I could have a Bently Flying Spur.....
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For a lot less than I paid for my new Freelander.
One of those Autotrader moments. 30-40K gets decent looking examples with reasonable miles.
So go on then, what's the catch?
I know fuel consumption's very bad - but you'd expect that and I don't do many miles.
Is servicing the killer? Are they not all fileld with VAG parts?
One of those Autotrader moments. 30-40K gets decent looking examples with reasonable miles.
So go on then, what's the catch?
I know fuel consumption's very bad - but you'd expect that and I don't do many miles.
Is servicing the killer? Are they not all fileld with VAG parts?
This has come up before on the Continental - some jobs are potentially very expensive, and you need someone with the right diagnostic equipment for when things go wrong.
They can be serviced for reasonable money by your local indie without bother, but once something goes bang you're either needing a specialist or a dealer. Depending on how far you're prepared to put the effort in you could save a lot of money on consumables (i.e. getting someone like AP to make you a disc and bell setup for the discs to make it cheaper when you need new ones etc), but some things you will need the dealer network for parts too (£££).
They can be serviced for reasonable money by your local indie without bother, but once something goes bang you're either needing a specialist or a dealer. Depending on how far you're prepared to put the effort in you could save a lot of money on consumables (i.e. getting someone like AP to make you a disc and bell setup for the discs to make it cheaper when you need new ones etc), but some things you will need the dealer network for parts too (£££).
okie592 said:
What I don't get is when people say ooh very expensive when it goes wrong, why not just spend say £1000 on a warantee
Because a decent comprehensive warranty on a Flying Spur will be multiples of £1000. I'd take a punt at £6000 a year for a 6 year old car under 100,000 milesCampDavid said:
Because a decent comprehensive warranty on a Flying Spur will be multiples of £1000. I'd take a punt at £6000 a year for a 6 year old car under 100,000 miles
And buying a warranty isn't the same as getting a manufacturer warranty so there's a lot less certainty over whether the fault will actually get fixedKrikkit said:
This has come up before on the Continental - some jobs are potentially very expensive, and you need someone with the right diagnostic equipment for when things go wrong.
Indeed, iirc there was a chap with genuine knowledge (rather than PH type alleged knowledge) who stated the above. Have to go in with eyes open and an expectation to spend £££.Thread on the Continental here.
Edited by g3org3y on Thursday 29th August 08:35
Zod said:
CampDavid said:
Because a decent comprehensive warranty on a Flying Spur will be multiples of £1000. I'd take a punt at £6000 a year for a 6 year old car under 100,000 miles
It won't be anything like that much.I was basing my cost though on the prices BMW charge for a proper, caste iron warranty, they'd want close to £5000 on an E60 M5
CampDavid said:
Zod said:
CampDavid said:
Because a decent comprehensive warranty on a Flying Spur will be multiples of £1000. I'd take a punt at £6000 a year for a 6 year old car under 100,000 miles
It won't be anything like that much.I was basing my cost though on the prices BMW charge for a proper, caste iron warranty, they'd want close to £5000 on an E60 M5
CampDavid said:
Warranty Direct want £1800 which is actually a lot lower than I'd thought.
I was basing my cost though on the prices BMW charge for a proper, caste iron warranty, they'd want close to £5000 on an E60 M5
BMW want £5k a year to warranty an e60 M5? I was basing my cost though on the prices BMW charge for a proper, caste iron warranty, they'd want close to £5000 on an E60 M5
Why on earth post up such nonsense??
Zod said:
I didn't pay anywhere near that much when I extended the warranty on my E60 M5 or on my DB9. I don't have the figures to hand, but I think each was under £1000 per year.
an 06 E60 runs at £3600 a year for a pukka, full on BMW warranty. I'm sure it used to be more than that.Maybe my mind is just trying to steer me away from anything too scary
CampDavid said:
Zod said:
I didn't pay anywhere near that much when I extended the warranty on my E60 M5 or on my DB9. I don't have the figures to hand, but I think each was under £1000 per year.
an 06 E60 runs at £3600 a year for a pukka, full on BMW warranty. I'm sure it used to be more than that.Maybe my mind is just trying to steer me away from anything too scary
Blimey I'm sweating over buying the better half a new Fiesta, a old Bentley would be an expensive, but no doubt a very nice thing to own.
Having said that I've got a old merc 300SE that I use as my shed. I know it's a much simpler car but it costs surprisingly little to own, the electrics on a thing like a Bentley would be what would frighten me. Mind you I notice you had it up against a freelander, if it was anything like my FIL's old one the Bentley would probably be less trouble.
Having said that I've got a old merc 300SE that I use as my shed. I know it's a much simpler car but it costs surprisingly little to own, the electrics on a thing like a Bentley would be what would frighten me. Mind you I notice you had it up against a freelander, if it was anything like my FIL's old one the Bentley would probably be less trouble.
Zod said:
I didn't pay anything like that much to BMW for the full extended warranty. I sold the car in September 2011 at five years old. I'm afraid I don't think I can lay my hands on the papers easily to confirm.
It's heavily affected by a number of things, age and if it's still in warranty. Extending a current warranty is always cheaper than putting one on a car that's been out for a while, which is the situation you'd presume a bottom of the market Bentley to beZod said:
I didn't pay anything like that much to BMW for the full extended warranty. I sold the car in September 2011 at five years old. I'm afraid I don't think I can lay my hands on the papers easily to confirm.
It's heavily affected by a number of things, age and if it's still in warranty. Extending a current warranty is always cheaper than putting one on a car that's been out for a while, which is the situation you'd presume a bottom of the market Bentley to beGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff