Man i want this car!!!!

[killah]

I always have liked the look of the gt's there alot near me i have need all three gt coupe flying spur and Gtc and i rather like the GTC as i am abit of a show off


is there any place where i can test drive any of these as i am young so it might be hard to get bentley to let me test drive a gtc.

[Balmoral Green]

Beemer-5 said:

Balmoral Green said:

Eh?

Under-rated ???

By whom ???

Pretty much anyone and everyone rates them very highly.

By whom?

Your good self, amongst others, Warren!

Beemer-5 said:

Which, I have argued against vigorously for ages.

Then, somehow, you have misunderstood me Ian

This is not unusual. You can have this discussion with Club members at meets who own GT's and Spurs, and there is no argument, they understand fully the debate and there is no disagreement as they too are old school, they often have several Rolls Royce/Bentley cars, of all types/generation, in their stable. Stating the bleedin' obvious as far as bloodline/lineage is concerned is never taken as rubbishing the new generation W12 product, more a case of 'Vive la difference'.

[Beemer-5]

That's fair enough, Warren, but i still don't buy the saying i so often hear about them not being 'real' Bentleys.
A post on page 1 of this thread is from someone who clearly hears the same things!

[Balmoral Green]

Beemer-5 said:

i still don't buy the saying i so often hear about them not being 'real' Bentleys.

This is a real Bentley...



This is a Rolls Royce...



And this is also a Rolls Royce, despite being conceived, developed and introduced long after Rolls Royce had split from Bentley...



HTH

[Bluebottle911]

Continental GT / Flying Spur are almost "too good". Turbo Rs, Arnages, Continental R/S/T etc. are flawed, but all the more fun for it. The CGT feels calm at any speed (well any speed I've driven one), but the last time I drove an Arnage T, when I put my foot down it felt like the horse had bolted and I just had to hang on for dear life - exhilarating! I guess the V8s just seem closer to the spirit of the WOs than the W12s do. But they're all great cars: underrate them at your peril!

[Beemer-5]

I have blagged a drive of the new 600 bhp Continental.
That should be fun, looking forward.
For me, the engine is a better unit than the old V8 lump.

[Balmoral Green]

Beemer-5 said:

For me, the engine is a better unit than the old V8 lump.

Indeed, but I was looking at a 1957 DKW at Donington yesterday, the bonnet was open, and as I looked inside, it was like looking at a Continental GT or a Flying Spur. Not surprising though really, as that is where the bloodline leads back to.

If you blag a drive in a Brooklands though, you MUST take me with you

Edited by Balmoral Green on Monday 31st March 20:26

[Bluebottle911]

Balmoral Green said:

Beemer-5 said:

i still don't buy the saying i so often hear about them not being 'real' Bentleys.

This is a real Bentley...



quote]

Untrue - that is a Bentley that's been souped up by that well known wide boy, the late "Tim" Birkin!

[Balmoral Green]

Bluebottle911 said:

Untrue - that is a Bentley that's been souped up by that well known wide boy, the late "Tim" Birkin!

[Captain Mainwaring]Well done that man, I was just waiting to see who would be the 1st to spot my deliberate mistake.[/Captain Mainwaring]

[jhoneyball]

Friend in my village has a mint '28 41/2 litre -- original everything including body. totally droolworthy