Bentley Bentayga Diesel

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

My 2015 full fat Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8, is now on 150,000 miles.

To be honest I've put 50k on it and it has been unstoppable. It's quick, comfortable and frugal enough.

I tackle 550-650 miles over the space of 2-3 days sitting on the motorway, usually at 85 leptons.

So it's time to change and I have been looking at 2017-18 diesel Bentagas. I know they are not much newer than my Range Rover.... Any thoughts, insights and options to look for would be much appreciated.

Is there anything else that is better for what I need?

Iceboy

[TISPKJ]

I can't help but its on my shortlist as well so looking forward to any answers.

[Al Gorithum]

Nice place to be but personally I'd be very cautious about buying one outside of warranty.

[Abc321]

A good friend went the other way - Bentayga to a new FFRR.

The Bentayga had/has no end of issues, repairs were astronomical. He still has it due the huge negative equity he's found himself in but thats another story.

[Al Gorithum]

Abc321 said:

A good friend went the other way - Bentayga to a new FFRR.

The Bentayga had/has no end of issues, repairs were astronomical. He still has it due the huge negative equity he's found himself in but thats another story.

At the end of the day it's an Audi, and Audi engineering is utter garbage.

[TISPKJ]

Al Gorithum said:

At the end of the day it's an Audi, and Audi engineering is utter garbage.

Really surprised at that comment, I have no real world Audi experience (other than a Quattro 40 years ago :-) ) but was rather hoping it would have been the reverse ....

Can anyone get a RR insured these days ? when I bought my Stelvio my current insurer didn't want to know.

Any specifics re issues or just in general ?

[stevemcs]

Usually timing chains on the Audis, if they do it’s around 12k to sort it out.

[rollerderby]

I have had one for 2 years. It’s a great all rounder and is a joy to drive and very frugal. I have spent 5k on it in 2 years for a couple of services at a Indy and some issues with air struts. On the whole it’s been really good and is really special In comparison to a RR.

[TISPKJ]

rollerderby said:

I have had one for 2 years. It s a great all rounder and is a joy to drive and very frugal. I have spent 5k on it in 2 years for a couple of services at a Indy and some issues with air struts. On the whole it s been really good and is really special In comparison to a RR.

Thanks, that's the kind of feedback I was looking for, I'm assuming a Bentley annual service would be circa £1500 and an Independent £600 would that be about right ?

obviously air struts will be expensive unless someone has developed an after market fix (like Mclaren) ?

[Dr G]

Bit of a thread bump but I only look in here occasionally.

Al Gorithum said:

At the end of the day it's an Audi, and Audi engineering is utter garbage.

This comment is "unhelpful" shall we say.

Diesel Bentayga is a close cousin of an SQ7, which are complex but generally quite good. I have experience with the model and almost 20 years professional experience with modern Audi.

An air strut repair kit is 350 Euro from Miessler, a bit more for a complete strut. Complete compressor less than 1000.

Bentley specific parts can be very expensive but I'm sure that isn't a surprise to anyone here. The shared Audi parts aren't as bad, and the commonality means that supply of used components is good too. Service, maintenance, and brake parts have good aftermarket support.

[ChocolateFrog]

M359 Restorations on YouTube is currently tidying up a Conti GT. It gives quite a good insight on the kind of bits that a shared and which are not. Shared parts are often quite reasonable, rear brake caliper off an Audi A8 for about €100 for example.

I'm sure it's similar on the Bentayga. If you're just punting it into a main dealer or even a specialist I imagine you're in for a reaming whether they source the cheaper parts or not.

[Dr G]

Totally; it will never be cheap to run a Bentley but you should be able to mitigate a lot of costs an bring them back inside the stratosphere.

Renn Automotive who do all of my (Audi) work have had several Lamborghini Urus through the doors recently and saved the owners 4-figure sums vs. having the work done with franchise Lamborghini dealers. For them it's no different to working on an RS6.

[TISPKJ]

Thanks Guys, its fairly much as I thought.

I am still looking, interestingly there are only 17 currently for sale out of about 800 made, they do seem to take forever to sell (no surprise) but I am surprised so few for sale (agree not best time of year etc etc but I have been looking for a few months) also only made for 2 years (2017/2018) maybe a close to 10 year old car is to much risk for a lot of people .... who knows.

Would be interested in your thoughts ...


edited to add - there are 34 out of 900 McLaren 720 for sale and its definitely not the time of year to sell one of those

Edited by TISPKJ on Friday 9th January 16:45