1991 Bentley Turbo RL
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and the car is (still) a delight to drive.
The easiest to find invoice totals are below, some of the big numbers are for suspension/electrical work:
2011 £4,976.46
2011 £1,177.33
2011 £4,674.35
2010 £2,416.85
2009 £1,927.39
2009 £3,681.15
2009 £893.77
2008 £1,234.47
2008 £640.88
2007 £808.41
2007 £131.40
2007 £6,952.20
2007 £772.67
2007 £315.28
2006 £1,457.56
2006 £1,914.03
2006 £2,619.94
2006 £251.77
2005 £176.25
2005 £2,774.83
2004 £471.13
2004 £374.02
2003 £451.92
Since 2003 the car has average 8,000 miles per annum.
2011 £4,976.46
2011 £1,177.33
2011 £4,674.35
2010 £2,416.85
2009 £1,927.39
2009 £3,681.15
2009 £893.77
2008 £1,234.47
2008 £640.88
2007 £808.41
2007 £131.40
2007 £6,952.20
2007 £772.67
2007 £315.28
2006 £1,457.56
2006 £1,914.03
2006 £2,619.94
2006 £251.77
2005 £176.25
2005 £2,774.83
2004 £471.13
2004 £374.02
2003 £451.92
Since 2003 the car has average 8,000 miles per annum.
That appears to work out as 51p per mile (ish) on maintenance alone before any fuel / insurance / tax etc.
Is that typical of the Bentley Eight's or is yours particularly well maintained and/or unlucky ?
I'm a total Bentley novice I'm afraid but I've always loved these and would love to own one one day. That's pretty steep in the running costs game though!
Is that typical of the Bentley Eight's or is yours particularly well maintained and/or unlucky ?
I'm a total Bentley novice I'm afraid but I've always loved these and would love to own one one day. That's pretty steep in the running costs game though!
D4MJT said:
That appears to work out as 51p per mile (ish) on maintenance alone before any fuel / insurance / tax etc.
Is that typical of the Bentley Eight's or is yours particularly well maintained and/or unlucky ?
I'm a total Bentley novice I'm afraid but I've always loved these and would love to own one one day. That's pretty steep in the running costs game though!
+1Is that typical of the Bentley Eight's or is yours particularly well maintained and/or unlucky ?
I'm a total Bentley novice I'm afraid but I've always loved these and would love to own one one day. That's pretty steep in the running costs game though!
and would 14k miles per annum reduce that to 25p per mile in maintenance?
and where were the bills from? indy I guess?
one of these would be on my lottery win list
0a said:
Plus fuel.
<wince>
But, yes, very very very nice indeed. I once got horribly tempted by an '84ish (carb'd) Mulsanne Turbo. In turd brown. With north of 300k on it. And a wad of invoices documenting it's return to the factory for services every 5k miles...
I agree, i have a Spirit II and am in a running bttle every couple of months with Mrs Fox demanding that it departs my life. However, showing her a pic of No1 gandson in it made her go all goooey eyed.!!!!
Seriously she didnt moan when i have just spent 1k getting a bit of cosmentics done.. the fronts seats look great, and even she tells people about how nice it looks, so she may be wearing down a bit.
Esp when i told her how much the V70 cost us last year. A lo more that the 1k on a bit of Crewe Botox..plus l have just found an Indie who will do a 12k service for £650.00 and the ex owner of Auto Trader uses him.
as an aside my mate has a Bentley Turbo and the difference in ride and performance is amazing. Te Bentley says LOUD pedal please, the Royce says just 70 will do me
Either way they are nice to travel about in protected from the outside world, by Wilton carpet beautiful veneer, 10 ex cow skins and a sound and heating system second to none. Worth every penny
Seriously she didnt moan when i have just spent 1k getting a bit of cosmentics done.. the fronts seats look great, and even she tells people about how nice it looks, so she may be wearing down a bit.
Esp when i told her how much the V70 cost us last year. A lo more that the 1k on a bit of Crewe Botox..plus l have just found an Indie who will do a 12k service for £650.00 and the ex owner of Auto Trader uses him.
as an aside my mate has a Bentley Turbo and the difference in ride and performance is amazing. Te Bentley says LOUD pedal please, the Royce says just 70 will do me
Either way they are nice to travel about in protected from the outside world, by Wilton carpet beautiful veneer, 10 ex cow skins and a sound and heating system second to none. Worth every penny
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