


Today I sat in a ROLLS ROYCE PHATOM!!!!!!!.Yes I took a ride in it, probably the most expensive car we cud ever think of(i hope not....i plan to buy a mclaren F1 in the far future)...it was on a promotion spree for the mobile store in our college campus…..God knows what connection is between a 5 crore masterpiece and some crappy mess of similar looking cell phones and utterly confusing talk plans…..

Still who cares….as far as u get a free ride in your own college campus in a Rolls Royce……..oh yes u do feel like a king!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here goes….we were studying in the library(seriously…we were)…and Ashish calls me…..come down fast to RRC…..fast…come fast…Rolls Royce….ride free…free ride…come fast….and I was on my way….we reached there…Ashish and the others waiting with sparkling eyes….chatur updated us on the experience ….he went in the rolls for a ride already….we all were waiting…finally after a lonnnnnng minute we see it coming towards us….first slow…then suddenly accelerating very fast….car stops….some girls and guy come out….we pounce in the car…I was left waiting due to foto sessions…but I got the front seat….we climb in…there are buttons to close doors. They are too heavy and hinged in opposing manner….so electronics doing the job for us.The car starts…we take a left turn….the guy blasts the stereo with a promotional track and shows us how to take reverse using proximity sensors…and a free demo of how ur car can be rear ended if u have an asshole driver at wheel….n number of sensors cannot help u….an Indica bumped at the back….indica’s bumper seriously damaged….rolls left with a small scratch and slight mis-alignment of the bumper.

Ride ends with a small trip thru the petrol pump in front of the college…..lots of awestruck looks….and finally when we arrive in the college…theres a huge crowd waiting….felt as if we were kings getting down the rolls…(too imaginitve I guess….but happens when u r in a Rolls…a whole new world inside there)….well how was the car is the big Q…and I am no Jeremy Clarkson to comment on it….but still

The car was awesome royal,quiet,heavily loaded with gadgets and screens and controls and auto doors and mirrors and wood and leather and 100 years of Rolls Royce 'hand crafted' heritage and a blasting sound system and also an ASSHOLE driver

We managed to see the features of the car in live action.....the rolls wing logo going under the bonnet when the crash was detected (a typical feature of the Rolls Royce cars).

At the end I was left with the same feeling Jeremy Clarkson had after driving Bugatti Veyron.....I will never be able to afford it.....and is it really worth the money???

Do u pay 5 crores for the car or the aura that comes with it...the Rolls heritage....the umpteen man hours that have gone into it...the fanatic attention to details...the perfect combination of cosmetic and scientific excellence?????????

Well u pay to be a part of the elite who have driven on this planet in the ghostly coffins(all rolls cars are named after ghosts).U pay respect(read crores) to humans who have dedicated their lives to create the feel of a "ROLLS ROYCE"....

2 comments:

Unknown said...

WOWWWWW!!!!!!!

ROLLS ROYCE PHATOM in RAIT...Incredible!!

Lucky uuuu!!! :D

Rahul said...

yee !!! ,
well said ....it was a awesome experience of our life
who could have imagined to sat in the 5 crore car ?
THough i dont have much knowledge about car and nil about JEROMY CLARCKSON .....i can feel the fellings behind it