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Thread started 05/26/15 3:49pm

pasquerto

What does Prince drive.....DOES he drive?!

I know I've seen some car pictures from the 90's but what about for the past 15 years? What is this sexy beast driving around in. Better yet, does he drive at all? Imagine pulling up to him at a stoplight!

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Reply #1 posted 05/26/15 3:54pm

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He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.
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Reply #2 posted 05/26/15 3:58pm

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KingSausage said:

He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.

You were nearly run over by Prince cool

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Reply #3 posted 05/26/15 3:58pm

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pasquerto said:

I know I've seen some car pictures from the 90's but what about for the past 15 years? What is this sexy beast driving around in. Better yet, does he drive at all? Imagine pulling up to him at a stoplight!

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Reply #4 posted 05/26/15 4:01pm

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KingSausage said:

He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.


Yeah. He was driving FAST. I was a bit tipsy and walking a little too far out in the street. If he had hit me, maybe it would have been like the end of Graffiti Bridge!
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Reply #5 posted 05/26/15 4:07pm

pasquerto

KingSausage said:

KingSausage said:
He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.
Yeah. He was driving FAST. I was a bit tipsy and walking a little too far out in the street. If he had hit me, maybe it would have been like the end of Graffiti Bridge!

One can only hope! hahahah

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Reply #6 posted 05/26/15 4:14pm

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KingSausage said:

He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.

This explains so many things! smile

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Reply #7 posted 05/26/15 4:16pm

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Aerogram said:



KingSausage said:


He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.


This explains so many things! smile




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Reply #8 posted 05/27/15 9:47am

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We've seen him driving many cars over the years . . . Thunderbird, yellow BMW Z1, the small convertible (white?) Z3, gold Ford Mustang, purple Plymouth Prowler. But all of those were a long, long time ago. I imagine he is chauffered around now.

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Surprising to note that he did not seem to go overboard on vehicles. No Ferraris, Porsches, no yachts, etc. They're all pretty reasonable.

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Reply #9 posted 05/27/15 10:20am

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Se7en said:

We've seen him driving many cars over the years . . . Thunderbird, yellow BMW Z1, the small convertible (white?) Z3, gold Ford Mustang, purple Plymouth Prowler. But all of those were a long, long time ago. I imagine he is chauffered around now.

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Surprising to note that he did not seem to go overboard on vehicles. No Ferraris, Porsches, no yachts, etc. They're all pretty reasonable.

The last car he showed off with was a pretty expensive car, a Bentley, but that was when the 21 Nights picture book came out. And I think that his cars were also mentioned in one of those articles that was written around the time Lotusflower and MPLSound came out. He made the journalist listen to the CD in one of his cars.

This is by the way something that many musicians do. You get a much better idea of the sound if you listen to music in a car. Many musician I know listen to their new tunes in their car before they put the finishing touches on their music.

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Reply #10 posted 05/27/15 10:54am

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Ford transit van. The version from the early 80s.
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Reply #11 posted 05/27/15 4:22pm

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KingSausage said:

KingSausage said:
He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.
Yeah. He was driving FAST. I was a bit tipsy and walking a little too far out in the street. If he had hit me, maybe it would have been like the end of Graffiti Bridge!

Did you at least get a friendly wave or a copy of The War on cassette tossed your way??

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Reply #12 posted 05/27/15 4:59pm

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Doozer said:



KingSausage said:


KingSausage said:
He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.

Yeah. He was driving FAST. I was a bit tipsy and walking a little too far out in the street. If he had hit me, maybe it would have been like the end of Graffiti Bridge!


Did you at least get a friendly wave or a copy of The War on cassette tossed your way??



Nope. Not even an XXXL smelly NPG t-shirt!
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Reply #13 posted 05/27/15 6:53pm

FUNKYNESS

Se7en said:

We've seen him driving many cars over the years . . . Thunderbird, yellow BMW Z1, the small convertible (white?) Z3, gold Ford Mustang, purple Plymouth Prowler. But all of those were a long, long time ago. I imagine he is chauffered around now.

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Surprising to note that he did not seem to go overboard on vehicles. No Ferraris, Porsches, no yachts, etc. They're all pretty reasonable.

Prince was drving the Prowler at the Xenophobia celebration - that was more thana decade ago but is it a "long, long time ago"? I suppose it is all relative

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Reply #14 posted 05/27/15 7:15pm

Linn4days

He probably fools y'all with a hybrid SUV....

Bodyguard drives it without a suit...

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Reply #15 posted 05/27/15 9:56pm

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Wasn't he caught out on a ramp on one if those grocery store scooters in some white socks and thong sandles?
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Reply #16 posted 05/28/15 5:35am

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Black BMW



Red Porche



Maybe a little red corvette and a big brown mercedes sedan...?
What?
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Reply #17 posted 05/28/15 8:16am

pasquerto

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Wasn't he caught out on a ramp on one if those grocery store scooters in some white socks and thong sandles?

Too lazy to post a picture but YES! During the surgery phase P rocked a Rascal like a pimp.

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Reply #18 posted 05/28/15 9:55am

Mandingo

He drives y'all crazy neutral

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Reply #19 posted 05/28/15 11:23am

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FUNKYNESS said:

Se7en said:

We've seen him driving many cars over the years . . . Thunderbird, yellow BMW Z1, the small convertible (white?) Z3, gold Ford Mustang, purple Plymouth Prowler. But all of those were a long, long time ago. I imagine he is chauffered around now.

.

Surprising to note that he did not seem to go overboard on vehicles. No Ferraris, Porsches, no yachts, etc. They're all pretty reasonable.

Prince was drving the Prowler at the Xenophobia celebration - that was more thana decade ago but is it a "long, long time ago"? I suppose it is all relative

Z1 was 1991/1992, Z3 was 1996/1997, Mustang was 1994, Prowler was around 2000/2001 . . . I would say almost 14 years is quite a long time when you're talking about cars.

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If your child was born then, he/she would be almost high-school age now. I'd say that counts as a long, long time ago.

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Prince doesn't seem to visually age, which kinda distorts the whole "time" thing. I have a hard time believing Purple Rain was 31 years ago. I was 12 years old then. eek

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Reply #20 posted 05/28/15 11:57am

Miles

Se7en said:

Prince doesn't seem to visually age, which kinda distorts the whole "time" thing. I have a hard time believing Purple Rain was 31 years ago. I was 12 years old then. eek


You should have learned by now. Time is a lie. Prince has known this for a long time wink .

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Reply #21 posted 05/29/15 2:16pm

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FUNKYNESS said:

Se7en said:

We've seen him driving many cars over the years . . . Thunderbird, yellow BMW Z1, the small convertible (white?) Z3, gold Ford Mustang, purple Plymouth Prowler. But all of those were a long, long time ago. I imagine he is chauffered around now.

.

Surprising to note that he did not seem to go overboard on vehicles. No Ferraris, Porsches, no yachts, etc. They're all pretty reasonable.

Prince was drving the Prowler at the Xenophobia celebration - that was more thana decade ago but is it a "long, long time ago"? I suppose it is all relative

Speaking of the Celebrations. One year, they had some of Prince's vehicles on display. There was the 'yellow' Z1 which had been repainted in glitter gold. White Z1. Buick Wildcat from Under the Cherry Moon. A white limo from Purple Rain days. Both the black and purple motorcycles from GB and Purple Rain. A gold Buick Electra? that was used on the first NPG album cover.

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Reply #22 posted 05/29/15 2:20pm

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Last time I saw him driving he was in a Bentley whilst some pap was screaming Purple Rain lyrics at him.
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Reply #23 posted 05/29/15 3:38pm

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BMW Z1BMW Z3BMW 850i

fbueller said:

FUNKYNESS said:

Prince was drving the Prowler at the Xenophobia celebration - that was more thana decade ago but is it a "long, long time ago"? I suppose it is all relative

Speaking of the Celebrations. One year, they had some of Prince's vehicles on display. There was the 'yellow' Z1 which had been repainted in glitter gold. White Z1. Buick Wildcat from Under the Cherry Moon. A white limo from Purple Rain days. Both the black and purple motorcycles from GB and Purple Rain. A gold Buick Electra? that was used on the first NPG album cover.

Canary yellow BMW 850i (later dipped in gold around the Gold Experience era), and a white BMW Z3.

To my knowledge he never had a BMW Z8 and definitely not a Z1. The Z1 is pretty rare and still quite pricey collectors´ item, by the way. It´s the one with the doors that slide underneath the car. Those were made in the late 80s, very early 90s. A bit plastic looking but I like it. The Z8 was much more expensive than the 850i in comparison.

The Z3 is the one from the Betcha By Golly Wow video. The Z8 above was made famous in that one James Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan. Don´t remember the name. Prince is definitely a BMW fan though....he thanked them in the booklet of the Emancipation album.

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Reply #24 posted 05/29/15 4:25pm

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KoolEaze said:

BMW Z1BMW Z3BMW 850i

fbueller said:

Speaking of the Celebrations. One year, they had some of Prince's vehicles on display. There was the 'yellow' Z1 which had been repainted in glitter gold. White Z1. Buick Wildcat from Under the Cherry Moon. A white limo from Purple Rain days. Both the black and purple motorcycles from GB and Purple Rain. A gold Buick Electra? that was used on the first NPG album cover.

Canary yellow BMW 850i (later dipped in gold around the Gold Experience era), and a white BMW Z3.

To my knowledge he never had a BMW Z8 and definitely not a Z1. The Z1 is pretty rare and still quite pricey collectors´ item, by the way. It´s the one with the doors that slide underneath the car. Those were made in the late 80s, very early 90s. A bit plastic looking but I like it. The Z8 was much more expensive than the 850i in comparison.

The Z3 is the one from the Betcha By Golly Wow video. The Z8 above was made famous in that one James Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan. Don´t remember the name. Prince is definitely a BMW fan though....he thanked them in the booklet of the Emancipation album.

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[Edited 5/29/15 15:52pm]

Yeah, was busy when writing the post, somebody posted earlier that the yellow BMW was a Z1... had that model number on the mind. It's a yellow 850i which had been painted glitter gold - looked like a cheap paint job as paint was flaking off revealing the original yellow paint underneath - such a beautiful car to do that to. And it's a white Z3 - not a Z1.

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Reply #25 posted 05/31/15 10:33pm

CharismaDove

KingSausage said:

He used to drive the purple Prowler (?) on the back of the Greatest Romance Ever Sold single. In fact, he almost fucking ran me over one time on a road near Paisley Park as I was walking up to the parking lot. This was back in 1999 or 2000, if I recall.


lol lol lol I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it

Maybe eye do, just not like eye did before pimp2
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Reply #26 posted 05/31/15 10:35pm

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I only saw him drive in Under the Cherry Moon, which was alright. He also posed in that car in Alphabet St. During the Lovesexy Tour, he would enter the stage from a Thunderbird.

Maybe eye do, just not like eye did before pimp2
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Reply #27 posted 05/31/15 10:36pm

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In Under the Cherry Moon he drove an Impala or something.


I think I saw him driving a Mercedes before. He was driving slow. lol
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Reply #28 posted 06/01/15 1:35am

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wildgoldenhoney said:

In Under the Cherry Moon he drove an Impala or something. I think I saw him driving a Mercedes before. He was driving slow. lol

I think that´s a Buick. One of the posts above said it was a Buick Wildcat.

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