RE: Bentley Bentayga V8: Driven
Discussion
Watchman said:
sidesauce said:
JuanGandini said:
In the UK the infrastructure just isn't built for them.
They're not just built for the UK - LA, Dallas, Dubai, and many, many other places would accommodate these with ease; in fact, they're not even that big compared with say a Chevrolet Suburban, Mercedes GL-Class or Nissan Armada. In fact a Phantom or even Mulsanne would be more car, even if they don't sit quite as high...Chestrockwell said:
The press shots and colours make these hideous however I saw a black dechromed one the other day and it looked very nice.
I’m just dreading the day those tuning companies put them stupid body kits on them with 10 exhausts and a le mans type wing on them
Whatever you do never google, Bentayga and Mansory unless you cover your keyboard otherwise you will be picking bits of vomit out of it for weeks!I’m just dreading the day those tuning companies put them stupid body kits on them with 10 exhausts and a le mans type wing on them
Can't un-see the London Taxi image whenever I see one, fugly.
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I've seen a few of these now...always in the outside lane arrogantly bullying other cars out of the way.
Yes, I saw one do that on the southbound M5 a few weeks back. I was doing about 80 in lane 1 and the car he was bullying had gone past at a fair lick himself. Scary stuff if it went wrong. It was in a nice dark blue, mind, and I have to admit I quite like the look of them. The interior looks like a lovely place to sit too. But I think if I was in the market a full-fat RR would be my limit.
Robocop2 said:
“Nixed by the noiselessness”! Interesting turn of phrase by the ever inventive Mr. Cackett.
... and completely inappropriate !nixed
past simple and past participle of nix
nix
verb [ T ] uk  /nɪks/ us  /nɪks/ US informal
to stop, prevent, or refuse to accept something:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ares said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I don't get it. If you want a quick SUV, there's stuff like the Merc GLC43, Audi SQ5 and no doubt many others that are £80K cheaper and look far nicer.
Or you save more and get a bike, or a transit van. Equally comparable.
J4CKO said:
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I've seen a few of these now...always in the outside lane arrogantly bullying other cars out of the way. I even saw one bully a BMW out of the way by sitting 1" from his bumper last week - good to get a bit of their own medicine I guess.
Thing is, in something like that, anything you do looks a bit arrogant, sat still in traffic, people are watching you in stuff like that, wanting to confirm their diagnosis of you being a 
, and with it being so big, you have no chance, even if you drive like a saint. Also, in fast stuff, you can go fast, a lot of folk dont have a clue how much faster that car is than their 1.2 litre hatch, so they can be thrapping the nuts of it, doing 80 and thinking thats plenty fast enough, but in something like that, its barely ticking over, so you end up behind them and want them to move, so you end up looking aggressive.
Edited by J4CKO on Thursday 9th August 12:38
JuanGandini said:
Watchman said:
sidesauce said:
JuanGandini said:
In the UK the infrastructure just isn't built for them.
They're not just built for the UK - LA, Dallas, Dubai, and many, many other places would accommodate these with ease; in fact, they're not even that big compared with say a Chevrolet Suburban, Mercedes GL-Class or Nissan Armada. In fact a Phantom or even Mulsanne would be more car, even if they don't sit quite as high...And, just out of idle curiosity, I'm interested in footprint comparisons between your choices and some SUVs. My old Legacy was virtually as long as my ML, although a tad narrower. One of those modern minis is significantly bigger than that Legacy.
I genuinely think the preoccupation people have with SUVs has less to do with reality and more to do with bias, opinion and, occasionally, envy. Either way, it is rarely objectively justifiable.
You know how Skodas always look a bit worse than the Audi equivalent - a weird surface here, an oddly-placed crease there. Deliberately styled less nicely, to justify the price difference.
Well, this looks like it's been made to look worse than its Skoda equivalent. It's a three-way cut and shut of a Q5, Q7 a Continental GT. It looks like a Chinese rip-off of a Bentley.
Well, this looks like it's been made to look worse than its Skoda equivalent. It's a three-way cut and shut of a Q5, Q7 a Continental GT. It looks like a Chinese rip-off of a Bentley.
Ares said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ares said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I don't get it. If you want a quick SUV, there's stuff like the Merc GLC43, Audi SQ5 and no doubt many others that are £80K cheaper and look far nicer.
Or you save more and get a bike, or a transit van. Equally comparable.
The Bentley may be more upmarket, and faster, but it's a posher version of the same type of vehicle.
Another alternative would be an SQ7, at around £80K it's still £60K cheaper.
Chestrockwell said:
The press shots and colours make these hideous however I saw a black dechromed one the other day and it looked very nice.
I’m just dreading the day those tuning companies put them stupid body kits on them with 10 exhausts and a le mans type wing on them
yes black or any other dark color seems to look better on the car and make the car look less bloated.I’m just dreading the day those tuning companies put them stupid body kits on them with 10 exhausts and a le mans type wing on them
Ares said:
J4CKO said:
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I've seen a few of these now...always in the outside lane arrogantly bullying other cars out of the way. I even saw one bully a BMW out of the way by sitting 1" from his bumper last week - good to get a bit of their own medicine I guess.
Thing is, in something like that, anything you do looks a bit arrogant, sat still in traffic, people are watching you in stuff like that, wanting to confirm their diagnosis of you being a , and with it being so big, you have no chance, even if you drive like a saint. Also, in fast stuff, you can go fast, a lot of folk dont have a clue how much faster that car is than their 1.2 litre hatch, so they can be thrapping the nuts of it, doing 80 and thinking thats plenty fast enough, but in something like that, its barely ticking over, so you end up behind them and want them to move, so you end up looking aggressive.
Edited by J4CKO on Thursday 9th August 12:38
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