How Reliable - 2015 V8 S continental?
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I'm looking at a V8S Continental GT and I was wondering how good the extended Bentley Warranty is, and how reliable in general cars of this age are? It's sold by a Bentley dealer under the approved scheme but I've no experience of buying Bentley's before, mostly Porsche's / couple other stuff.
I found the Bentley warranty to be fantastic tbh.
Never had any issues with them saying things weren't covered.
If you contact the service department they'll normally tell you of any work that has been done to the car.
A warranty can be put on the car if it hasn't got one at the moment by having an inspection and rectifying any issues before the warranty is placed on it. There's a small discount for buying 2 or 3 years instead of the one.
Plus when you take the warranty out you get a bottle stopper - well worth the £3k
Never had any issues with them saying things weren't covered.
If you contact the service department they'll normally tell you of any work that has been done to the car.
A warranty can be put on the car if it hasn't got one at the moment by having an inspection and rectifying any issues before the warranty is placed on it. There's a small discount for buying 2 or 3 years instead of the one.
Plus when you take the warranty out you get a bottle stopper - well worth the £3k
MrReg said:
I found the Bentley warranty to be fantastic tbh.
Never had any issues with them saying things weren't covered.
If you contact the service department they'll normally tell you of any work that has been done to the car.
A warranty can be put on the car if it hasn't got one at the moment by having an inspection and rectifying any issues before the warranty is placed on it. There's a small discount for buying 2 or 3 years instead of the one.
Plus when you take the warranty out you get a bottle stopper - well worth the £3k
£3k for a year i assume? £5-6k for 3 years?Never had any issues with them saying things weren't covered.
If you contact the service department they'll normally tell you of any work that has been done to the car.
A warranty can be put on the car if it hasn't got one at the moment by having an inspection and rectifying any issues before the warranty is placed on it. There's a small discount for buying 2 or 3 years instead of the one.
Plus when you take the warranty out you get a bottle stopper - well worth the £3k
Pvapour said:
MrReg said:
I found the Bentley warranty to be fantastic tbh.
Never had any issues with them saying things weren't covered.
If you contact the service department they'll normally tell you of any work that has been done to the car.
A warranty can be put on the car if it hasn't got one at the moment by having an inspection and rectifying any issues before the warranty is placed on it. There's a small discount for buying 2 or 3 years instead of the one.
Plus when you take the warranty out you get a bottle stopper - well worth the £3k
£3k for a year i assume? £5-6k for 3 years?Never had any issues with them saying things weren't covered.
If you contact the service department they'll normally tell you of any work that has been done to the car.
A warranty can be put on the car if it hasn't got one at the moment by having an inspection and rectifying any issues before the warranty is placed on it. There's a small discount for buying 2 or 3 years instead of the one.
Plus when you take the warranty out you get a bottle stopper - well worth the £3k
I had an independent telling me how brilliant his warranty was, when I was looking at a GTC.
"It covers you up to EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS" he proclaimed.
"How much is an engine rebuild on a Bentley?"
".... yeah, but my warranty covers you up to EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS".
£5/6 K is better held in your war chest for fixes .
Theses W12 engines + g boxes are bombproof and cheap on E bay anyhow .
I can’t see you spending £10/12 K or what ever in four years with warranty items .
Remember don’t mix up wear n tear , brakes at a dealer are £2 K , suspension ( wears out too ) approaching £K a corner ......so all this is possibly outside the already spent amount .
Then depreciation.......the newer the car the steeper slope you start to slip on.So 1/2 your budget and put the other 1/2 in the war chest as well as lower entry point on the dep curve and stuff the warranty money in your back pocket .Fund the W12 fuel appetite...if that matters .
Plenty of good well serviced well maintained 04/06 examples about with loadsa life in them .
You need to enter into this with deep pockets .
Theses W12 engines + g boxes are bombproof and cheap on E bay anyhow .
I can’t see you spending £10/12 K or what ever in four years with warranty items .
Remember don’t mix up wear n tear , brakes at a dealer are £2 K , suspension ( wears out too ) approaching £K a corner ......so all this is possibly outside the already spent amount .
Then depreciation.......the newer the car the steeper slope you start to slip on.So 1/2 your budget and put the other 1/2 in the war chest as well as lower entry point on the dep curve and stuff the warranty money in your back pocket .Fund the W12 fuel appetite...if that matters .
Plenty of good well serviced well maintained 04/06 examples about with loadsa life in them .
You need to enter into this with deep pockets .
Edited by Fiammetta on Tuesday 9th June 17:40
Fiammetta said:
£5/6 K is better held in your war chest for fixes .
Theses W12 engines + g boxes are bombproof and cheap on E bay anyhow .
I can’t see you spending £10/12 K or what ever in four years with warranty items .
Remember don’t mix up wear n tear , brakes at a dealer are £2 K , suspension ( wears out too ) approaching £K a corner ......so all this is possibly outside the already spent amount .
Then depreciation.......the newer the car the steeper slope you start to slip on.So 1/2 your budget and put the other 1/2 in the war chest as well as lower entry point on the dep curve and stuff the warranty money in your back pocket .Fund the W12 fuel appetite...if that matters .
Plenty of good well serviced well maintained 04/06 examples about with loadsa life in them .
You need to enter into this with deep pockets .
There are some V8s about still under Bentley 3-year warranty and low miles. I was tempted to go for one. They should not suffer with the same wear and tear costs. They are mid £90ks to buy.Theses W12 engines + g boxes are bombproof and cheap on E bay anyhow .
I can’t see you spending £10/12 K or what ever in four years with warranty items .
Remember don’t mix up wear n tear , brakes at a dealer are £2 K , suspension ( wears out too ) approaching £K a corner ......so all this is possibly outside the already spent amount .
Then depreciation.......the newer the car the steeper slope you start to slip on.So 1/2 your budget and put the other 1/2 in the war chest as well as lower entry point on the dep curve and stuff the warranty money in your back pocket .Fund the W12 fuel appetite...if that matters .
Plenty of good well serviced well maintained 04/06 examples about with loadsa life in them .
You need to enter into this with deep pockets .
Edited by Fiammetta on Tuesday 9th June 17:40
The 04/06 cars are starting to look dated now IMHO.
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