very clean looking 1989 Bentley Turbo R
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http://www.johnhollandsales.co.uk/bentley-turbo-r-...
Taken at face value it looks to be a very clean car with an interesting interior specification.
Presumably a 20,000 series car with the three speed automatic gearbox and non active ride. I'm guessing the four speed automatic allows for more relaxed cruising and better fuel consumption.
Are these 20,000 series cars a little to soft for spirited driving.
16" wheels look a little unusual. Surely they should be 15" wheels.
What do you guys reckon.
Taken at face value it looks to be a very clean car with an interesting interior specification.
Presumably a 20,000 series car with the three speed automatic gearbox and non active ride. I'm guessing the four speed automatic allows for more relaxed cruising and better fuel consumption.
Are these 20,000 series cars a little to soft for spirited driving.
16" wheels look a little unusual. Surely they should be 15" wheels.
What do you guys reckon.
[quote=buyer&seller]It does look like a very clean car and so it should be for the price being asked, the woodwork looks lovely. It is a 1990 model year car which will have active ride suspension and a three speed gearbox. Not 100% sure but aren't those wheels off of a later Brooklands model?
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Look like 1995/1996 Brooklands wheels to me.
Andy
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Look like 1995/1996 Brooklands wheels to me.
Andy
Hate wrong wheels on any car, especially a Bentley or Rolls. And they are not even nice wheels.
I would always approach a car with the wrong wheels with suspicion as more often than not, cars on the wrong wheels turn out to be poor examples - not always - but often. It suggests someone owned the car who couldn't really afford it and certainly couldn't afford a later car, so they tried to make it look younger. It follows from this that the car might not have been well maintained - hence why I would approach such a car very carefully.
I would always approach a car with the wrong wheels with suspicion as more often than not, cars on the wrong wheels turn out to be poor examples - not always - but often. It suggests someone owned the car who couldn't really afford it and certainly couldn't afford a later car, so they tried to make it look younger. It follows from this that the car might not have been well maintained - hence why I would approach such a car very carefully.
matt5791 said:
Hate wrong wheels on any car, especially a Bentley or Rolls. And they are not even nice wheels.
I would always approach a car with the wrong wheels with suspicion as more often than not, cars on the wrong wheels turn out to be poor examples - not always - but often. It suggests someone owned the car who couldn't really afford it and certainly couldn't afford a later car, so they tried to make it look younger. It follows from this that the car might not have been well maintained - hence why I would approach such a car very carefully.
Or it may just be that the owner wanted to improve the handling of his car by fitting larger diameter wheels and lower profile (also cheaper to replace) tyres. The handling benefit is very noticeable - you don't feel the rear tyres flexing when you push hard in a corner. It is something that many Turbo R owners have considered and quite a few have done. Some of them (not the ones on this car) are also easier to clean. I thought long and hard about it myself, but refrained because of the effect it would have on the ride - Warren can testify to that.I would always approach a car with the wrong wheels with suspicion as more often than not, cars on the wrong wheels turn out to be poor examples - not always - but often. It suggests someone owned the car who couldn't really afford it and certainly couldn't afford a later car, so they tried to make it look younger. It follows from this that the car might not have been well maintained - hence why I would approach such a car very carefully.
In any event, I see that the car is now sold and on its way to Italy.
Bluebottle911 said:
Or it may just be that the owner wanted to improve the handling of his car by fitting larger diameter wheels and lower profile (also cheaper to replace) tyres.
Absolutely, I'm sure this could be the reason - but I still approach cars on the wrong wheels with caution because a lot of cars on wrong wheels (regardless on make) turn out to be not very nice cars.matt5791 said:
Bluebottle911 said:
Or it may just be that the owner wanted to improve the handling of his car by fitting larger diameter wheels and lower profile (also cheaper to replace) tyres.
Absolutely, I'm sure this could be the reason - but I still approach cars on the wrong wheels with caution because a lot of cars on wrong wheels (regardless on make) turn out to be not very nice cars.tali1 said:
Have to agree.Wrong wheels in general are a no -no
I understand the reasoning, and agree that the later wheels look wrong on this car, but disagree that this is normally the case.I much prefer the look of a Turbo R with the later Continental R (?) 17-inch alloys than the original 15-inch wheels:
Andy
6750cc said:
I understand the reasoning, and agree that the later wheels look wrong on this car, but disagree that this is normally the case.
I much prefer the look of a Turbo R with the later Continental R (?) 17-inch alloys than the original 15-inch wheels:
Andy
I like both - but didn't they fit those later wheels anyway to some cars? But I think the earlier wheels suit the car more - purely personal preference. The 17 inch ones are fantastic looking wheels though - they always reminded me of the wheels on the Peugeot 205 1.9GtiI much prefer the look of a Turbo R with the later Continental R (?) 17-inch alloys than the original 15-inch wheels:
Andy
matt5791 said:
I like both - but didn't they fit those later wheels anyway to some cars? But I think the earlier wheels suit the car more - purely personal preference. The 17 inch ones are fantastic looking wheels though - they always reminded me of the wheels on the Peugeot 205 1.9Gti
I think the 17-inch alloys were first fitted to the Continental R and then made available for other models. They definitely weren't available in 1988 as in the car in the photo. So in that respect no different the later wheels fitted on the car featured in the original post...
Irrespective of the wheels, the Turbo R is a magnificent car!
Andy
6750cc said:
tali1 said:
Have to agree.Wrong wheels in general are a no -no
I understand the reasoning, and agree that the later wheels look wrong on this car, but disagree that this is normally the case.I much prefer the look of a Turbo R with the later Continental R (?) 17-inch alloys than the original 15-inch wheels:
Andy
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