Rolls Royce on a balcony

[Milkyway]

Different... but at least it keeps the mileage down.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12312131/...

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 20th July 17:54

[rodericb]

Amazing engineering there. The article says that the custom built iron cage used to hoist the vehicle up had the strength of three steel cables.

[vikingaero]

"I'm just going to quickly pop down to the shops..."

"For sale, Rolls, no test drives, buyer collects."

[Milkyway]

300K... loose change & no doubt just another model for his collection.

[ridds]

Calculations.....

[MrBig]

I’m not what I like more, the fact that he’s put a RR on his balcony because he can or the amount of frothing from daily wail readers

[Guglie92]

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

[Far Cough]

Saves decorating the living room - just go and sit in the RR

[Steve-B]

And when the balcony collapses from sheer weight and kills people below said owner will sue the building company!

[rodericb]

Guglie92 said:

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

I thinks it's a case of more dollars than sense.

[Teddy Lop]

Is there a way of veiwing daily mail (and other) news sites where the site stops jumping around, loading sidebars and ads and popups, and remains stable for long enough to read the content? Honestly I expect better from 13 yr olds using geocites in 1995. Using brave on android FWIW.

[Fermit]

Guglie92 said:

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

Indeed. What really irks me is the lack of human empathy he's displaying, considering around 56 million Chinese people are living below China's national poverty line. Quite a disgusting person IMO.

[CanAm]

Steve-B said:

And when the balcony collapses from sheer weight and kills people below said owner will sue the building company!

It would be interesting to see what floor loading the original architect used for his stress calculation. No doubt they allow a large safety margin, but 2.5 tons is going to eat into that quite nicely.

[Geekman]

Fermit said:

Guglie92 said:

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

Indeed. What really irks me is the lack of human empathy he's displaying, considering around 56 million Chinese people are living below China's national poverty line. Quite a disgusting person IMO.

Maybe he also donates lots of money to charity, or employs thousands of people and pays them a fair wage? I personally don't see the point of keeping a car like that indoors, but calling him a disgusting person when you don't know anything about him just sounds like jealousy tbh.

[Fermit]

Geekman said:

Fermit said:

Guglie92 said:

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

Indeed. What really irks me is the lack of human empathy he's displaying, considering around 56 million Chinese people are living below China's national poverty line. Quite a disgusting person IMO.

Maybe he also donates lots of money to charity, or employs thousands of people and pays them a fair wage? I personally don't see the point of keeping a car like that indoors, but calling him a disgusting person when you don't know anything about him just sounds like jealousy tbh.

OK, maybe disgusting person was a bit far, but I certainly consider it disgusting behaviour. There will likely be people in the vicinity of his property who literally are struggling to put food on the table, and here this twerp is hoisting a car up a building, costing circa £300k.

[nismo48]

Fermit said:

Geekman said:

Fermit said:

Guglie92 said:

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

Indeed. What really irks me is the lack of human empathy he's displaying, considering around 56 million Chinese people are living below China's national poverty line. Quite a disgusting person IMO.

Maybe he also donates lots of money to charity, or employs thousands of people and pays them a fair wage? I personally don't see the point of keeping a car like that indoors, but calling him a disgusting person when you don't know anything about him just sounds like jealousy tbh.

OK, maybe disgusting person was a bit far, but I certainly consider it disgusting behaviour. There will likely be people in the vicinity of his property who literally are struggling to put food on the table, and here this twerp is hoisting a car up a building, costing circa £300k.

Each to their own..
If you can then why not ?

[Mikebentley]

nismo48 said:

Fermit said:

Geekman said:

Fermit said:

Guglie92 said:

But at least for what???? What's the sense?

Indeed. What really irks me is the lack of human empathy he's displaying, considering around 56 million Chinese people are living below China's national poverty line. Quite a disgusting person IMO.

Maybe he also donates lots of money to charity, or employs thousands of people and pays them a fair wage? I personally don't see the point of keeping a car like that indoors, but calling him a disgusting person when you don't know anything about him just sounds like jealousy tbh.

OK, maybe disgusting person was a bit far, but I certainly consider it disgusting behaviour. There will likely be people in the vicinity of his property who literally are struggling to put food on the table, and here this twerp is hoisting a car up a building, costing circa £300k.

Each to their own..
If you can then why not ?

I’m not convinced that car won’t be returning to the ground floor quite soon.

[Teddy Lop]

EmailAddress said:

Teddy Lop said:

Is there a way of veiwing daily mail (and other) news sites where the site stops jumping around, loading sidebars and ads and popups, and remains stable for long enough to read the content? Honestly I expect better from 13 yr olds using geocites in 1995. Using brave on android FWIW.

Try DuckDuckGo.

That's an improvement thanks, was actually able to look at the page.

I know taste is subjective etc etc etc but a rolls?... I guess it's a statement rather than an objet d'art.

What's the terminal velocity from the 57th? If some bad guys (and I'm not talking about his interior designer) bust in and you jumped in and drove it off what are your chances, modern cars are surprisingly "walk away from" in high speed shunts and it'd naturally go engine first...