Bentley Turbo R total shite! Now, Brooklands 'R' turbo shite....

[Junkman]

Sir, I find myself in possession of a spare AS dealer sticker.  If you would care to avail yourself of same, for £10.00 because you own a Bentley, PM me the address of your Devon estate and I'll bang it in the post, squire 

 

EFA

[HMC]

What a stunner!!!! The ultimate waftmobile- much history? If its patchy it would be fascinating to do a V888 keeper history enquiry

[xtriple]

Sir, I find myself in possession of a spare AS dealer sticker.  If you would care to avail yourself of same, gratis and for free, PM me the address of your Devon estate and I'll bang it in the post, squire 

You has p.m.

 

What a thoroughly decent chap, come the revolution I hope you will remember me and hustle me through the crowds baying for Bentley (and Rolls Royce) owners blood!

[xtriple]

History is... sporadic.  All Bentley main dealers until 2007 and then it seemed to disappear into storage as it did very few miles until 2013 when Specialist cars South West took on its care. To be fair, SCSW are VERY good  but they charge like wounded Rhinos and have zero sense of humour, which is very necessary when dealing with insane bastards like me!  Speedwell Honda have got used to me and the dogs (SCSW did not approve when Chester pee'd on a Bentley front wheel - that it is now my Bentley front wheel cut no ice! When he did the same thing inside Speedwells showroom on a brand new car they just gave me a look and handed me a roll of paper and some disinfectant stuff in a spray bottle.

 

He is still welcome in there!

 

It bugs me a  bit that dealers always throw away receipts and only keep the worthless book. I keep everything and keep it together and I love to buy cars or bikes with loads of history.

[eddyramrod]

If there's one make left on my bucket list (actually there are several), Bentley is the top.  I am so insanely jealous you could cast me in the Glenn Close part in a Fatal Attraction remake.

 

Do not, repeat NOT desecrate this delight with a private plate; nothing can life up to pride in one's true age.

 

You do know that in many of the books, James Bond has a Bentley?  Thought you might...

[mercrocker]

And any proper Avengers re-make should also surely star a BRG Turbo R.....

[dome]

Well done sir. You'll be welcome at a Scotoshite meet in that honey, it'll give you a nice run to get used to it...

[chaseracer]

You has p.m.

 

You has sticker in post   

 

What a thoroughly decent chap, come the revolution I hope you will remember me and hustle me through the crowds baying for Bentley (and Rolls Royce) owners blood!

 

The people will decide the fate of the Bentley-driving bourgeoisie, but they're a little busy right now...

 

 

Friday night and that, y'know?

 

[Captain Mainwaring]

That looks a fantastic old boat. Nice buy, and I hope you enjoy it.

For all the money it's cost/gonna cost you, you might as well hire an immigrant to drive you about in it. 

If you're gonna own a Bentley, do it properly. 

[eddyramrod]

That looks a fantastic old boat. Nice buy, and I hope you enjoy it.

For all the money it's cost/gonna cost you, you might as well hire eddyramrod to drive you about in it. 

If you're gonna own a Bentley, do it properly. 

EFA

[Taff]

I haven't read the whole thread but this:-

 

Seriously, well done. You only live once.

 

Nice motor

[TagoraSX]

One approves of this acquisition

[outlaw118]

Class in a (big) glass.

 

proper.

[Timewaster]

Seriously, well done. You only live once.

I thought that was Land Rovers?!

[Skizzer]

Cor, that looks flippin excellent. (Sir.)

 

You have won at life.

[panhard65]

I am sure the Honda dealers will have no trouble looking after it. I have got a workshop manual on CD which is well worth the fiver. Just don't listen to the snobs who say you must use genuine parts as some of the specialists put standard parts in fancy boxes then just make up a price. I found Roberts Hall in Oxford very good. He is doing front discs on special this month for £80 a pair. I might even treat mine to a pair as it is such a bargain

[Jim Bell]

Wash your windows sir?

Sweep your chimney sir?

Shine your shoes sir?

 

You are the absolute Lord, well played.

[richardmorris]

I am sure the Honda dealers will have no trouble looking after it. I have got a workshop manual on CD which is well worth the fiver. Just don't listen to the snobs who say you must use genuine parts as some of the specialists put standard parts in fancy boxes then just make up a price. I found Roberts Hall in Oxford very good. He is doing front discs on special this month for £80 a pair. I might even treat mine to a pair as it is such a bargain

I think rolls Royce charged five times the Citroen price for spheres and they are from Citroen in Citroen packaging.

[CHRIS1980]

I was offered a rough looking red Turbo R 6 years ago for 5k. It still bothers me now that I didn't buy it. I really could not believe a car that big could move so fast. Well bought sir,lord, guvnor...me lud.

[Felly Magic]

Top Shiteing, especially with the price of jungle juice on the drop at the moment

[Noel Tidybeard]

what a tachometer in a rolls/bentley how vulgar

[xtriple]

I think rolls Royce charged five times the Citroen price for spheres and they are from Citroen in Citroen packaging.

Yes indeed. I know that the specialist has used Citroen ones on mine as even they say the RR ones are ridiculously priced.

 

Believe it or not, but the lack of a tachometer is the reason I cannot buy a Rolls Royce! I would actually prefer one as I think they are less 'vulgar' than the Bentley but I have to have a tacho!

 

The specialist have a Silver Spirit for sale as well, early one with a nice pp in a lovely colour and it is in mint condition, no, honestly!  It's history goes on and on and it looks a 'proper' car. £6500 to you! No Tach, no ABS or fuel injection rules it out for me, but if anyone else is in the market....

[Bear]

Interesting, I've always seen Rolls Royce post WWII as more vulgar, nouveau-riche than the Bentley. That has changed since the Continental GT became the footballer's Cortina though, and I think the point was rammed home (literally) when on a trip down the M1 in my C6 (number of other C6s spotted: Zero) I was following a pair of Continental GTs through the 50 limit near Toddington - and then a THIRD one showed up, and one ran into the other. Hilarious.

 

I'd always been going to opt for a Bentley Eight. But then nearly went for a Mulsanne before I got the 300C Hemi - it was a tired, shabby, filled old bus, and the engine did not sound as smooth as I expected.

 

Lottery win, I'm having one of those Wraiths. A Capri for people who don't go to Greek islands for package holidays, they buy Greek islands.

[Cheggers]

You, sir, have the balls of a lion. If I had a hat, I'd take it off to you.

 

A lovely car well bought.

[rml2345]

Gorgeous and they do seem to go well. Use it to put angry reps in German saloons back in the place they belong.

Also, keep the proper plate. A true gentleman has no place for the vulgarity of the private registration.

That and it'd look shite.

[stripped fred]

Autishite has just moved up a gear! I wish you the best of luck and many miles of happy motoring.

[MarvinsMom]

i'd keep the bentley's real number.

 

why change it, the car has nothing to hid. when new i recall they were £120,000 possibly even more a the Eight was over £100,000.

 

now i thought that i had it pretty poss in the XJ6 and the Rover 75.

 

seeing the interior of that make me realise that i was infact sitting in my own filth in a the automotive equivalent of a mud hut.....

 

that car is utterly lush.

 

i am very jealous, m'lord. or should we be addressing you now as "your grace"?

 

sorry to hear about the vandalism on the honda, that would really boil my piss, i hope that never happens to "the big car"

[Bear]

I am looking forward to seeing the reality of this - much respect for taking one on. The XJS is really my answer to wanting a Continental R/T/SC (if I'm gonna dream) - I am hoping when it runs and the interior is restored it will have some of the qualities.

 

But the real love for Bentley is because of this.

 

 

That was my Grandfather's car. When I first saw it, when he owned it and used it from the 1950s to the '80s, it was a LeMans replica sans-blower, but he passed it over to my Uncle - the one who worked at Cowley, and had already restored several vintage cars, Isis, Bullnose (he was driving his Bullnose at the Cowley celebration a while back) - it was restored to the original longer wheelbase and Van Den Plas bodywork.

 

After a while, it was sold - sadly without me getting a chance to drive it, or even see it at a car show near where I lived - but since then I've found records showing that far from being a garage queen 'investment', the owners have driven it around the world - pictures from Canada and all sorts of places. Proper Bentley ownership.

[cort1977]

 

You do know that in many of the books, James Bond has a Bentley?  Thought you might...

 

I seem to remember that in one book he had installed a supercharger 'against the advice of the factory' or something.   Good sort that Bond.

[fred]

I think if you look through the paperwork - Owning a Bentley gives you fast track option of a council mansion £50 quid a week and comes with 3 mile gravel drive and Orangery

40 odd bedrooms and several itinerants to cosset you, AND a French ''Goblin'' teas maid ahem