Bentley Continental GT Speed - Ownership Experience

[JulianPH]

Robert_F said:

JulianPH said:

I'm only holding out on upgrading to the Speed until I see what the new Bentley 6 looks like!

Does anyone have any updates on this...?

Do you mean the Bentley Speed 6 concept car?

That's the one! I was really hoping it would come through to production but haven't heard anything since on this...

[Robert_F]

JulianPH said:

Robert_F said:

JulianPH said:

I'm only holding out on upgrading to the Speed until I see what the new Bentley 6 looks like!

Does anyone have any updates on this...?

Do you mean the Bentley Speed 6 concept car?

That's the one! I was really hoping it would come through to production but haven't heard anything since on this...

I’m pretty sure that the Speed 6 concept from a couple of years ago has essentially evolved into what is now the new model Continental GT that is now available. If you look at the photos side by side it’s very much the precursor to the latest model with many design elements from the concept.

[Speculatore]

JulianPH said:

Speculatore said:

jeyjey said:

Yowza. Is that London? I think I'm paying £135 in Belfast (after a 10% discount that I presume everyone gets).

Harwoods Bentley Hampshire

Hi mate, I like what you have done with the wrap (after your Aston Martin mods I knew you wouldn't be able to leave the Bentley alone!) and glad to hear you are still enjoying it.

I'm only holding out on upgrading to the Speed until I see what the new Bentley 6 looks like!

Does anyone have any updates on this...?

Hi Justin,

You know me... get a high end car and just can't leave it alone. I remember saying to the good lady when I bought the DB( "At least I wont have to do anything to it" and look how that turned out....
I went for the Wrap with the Bentley rather than a full respray as it is totally reversible. The original paintwork underneath the vinyl is protected from minor stone chips and if I have a bump that individual panel can be repaired and new wrap added.

With the new Larini active exhaust system the car sounds more to my liking which is something that I missed from the Astons V12 roar.

Now at 706 bhp is is a proper monster...

[JulianPH]

Speculatore said:

Hi Justin,

You know me... get a high end car and just can't leave it alone. I remember saying to the good lady when I bought the DB( "At least I wont have to do anything to it" and look how that turned out....
I went for the Wrap with the Bentley rather than a full respray as it is totally reversible. The original paintwork underneath the vinyl is protected from minor stone chips and if I have a bump that individual panel can be repaired and new wrap added.

With the new Larini active exhaust system the car sounds more to my liking which is something that I missed from the Astons V12 roar.

Now at 706 bhp is is a proper monster...

706 bhp is pretty mad and knowing what you did with the Aston I am not in the slightest bit surprised!

And when did I suddenly become Justin BTW?!!!

[Speculatore]

Bloody spell check...

[goddo]

Speculatore said:

Bloody spell check...

David, did you ever get those output figures you spoke about after the exhaust was change for Larini?

[goddo]

goddo said:

David, did you ever get those output figures you spoke about after the exhaust was change for Larini?

Oops, sorry!! Just read you message about this Wednesday.

[Speculatore]

goddo said:

Oops, sorry!! Just read you message about this Wednesday.

I posted the Remap graph on another thread showing 705.6 BHP. The car goes in this Wednesday to have the secondary Decat and another remap.

[Rob F]

4,000 Mile Update

I'm now 6 months into my ownership and I was surprised to realise I've now done around 4,000 miles in the car (!)... although that does include around 2,500 on the road trip through Spain and France.

My views on the car haven't really changed at all - it's been faultless as a mile cruncher and also great fun when you want to put your foot down, change the damper settings to Sport and enjoy some country roads. I recently had a weekend away with a bunch of mates and everyone who came for a ride was blown away by the performance.

The only issue I've had is a major stone chip in the windscreen when driving down the M4. I ended up having to get the whole windscreen replaced, which was done by Autoglass. They actually did a great job (I was slightly nervous) and only get certain more experienced technicians to do jobs on these cars. The fitter said the glass cost around £2k so I was happy to pay the £90 insurance excess!

What are the things I've noticed?

• The steering does seem to be very camber sensitive. Maybe this is just my car and I need to get the alignment checked but I find that as soon as you go on a road with some gradient to it, the car has a tendency to want to gravitate in that direction. I've seen some comments elsewhere to this effect and have put it down to the fact that it is a very heavy vehicle, but would be interested to hear other owner experiences.
• The motorised bootlid really is a bit slow and pointless!
• The car is still massive. It is definitely not for going down any kind of single lane road or narrower B roads - I've had a few sweaty palm moments navigating roads down in Cornwall.

All in all, it's been a fantastic experience so far. I am wondering how long to keep it ... I always thought 2-3 years or around 30,000 miles but can see myself fast approaching that mileage target!