Bentley Turbo R // The Cure to Modern Car Boredom

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  • @David_H-73
    @David_H-73 4 місяці тому +9

    What a car JJ and so unusual in soild red. We will never see the likes of this again. Back seat JJ was very happy!

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +2

      Solid red is the best! 👍👍

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 3 місяці тому

      ​@@JJonCars😅

  • @sprezzatura8755
    @sprezzatura8755 6 днів тому +1

    Matt Farrah (The Smoking Tire on UA-cam) bought one of these from his neighbor and had it serviced to perfection. His plan is is to keep it long-term. These cars are also fairly DIY friendly if you can turn a spanner. Even if it costs $2,000 a year to maintain it still comes out cheaper than a new SUV that's just depreciates. And it is a car built for a lifetime. Not built to be recycled. So which is greener? Every dollar you spend on gas is $2 saved on maintenance. Drive this car!

  • @Jimmy180-b1n
    @Jimmy180-b1n 4 місяці тому +8

    I believe that they did use the Citroen suspension system - unless that was a dream I once had 🤔
    Great vid again!

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +4

      I think you might be right! I heard this after I filmed the video. Makes sense as they were the experts. Cheers!

    • @vikos78
      @vikos78 4 місяці тому +3

      In fact it uses regular coil suspensions. The Citroën hydraulic spheres are just here as a stabilizer, and only at the rear.

    • @leeheywood-r9u
      @leeheywood-r9u 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Jimmy180-b1n yep. Citroën.

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 3 місяці тому +1

      The brakes run on LHM mineral oil as well as the suspension.. there are two reservoirs and systems.. the front wheels have two calipers each, one from each system so if one drops it's mineral oil, the brakes still work. So the brakes use mineral oil and the power steering uses ATF fluid.. Major damage can be done if you use the wrong fluid.. Always use the best petrol, E5 with as little ethanol as possible.. The engine was able to use unleaded from new but E10 can rot rubber fuel components.

  • @benofbrown
    @benofbrown 3 місяці тому +2

    These really are wonderful cars. I've had my 1996 one for three years now, and I love it. There's nothing like it. The interior's a bit nicer than the earlier ones, they don't have those plasticy air vents any more, just the metal ones. The four speed box helps a bit with fuel when you can cruise at 70 for a decent time, the best I've measured on mine was a touch shy of 23 mpg for a mostly motorway trip. I do prefer the later, slightly more aggressive styling too. They do cost a lot to keep going but it's worth it to me, puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. And there's nothing modern that comes close to the sheer class that luxury cars of this era exude.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  3 місяці тому

      Thanks for commenting, it's nice to hear from an owner of one. I do like what they did with the later models, sounds like they made them more usable and certainly more modern. Cheers :)

    • @sprezzatura8755
      @sprezzatura8755 Місяць тому +1

      I came across in 1997 brooklands looks interesting. But I have heard Zyrtec can't be problematic. Car was dealer maintained waiting to review service records especially regarding head gasket service.

    • @benofbrown
      @benofbrown Місяць тому

      @@sprezzatura8755 Zytek gets a bad name online but if you talk to people like Iain Tyrell who've worked on these cars for years they have plenty of praise for it. Brooklands will either be low pressure turbo or no turbo at all so head gaskets are much less of an issue, and even with the turbo cars like mine again I think it's something people on the internet exaggerate. My car has done 67k miles and hasn't had them done and although I can't say it's something I never worry about it's pretty far from the top of my mind, though if the internet is to be believed they should have catastrophicly failed a few thousand miles back.

  • @leeheywood-r9u
    @leeheywood-r9u 4 місяці тому +4

    Got one. Love it. Thanks for the post. 👍

    • @leeheywood-r9u
      @leeheywood-r9u 4 місяці тому +1

      Just spent 28 grand on mine. Money well spent in my view.

    • @ChicagoItalian
      @ChicagoItalian 2 місяці тому

      @@leeheywood-r9uI am on my 10th Turbo R - nothing else compares, especially if you are driving a well maintained one.

  • @Birmingham_racing
    @Birmingham_racing 4 місяці тому +4

    My favourite old school Bentley

  • @terrymurphy2637
    @terrymurphy2637 4 місяці тому +4

    Thanks for fun review. Head gasket failures are more applicable to post 1995 cars. Mine's an 89 Fuel injection @ 110000 miles & no issue. Just don't give it full welly until warmed up completely. 1987 to 1989 20000 series are most reliable & least expensive to maintain & last analog Bentleys. Avoid Carburated early models if you want no solex carb warping issues.
    . Buy a Long wheelbase RL for extra leg room in back. Fabulous Motor for the money.

  • @deanstevenson6527
    @deanstevenson6527 4 місяці тому +2

    Best use of an Opel based Vauxhall Royale 2.8 and Mercedes Benz 280S Solex 4A1 4bbl carb. Rolls Royce just added 100 hp from the turbo and encased the French 4bbl carb in a glorious acran black 12 bolt pressure cooker case with 7.5 pounds per square inch of boost at 4500 rpm. That did it! All 519 of the fiest Mulsanne Turbos were 4 barrel carb, the Bosch K Jetronic had to await till 1986. Great to see a carb turbo R doing its majestic stuff on English turf. 🥝✔️

  • @Rjhs001
    @Rjhs001 4 місяці тому +2

    Hi JJ. What a beautiful motor from a time when it could be said with some justification that the Brits made the best car in the world.
    I'm sure that that style of grab handle was in one of my dad's cars, possibly a 1970 Sunbeam Rapier...I loved that car.
    Anyway, great review of a fabulous car. Thank you so much.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +1

      Hi John. Interesting, perhaps that style of grab handle was an old British style :) glad you enjoyed the vid, cheers 🥂

  • @manofthehour6856
    @manofthehour6856 4 місяці тому +3

    I love 1980s era cars (along with most eras before) and feel the styling trends of the 1990s is where everything car-related started to go bland. This gives me pause to reflect on the situation, and, I now realize that although I don't care for most modern vehicles from a sense of motoring pleasure, and I sure as hell don't like "infotainment" because it has nothing to do with the act and skills of driving, other people can have that. A modern car is fine for ordinary errands and commuting, but on the weekend.... I really don't put many miles on my weekend car, so I have no problem justifying its existence, if that were even the case. Nothing lasts forever, and there is that fine skill of balancing tradition with the future. Yes, may be a dinosaur, but I still the old cars and it will be long after I have passed when they become extinct. I don't worry..... It would be a sin to crush something like this. It was built to last, just as a Mercedes of the era was as well. Nothing comes close to the "veneers" (they're damn wood planks of the highest quality lacquered and polished to perfection. The organ-pull stops for the switchgear and thickness of the leather. Its pure "old money" before manufacturers really pushed the wealthy to get the newest, and "greatest". Myself, had I the money then, I would have bought one and just kept it. None of this trading in on something newer. It can move with the big guys, and absolutely imposing on the road, even in the 30-foot-tall pickup truck dominated roads of the US.

  • @Daz_Stap
    @Daz_Stap 4 місяці тому +5

    Another great video, and hilarious ASMR nonsense, I loved it!

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +2

      Haha, cheers Daz!

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 3 місяці тому

      It's a big 6.75 litre turbo V8 with about 330bhp, capable of about 150mph and yet it's quiet and comfortable and nice to drive. Difficult to park though 😂😂

  • @leeheywood-r9u
    @leeheywood-r9u 2 місяці тому +1

    I have a 95 model I love and adore. As little substantive maintenance been done over the past 10 years It's needed a thorough mechanical restoration. Body work is in splendid order..however..I'm now £32000 out of pocket😢 would I have made different choices...no. she is a dream❤
    On a plus side she makes my Jaguar XJ8 look economical!! 😊😅😅😅😂

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  2 місяці тому

      I'm glad you're happy with your choices! :)

  • @markhooper1352
    @markhooper1352 4 місяці тому +5

    JJ mate! What can I say? Are we distant brothers or something?
    You know how much I love my CLK and now you show me a Bentley! Woohoo!
    You won't be at all surprised to know I have a (very late) August '76 Rolls-Royce Shadow will you? Not a Bentley, but as much "Crewe" family as you can get. These are proper cars, carb V8 petrol, powerful, smooth, cathedral quiet and proper switches and dials as you say. Not to mention the obligatory Lambswool Over-rugs ;-)
    I can hear some wind noise too, yes, but mainly creaking of the leather and ticking of the clock. Mine is a UK car also, imported to Australia, she has the UK suspension and pillow soft ride.
    You don't have a Jeep Commander CRD 3.0 tucked away too do you?
    Petrol heads and traditional dials and switches RULE!!
    Cheers mate!!!

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      Haha no way! That's amazing you have that car.
      No Jeep commander tucked away but if get offered one I'll review it, just for you 😄
      Cheers mate

  • @willswheels283
    @willswheels283 4 місяці тому +2

    Great vid JJ, and a very nice car, it’s like a statement on the road and an occasion getting into one I’m sure.
    You were fortunate to get that car to test, a lovely example.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +1

      Cheers Will - yes for sure, I think I'd have made this video even if I knew it would get 0 views, just to drive the thing :)

    • @willswheels283
      @willswheels283 4 місяці тому

      @@JJonCars Yes it was worth it just for the chance to drive one, I’d have done the same thing!

  • @classlessbozo317
    @classlessbozo317 4 місяці тому +4

    1986 £1.77 per gallon 2024 £1.77 per litre

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      And 15% VAT..

  • @Molloy1951
    @Molloy1951 4 місяці тому +2

    Superb video! Thank you, JJ

  • @ron2256
    @ron2256 3 місяці тому +1

    The first owner of this car was Mr Oswald Kay, company director in Leeds

  • @josephkelly4893
    @josephkelly4893 4 місяці тому +3

    What a machine!!! Peak Bentley

  • @bernardpowell3582
    @bernardpowell3582 4 місяці тому

    Nice JJ, the pace of the review was spot on I was left thinking of by gone days of individual style cars that were simply beautiful. Nice one JJ look forward to the next review

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      Ah thank you for saying so Bernard, glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers.

  • @carsandcustard
    @carsandcustard 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video of what is my favourite Bentley! I’ll hopefully be able to review my friends 97’ Turbo RL once it’s back on the road. Didn’t want to hand the keys back over last time I drove it.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      Do it! Would like to see that :)

    • @ChicagoItalian
      @ChicagoItalian Місяць тому

      I am on my 10th Turbo R, a 1997 and it’s the best one yet…these cars cruise along effortlessly….I’ve been working on mine for a while, there’s always something to work on.

  • @donhaschi
    @donhaschi 4 місяці тому +1

    Nice one JJ ! Keep up the Good work :-)

  • @jgg02
    @jgg02 4 місяці тому +2

    Another great review!

  • @stefant5958
    @stefant5958 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for this video, cars have definitely come a long way. More efficient, quiet and smooth. definitely agree with you. Just 'back to basic' with manual switches and dials, if it is not broken don't fix it. These days we all want to 'reinvent the wheel'. Creating new tech for cars, that doesn't really add more than needs to be in my opinion. All these screens are distractions to me, the focus needs to be on the road.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      Yep definitely 👍👍

  • @andybrooks7908
    @andybrooks7908 4 місяці тому +1

    Look at the size of the exhaust housing on the turbo its bigger than the compressor housing

  • @zdravkomamic8505
    @zdravkomamic8505 4 місяці тому +2

    I love your content, always soke pleasant surprise 😊

  • @Slavic_Sky
    @Slavic_Sky 4 місяці тому +3

    This car is a statement, absolutely gorgeous classic. By the way, is Turbo R like a sporty version of Mulsanne from that era?

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      Yes agreed! So technically it's a separate model of car which came out right at the end of the Mulsanne turbos life, and kinda replaced it. But it is rather similar.

    • @totuudentorvi7781
      @totuudentorvi7781 4 місяці тому +1

      There was regular Mulsanne and they then introduced Mulsanne Turbo as the performance version. Then they improved the suspension to match the performance so the model name was changed to Turbo R ("R" for Road holding) So yes, it is a sporty version of a Mulsanne.

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      ​@@totuudentorvi7781in 1986, a Turbo R travelled 140 miles in one hour and these are UK miles, on the Millbrook Proving Ground banked track, taking the record away from Lamborghini and the only modification was a bigger fuel tank.. there's a UA-cam video about it on Flying Spares.

  • @Allmentux
    @Allmentux 4 місяці тому +2

    Head gasket wasn't an issue until with the models 10 years later and its actually the radiator blocking up. Head gasket is just the weakest link in the chain and then likes to go... Please advise the owner to remove the foot rests from the pockets. They will stretch them out and therefore do permanently damage.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      That's good to know, cheers 👍

  • @MarkGelderland
    @MarkGelderland 4 місяці тому +1

    Awesome car, the smoke is a bit concerning though.

  • @LB-zc1hj
    @LB-zc1hj 4 місяці тому +1

    Very good❤

  • @ron2256
    @ron2256 3 місяці тому

    I don't know why but this car was in storage for a number of years and then was the subject of some kind of court case where a garage took ownership of the car and then sold it to someone in Brighton and then it somehow ended up at a garage in Leicestershire, traded in against a vintage Austin 7..

  • @RadlerMannheim
    @RadlerMannheim 4 місяці тому +1

    Love the colour...!

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      Vermillion Red with Parchment Leather Upholstery

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +1

      You can't beat a good old solid red 👍

  • @novicetheaf
    @novicetheaf 4 місяці тому +2

    Interesting car 🙂

  • @ram318yt
    @ram318yt Місяць тому

    The wood cappings are mahogany on top, but the vertical facings are covered with burr walnut. Those pull-down handles are called duchess straps. I think the companion mirrors in the back are for the lady to check her lipstick... that's about all you can see in them.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  Місяць тому +1

      Ah cool, cheers. I notice that they still put those little mirrors in the very latest Rolls Royce, obviously a bit of a tradition.

  • @perarduaadastra873
    @perarduaadastra873 Місяць тому

    Stick shift conversion, ceramic brakes and 100 Bhp per litre. ✨

  • @ron2256
    @ron2256 3 місяці тому

    I can't be absolutely certain but i think that from about 1990, this car may have belonged to a Mr Frank White of the Palm Court Hotel in Scarborough as one of its reg numbers was 900FNW

  • @Bod8998
    @Bod8998 4 місяці тому +1

    Subbed mate

  • @ron2256
    @ron2256 4 місяці тому

    Good review.. Thanks

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +1

      Cheers Ron! What a car.

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      @@JJonCars 😁😁

  • @adebrade172
    @adebrade172 4 місяці тому

    Did I see some blue smoke coming out of exhaust 😮 cheque book Ron 😭

  • @perarduaadastra873
    @perarduaadastra873 Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic vocal delivery, relaxed. Need to give Shmee lessons on how not to be irritatingly shrill.

  • @roderickjones7479
    @roderickjones7479 4 місяці тому +2

    A cure to boredom...but not the cure for bankruptcy...

  • @DanielMasmanian
    @DanielMasmanian 4 місяці тому

    You could just get a '99 S430 for a song. Especially with the yummy extra leathery bits. I'd recommend it.

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      They are very cheap indeed. Though buying one at the bottom end of the market might not be the best financial decision in the long run, as much as I love Mercedes from that era :)

    • @ChicagoItalian
      @ChicagoItalian 2 місяці тому

      But it’s a Mercedes…by the time I finish typing this I just saw 10 Mercedes.

  • @douglasdowns4846
    @douglasdowns4846 4 місяці тому +1

    Have you ever seen a Bentley towing a "caravan"?

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому +1

      No but it could with it's self levelling rear suspension. It's probably too big though as a tow car. And if you have a Bentley, you would probably have a separate campervan or stay in a hotel

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +1

      Can't say I have. But it would be no problem at all for this beast

  • @FAB12UCB
    @FAB12UCB 3 місяці тому

    I am not actually against electric cars, but I am against the way cars are going. 3 cylinder 1L with a turbo strapped to it.

  • @HarryBaalzach
    @HarryBaalzach 4 місяці тому +3

    How well does that 408BHP engine shift a well appointed snug that weighs LESS than a 2024 Range Rover? It’s really not that heavy by modern standards and that’s a beefy engine for its day too!
    Edit the fuel injected version is 408bhp, shame that’s not one…

    • @totuudentorvi7781
      @totuudentorvi7781 4 місяці тому

      Only the very latest versions cracked 400hp. The early FI cars had 330-350 hp.

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      The mechanical fuel injection is a nightmare if it goes wrong whereas this one would just need a carburettor rebuild. It's plenty powerful enough.

    • @HarryBaalzach
      @HarryBaalzach 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ron2256 I don’t disagree with that, I just remember an uncle who had one and commented based on that. Then I edited when I realised JJ wasn’t driving that model.
      It does still interest me how well it picks up, but in a loaned car it’s probably not good to abuse it then post footage on YT…

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      @@HarryBaalzach it's pretty quick, better than some modern cars but imagine 38 years ago when it was new and cars at the time were slower..

    • @HarryBaalzach
      @HarryBaalzach 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ron2256 I had a marina back then 😂 0-60? get the calendar out. I’ve got a 1990 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo 330bhp that weighs 1.5 tonnes, also a Lexus RX weighing 2.5 tonnes with 312bhp. I’ve had a 900kg kit car with a rover V8 and recently a Lexus LC500 at 470bhp. The way they all drive is always unique and surprising so a luxury performance car from a great time in British automotive history really makes me want to try it.

  • @icarus_28
    @icarus_28 4 місяці тому

    Why does this video feel like a jayemm on cars video . Are you two related by any chance ?

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому

      As far as I know, we're not related. But I do like his videos.

    • @icarus_28
      @icarus_28 4 місяці тому

      @@JJonCars same here , jayemm and high peak autos is similar in style .
      This is the first time I came across you and just subbed , good luck mate . I’m in tech as well lol

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +1

      @@icarus_28 Cheers and thanks for subbing! Fellow 'tech bro' 😂

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому +1

      I think this is better than Jay Emm. I like the High Peak Autos guy but he wouldn't really do a video like this. His are about buying a car and overspending on it.. I quite like the Salvage Rebuild UK channel. And of course Wheeler Dealers, they just did a Rolls Royce this shape, the SZ shape it will be on Quest TV, I think soon. But they did a cheap job on it with the paint, spray it on thick.from rattle cans but Elvis did a good job on it.

  • @sydbarret1973
    @sydbarret1973 4 місяці тому +1

    Enough of the turtlenecks already

  • @laskos02
    @laskos02 4 місяці тому +1

    First

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  4 місяці тому +2

      Congrats 😄

    • @alancrisp1582
      @alancrisp1582 4 місяці тому +1

      🥱 And nothing intelligent 🧠 to say or add to the conversation ?. Sad 😔 really !.

  • @thenewviceroy
    @thenewviceroy 4 місяці тому

    Heavy drinker and a heavy smoker, that one! Must have been an over-rich cold-starter (the carby versions were & are horrible) for the 6.75 to blow blue smoke. Or just neglected. Shame, nice car otherwise.

  • @alancrisp1582
    @alancrisp1582 4 місяці тому +1

    😂😅 Buy yourself a new Toyota Corolla for 36 thousands with s two ✌ year warranty. Or buy yourself and Rolls_Royce, and spend 50 thousands dollars 💵 plus on making it road worthy !😅.

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому +1

      Your choice

  • @AnnatarTheMaia
    @AnnatarTheMaia 4 місяці тому

    A gasoline automatic instead of a diesel manual is "a cure for boredom"? You must be on drugs!

  • @mikeware5282
    @mikeware5282 4 місяці тому +2

    Lovely car - horrible colour!!

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      I disagree.. it's a lovely colour.. Vermillion Red. It stands out from all the wedding cars.

    • @carlread6322
      @carlread6322 4 місяці тому +1

      vermilion Red looks absolutely stunning on the Bentley but probably not so much on the Rolls Royce version.

    • @ron2256
      @ron2256 4 місяці тому

      @@carlread6322 it is nice and it's more unusual.

  • @Yumuura-ze5qp
    @Yumuura-ze5qp 3 місяці тому

    its just way too slow

    • @JJonCars
      @JJonCars  3 місяці тому

      In its day it was rapid. Perhaps now compared to the latest performance cars, but it's not slow.