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[anonymous-user]

21st Century Man said:

Over thread max, but so what!?

My spidey senses tell me that if you're going to buy one, buy this one. We've had plenty of £5k garbage Turbo R's posted up in this forum.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-Bentley-Turbo-R-pr...

"Royal Arsenal, Greenwich"? It is really that painful to say Woolwich?

Anyways... I spent about a year of my apprenticeship shadowing a tech that only worked on pre 97 Bentleys and RRs. Despite having a genuine interest and willingness to learn about the only thing I can remember from that year is how to take off the wheels (reverse thread studs, see Dukey, I was listening ).
Where most cars and systems make sense if you think about things long enough, these beasts seem like they were designed to be complicated for complicated sake and only truly understood by a breed of people we are losing by the day . The understanding that the purchase price is only "admission on entry" and a good specialist (and a total respect of how rare and valuable they are) are absolute musts.

There's nothing quite like them though and as much as I'd really, really like one, they are cars for people braver (or less traumatized) than me.

[728 days later]

When I went to get my eponymous 728i there was a gap of 10 years in the service book.. there were multiple receipts and documents of services in the time but they had not stamped the book the M52 6 shooter is about the only thing on mine which has never give me any reason to doubt it.. one of the finest most rugged engines on the planet

[r129sl]

WorldBoss said:

21st Century Man said:

Over thread max, but so what!?

My spidey senses tell me that if you're going to buy one, buy this one. We've had plenty of £5k garbage Turbo R's posted up in this forum.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-Bentley-Turbo-R-pr...

"Royal Arsenal, Greenwich"? It is really that painful to say Woolwich?

Anyways... I spent about a year of my apprenticeship shadowing a tech that only worked on pre 97 Bentleys and RRs. Despite having a genuine interest and willingness to learn about the only thing I can remember from that year is how to take off the wheels (reverse thread studs, see Dukey, I was listening ).
Where most cars and systems make sense if you think about things long enough, these beasts seem like they were designed to be complicated for complicated sake and only truly understood by a breed of people we are losing by the day . The understanding that the purchase price is only "admission on entry" and a good specialist (and a total respect of how rare and valuable they are) are absolute musts.

There's nothing quite like them though and as much as I'd really, really like one, they are cars for people braver (or less traumatized) than me.

The photographs are a lot wittier than the copy, although they reveal fk all about the car. I see CdG is at the wheel in this one:



But what is the price? Is it the £9,995 asking price or the £8,950 in the text?

Edited by r129sl on Monday 31st August 22:54

[cat220]

Showing as deposit taken, I've seen worse ads. Looked lovely.

[mondayo]

Have we had this before?
A 540i Touring with manual gearbox.

Two grand over thread limit but a pretty rare car I think....or to use the vomit inducing advert, a "unicorn".
Here's the link if you want to see it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-540iT-6-HK32-Code-u...

And a picture

[mondayo]

r129sl said:

The photographs are a lot wittier than the copy, although they reveal fk all about the car. I see CdG is at the wheel in this one:



But what is the price? Is it the £9,995 asking price or the £8,950 in the text?

Edited by r129sl on Monday 31st August 22:54

Was it the big hands that gave him away?

[Dapster]

r129sl said:

Has the wood on the dash and the wood on the steering wheel ever met before?

[carinaman]

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

Has the wood on the dash and the wood on the steering wheel ever met before?

In the description it explains the steering wheel is a later addition that's worth a fair bit, and that the the vendor could possibly make some money selling desirable bits separately.

That dashboard looks great to my eyes.

[LetsTryAgain]

mondayo said:

Have we had this before?
A 540i Touring with manual gearbox.

Two grand over thread limit but a pretty rare car I think....or to use the vomit inducing advert, a "unicorn".
Here's the link if you want to see it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-540iT-6-HK32-Code-u...

And a picture

I posted the Retro Rides thread link to this when it first went up for sale on there, maybe a month or so ago.

Nice car, too much money for 95% of folk.

[BlueMR2]

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

Has the wood on the dash and the wood on the steering wheel ever met before?

"The previous enthusiast also sourced and installed a genuine Turbo R wooden steering wheel and gear shift "

[SpeckledJim]

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

Has the wood on the dash and the wood on the steering wheel ever met before?

No, it actually hasn't.

This has been a gripe (ok, a very minor gripe, since I don't have one) of mine.

The wooden steering wheels are made from solid wood (in 4 pieces), which isn't then a match for the chosen veneer in the rest of the car.

Looks ok against burr walnut, but it jarrs a bit against the lighter veneers.

[webstercivet]

r129sl said:

The gothic handwriting on this invoice is quite something.

[Macron]

Here's a thread sub 10 min read if ever there was one, the Lexus Blog on the history of the GS.

https://blog.lexus.co.uk/history-lexus-gs/

[McGee_22]

LetsTryAgain said:

mondayo said:

Have we had this before?
A 540i Touring with manual gearbox.

Two grand over thread limit but a pretty rare car I think....or to use the vomit inducing advert, a "unicorn".
Here's the link if you want to see it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-540iT-6-HK32-Code-u...

And a picture

I posted the Retro Rides thread link to this when it first went up for sale on there, maybe a month or so ago.

Nice car, too much money for 95% of folk.

A forum5 poster went to see it and pronounced it not as good as the pictures and description...

[BlackStang5point0]

McGee_22 said:

LetsTryAgain said:

mondayo said:

Have we had this before?
A 540i Touring with manual gearbox.

Two grand over thread limit but a pretty rare car I think....or to use the vomit inducing advert, a "unicorn".
Here's the link if you want to see it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-540iT-6-HK32-Code-u...

And a picture

I posted the Retro Rides thread link to this when it first went up for sale on there, maybe a month or so ago.

Nice car, too much money for 95% of folk.

A forum5 poster went to see it and pronounced it not as good as the pictures and description...

I seem to recall the owner himself chipped in on these very pages during some ongoing discussions.

[LetsTryAgain]

BlackStang5point0 said:

I seem to recall the owner himself chipped in on these very pages during some ongoing discussions.

I should have remembered this, as he thanked me for posting it!

[SpeckledJim]

webstercivet said:

The gothic handwriting on this invoice is quite something.

I'm not sure whether that's brilliant or pretentious and ridiculous.

[anonymous-user]

SpeckledJim said:

I'm not sure whether that's brilliant or pretentious and ridiculous.

I think it's both, although it'd be far more ridiculous and not at all brilliant if it was an invoice for one of the VAG Bentleys. Although many of the sorts who buy them are probably not entirely averse to a tattoo of a meaningful verse in a tasteful script like that.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 1st September 17:24

[BlueMR2]

What should I look out for on a Mercedes-Benz CLK 2004 (53 reg) Convertible.

It's a black convertible with tan interior, 2 owner car and last owner since 2013 but now retiring from driving.

Also, how water tight are convertibles?

[SpeckledJim]

Why are you charging £125 an hour!?

"Well, it takes Julie most of the afternoon to draft your invoice, and when we tried to charge for her time as a line item, people started grumbling. Also, vellum doesn't grow on trees you know."