I came back after not using the CGT for nearly 2 weeks, plugged in the charger and it immediately showed the battery was full.

This is getting to be a habit - all my other cars have sucked up the battery charge within a week or less, but even when I had the CGT locked and armed, as I did this time, it still registered full.

While I don't know the age of the battery (don't want to take it out for that), it must be at least a year old and probably twice that.

Anyone know why it is incredibly good at keeping the charge?

 

Cause Bentley spend all the R and D on battery charging instead of the bluetooth system.

It went down like this .

Jon: sir we need to have the best electronic gadgetry on the planet..
Bentley GM: No no.. we need longer lasting batteries.
Jon: I think people will like a better nav
Bentley GM: no no... we need longer lasting batteries. and if we put all that hoytie - toy tie crap in, it will run down the battery...

The rest of the group: He's right.. Jon stop being an idiot..

 

loool :d

 

Shouldn't you be on Aston chat?? traitor..

Are they the same people who make those cigars??

 

(Friendly humor) Yes, same company that manufacturers second tier cigars for people who think they have top tier tastes. This is typically the same type of people who leave their cigar bands on to make sure everyone sees said band. I have heard that within certain circles they are called "Bose/Rolex owners".

 

But the Aston was so gorgeous I just couldn't resist..

 

SO right!

 

We do understand. In fact one of my close friends fairly recently got a used A.M. and is working through the usual niggles with it. Very sexy visually, lackluster leather work... but then again in the winter i'll drive through the snow mountains in the Bentley with ease to his place while his A.M. is parked for its 5 month long winter sleep. Agree the A.M is sexy... though so is a Ferrari and will NEVER make THAT mistake again. Partially my fault because i tracked the car a lot and eventually realized for hard core tracking, one should get a proper track car.

 

To cleverly keep on topic while still reminiscing about Aston Martins I remember my Vanquish battery losing most of its charge and the dealer suggested I could drive it in, instead of getting it trailered into the shop.

Well, the battery gave out completely on a corner not far from home and everything locked up. I mean, REALLY locked up so tight I could barely move the wheel, and the brake was rock hard without stopping me on this downhill stretch. As luck - bless her mightily - would have it, I was able to go straight into a cul de sac and managed to pull the thing to a stop with the handbrake and a lot of foot power. So it did get trailered in after all.

I sweat profusely even now when I think of the disaster that was in wait for me if I had managed to get some speed up anywhere on the trip.

Needless to say, the well-working of my battery in all my cars is the second task I do daily. (The first is making sure my 38-year marriage stays intact

 

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funny.

 

About 20 years ago I bought myself a Rolex Explorer. I had a Merc at the time and the symbol on the hour hand reminded me of the Mercedes logo. Yes, I was young and naive back then.

To show up my lack of knowledge even further, I sold it 4 years later because it wouldn't keep accurate time... it was constantly about a minute a month out even after a factory reset.

While I now know that's quite normal for a mechanical movement, it annoyed the heck out of me then.

The moral of this story was that I sold the watch back to the Rolex dealer at a 25% loss. Now, we may hate these flashy pretenders, but that was a darn good deal, and Rolex is one of the few brands that keeps its secondhand value. Try and buy a top condition Daytona and you'll be paying close to retail even now. I admire them for their clever marketing.

I'm also not a fan of the Bentley Breightlings... just seems a little too cutely 'matched' to have a car and watch the same. As for their size, they are giant gobs of metal and wouldn't suit my frame!

But nowadays I'm not a technical watch fan, and have a modest Omega Constellation which is accurate to 1 sec a month and satisfies my desire for order and preciseness.

 

The GTC has two batteries and should last longer. Drain after only two weeks????????? I would find that unacceptable. For longer periods of storage I do have a battery tender charger.

I have a Rolex Sub. and it gains 2 minutes a month. If you need to keep accurate time buy a Timex. A Rolex is for those who don't really care what time it is.

I love the humor of this thread.

 

Yes, like the CGT too. I think that's the reason... one battery daisy-chains through to the other as I understand it, making for a long life.

My mother bought a Rolex about 40 years ago, as she's a watch fanatic, and had the same disappointment with accuracy so she sold it. I didn't know that until much later on. Of course battery watches weren't even invented back then.

 

[quote=kensilver;3373080]Yes, like the CGT too.

I have been confused about the names GTC and CGT are they different cars or is either way correct to denote the Continental GT Convertible?