"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
06/18/2018 at 20:15 • Filed to: None
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"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
06/18/2018 at 20:15 • Filed to: None | 0
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Buttons on the hood/boot/shifter that hide when they aren’t needed. An infotainment knob that can selectively dead-end itself depending on the menu.
This isn’t luxury. This isn’t a good thing. This is a waste of money and weight. This is pointless extravagance. This is the reason a 2 door car weighs well over 2 metric tons. And, of course, the reason they depreciate faster than almost anything.
When you over complicate simple stuff like the infotainment knob you make the world a worse place to be. And the fact that it uses a regular VW key fob is
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I’m okay with some kinds of luxury. Nice materials are cool and especially comfy seats are nice and power and safety and girth and fancy styling that doesn’t work on a more mass-market car - all that stuff is great. Engineering to make the car more reliable. That’s where the money should go.
But good luck finding a replacement blue seatbelt buckle 30 years down the line.
Personally I couldn’t stand owning a car with such exuberance. Every
time those buttons did their thing I’d get a pang of guilt at having
wasted my money on such wank. But that’s me.
I know that this is how the world works and that Bentley have no care for their 15-year-later used customers and that their new customers don’t care because they’re already throwing their money away. But that doesn’t make it good.
Nibby
> Nauraushaun
06/18/2018 at 20:26 |
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no one makes cars for the person who is going to buy it in 15 years.
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Nauraushaun
> Nibby
06/18/2018 at 20:47 |
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Yes and no. Toyota make cars of good quality. Their motivation isn’t the guy 15 years down the line, but hitting high marks on reliability surveys like JD Power is something they value.
Bentley do not.
winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> Nauraushaun
06/18/2018 at 21:26 |
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Okay hold on a second. The control knob that automatically locks itself when you reach a maximum/minimum is great. Why? Tactility. Now you know if you’ve turned something off or have hit maximum volume.
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> Nauraushaun
06/18/2018 at 22:47 |
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Eh, it’s basically just the Audi D3 A8/S8 interior layout and features. My ‘09 has most of the same stuff and similar switchgear as the Bentley. A lot of parts bin VAG parts there. Not that that’s a bad thing, but just not a big deal. Same as the first gen Phaetons as well. But at least by ‘09 they figured out the paddle shifters belong on the back of the steering wheel, not the column. Much nicer operation.
I would like that global close button though, better than raising all four windows separately when parking after a windows down drive. At least I can drop them all with the key fob with one press.
Wouldn’t mind that twin turbo V12 though, but I’d hate to work on it. The V10 is bad enough to work on. It’s amazing how much crap they shoe horn in the engine bay.
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Nauraushaun
> merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
06/18/2018 at 22:52 |
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W12* ;)
Well now I’m very conflicted, thanks for that. It’s a combination of useless over-engineering and parts bin sharing. They’re sharing a bin of useless features. What a world.
I guess they assume that
nobody
would be baller enough to drive around all windows down all the time, in a sedan.
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Nauraushaun
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
06/18/2018 at 22:53 |
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But the screen will tell you that. These menus aren’t that complicated and their instant and unequivocal feedback just isn’t that vital.
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> Nauraushaun
06/18/2018 at 23:03 |
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But for me, that’s when the car sounds the best. Gotta have the windows down and zipping through tree lined twisties, sport mode engaged, of course.
I really want to mod the exhaust, but I’m afraid to lose the highway cruising quietness. But one of these days I’ll tank the mufflers off to see what she sounds like without them. The V12 would be nice, but I love the way the V10 screams at 7k rpm. Not as high strung as a M5 v10, and not as many revs as a Lamborghini, but pretty darn close. Intoxicating for sure.
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Nauraushaun
> merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
06/18/2018 at 23:47 |
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V10s are damn cool, wish I was you
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> Nauraushaun
06/18/2018 at 23:57 |
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Lol. It’s taken many years to finally get here. And if it weren’t for my Wife, I’d be in the poor house, probably with some fun cars, but dead broke too.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Nauraushaun
06/19/2018 at 04:58 |
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hear hear!
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winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> Nauraushaun
06/19/2018 at 21:10 |
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To be fair, what the locking knob is applied to in the Continental is overkill. But think about it - predefine some locking limits for your temperature knobs before you set off, and you’ll know what your temperature is without even looking.
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Nauraushaun
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
06/19/2018 at 23:12 |
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Eh. It doesn’t phase me. If I’m cold I’ll turn it up. I find the digital read out to be dubious at best anyway.