RE: derestrictor's Bentley RT
Discussion
Makes me weep at it's passing.
You can now pick these up for the price of a decent Reich staffer and frankly, what a bargain.
Genuinely made the Red Label feel like a poor relation and they're making the same mistake again with the new Conti which is all Toureg/Passat/A8 et al. (Although it's genius marketing which you can't argue against if you're a Piech Shareholder, darn it.)
Frankly, Bentleys should come with a couple of M3s to act as tugs for when leaving berth.
Like Empire, a time that's gone.
You can now pick these up for the price of a decent Reich staffer and frankly, what a bargain.
Genuinely made the Red Label feel like a poor relation and they're making the same mistake again with the new Conti which is all Toureg/Passat/A8 et al. (Although it's genius marketing which you can't argue against if you're a Piech Shareholder, darn it.)
Frankly, Bentleys should come with a couple of M3s to act as tugs for when leaving berth.
Like Empire, a time that's gone.
Afternoon, Craig; should be getting the guttering aerofoils sorted out next week but may avoid the stylistically questionable exercise of petite carbon fibre door mirrors - I think merely folding them back may liberate an extra 1-3 mph...(the aerofoils will hopefully deliver a similar benefit).
The big engine mod won't be happening until winter due to the time involved (weeks of a job, apparently) so my only other chance of bludgeoning closer to The Kaiser's slipstream may involve Domster, a spanner and the removal of Herr Beetle's wipers on the next day!
What an insane addiction - I love it! (You swine, Craig!)
Btw, Ian D - a 1940's Bentley? Dear God, how much elegance can mortal man cope with? Exceptional.
The big engine mod won't be happening until winter due to the time involved (weeks of a job, apparently) so my only other chance of bludgeoning closer to The Kaiser's slipstream may involve Domster, a spanner and the removal of Herr Beetle's wipers on the next day!
What an insane addiction - I love it! (You swine, Craig!)
Btw, Ian D - a 1940's Bentley? Dear God, how much elegance can mortal man cope with? Exceptional.
Ian,
Have a look at the mid-90s Brooklands which featured a light pressure turbocharger.
These cars were more softly sprung than the contemporary Turbo Rs, RLs, RTs and Mulliner jobbies.
The result was a ride imaprted with all the serenity of the best Jaguars but the sense of occasion only a mobile country pile could possibly convey, suffused inevitably, with that inimitable woofle from the engine room that best encapsulates the Bentley character.
And it has to be said, the old girl could lift up her skirt and mosh in a most unexpected fashion when hustled. "There ain't no substitue for cubes," as the colonials say and frankly, I agree: nobody does gentlemens' torque better and little beats quashing an errant villain in something grotty than flattening the lambswool and transmogrifying into the red-eyed captain of some historic ocean liner.
Now then. These aristocrats can be had for the price of a nasty mid-priced execomobile which means 100% pukksters can be yours for £35-£40k.
Ultimately though, Ian, if like me, you experience the immensity of the RT (or slightly less powerful RL [400 versus 380 bhp]), then all the subtle niceties of Brooklands' waftism is sledgehammered by the desire to revisit Dresden, figuratively speaking and stamp all one's feelings of surpressed imperialism on the world. (Well, at least that's how it feels in my increasingly worrying little world!
)
Broughtons have an RT for sale, as per my ex, at some tear-inducing price at a Christmas hamper under £50k. There is no finer value in the world and I demand those with the necessary means acquire them immediately. This represents Albion at it's barking best.
Hail to thee and keep us posted, Ian.
(P.S. The older Mulsanne Turbos and Turbo Rs are frustratingly underpowered in too many real world contests; whereas the RT could hilariously outdrag something like the old E36 M3 to 150 mph, these older blowers belong to an older era of Granada 2.8i Ghia X vanquishment and become simply frustrating in the modern cut and thrust - so the naturally laid back naturally asped Mulsannes or LPTd Brookers are better bets here. My God, they are fabulous.)
Have a look at the mid-90s Brooklands which featured a light pressure turbocharger.
These cars were more softly sprung than the contemporary Turbo Rs, RLs, RTs and Mulliner jobbies.
The result was a ride imaprted with all the serenity of the best Jaguars but the sense of occasion only a mobile country pile could possibly convey, suffused inevitably, with that inimitable woofle from the engine room that best encapsulates the Bentley character.
And it has to be said, the old girl could lift up her skirt and mosh in a most unexpected fashion when hustled. "There ain't no substitue for cubes," as the colonials say and frankly, I agree: nobody does gentlemens' torque better and little beats quashing an errant villain in something grotty than flattening the lambswool and transmogrifying into the red-eyed captain of some historic ocean liner.
Now then. These aristocrats can be had for the price of a nasty mid-priced execomobile which means 100% pukksters can be yours for £35-£40k.
Ultimately though, Ian, if like me, you experience the immensity of the RT (or slightly less powerful RL [400 versus 380 bhp]), then all the subtle niceties of Brooklands' waftism is sledgehammered by the desire to revisit Dresden, figuratively speaking and stamp all one's feelings of surpressed imperialism on the world. (Well, at least that's how it feels in my increasingly worrying little world!
) Broughtons have an RT for sale, as per my ex, at some tear-inducing price at a Christmas hamper under £50k. There is no finer value in the world and I demand those with the necessary means acquire them immediately. This represents Albion at it's barking best.
Hail to thee and keep us posted, Ian.
(P.S. The older Mulsanne Turbos and Turbo Rs are frustratingly underpowered in too many real world contests; whereas the RT could hilariously outdrag something like the old E36 M3 to 150 mph, these older blowers belong to an older era of Granada 2.8i Ghia X vanquishment and become simply frustrating in the modern cut and thrust - so the naturally laid back naturally asped Mulsannes or LPTd Brookers are better bets here. My God, they are fabulous.)
thanks, you have basically confirmed what my book on all things bentley says on these, the more horses the better, but i am just a "humble man" who runs a bentley on a sometimes £ stretched budget.
i had to rebuild my Mk VI engine last year, a bit painful. i think an early Brooklands, with the 4 speed box would be better than a Mulsanne S. mainly use it for the long run to Le Mans, (from NE Scotland) and now using Mk VI as everyday chariot to get to work. (currently working in Denmark, causes a few dropped jaws).
will probably change Bentley when back in UK around September. All things considered they are fantastic value when "used", can't understand why everybody doen't have one.
i had to rebuild my Mk VI engine last year, a bit painful. i think an early Brooklands, with the 4 speed box would be better than a Mulsanne S. mainly use it for the long run to Le Mans, (from NE Scotland) and now using Mk VI as everyday chariot to get to work. (currently working in Denmark, causes a few dropped jaws).
will probably change Bentley when back in UK around September. All things considered they are fantastic value when "used", can't understand why everybody doen't have one.
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