Hi Everyone,

Well 10 months into ownership of the Bentley with a cool £8,000 spent on issues i have completed around 3000 miles.

A couple of things still need doing the boot still needs pushing on the drivers side when closing but i am sure this is the gas strut issue.

At the moment i have fallen out of love with it as I feel like the money needed to be spent will never end and as I always have to take it to a specialist and they are not cheap
so i have at the moment put it in hibernation intermittently starting it and using a battery charger on both batteries.

My saving grace I did pick it up cheap and with all the issues probably will not not lose much when i decide to sell the car,

I will add pics just to show what it look like asap.

Sal

 

That's the Catch-22. If the car was cheap it likely has a bunch of maintenance and repairs that the prior owner didn't do.

 

Hi,

I kew there was some work but not to this extent..... every time i take it out i keep thinking what will be next and should you keep going spending on repairing.

Sal

 

I feel your pain. My 2013 GTC had only 14,000 miles and was well maintained. However every 4 to 6 months there's
something to attend to. The problem in my area is there really aren't independents able to work on some of the problems,
and they are reliant upon the local Bentley dealer for parts. The car is over engineered and does not drive as well as my
Mercedes or old Porsche. The car however is a work of art to look at but I have to admit a lack of confidence in taking it
on a road trip.

I do source the routine parts (oil filer, air filter, etc.) myself, and the independent garage is happy to use them. Takes away
some of the repair sticker shock.