Pair of 'R's

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buyer&seller

771 posts

178 months

Friday 23rd January 2015
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Looks a lovely example, these cars are seriously under rated by the old school Bentley traditionalists (snobs). One think, Black Emerald is a a very dark green the dark blue version is Black Sapphire.

slippery

14,093 posts

239 months

Saturday 24th January 2015
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That looks fantastic. Well done!

EdwardC

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77 posts

131 months

Tuesday 24th February 2015
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I was quite merely motoring up the M4 from Bath to London on Friday afternoon when I noticed steam coming from behind the car. I pulled over as soon as I could only for the radiator to dump whatever water it had left on the tarmac. A flat bed truck promptly turned up and took the car back to one of the R-R specialists I use near home and I continued my journey by train.

I phoned the garage earlier in the week to find out what the prognosis was and they said that the entire radiator had sagged in the middle (by a good few cms!) from old age and then in a moment of rage had started to disintegrate! I am keeping my fingers (and toes) crossed that no other damage has been caused as the temperature gauge stayed steady throughout and there was no smell of burning. However, it could have been much much worse. For anyone else out there running a 4.4 be warned!!!

slippery

14,093 posts

239 months

Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Ouch! I hope you get a good outcome here.

9six4

1,358 posts

173 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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Hope it's only the radiator that needs fixing - fingers crossed for you