RE: Maybach 62: Spotted
Discussion
Agent XXX said:
MalcolmSmith said:
The interior looks like some cheap crap your granny with cataracts would buy from DFS.
I.
It REALLY isn't.I.
It's a bit like going to a top end hotel in Beijing, everything is there but it's not quite right.
Agent XXX said:
Just to clarify, I'm not a fan of these as they're rather naff but when the hotel you're staying at sends one of these to collect you from the airport it does feel rather special.
Agreed. It’s role is a restaurant / hotel upmarket private taxi. I can’t see why anyone would buy one for private use. As they get older, I see them doing nothing more than moving down the chain to lesser and lesser restaurants / hotels.
Plate spinner said:
Agreed. It’s role is a restaurant / hotel upmarket private taxi. I can’t see why anyone would buy one for private use.
And in that role, it must be a bugger to park - I don't envy the driver. I've struggled round the ramps in London multi-storeys in a long wheelbase S-class, never mind one of these things!
can't remember said:
No, he's right. It does look like granny type furniture. The carpet and the leather are similar in colour but not quite the same and the wood gives a jarring contrast particularly around the screens. The ruffled leather map pockets are on another level. You are however correct in that everything was of the absolute highest quality.
It's a bit like going to a top end hotel in Beijing, everything is there but it's not quite right.
Eaxactly, I wasn’t implying it WAS crap, I’m sure it’s the highest quality of materials, but to my taste it looks crap, I didn’t really know why, but I think you’ve nailed it.It's a bit like going to a top end hotel in Beijing, everything is there but it's not quite right.
This YouTuber’s experience will put the running cost of these into perspective.
https://youtu.be/L2bmLCLq1dE
https://youtu.be/L2bmLCLq1dE
Don't really care what it used to cost.
From my point of view, I just look at the sheer size of it, and think it would be trouble in London. A private owner would struggle to park it (almost anywhere). Does it even fit into a standard sized parking space?
Alternatively, how many 500 bhp-ish cars are out there from BMW, AMG, Audi, etc that have a LWB option? I'm guessing a few, and they probably cost nowhere near 60 large, along with ongoing running costs being closer to "normal".
This thing to me isn't much more than a car crash; people will rubber-neck it, sure, out of idle curiosity, yet simply drive by.
From my point of view, I just look at the sheer size of it, and think it would be trouble in London. A private owner would struggle to park it (almost anywhere). Does it even fit into a standard sized parking space?
Alternatively, how many 500 bhp-ish cars are out there from BMW, AMG, Audi, etc that have a LWB option? I'm guessing a few, and they probably cost nowhere near 60 large, along with ongoing running costs being closer to "normal".
This thing to me isn't much more than a car crash; people will rubber-neck it, sure, out of idle curiosity, yet simply drive by.
I can’t think that under any circumstances you wouldn’t look like a complete t
t in one of these. Or Simon Cowell. Probably the same thing, thinking about it...
Perhaps it just my perception but to me the more expensive the leather and wood interior trim is, the cheaper it looks.
To me the back ‘lounge area’ of this looks like one of those ‘lookey-likey’ Chinese cars like the Geeley GE, as if someone has photocopied the blueprints for a Rolls Royce interior and then constructed it using dog sick instead of glue, Formica instead of walnut and rhinoceros foreskin instead of ostrich...
t in one of these. Or Simon Cowell. Probably the same thing, thinking about it...Perhaps it just my perception but to me the more expensive the leather and wood interior trim is, the cheaper it looks.
To me the back ‘lounge area’ of this looks like one of those ‘lookey-likey’ Chinese cars like the Geeley GE, as if someone has photocopied the blueprints for a Rolls Royce interior and then constructed it using dog sick instead of glue, Formica instead of walnut and rhinoceros foreskin instead of ostrich...
fernando the frog said:
"Sick of hearing about rappers and their Rolls-Royce Phantoms? Then take a look at the Platzhirsch 'Benz"
If you're implying rappers don't talk about Maybach's you couldn't be more wrong
Indeed - Florida rapper Rick Ross actually named his production company Maybach Music Group (or MMG) and liberally sprinkles the vocal tag "Maybach Music..." on everything he features on; that's before we even talk about the songs he made called "Maybach Music" as well as "Maybach Music part 2" and "Maybach Music part 3"...If you're implying rappers don't talk about Maybach's you couldn't be more wrong
I think it's fair to say that to Americans at least, Maybach as a brand is far more recognised, at least within hiphop culture, than Rolls Royce!
Agent XXX said:
sjc said:
Never been in one but I think the poster was comparing a near new S-class to this 14 year old Maybach.
With the advances made, would their be that much difference still?
Yes. Still a vast difference. Size for one thing, phenomenal legroom and more toys than Hamleys at Christmas.With the advances made, would their be that much difference still?
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