![]() 11/14/2017 at 18:11 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
You could have !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Ok, so it’s more expensive to keep. I’d like to think that if I can afford a $90k car, I can cover the added running costs. Because I’d prefer the Bentley by a power of about a million.
Just look at that interior. Pure, unfiltered, opulence without sacrificing class.
And it’s the Speed model, so that big ol’ W12 is good for 600hp and a top speed of over 200mph. Plus, at 13k miles, it’s not like it’s been run into the ground.
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VW shift gate always looks cheap.
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Lemme put it this way; that’s not exactly a dealbreaker for me.
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Even in a TT
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So the above or a base Focus. I’d probably take the Focus since it does get a lot more than 9 mpg.
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A FWD VW lol :p (sorry, I had to!)
Why not get an LS460 instead? MUCH better car
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I tend to ignore the cheap tavarish-style ones, because they’re likely to cost EVEN MORE to keep up than the one I posted, plus if you’re on a Focus budget you’re less likely to be able to afford the repairs than if you’re on an S-Class budget.
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Oh, you mean the RWD Toyota?
Because it’s more reliable and cheaper to run, and the new ones have more tech. Those are not the important factors I look for in a luxury car. The things I look for in a luxury car are style, comfort, exclusivity, power, and the x-factor. The Lexus LS460 is lacking in style and has no x-factor, and also can’t touch the Bentley for power.
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May I ask where you live?
Cheapest here ist still around 90 grand
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Maintenance is probably at best third on the grand scale of why buying a Bentley with 170,000 miles is a bad idea. Insurance and fuel will do a substantially faster job of bankrupting you in the UK.
Plus if the engine blows, I’d just hang around Crewe until a dodgy geezer in a transit van rolls ups offering spare parts like they seem to around all UK car factories.
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A VW with a crappy sounding 12 cylinder, whats the point?
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London, England, UK, Europe (currently pending), Earth, Solar System, Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Orion–Cygnus Arm, Milky Way.
We tend to have comically cheap used cars here due to cars costing a bollocks load to own and a chronic lack of an export market.
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Good car, bad engine.
* Googles “Bentley flying spur LS swap”*
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Love the Aston as well, I guess it’s just a matter of whether you’re after sportiness or comfort.
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Or for just $15k more you could have this. It may have more miles but that interior tho.
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Don’t think cars cost more to own in England than here.
Is the lack of export market due to right hand drive or just lack of willing dealers?
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Blech. All these modern Continentals are ugly and way heavier than their aluminum Audi A8 cousins. And there’s this...
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RHD. That said if you ever need a parts car...
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The S450 gets to 60 in 4.8 seconds and has a better interior, along with looking better. I’ll take that.
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A 2012? Buddy, you are not thinking low enough...
A 2006 will run you mid to low-30s!
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/717074623/overview/
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Better at what? Taking you and the ladies to bingo night?
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I disagree about the interior.
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These cars were pretty when they first came out, and they are ageing beautifully. Much, much better looking than the regular 2 door Conti. The probably dozen or so units that were sold over here still cost about the same as decent sized house though.
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Damn, when is a landaulet for sale when you need one? Lol
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I like your thinking, but I’d go for the cheaper/riskier/sportier option myself.
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That is a proper car right there. 10/10 would buy before S Class.
In reality I’d get a 2012 Quattroporte GTS.