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Cloud with a silver lining

IT’S HARD TO imagine any snootier car owners than those of Rolls-Royce, but in fact, that’s just the beginning. Within those Roller ranks there’s another world of sub-snobbery, separating Derby from Crewe build, coachbuilt from ‘production’ body, left-from right-hand drive, which rock star parked it in a swimming pool, and who knows what else.

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