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Originally posted by Dottore
Well made and luxurious I grant you. But often not particularly well engineered.
I didn't work much on mine - but I recall standing next to my mechanic on a number of occasions when he would just throw up his hands and swear at the lack of forethought...hoses impossible to get at, screws in places where they couldn't be undone...all that typically British stuff.
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I thought mine was a doddle to work on. In fact, I was suprised
how easy because early in my ownership, I took the car to a mechanic recommended as an expert in older European cars and he flat out refused to work on it. Poking around over the weekend, wondering what I'd gotten myself in to, I discovered the problem was a $16 part (purchased from the local dealer) that was pretty easy to replace. Mechanics are people to, and I think too many have bought into horror stories about Silver Shadows.
Like a Ferrari, they're built with the idea that rich people that will never work on the car will own them, so it's made without regard to minimizing labor-hours for repairs, but at least with a Rolls every repair instruction doesn't begin "Step One: Remove engine from car."
In the end, it's really just a collection of systems familiar in other cars from the period. The only unique component is the engine, and that's also the most reliable/trouble-free if it's been cared for properly (driven regularly, oil changed, and coolant flushed annually).