Oh Lordy - what have I done??
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I've just bought a 1989 Bentley Turbo R, unseen, from an auction. For £3,600.
Am I about to be ruined? I understand it's just had £4,000 of brake work done, which sounds like a lot - are all the parts catastrophically expensive? I run an E55 AMG as my daily and I thought that was expensive to run!
I look forward to sharing my tales of extreme wallet-lightening with you all!
Am I about to be ruined? I understand it's just had £4,000 of brake work done, which sounds like a lot - are all the parts catastrophically expensive? I run an E55 AMG as my daily and I thought that was expensive to run!
I look forward to sharing my tales of extreme wallet-lightening with you all!
bqf said:
I've just bought a 1989 Bentley Turbo R, unseen, from an auction. For £3,600.
Am I about to be ruined? I understand it's just had £4,000 of brake work done, which sounds like a lot - are all the parts catastrophically expensive? I run an E55 AMG as my daily and I thought that was expensive to run!
I look forward to sharing my tales of extreme wallet-lightening with you all!
Congratulations!Am I about to be ruined? I understand it's just had £4,000 of brake work done, which sounds like a lot - are all the parts catastrophically expensive? I run an E55 AMG as my daily and I thought that was expensive to run!
I look forward to sharing my tales of extreme wallet-lightening with you all!
Look forward to hearing about your experiences.
Andy
Bought a 1987 Mulsanne at Auction just before Christmas last year, not a Turbo admittedly but then I paid even less than you did lol at just shy of £3k for mine. Broke down on the way home (nothing more than a fuse as it happens), since then hasn't missed a beat. Just put it in for an MOT (first in my care as it came with one) - a first time pass with 2 minor advisories. I'm sure it will bite me on the bum at some point but for the moment I just love it ... hope you have the same luck as I have
touching cloth said:
Bought a 1987 Mulsanne at Auction just before Christmas last year, not a Turbo admittedly but then I paid even less than you did lol at just shy of £3k for mine. Broke down on the way home (nothing more than a fuse as it happens), since then hasn't missed a beat. Just put it in for an MOT (first in my care as it came with one) - a first time pass with 2 minor advisories. I'm sure it will bite me on the bum at some point but for the moment I just love it ... hope you have the same luck as I have
Fingers crossed!! Sounds like you hit lucky there. It's buttons for the cars that they are isn't it!Agreed. Good on ya for taking the chance and keeping it on the road (well, hopefully). You guys can buy them for stupid low money over there. Here in the Colonies, a Turbo R for breaking would set us back $5K at the very minimum! And in fact, there's one available not too far from me for just that price, although it has NO brakes whatsoever and at the moment, my '53 R-Type is duly consuming any disposable income so....
Anyhow, good luck and let's see pictures!!
Cheers,
Aaron
bqf said:
What faults would render them uneconomic to repair??
At that price, pretty well anything!Seriously, you may have just got the bargain of the week for the simple reason that you were brave enough to put up your hand when nobody else had the balls to do so. I hope it goes well for you - just keep your fingers crossed!
Bluebottle911 said:
At that price, pretty well anything!
Seriously, you may have just got the bargain of the week for the simple reason that you were brave enough to put up your hand when nobody else had the balls to do so. I hope it goes well for you - just keep your fingers crossed!
It will be fine - everything is repairable, after all Seriously, you may have just got the bargain of the week for the simple reason that you were brave enough to put up your hand when nobody else had the balls to do so. I hope it goes well for you - just keep your fingers crossed!
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