RE: You Know You Want To: Bentley Flying Spur
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My uncle has one of these, had it from brand new iirc.
A number of year back we up in Scotland for a wedding. It was quite far north, a least a couple of hours north of Edinburgh.
His lot were in the Bentley, we were in an E36 325i. Suffice to say, the E36 needed quite a bit of 'encouragement' to keep up when my uncle 'feathered' the Bentley's throttle!
Both made it though!
A number of year back we up in Scotland for a wedding. It was quite far north, a least a couple of hours north of Edinburgh.
His lot were in the Bentley, we were in an E36 325i. Suffice to say, the E36 needed quite a bit of 'encouragement' to keep up when my uncle 'feathered' the Bentley's throttle!
Both made it though!
I had the pleasure of working on one of these these week, needed a wheel refurbishing, nice and straightforward despite the size! Interior is awesome, its all the little touches like the bonnet pull popping out the badge, the plungers for the dash vent, oh and the VAG sticker in the boot just like a Polo 
Would I have one? Yes.
Would I have one? Yes.LuS1fer said:
I can't agree. An old Shadow will still rake in £5-6000 and these modern cars will last longer and will be far more reliable and will always have more cachet than an old Merc or BMW. These are going to be snapped up as wedding cars by the truckload diminishing the overall pool.
So you reckon Flying Spurs have bottomed out and will be flat at £35k -£40k?There was a posh Flying Spur made, a limited edition Bentley Linley. Only 10 were made and they were sold for 815.000 USD each.
More information on it here: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/03/bentley-goes-ev...
More information on it here: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/03/bentley-goes-ev...
Edited by Cannonball 500 on Friday 19th October 21:03
E-B said:
I wonder if it has ISOFIX kiddie seat mounts?
Would certainly P**s off the boss when you rock up to work in that, or the Mrs doing the school run!
If I had the family and kids I'd have one of these for sure... so much class for (relatively) little dosh.Would certainly P**s off the boss when you rock up to work in that, or the Mrs doing the school run!
Sadly, as a single bloke I can't really justify one!!
LuS1fer said:
bertie said:
So you reckon Flying Spurs have bottomed out and will be flat at £35k -£40k?
No but I think they'll keep their price better than an S Class.Yes an S class is depreciation suicide too, that's why I said the problem with ALL these bargain barges is they are still loosing money fast.
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Garlick said:
Although I am a confirmed Arnage addict, I'd have one of these at the right price.
The line between "is more interesting" and "is vastly worse in every way" has been crossed here 
You don't buy a Bentley because it's the best car, you buy an S-class for that, or even a 7 series BM.
You buy the Bentley because of the way it makes you feel and the feeling of luxury. The Arnarge has that Bentley-ness in spades while the later cars have the illusion spoilt in some areas with the parts bin VW look.
Personally, I think they're very different solutions
I've seen quite a few Phaeton W12s go for a third of the price of this Bentley. Fair enough, you do get 100BHP less than the Bentley, and none of the bragging rights that go with the Bentley badge. But the Phaeton is mostly the same car and the upside of it looking a lot like a Passat is that it's less likely to be vandalised or stolen. Probably cheaper to insure as well. Give it a couple of years and I might just pick one up...
I doubt many 30 year olds will get insurance at £1,000 for this bentley,If it needs a rear bumper its going be £4k fitted,hence insurance is more expensive ,a major service bearing in mind its going be a few years old is going be anywere -£3,000 with brakes, thats if you have one service,,Then fuel,17mpg x 12k a year is going be £2,500 more than the Audi x 24 months £5,000,
CampDavid said:
With respect, that's balls.
Insurance? About £1000 all in for a 30+ year old, possible to insure for a lot less.
£5000 servicing over 2 years?
£5000 a year in fuel? I spent £950 on 6000 miles a year in a 740i BMW which isn't far off on economy.
Unless you're on for 25k miles a year + with the majority in town, driven like it was stolen by a nutter on 11 points your a bit off on your numbers
Insurance? About £1000 all in for a 30+ year old, possible to insure for a lot less.
£5000 servicing over 2 years?
£5000 a year in fuel? I spent £950 on 6000 miles a year in a 740i BMW which isn't far off on economy.
Unless you're on for 25k miles a year + with the majority in town, driven like it was stolen by a nutter on 11 points your a bit off on your numbers
tomoleeds said:
You won't get an average of 17mpg in a Spur. Ours does 12-13 tops. 20mpg is the most you see at 70 on the motorway but hit some traffic and it is down to 6-9 mpg.Despite some VW origins the running costs are enormous. Take the dampers for example. They have a habit of blowing requiring replacement. That's 4 grand there and ours went at under 50k miles. Brakes are 2 grand a pair. If the headlight bulb goes you will need to visit the dealer, and if the starter or alternator goes then it is engine out. Approx 21hrs labour for that.
Great cars at silly low prices but if you can't afford to buy 2 then don't buy 1.
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