Followed the 'photos HERE' link and thought to myself "I remember the front looking similar to a Rover 75, but not THAT similar...!!!"... then realised it WAS a Rover 75 and the link was in your signature... :fim: :O :lol:

Think it is a bit overpriced... that said, if I wanted to transport my family at speed, doubt there would be a more-fun way!!!

 

Hehe glad someone mistook my 75 for a Bentley. Even if it was just for a second!

 

Ive seen one of those cars being taken apart, almost every component in it is German.

The design is a bit off a mess as well. The front looks bloody cool but the back of the car looks far to yuck!

Its just a glorified AUDI

Now the proper Bentley is the Arnage.:rocker:

 

its ok but there better ways for a millionaire to blow loads of dosh- like a Vanquish

 

There's one in my village. It doesn't half have an odd sounding engine.

 

Living near Crewe I see rucks of 'em. The first time I saw one I thought it WAS a 75 - abheat maybe facelifted or something :bgrin2:

 

They're very common for £150K. Too many people with too much money IMO!

There are two in Stafford alone and this isn't exactly Beverly Hills.

 

Top Gear rattled off a list of footballers that own them.

 

I see two of them regularly in Lytham St. Anne's

I like em!

Pete

 

Its a VW phaeton with a flash interior, same w12 engine. they should stick with their other model the arnage, now thats a civilised thug!!!!! Tarmac shredding torque and laff out loud speed for a 2tonne behomoth

 

It's Bling man. All the brothers have one. Wish I could afford more than the steering wheel.

 

One just drove past my window...

 

I voted "Great, but £150,000 too much" - HOW MUCH?!?! :bigeyes:

Remember coming back through Warwick I think - past Waterman, anyway - and was following one... Then I saw another one coming back the other way - identical...! I had a quiet smirk to myself at that - you go out and spend £150k apparently on a car and see an identical on out on the road... I'd choke!

 

Top Gear rattled off a list of footballers that own them.

The best reason why NOT to buy one.

Even if I could afford one, I'm really not sure how I could cope with the day to day useage. Especially having to park next to the lower classes . Seriously though, I do get paranoid about parking. See so many folk just flinging a door open and catching the car next to them. I'm bad enough in a 9 year old Rover (I'm the one in who parks at the far end of the supermarket car park where it's empty) and seriously worry about parking the Jag anywhere as I love my cars and it really upsets me when any marks appear in the paintwork. Anyone else like that???

 

I don't like the GT much but oddly I really love the Flying Spur.

 

Bentley

Coincidentally I saw one this morning at a crossroad controlled by traffic lights , sort of like Xpower grey Lovely looking car until it got across the road and I saw the back...yugh! doesn't quite gel with the rest of it. It isn't a patch on the good looks of the original 1950s fastback Bentley (which I guess was bit of a Cadillac copy?) Nice car but just looks like someone trying to make something look passibly 'Bentley'. And the high earning power of todays footballers has just killed any impression of class that it may have had, should have only sold them to the over 45s or something


Definate miss for me at any price. The Rover 75 Coupe though not in it's class obviously would have been a far more attractive car

 

The best reason why NOT to buy one.

Even if I could afford one, I'm really not sure how I could cope with the day to day useage. Especially having to park next to the lower classes . Seriously though, I do get paranoid about parking. See so many folk just flinging a door open and catching the car next to them. I'm bad enough in a 9 year old Rover (I'm the one in who parks at the far end of the supermarket car park where it's empty) and seriously worry about parking the Jag anywhere as I love my cars and it really upsets me when any marks appear in the paintwork. Anyone else like that???

I'm worse! I part on the end of rows if I can so at least I'll only get one door hit, won't park next to anything that looks like a badly looked after company car - they don't care! never park near any chavish motor, and definately,definately never next to the enemy of all parkers - the mother with young child in baby seat (yes, I always check there's no baby seat) they will almost invariably jam their door open against your car whilst they load the baby and/or shopping onto the back seat. No way could I cope with a mega money car day to day, I'd have to get it a minder or something whilst I left it parked

 

Im with you on that daytona my other half moans at me for parking so far away from the shops but hay i would rather walk a little furthur than end up with marks from other peoples lazyness!

 

£150k - since when ?

They're listed at around £110,000... must be some very expensive options to get it up to £150k..

To me they're a lot of car for £110k - but with a W12 engine that only scrapes 12mpg on a good run and maybe 200 miles per tank of SUL.. you'd have to be super rich to afford to run it nevermind buy one..

I live in Leeds and there's loads of 'em around here... its becoming the millionaires Audi TT...

J

 

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I see two of them regularly in Lytham St. Anne's

I like em!

Pete

Ah lovely Lytham St. Annes, it wasn't too long ago when the Rover 75 was the motor to have in Lytham.

They were everywhere !

 

I've driven a Bentley Continental Flying Spur. It is awesomely powerful. Point it at the horizon and floor the accelerator and you're going frighteningly quickly in a very short space of time.

With 550bhp on tap, that's hardly suprising, but what is amazing is how sure footed it feels for a four door luxury saloon.

Ride isn't a patch on the 75, but it really is an amazing vehicle. I had the fortune to try one on a private track. I ran out of road at around 160mph...

 

Ride isn't a patch on the 75, but it really is an amazing vehicle....

Well it should be for that kind of money!! For £150K I'd expect it to fly me to Australia!

In Continental Flying Spur form the car look acceptable, but I've never been a fan of the coupe.

I thought it might have been one of those cars which grow on you given time.. like the 75 did, but so far no luck. It's just too brutal.

 

No, I've fallen in love with it - it is a stunning car.

Mind you, it also proves how good the 75 is - I would say the 75 has far better ride and more comfortable on motorways...

Mind you, I've not driven a 75 at 160mph before...

 

The Top Gear episode featuring the Continental Flying Spur screened last night.

James May took it for a test drive in Durbi. The car looked brilliant, and the straight line performance is astonishing. Top speed of 195mph (312kph) :yikes: .
If you squint your eyes the Flying Spur looks very 75ish.

 

I live in Leeds and there's loads of 'em around here... its becoming the millionaires Audi TT...

Nice turn of phrase - and how accurate too!

I did wonder whether I was perhaps jealous of people who drove this model, and realised I wasn't; it's highly conspicuous consumption and I don't actually think says much in a positive way about the owner or their materially focused girlfriend/trophy wife/teenage mistress (for those going through the male menopause), mock tudor house, badly advised dress sense and needlessly expensive acoutrements. I get the distinct impression the Bentley is bought to impress others and not due to it's own dynamics which is a shame. It's a bit vulgar (explains why footballers like them) in the same way as a Sutton Coldfield Suntan, words like crass and boastful spring to my mind.

Sort of car Toad would have parked outside the Hall......