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mat430
61 posts
58 months
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i have just bought an 04 04 done 23k black black 1 owner gt trade from a friend who is a bentley dealer paid 30k for it brilliant car just had it serviced and no faults nothing wrong with it annaul service is 440 from indi getting 15-17mpg average but its a second car for us all to use so mpg does not matter.
He did check it through the work shop prior selling it to me and got the wood changed to piano black
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TheLordJohn
1,831 posts
15 months
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mat430 said: i have just bought an 04 04 done 23k black black 1 owner gt trade from a friend who is a bentley dealer paid 30k for it brilliant car just had it serviced and no faults nothing wrong with it annaul service is 440 from indi getting 15-17mpg average but its a second car for us all to use so mpg does not matter.
He did check it through the work shop prior selling it to me and got the wood changed to piano black Sounds nice, get some photos up, I love them in black. Wish I could afford 30k for a second car! Haha.
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mat430
61 posts
58 months
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will do cannot uplaod at the office for somereason
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TheLordJohn
1,831 posts
15 months
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mat430 said: will do cannot uplaod at the office for somereason Cheers mate!
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mat430
61 posts
58 months
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Here you go  
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k-ink
4,589 posts
48 months
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Looks the nuts! Good luck with it.
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DSLiverpool
3,280 posts
71 months
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Love that, good buy, enjoy the car and even more the value
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mat430
61 posts
58 months
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thanks guys want to change the wheels but im being tight as im not sure how long im going to keep it, plus all the tyres are new.
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enjoythemusic
30 posts
13 months
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Congratulations! Lovely and that is literally a 'mirror image' of the 2006 black/black LHD version that is here. May she bring you thousands of miles of smiles.
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Gordyma
95 posts
11 months
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Sorry I've not read all of this thread but the GT is really a "big boys toy" It's all fine and well paying low 20k for one but as with all cars originally costing £100k they are expensive to run, service and repair. Tyres are £300 each for 19" services even at an independant will cost you £400 and £800ish. I've owned mine for 4 years now It's a 2005 model and it's been very reliable plus I've got the Bentley warranty which has covered most things but a daft thing like the rear high level brake light repair is a glass out job and costs circa £800, Brakes are very expensive remember these were the biggest brakes ever to be fitted to a production car at the time. You would have to allow something like £3-4000 a year to run excluding fuel and insurance however on the plus side it probably wont depreciate a great deal. I love mine It's easilty the best all round car I've owned but in my opinion the millage is too high there are plenty of these about with very low miles, even mine is quite high at 52k which is 7k/year, and some of these will never of been anywhere but the main dealer.
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TheLordJohn
1,831 posts
15 months
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mat430 said: Here you go VERY nice! Thanks for uploading.
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Swoxy
2,368 posts
79 months
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Euro Car Parts have stocked Pagid brakes for the CGT since last autumn.
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JnP
310 posts
26 months
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The car looks mental, congrats on your choice. I did the same thing a year ago and bought a TVR Tuscan, sometime your heart tells you things and you have to listen to it ! 
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mat430
61 posts
58 months
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thanks guys its going well wife has been using it done around 500-600 miles and no issues what so ever
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k-ink
4,589 posts
48 months
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I saw one of these accelerating very hard from a standing start the other day. I was VERY impressed! Comfort and pace. These cars are growing on me.
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mat430
61 posts
58 months
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i can report growing on me as well, although the wife is mainly using it. since had it serviced the mpg seems better around 18-19 in to manchester was way over due and it was a major one
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ProjectBayern
40 posts
24 months
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Hi, sorry I haven't read all of the thread but I own a car sale and tuning business and I currently own a Continental GT Monaco Elite and have had countless other Conti GT's and Flying Spurs.
You need to go into this with your eyes wide open, as I tell all of my customers these are expensive cars to own and run. Despite what people think the build quality isn't traditional Bentley and things do go wrong, especially electrical gremlins. There are lots of shared parts with VW group cars but equally there are a lot of bespoke parts and some of which Bentley force the suppliers to only produce from them, and Bentley's mark ups are high as you would expect.
Hugely rewarding car to own from a performance and pleasure perspective and if you have the disposable capital I would well recommend it, however, be cautious as they are a fair way away from a 530d even 550i to keep on the road.
As a quick footnote, I remapped my vehicle through my tuning company and the mpg has gone from 14mph to 19mpg and it's dyno verified at 604bhp. A lot faster but uses a lot less fuel. Also specialist independents can be just as good for servicing and often at 1/3 of the price of OBC.....me and a friend both use a guy in Manchester with the full VAS diagnostics and good knowledge of Conti's yet he's about a quarter of the price of OBC Knutsford.
Good luck if you do/have bought it and enjoy the experience, it's certainly one you'll never forget.
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wodgywodgy
4 posts
9 months
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Hello everybody, I am looking at a gt, have been for along while, just waiting for the right one to come along.
The question is am I prepared for the expense of ownership of a 2004/5 model?
To put things in perspective, I have owned a supercharged 4.2L V8 Range Vogue for 2.5 years, when something went wrong it was never pennies. I sold that. For the last year I have run a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 sport, nothing gone wrong but servicing cheap compared to the Range, fuel costs similar.
Is the GT really that much worse? And can one get a Bentley warranty for a vehicle not bought approved-used form their dealerships? My local Bentley dealer says he cant help me if I don't buy from him!
Moreover, how much depreciation is suffered if sold on to trade after one year? 8-10K?
Help Appreciated!
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Rollcage
9,172 posts
61 months
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You'll lose a bucketload of money chopping like that!
Running costs would be in a different league to a FFRR.
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whoami
7,059 posts
109 months
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Rollcage said: You'll lose a bucketload of money chopping like that!
Running costs would be in a different league to a FFRR. In what way?
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