RE: £10k Bentley Continental GT | Spotted

[ChocolateFrog]

My initial thought was you can get one way cheaper than that. But that actually looks half decent compared to some at that price point.

He's hardly the arbiter of these things but Doug DeMuro said recently whenever he needs a hire car he gets a Conti GT on Turo, says he loves them. Having driven 100's if not 1000's of cars I thought that was a good endorsement for a 20 year old VW.

[stuart100]

ChocolateFrog said:

My initial thought was you can get one way cheaper than that. But that actually looks half decent compared to some at that price point.

He's hardly the arbiter of these things but Doug DeMuro said recently whenever he needs a hire car he gets a Conti GT on Turo, says he loves them. Having driven 100's if not 1000's of cars I thought that was a good endorsement for a 20 year old VW.

Interesting. I can’t really stand Doug. But I might do the same myself.

[stuart100]

ChocolateFrog said:

My initial thought was you can get one way cheaper than that. But that actually looks half decent compared to some at that price point.

He's hardly the arbiter of these things but Doug DeMuro said recently whenever he needs a hire car he gets a Conti GT on Turo, says he loves them. Having driven 100's if not 1000's of cars I thought that was a good endorsement for a 20 year old VW.

Interesting. I can’t really stand Doug. But I might do the same myself.

[MadCaptainJack]

ChocolateFrog said:

..Doug DeMuro said recently whenever he needs a hire car he gets a Conti GT on Turo, says he loves them.

Smart. That way he gets to enjoy driving one every so often but someone else is on the hook for the maintenance and repairs.

[Mr Sideways]

Run it for fun till it dies, then strip it for parts and sell online. Would probably make a profit. As for MPG, does about the same as my ageing ML 55 AMG so no drama.....

[keithhayes]

I had a W12 Conti, midnight blue with saffron interior. I kept it for 6 years and loved every mile of the 20K I used it.
The performance is fantastic and the sound exhilarating. Even the sound system was better than my home hi-fi.
The only thing I would say is you have to have very deep pockets even taking it to a Bentley specialist rather than a main agent.
I put e10 fuel in it once and it cost me £8000 for engine out and new solenoids etc. I also needed a new rad, brakes, rear high end stop light, roof lining, tyres etc etc. Going from 47K to 67K miles must have cost me £20,000. Would I do it again, yes definitely, you only live once.

[Gordon Hill]

keithhayes said:

I had a W12 Conti, midnight blue with saffron interior. I kept it for 6 years and loved every mile of the 20K I used it.
The performance is fantastic and the sound exhilarating. Even the sound system was better than my home hi-fi.
The only thing I would say is you have to have very deep pockets even taking it to a Bentley specialist rather than a main agent.
I put e10 fuel in it once and it cost me £8000 for engine out and new solenoids etc. I also needed a new rad, brakes, rear high end stop light, roof lining, tyres etc etc. Going from 47K to 67K miles must have cost me £20,000. Would I do it again, yes definitely, you only live once.

So apart from putting cheap fuel in it that was £12,000 over 6 years?

[axj]

£20 K over 6 years = around £3,300 Per Annum & 20 K miles = around 3,300 miles Per Annum.

Hardly ruinous & ironically, what I was told should be what you should budget for on these older Bentleys.

Edited by axj on Saturday 15th March 14:56