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New Bentley Vehicles at Canary Wharf


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They were once regarded as gentleman's cars, now they are the preserve of premier league footballers and take away owners. A friend took me with him on a tour of the Bentley factory at Crewe, and I asked how many ECU's were in this new 4 x 4 abortion and the number was something utterly ridiculous. The Continental GT gives enough trouble and that has about a quarter as many! Complexity for complexity's sake.

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Talking of complexity, my next door neighbour is a mechanic who works from home, and he had a Conti GT in once with a fuel delivery problem. I suggested checking the fuel pump and he looked like he'd dropped his wallet in a septic tank. It's about half a days' labour to get to the pump, you have to take the rear seats out! You can have all this wonderment and gadgetery in the world but if it's not maintainable, what's the point?

 

I always factor in maintenance these days, I'd never have a mid-engined car for example, when I looked at spark plug changs on a Boxster and it started "remove the rear bumper" - NOPE :D

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