Hello again...

Anybody in the know?

Was offered a 1993 Bentley Broooklands saloon, British racing green with cream hide and green carpetting in very very very nice condition despite relatively high mileage.
It's got a n/a 6.75 V8 wich I guess should be pretty reliable?

Opinions anyone?

 

Lovely bit of kit, you'll have to pay through the nose if you are planning on keeping the service history bang-on. Otherwise might be tricky finding specialist garage to look after it, but then again all the info you need should be on the internet somewhere, so DIY must be possible, even for a venerable old beast like that.

Got pics of it?

 

wev got a 2006 bently Arnage we want to get rid off where could we find the specialised sites?

 

No pics, was offered it today and went for a look.
Maintenance isn't really a problem as it's a relatively low-tech item and I won't be using it much, more fun to have sitting in the garage really.
Me and the missus have several 'modern classics' but none of them are used really.

 

Plebs lol

 

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Shows how much you know then

 

Well the new Brooklands is a bit of a shed, so i can only imagine how dodgy the old one must be!

 

rofl - my arse

 

It really depends on the shed in question, must be a good shed if compared to a Bentley Brooklands, new or old

 

You've obviously not driven one then! I'd have my ST170 any day of the week

 

I don't see the point in old bentleys like that. There worth nothing the styling is awful and there not exactly sports cars.

At least you can say you own a bentley though...

 

93 bentley= rusts even faster than a ford esp a big miler thats been used in all weathers

 

bend over ROFL..major hit coming on that one

 

SERIOUS QUESTION "ARE YOU ON CRACK?"
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according to the book(glasses) conti gt,s are losing 3/5k a month!

 

i'm refering to the new brooklands here - yes the old ones were a bit wooly -the new one with 1000nm of torque and 550brake and 425mm carbon caramic brakes is a quite an experience

 

i could beleive it!!, the way things are a box of toenail clippings from an old folks home would be a more saleable item

 

I f I remember correctly the Brooklands has the mesh front grill like the turbo? Graet motors, but like any Roller or Bentley they DO NOT like sitting around doing nothing. Discs corrode to buggery, calipers seize, rear spring hangers on the rear arms rot out, make sure no one has topped up the brake fluid with brake fluid ( if that makes sense!) should be green hydro fluid like Citroen used to use. Rear suspension spheres fail over time giving the back end a slammed to the ground stance and grinding the underneath out on the floor. Their getting on a bit now but as long as there are records for plenty of work over the years you should'nt have too many probs....just ensure you have depp pockets, Done my apprenticeship on them and still think they are some of the coolest cars in the world! Anyone that thinks they are shit clearly has never driven one and probably never will!!

 

Sorry, correction to the above, the Brooklands was the 'Base' model and has a slatted grill, it was the Bentley 8 that had the mesh grill

 

LOL! Well that's not MY ST170... and no crack involved!

And yes Dave, i know you're referring to the new one, but "new" is a relative word- let's be honest, it's still at least 15 years old under the skin. I've driven it since before it was launched (no, i'm not minted, I work for Bentley) and I'm glad you seem to like it but you're really not selling it to me!

 

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Ah, then you'll know that it spends most of the time getting fixed in the workshop then! I was tempted to buy your car actually (it was the one with the orange writing on the window, presumably) but i want a blue one, and i'd prob lose money on my own one if i sold it now anyway!

 

 

thats part of its charm - hand builtness...

yep that was is mine that had the orange for sale stickers over at volta house.

decided to keep it in the end as i had no offers - not a single one.

 

Well it has the meshgrille...so a tarted up Brooklands then?

I like the look of the car, over the top nineties British decadence wich amuses me.
I'm not bothered if it handles or not, if it's fast or not...not every car has to be judged like or be compared to a sportscar.

So basicly a lot of niggles to be expected or atleast to look out for?
Am I right in assuming engines are pretty much bulletproof?