I have always found modern complaints about fuel consumption on powerful cars quirky. 20 -21 mpg for a large, heavy car with an enormous engine, to me at least, sounds great. My Dad had a zodiac Mk3 with 114 bhp and weight of 1250 kg, which never did more than 18mpg. He had a 1600cc Bedford CF Campervan, with 80 bhp and ~ 1600 kg ( as a camper) This never did more than 20 mpg even cruising on radials. You get my drift. More modern engines are amazing.
Weird,i had a mk 3 ford zodiac with the straight 6 engine for over 20 years and it woukd easily do 30 mpg on a good run,and it was a automatic to.god how i loved that car.1964 it was.had it from 1992 till 2013.shouldnt have sold it.
What's quirky is comparing a modern car to a Zodiac mk3... imagine if back then, your dad had compared that Zodiac to a 1930's Ford V8? He would've concluded that the Zodiac was brilliant and we didn't need to improve anymore!
You don`t buy an English car for the great fuel consumption. You buy them for the atmosphere inside and the stunning ride. They are real classy cars. If you want good fuel consumption, buy a small Japanese car.
Love guys with good thinking like yourself. You know fuel as you say. But all haters downers moaners . If you want one go for it and you ll love it. Real good video. Great thinking also. Well done
As a Bristol Car sales chap said to me once - “you need to put away about £5,000 to £8,000 a year in savings just in case so if you can’t afford that then drive lucky”
I've had a Continental GT for the last 11 years and it now has 210,000 kilometres on the clock. The fastest car on the road - 203 mph when new. Must say that the fastest I've been is around 180 mph but there was still a thousand revs or so left to go when I had to ease off the throttle (or brake like bonkers). It's been a great car to own but the servicing bills have been dire.....many, many thousands over the years but the only time the car has let me down is when the tyres have delaminated.....Pirelli P-zero tyres should not do that in my opinion, but they do.
Buddy, I'm at 0:01 and if you're not going to tell me that it's fantastic, wonderful and delightful then I am going to scowl at you if I ever see you irl.
The boot is not designed to be operated manually. People force it and manage to strip out the teeth of the plastic gears in the drive motor. Better aftermarket glass filled nylon gears are now available
Back in the launch bentley claimed these were slower than the "sporty" 2 door In fact journos got them to 204 on the autobahn v the 199 mph claim on the 2 door. Better aerodynamics! Exactly the same chassis and suspension as the 2 door only 50 kg heavier iirc.
There are plastic vacuum pipes running from the front of the car over the transmission and further back that split with age. On the early 2 door GT it's an engine out job, but on the Flying Spur and later GTs specialists can replace them by lifting the engine off its mounts to access them. You've been lucky - I've spent £5k in maintenance in the last 6 months. I agree with your opinion - it is a split personality car - quite noisy for a limo but huge for a sports car. I think VW made it deliberately loud and quite firm riding to match the perceived sporting heritage of Bentley. I believe the newer ones are much softer & quieter, and with less obvious VW parts on the dashboard
I did enjoy your review, as I always do. However, surprise, surprise, I don't think I could live with such high fuel consumption. I am going to search the channel's archive to find a review that is more suited to a poor church mouse like me. 🐭
The boot isnt sitting flush??? ITS GOT A HUGE GAP😅😅 Its a money pit, even a dumb plastic grill costs 1000£, when the leather starts to unglue from the ceiling, the wood lacker cracks, or a rim gets bent, or an electronic gremlin happens, its "dump it" money, so what is the point??? Honestly its just easier getting rich than avoiding issues with this car😂
I have always found modern complaints about fuel consumption on powerful cars quirky. 20 -21 mpg for a large, heavy car with an enormous engine, to me at least, sounds great. My Dad had a zodiac Mk3 with 114 bhp and weight of 1250 kg, which never did more than 18mpg. He had a 1600cc Bedford CF Campervan, with 80 bhp and ~ 1600 kg ( as a camper) This never did more than 20 mpg even cruising on radials. You get my drift. More modern engines are amazing.
Weird,i had a mk 3 ford zodiac with the straight 6 engine for over 20 years and it woukd easily do 30 mpg on a good run,and it was a automatic to.god how i loved that car.1964 it was.had it from 1992 till 2013.shouldnt have sold it.
What's quirky is comparing a modern car to a Zodiac mk3... imagine if back then, your dad had compared that Zodiac to a 1930's Ford V8? He would've concluded that the Zodiac was brilliant and we didn't need to improve anymore!
I was surprised you didnt mention the cost of the coil pack and spark plug replacement job. 👍
I test drove one years ago. Fantastic car. For a barnstorming limousine, it was fantastic!
What did you end up getting
You don`t buy an English car for the great fuel consumption. You buy them for the atmosphere inside and the stunning ride. They are real classy cars. If you want good fuel consumption, buy a small Japanese car.
Love guys with good thinking like yourself. You know fuel as you say. But all haters downers moaners . If you want one go for it and you ll love it. Real good video. Great thinking also. Well done
Good video 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Thank you 👍
Dad drove mk7 mk9 etc and was impressed that he could get 2k mpg on a run and could accelerate from stop to over 100 mph in 3rd lol
As a Bristol Car sales chap said to me once - “you need to put away about £5,000 to £8,000 a year in savings just in case so if you can’t afford that then drive lucky”
I've had a Continental GT for the last 11 years and it now has 210,000 kilometres on the clock. The fastest car on the road - 203 mph when new. Must say that the fastest I've been is around 180 mph but there was still a thousand revs or so left to go when I had to ease off the throttle (or brake like bonkers). It's been a great car to own but the servicing bills have been dire.....many, many thousands over the years but the only time the car has let me down is when the tyres have delaminated.....Pirelli P-zero tyres should not do that in my opinion, but they do.
But how you will rate the reliability of this car?
Buddy, I'm at 0:01 and if you're not going to tell me that it's fantastic, wonderful and delightful then I am going to scowl at you if I ever see you irl.
What year is this car? Cheers
Not much point without costs of running it for 6/8 moths ??
cool.considering one here in the US.such a classic look only the brits can do.
I own the diesel 6 in line Continental and it is pretty good on the mileage.
The saywhatnow?
How much was the repair/service bill? Please repair the boot and let us know how it goes/what it costs.
Don’t ask 😂
"Please repair the boot" lol. Are you going to pay for it?
The boot is not designed to be operated manually. People force it and manage to strip out the teeth of the plastic gears in the drive motor. Better aftermarket glass filled nylon gears are now available
Have you bought a new camera - this video looks about 100 times sharper!!
Good job you didn't try to take it to V-max with those loose and missing suspension bolts.
Back in the launch bentley claimed these were slower than the "sporty" 2 door
In fact journos got them to 204 on the autobahn v the 199 mph claim on the 2 door.
Better aerodynamics!
Exactly the same chassis and suspension as the 2 door only 50 kg heavier iirc.
Love the economy,
I had a 1990 530 bmw automatic that did 15 mpg however i drove it
That was 20 years ago and i cried every day at the pump.
I believe that there is some sort of plastic pipe somewhere deep in the engine that can go that's an engine out job to rectify. Rather frightening.
Scarily, numerous jobs on the W12 are 'engine out' - there's a list of 'while you're in there' jobs that can really mount up costs...
There are plastic vacuum pipes running from the front of the car over the transmission and further back that split with age. On the early 2 door GT it's an engine out job, but on the Flying Spur and later GTs specialists can replace them by lifting the engine off its mounts to access them. You've been lucky - I've spent £5k in maintenance in the last 6 months. I agree with your opinion - it is a split personality car - quite noisy for a limo but huge for a sports car. I think VW made it deliberately loud and quite firm riding to match the perceived sporting heritage of Bentley. I believe the newer ones are much softer & quieter, and with less obvious VW parts on the dashboard
I did enjoy your review, as I always do. However, surprise, surprise, I don't think I could live with such high fuel consumption. I am going to search the channel's archive to find a review that is more suited to a poor church mouse like me. 🐭
A W12 sounds like a bodge. M
Gas conversion 🤔🤔
Still looks like a rover 75
75 was a good looking motor 😂
Now that you mention it...
I really wish I didn't read your comment that's all I can see now.
Older 75 is a better looking car. I never considered this VW Bentley a proper looking Bentley. More like an overbloated, over priced Beetle.
Chrysler 300 c
Nice but, too much for me :D
Eggbound
The boot isnt sitting flush??? ITS GOT A HUGE GAP😅😅
Its a money pit, even a dumb plastic grill costs 1000£, when the leather starts to unglue from the ceiling, the wood lacker cracks, or a rim gets bent, or an electronic gremlin happens, its "dump it" money, so what is the point???
Honestly its just easier getting rich than avoiding issues with this car😂