Saudi-registered $344,000 Rolls-Royce was craned and removed from outside London hotel as council's patience snaps

This Rolls-Royce was removed by a crane in a big operation outside a luxury London hotel, in a big crackdown on parking.

After one car broke the rules, the local council felt that it was left with just one option, and it wasn’t pretty.

Reportedly worth around $344,000, the luxury car had been parked in the same spot in London’s West End for far too long, but there was an issue.

The car was Saudi-registered, and previous methods to remove cars that were not European had proved fruitless.

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This $344,000 Rolls-Royce was in deep trouble

In the depths of Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, London, it’s not unusual to see super-expensive and plush cars parked on the street.

The area is affluent and home to many of the world’s rich and famous, but it seems that one Rolls-Royce overstayed its welcome.

The blue Rolls was registered to an owner in Saudi Arabia, but was parked on the other side of the world illegally outside the Chancery Rosewood hotel.

Worth almost $340,000, the car was no ordinary sedan and was part of a select group of cars that were the subject of complaints about guests at the hotel, by disgruntled area residents.

Eventually, push came to shove, and the spot was cleared in a unique way.

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The council simply had enough of the supercar

The council had enough of the parking situation around the hotel, and with the help of a relocation vehicle, the Rolls was moved to a street further away from the scene.

The other cars causing chaos by being parked outside the hotel were moved by their owners voluntarily.

According to the BBC, the council said that issuing parking fines was not working.

“The vehicles are foreign-registered – the ones we photographed have Saudi numberplates – so the chances of recovering the costs are virtually nil.

“And the owners of the vehicles, which include Rolls-Royces and Lamborghinis, are so wealthy that fines barely registered,” said the council.

Another spokesperson explained that no dangerous pavement parking would be tolerated, ‘whether it’s a Lime bike or a Lamborghini’.

So, the rules still apply whether you drive a Rolls or a Toyota Prius, and no matter what, safety should always be a priority.

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