Continental GT owner experiences.

[J4CKO]

I cant afford one as yet but at some point I quite fancy one, they have really grown on me, interested to hear what they are like to run and live with day to day.

Say I had 30 grand to buy one which seems to cover a fair few earlier examples, 2005/2006 ish.

Are they total money pits and prone to expensive failures or generally pretty solid and reliable ?

[J4CKO]

Yeah, not something I would enter into lightly, I have a CLS 500 which is a 5.5 litre V8 but it is less complex than the Bentley, no 4wd, no turbos, 4 less cylinders.

Its only a thought, cant afford one currently anyway, just pondering how ruinous they can be, I am fairly hands on with my cars but appreciate they arent really easy to fix, its jut whether they generally just carry on and need regular servicing and consumables or is it one thing after another.

Couldnt fit one in the garage, do they not take kindly to living outdoors ?


two grand a year I can do, but 10, not really, am thinking when the kids are done at university and I am 50.

Also, are they worth it ?

There are loads round here in Cheshire, been out in a Speed model, massively impressive and have been walking the dog down the road between ALderely and WIlmslow and one went past on full throttle, utterly amazing.

Edited by J4CKO on Saturday 30th January 13:03

[J4CKO]

Another thing that stuck with me and made me aware of the possibility for pain was a young lad coming into the tyre place round the corner with a white one with black wheels, seemed like a bit of a blinged up older example, he was all saggy jeans and baseball cap, probably only early twenties, swaggered in, then the mechanic came in and told him 2 of his alloys were cracked and he couldnt change the tyres until they were replaced, I suspect that was what, £500 a piece second hand ?

Kind of removed the swagger a little.

[J4CKO]

enjoythemusic said:

J4CKO said:

I suspect that was what, £500 a piece second hand?

Try more like £700 each second hand. And yes, expect the typical £1100 here and there easy each year and the occasional £4000 fix every other year or so too. There are many known problems with the early models you might need to attend to. I would not buy a new one as the depreciation is mind-boggling!

Edited by enjoythemusic on Saturday 30th January 15:08

We have a little dress shop on the end of our road, tiny place, no name on it, its a word of mouth place that sells very expensive stuff, I nearly splattered Coleen Rooney as she crossed the road to go in once, that kind of place, anyway, the owner gets a new Conti every three years, suspect she knows depreciation, currently has a black Speed model, gorgeous.