The Bentley Bentayga is Goddam Awesome

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 04/19/2017 at 20:24 • Filed to: BENTAYGA

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An old friend of mine manages a rather successful !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . She’s lucky enough to be loaned fancy cars to write about. I asked nicely if I could tag along.

We cruised the Bentayga around to some scenic vinyards and it was at least as good as it sounds. The wine was good, the car blew me away. As somebody who’s only car is a 28 year old Toyota, frankly the decadence is disgusting and upsetting. The rear suspension lowers at touch of a button in the boot for easy rear access, there’s a light for the vanity mirror, climate control and heated seats for all passengers, removable tablets for the rear and a separate phone-like device for controlling everything from the rear and the beautiful clock in the centre of the dash. Everything is soft-open, soft-close. The more you look the more you find.

But maybe the most impressive part was the materials. Every new car I get in (not many) has fake aluminum all over it, including bloody touch surfaces. It’s like the accountants underestimate the buyer’s intelligence such that they think nobody will notice. In the Bentley, once you stop fangirling over the acres of quilted leather, you realize everything is as real as it looks. And everything looks fantastic.

The car shown carries a pricetag of $474,000 dollaridoos - I guess you pay the cost to be the boss.

Here are some pics, taken !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! mostly.

Maybe it looks frumpy in this picture. But in real life it’s perfect: handsome, shapely, imposing, with echoes of all the modern Bentleys

Those barrels contained delicious wine, aging.

BENTLEY in the headlight. Union Jack on the doors. No chance of mistaken identity.

Bentley logos everywhere: seats, sills, headlights

The girl herself: Miss Andrea Michelle-Indy. Wearing the smile of a girl who got a free Bentley for a long weekend in wine country

Taken from my MR2 - yes, the Bentayga is bigger. Mine is at factory ride height - no cheating!

Bonus spot: Cadillac CTS, complete with “LEFT HAND DRIVE” stickers. I think I’ve seen this car once before, very pretty

GE90man > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:26

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it’s definitely not every day that someone gets to ride along in a bentayga! I have to say it’s not that bad of a looker as everyone seems to say.

Wobbles the Mind > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:28

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Thank goodness someone else appreciates this thing! What’s crazy is that the Rolls Royce is going to top this, and not by a small margin but a completely new dimension. But Bentayga is still without equal.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:31

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Wait a few years and it’ll de-preesh a few hundred thousand.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:32

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I think you should ditch the car and stick with the girl.

someassemblyrequired > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:35

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Is it wrong that if I had the $474K Kangabucks I’d still have a 90s Turbo R over this?

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > someassemblyrequired 04/19/2017 at 20:39

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Seconded.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:44

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There is a guy who owns a business with an office a few doors down from our place. Parks his Bentayga (which I believe was the first one in Chicago) almost daily. I agree on the quality of materials, haven’t ridden in it though - haven’t even spoken to him about it because he comes across as a total douche-nozzle.

I am one of those people, though, that wouldn’t spend the money on it (no matter how much I had) because I wouldn’t want to have to look at it every time I go to the garage, or walk up to it in a parking lot. I think it’s actually much better in pictures than in person - I’m liking that color though. Plus, either way, traipsing through wine county in a nearly half million dollar loaner car does sound fun.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:47

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So much presence! Definitely on my “Must Buy” list for when I win Powerball.

Textured Soy Protein > Nauraushaun 04/19/2017 at 20:49

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I think it’s ugly. Yes, I’ve seen it in person. But if you want a Bentley SUV, then it’s a Bentley SUV.

Rico > Wobbles the Mind 04/19/2017 at 22:48

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More batshit crazy SUVs plz

Nauraushaun > GE90man 04/19/2017 at 23:36

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It’s not! The same girl had an Evoque, that was a very nice car to ride around in. But this was next level!

I’m with you there

Nauraushaun > Wobbles the Mind 04/19/2017 at 23:36

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I know right. It’s hard to fathom. It was seriously so nice to be in and near. Suspect I’ll never get the same chance again, with a Rolls or otherwise.

Nauraushaun > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/19/2017 at 23:36

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And then it’ll only be a few hundred thousand out of my range :)

Nauraushaun > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/19/2017 at 23:37

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Har har lets not go there.

Hi Andrea, if you’re reading this!

Nauraushaun > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 04/19/2017 at 23:39

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Ugh. Douche-nozzle.

The color was amazing, understated but impressive too. The girl I was with didn’t like it for a whole set of different reasons: the attention. She feels self conscious parking it at home (on the street), and doesn’t like how everyone looks at her when she pulls up in it. Even at a very prestigious winery full of Macans and what not!

Nauraushaun > someassemblyrequired 04/19/2017 at 23:39

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It’s wrong but it feels so right

Nauraushaun > Textured Soy Protein 04/19/2017 at 23:39

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And not a bad one neither ;)

Nauraushaun > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo 04/19/2017 at 23:39

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When that day comes we’ll have quite an oppo party

Tapas > Nauraushaun 04/20/2017 at 00:29

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I think everything that makes this car good is present in every new Bentley.

You are never going to take this off road and it’s not like regular Bentleys feel cramped.

If you really like what this has got, why not get a Mulsanne?

If you can drop multiple thousands of dollars on a car, I’m sure you can afford another car that exclusively does the bitch work of crawling up mountain trails and brushing past those green wavy fucks that stick out of trees (leaves). Like a Range Rover, maybe? lol

Can’t have a Bentley with 5 layers of hand polished paint get ruffled like that.

Nauraushaun > Tapas 04/20/2017 at 03:42

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I think you’re right. It’s the only Bentley I’ve had the pleasure of being in.

But why get a Range Rover if you could have a Bentayga? Why not get 2 Bentleys if you can?

Tapas > Nauraushaun 04/20/2017 at 04:48

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Because its just too nice to through around in dirt.

Even if I had all the money in the world, I wouldn’t do that. But that’s just me.

Nauraushaun > Tapas 04/20/2017 at 04:55

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You have a point.

But

Taxthrich

Tapas > Nauraushaun 04/20/2017 at 05:00

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Here’s something that messes with me - Look up rich kids of instagram.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Nauraushaun 04/20/2017 at 09:52

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I guess that can be a downside for some, probably a lot, of people in terms of having a unique or rare car. I don’t think the attention would bother me as I’m pretty good at naturally ignoring people, but I would be worried about street parking. Especially overnight.

Nauraushaun > Tapas 04/20/2017 at 18:15

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I really don’t want to know. Seeing this girl with a Bentayga is about as much as I can handle. And that was only okay because I got something out of it :P

Nauraushaun > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 04/20/2017 at 18:17

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I think most people in that situation have secluded housing and/or secure parking. The car costs as much as a house so you’d expect that at least.

I’m not sure how I’d handle it to be honest. I don’t mind attention, but this is different! People look at her like You can’t afford that, your parents bought you that car and I hate you

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Nauraushaun 04/20/2017 at 23:32

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I was meaning I’d be worried about it too if I were her. I can’t imagine too many ever get street parked for very long (aside from the one I see every day).

Tapas > Nauraushaun 04/21/2017 at 00:32

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Well then....glad you enjoyed the trip lol