A car like this for under £30K - talk about depreciation.
Discussion
Diamond blue said:
Always imagined it was a term referring to the Porsche tbh but the Conti is not my kind of car so I quite accept its usage for that car as I've not read a lot about it.
Besides, you can shorten the Bentley to Conti or Continental alone. Can't do that with the Porsche for obvious reasons.
If I'm honest, I'd never heard the acronym applied to either car before this thread, only in tax matters. Besides, you can shorten the Bentley to Conti or Continental alone. Can't do that with the Porsche for obvious reasons.
Globs said:
Dr Imran T said:
Nevertheless, they seem to have sold a lot so they (Bentley) must have done something right.
Yes that's very true. It's up there with Justin Bieber and Chris Brown...Strange person.
Ari said:
Globs said:
I see both you and ari have given up defending the car and switched to attacking the man, so well done, argument lost.
I think we were merely agreeing on your lack of capacity for reasoned articulate debate actually. 
. I'd like to keep you Ari if that's ok?
flatline84 said:
The car is ruined for a few good years until we forget about the current generation of fotballers driving around in them.
Its that bad really, and I have to come back to it then. Everything about it screams w
ker for me.
I think the same (not) everytime I use ours for a long journey.Its that bad really, and I have to come back to it then. Everything about it screams w
ker for me.
flatline84 said:
Because its a car that is likely to keep you awake at night and you can do without the spitting after your wheels when you do drive it?
I'm not sure I fully understand either points to be honest. Why would it keep you up at night? Does it play the drums at 3am?
Also, the day any upright walking human remotely concerns themselves over the creatures that spit will be a strange day.
DonkeyApple said:
I'm not sure I fully understand either points to be honest.
Why would it keep you up at night? Does it play the drums at 3am?
Also, the day any upright walking human remotely concerns themselves over the creatures that spit will be a strange day.
Because a full service with a few bits and bobs set you back 10 grand?Why would it keep you up at night? Does it play the drums at 3am?
Also, the day any upright walking human remotely concerns themselves over the creatures that spit will be a strange day.
flatline84 said:
Because a full service with a few bits and bobs set you back 10 grand?
Ok. What's the problem with that? Not that a full service plus a few bits does cost £10k. It's the same for lots of once expensive cars which have since fallen in value and indeed, part of that reason for the fall.
If someone buys a £30k Bentley and doesn't have the money to run it then they are a bit thick.
DonkeyApple said:
Ok. What's the problem with that? Not that a full service plus a few bits does cost £10k.
It's the same for lots of once expensive cars which have since fallen in value and indeed, part of that reason for the fall.
If someone buys a £30k Bentley and doesn't have the money to run it then they are a bit thick.
Its not a problem I guess, rather an explanation why I personally couldnt stomach it.It's the same for lots of once expensive cars which have since fallen in value and indeed, part of that reason for the fall.
If someone buys a £30k Bentley and doesn't have the money to run it then they are a bit thick.
It applies to many older performance and luxury cars - sure - , but I still have a feeling Bentley are in a league of it own should something bad happen.
Feel free to point out where Im wrong though.
The image thing is just my personal opinion I guess, makes me think knob instantly. If the driver couldnt care less, then good on him! Im sure the car is very, VERY good.
flatline84 said:
Its not a problem I guess, rather an explanation why I personally couldnt stomach it.
It applies to many older performance and luxury cars - sure - , but I still have a feeling Bentley are in a league of it own should something bad happen.
Feel free to point out where Im wrong though.
The image thing is just my personal opinion I guess, makes me think knob instantly. If the driver couldnt care less, then good on him! Im sure the car is very, VERY good.
I tend to agree re the image issue. It's a clear negative. It applies to many older performance and luxury cars - sure - , but I still have a feeling Bentley are in a league of it own should something bad happen.
Feel free to point out where Im wrong though.
The image thing is just my personal opinion I guess, makes me think knob instantly. If the driver couldnt care less, then good on him! Im sure the car is very, VERY good.
But I think lots of people forget that big expensive cars still have the same maintenance costs 7 years on. Arguably higher.
I'm sure plenty of people scrape the barrel to buy something without understanding that part of its cheapness is down to the cost of running and learn the hard way.
But in reality, if you drop £40k on a wagon like this your income is going to multiples of this figure, as are your cash reserves so running costs don't really matter. I would hazard that if an owner has concerns over the running costs then they've been a bit silly with their purchase in the first place.
I'd opt for the more useful Flying Spur though.
flatline84 said:
The image thing is just my personal opinion I guess, makes me think knob instantly. If the driver couldnt care less, then good on him! Im sure the car is very, VERY good.
And you don't think that this maybe says rather a lot more about you than it does about the driver..? 
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