Always curious , what are the major differences between a Bentley and a roughly comparable high-sales-volume car like a Camry? engine power? transmission? suspension? interior materials? any systems less failure prone or more robust in some way? Anybody here ever owned a Bentley? Bought used o…

[image] bing: A lot of folks in Italy pretend they don’t understand English but they do. I went in a vacation to White Fish Lake in Western Quebec. They spoke French, of course. I took a few years of French in grade school, but I don’t speak the language at all well. Still, I greeted the loca…

When we were in Germany, we had a partial morning free so I wanted to rent a car for a quick trip to the town of my name sake and get pictures for my dad. I rented the car in German at the hotel desk. 5 am looking for my car, a taxi showed up. Must have missed something. She was a good driver th…

A language barrier when purchasing a Bentley? Seems like a lack of focus. A luxury car has a distinct level of comfort, there is an obvious difference between a sofa to a park bench.

[image] PvtPublic: If that’s the dealership I’m thinking of Rt. 22, in Bridgewater

[image] VDCdriver: Rt. 22, in Bridgewater I wasn’t even close, I wouldn’t have thought there was 2 dealerships that would make the same mistake. I was thinking of the old AMC dealer Rt. 7 in Tysons Corner VA. They were AMC/Jeep, something else, Fiat and now Alfa’s and Maserati.

[image] Mustangman: Well, comparing a Bentley to a Camry is like comparing a thoroughbred race horse to a mule. Well, isn’t a mule more useful than a thoroughbred race horse, and much easier to train and maintain?

[image] bcohen2010: Well, isn’t a mule more useful than a thoroughbred race horse, and much easier to train and maintain? Yes, more or less (mules are not easy to train), but people don’t buy mules to race nor do people buy Bentleys to just to schlep to Publix or Home Depot. They buy Bentleys…

There is a Bentley Driver’s Club, seems to only be active in the UK but includes all years and models of Bentley in their gatherings. First heard about them where one car would be on the side of the road with a problem and many others would see the stranded comrade and be running with tools to assi…

[image] wolyrobb: one car would be on the side of the road with a problem and many others would see the stranded comrade and be running with tools to assist. Sort of makes a person wonder why we don’t see that sort of cooperation in the usa. Maybe b/c if you pulled up to a road-side car that…

I’ve heard of the same sort of cooperation on the Hot Rod power tour, had to come up with a hand signal that you were just taking a leak, the way the Bentley group was reported it sounded like a brotherhood with no member left behind.

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Well, isn’t a mule more useful than a thoroughbred race horse, and much easier to train and maintain?

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