Good stuff.

When I was in college I wrote a paper about Rolls-Royce.  I wrote to several dealers outlining my paper and requesting information.  Out of the half dozen letters I sent, only one was answered.  A dealership in Chicago sent me a huge bundle of brochures, a pamphlet about the history of Rolls-Royce and a bunch of promotional stuff.  I thanked them and used the stuff to write my paper.  That fall I received a beautifully engraved invitation to the dealership to view the new models; dinner, drinks, the whole shebang and black tie to boot.  I couldn't go, since I was a college student barely getting by, but I wrote them back and told them that while I appreciated it, I wasn't really in the market for a Rolls, and would probably never be able to afford one.  I got a reply letter that basically said, "Maybe you can't afford a Rolls-Royce right now, but when you can, who are you going to buy from?"

I thought that was pretty cool.  They kept sending me invitations to the new model parties for a few years after that.  I guess they finally came to grips with the fact that I'm more of a Toyota man.

That would be the post on the Toyota iQ, which I am going to buy the end of this month.

I really want a Defender, but alas, the divorce puts me off.

What is amusing when watching that scene is the you still find these characters in some of the shops on the row and just off it ..

If you listen carefully the character Todd, speaks in the queens English to the customer, but when in conversation with his colleague drops it for east end barrow boy speak. Also note, that before the customer engages him, he is busy doing something completely unrelated to the job and has to be asked before helping to serve. It's also interesting in that he's practising some opera which seems not to fit with his own background, I assume coming into contact with the customers he wants to cultivate habits of the 'uppers' and when coming across a fellow working class man albeit from America treats him with disdain and contempt.

Also, the manager/tailor is brilliant. The way he rips buttons open on the suit instead of undoing them normally/talking rapidly while measuring/using a tape to measure at such pace that it makes you wonder if they have never looked at what it says/on being interrupted not actually going back to finish a particular measurement/doing everything in a rapid chaotic fashion but then upon finishing slowing down to chat about things which don't matter for the task at hand.. its just how a lot of these cutters behave..a sort of pompous roughness applied to the task which is quite unlike anything I've ever seen elsewhere.. I think it's worth going to various establishments on the row just for the sheer entertainment value of watching these types in action .. they are probably a dying breed so best to get in while you still can! Best thing is its like 4 or 5 shows for the price of admission with all the fittings and so on and you get a jacket thrown in at the end of it too!

Last edited by Oldfruit1 (2013-06-08 06:51:13)