Rolls-Royce Phantom 2008 Nānā
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Rolls-Royce Phantom 2008 Nānā

Ua noʻonoʻo mau au ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa e huakaʻi a puni ʻEulopa he noho papa mua ma ka Orient Express.

Ke lawe au i ka holo kaʻaahi maʻamau pōkole loa mai Lākana a i ke Channel English, makemake wau e mau loa ka huakaʻi.

Akā, he manawa lōʻihi ka mau loa, a hoʻololi nā mea a pau. Ua manaʻo wau e inu mau wau i ka Coke, akā i kēia manawa makemake wau iā Pepsi. A ʻo koʻu kūpaʻa ʻana iā Allan Moffat a me Ford ua huli hope i ka wā i lilo ai au i hoaaloha me Peter Brock a hoʻokele i ka maikaʻi o kāna mau koʻokoʻo wela Commodores.

I kēia pule wale nō, ua make koʻu makemake i ka Orient Express e ke kaʻa. Akā ʻaʻole kaʻa wale nō.

I koʻu huakaʻi ʻana a puni Farani i ka Rolls-Royce hou loa, ka Phantom Coupe hou he $1.1 miliona, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kahi ala maikaʻi aʻe e hele ai.

A no ka waiho ʻana i kēlā kumukūʻai ma ke ʻano, pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole he kauā ka poʻe kūʻai mai i kēia kaʻa i kekahi o nā kuleana o ke ola āu a me aʻu e noho nei. moraki? ʻAʻole paha.

He $80 miliona paha ka mea nona ka Rolls-Royce e kūʻai koke aku, nona nā hale ʻelua ma lalo o ʻelua, a he hale kaʻa me ʻehā a ʻoi aku paha nā kaʻa Ferrari a me Porsche. No laila, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana iā Lindsey Fox, Nicole Kidman a i ʻole John Lowes.

No lākou, ʻo ka Phantom Coupe—ʻoiai me ka loaʻa kālā ʻehiku-helu ma mua o kou ʻimi ʻana iā ia me $8000 mau kīʻaha hope a i ʻole ka pena maʻamau i ka mea ʻike i ke kumukūʻai-he kaʻa maikaʻi wale nō.

No mākou nā kauā uku o ke ao nei, he mea ʻino loa kēia.

No ke aha e uku hauʻoli ai kekahi i $ 1.1 miliona no kahi kaʻa e hana ana i ka hana maʻamau e like me ka $ 15,000 Hyundai Getz, me ka lumi o loko like me ka $ 35,000 Holden Commodore a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hana ma mua o $70,000 6 FPV Falcon?

ʻO ia ke kumu i noho ai au ma ke keʻena o ka hale hana Rolls-Royce ma Goodwood, Beretania, e nānā ana i ka holo lio o $8 miliona Phantoms, mai ʻeono mau coupe hou a hiki i kahi limousine lōʻihi me nā ukana, e ʻākoakoa ana no kahi hui liʻiliʻi o nā kānaka. nā kānaka nūpepa laki. He ʻāpana ia i haehae ʻia mai nā ʻaoʻao o ke ola o ka poʻe ʻilihune akā koʻikoʻi.

Akā, mai noʻonoʻo i kahi kekona he kūpono ka Phantom Coupe. A i ʻole, ʻokoʻa loa ke ola ma kēia ao mai ke ola ma ke kaona o Australia.

ʻAʻole pono nā mea paʻa aniani i ka nani Pelekania, a ma ka pōʻai mua, ua loaʻa ʻelua mau hue wai ma lalo o nā pedals, kahi i makaʻu nui iaʻu.

ʻAʻole hiki i ka "Spirit of Ecstasy" ma ka puʻu ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kakahiaka ma ke ala i ke kaʻaahi cross-Channel.

A ke holo ʻoe i ka Phantom Coupe ma ke kaʻaahi tunnel, pono ʻoe e kaʻana like i kahi noho me nā kaʻa. . . no ka mea, nui loa ʻo Rolls-Royce.

He mau minuke ma hope mai e holo pū ana mākou i loko o kahi keʻena hou me nā keiki kula he kakini, hauʻoli lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi kaʻa kupaianaha. A he mea hoʻomanaʻo ikaika ia i ke koʻikoʻi o Rolls-Royce a me kona wahi i ka honua.

MA KE ALANUI

Ua hiki mai ka hoʻomanaʻo hou ma ka hopena o ka lā. Ua holo mākou no kahi kokoke i 12 mau hola a uhi ʻia ma mua o 600 km, akā me he mea lā iā mākou ke kaʻa nei mākou no kahi hola.

ʻO ia ka mea maikaʻi loa i ka coupe. He ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Phantom puka ʻehā, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻomaka ai ke ala i ka liʻiliʻi, a ʻoi aku ka mālie ma mua o ka Drophead convertible.

Akā, i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi kaʻa maʻamau, he cocoon mālie kēia e haki ana i nā kilomita me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka holo aliʻi a Maharajas e hauʻoli ai ma ke kua o kahi elepani i ka wā colonial India.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a ʻike i ka maluhia i ka Phantom Coupe. Ua like nā noho me nā noho lima, ua mālie ke kaʻa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio mālie me kahi mea kaʻa me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana, nani nani i nā mea āpau āu e ʻike ai, hoʻopā, honi a lohe, a ma ka manawa like ke hoʻohuli maʻalahi ke kaʻa i ka speedometer mai 80 km. / h i ka naughty-naughty me hoʻokahi pahu paʻa i ke kinoea.

I ko mākou kaʻa ʻana, paʻakikī mākou e ʻimi i nā huaʻōlelo e wehewehe ai i ka hui huakaʻi. Ua lana mākou me ka maʻalahi ʻole, e like me ka Titanic ma mua o kahi hau hau. ʻAʻole pēlā ko mākou manaʻo. He kaʻa holo lio paha? A i ʻole he parade? A i ʻole he puʻupuʻu wale, he ʻohana, a i ʻole he moʻo Phantom?

Akā, ua hoʻi koke mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka lilo ʻana o ka lani i hina, a laila ʻeleʻele i ka wā i lilo ai nā kulu mua o ka ua i kahawai mau a lilo nā ao i ʻohu mānoanoa.

ʻO kēia huakaʻi hope loa i Geneva ʻo ia ka manawa e ʻike ai inā hiki i ka Phantom Coupe ke lilo i kaʻa haʻuki a hoʻokō i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki maikaʻi o ka brand. Akā, ua nui loa nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā ʻeke, a pahee ke alanui a he hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi i ke kaʻa $1 miliona.

No laila ua koi ʻia au e nānā i nā mea aʻu i aʻo ai. Hoʻopili kēia i nā mea paʻa kīʻaha underdeveloped a me ka hoʻokele satellite, kahi mamao loa ma hope o nā manawa, a me kahi pūʻulu o nā knick-knacks nani i haʻahaʻa loa i ka Lexus LS600h. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pane, akā ʻaʻole like me ka Porsche a i ʻole he Calais V.

Pono ka Roller i ka hoʻokele ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka hoʻokele, kahi pahu lima liʻiliʻi, kekahi ʻano o ka mana hoʻoili lima, a ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o nā noho e mālama ai i kāna mau haʻuki. A ʻo ka ʻike mai ka puka makani hope ʻo ia ka lua o ka pōʻino loa i kēia makahiki, ma hope o ke kaʻa huila pau ʻole BMW X6.

Akā, i ka puka ʻana o ka lā a huli mākou i kahi huna hōkū ʻelima hou e hoʻopau ai i ka huakaʻi, ua lanakila ka Phantom Coupe iaʻu.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kekahi loiloi āu e makemake ai a nīnau i nā nīnau paʻakikī āu e makemake ai a e like me kaʻu i makemake ai a helu i ke kaʻa ma ke ʻano he relic exaggerated me kahi wā i hala a ʻaʻohe hope maoli.

Akā aia kekahi mau mea i ke ola no ka mea hiki iā lākou. A no ka mea pono mākou e loaʻa nā kūlana. ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Phantom Coupe, akā ʻo ia kekahi o nā kaʻa maikaʻi loa ma ka honua. Puni wau iā ia.

A i ka hopena, makemake ʻoe? ʻO ia kaʻu e hana ai inā lawe ʻoe i ka English Express a lanakila i ka hailona.

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