As some of you know I'm the GM of a local Harley dealership. Some of our customers have WAY more money than they know what to do with, so they buy lots of expensive toys!!! A customer I hadn't seen in a few years came in yesterday driving a 2006 Bentley Continental GT and wanted to take me for a drive. I can't explain the power and luxery of this car......W12 twin turbo, 550hp, 491 lb ft of torque, all wheel drive and a top speed of 200mph!!! One the way back he asked if i would like to drive and of course I said yes!!! I am now completely geeked about this car.......I still have wood from the drive!!! Just thought I'd make some of you green with envy.

Wood from the drive? What did you do, pry some of the veneer from the dashboard?

Wood as in stimulated male body part.

http://www.cardotcom.com/cars/images01/06bentley-gt-16.jpg
even seeing one would be a live changing event......... you got to DRIVE ONE?????

Damn, I hate you, I am about 3 shades of green with envy



~Nate

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1999 Plymouth Neon Expresso. 2.4 swap, 10.5 to 1 comp, big cams. Autocross time attack vehicle!
2012 Escape, 'hunter" (5 sp 4cyl)

Nate, I have a hard time even putting into words what that car was like!!! It was so rock steady at 100 plus I could hardly beleave I was going that fast!!! Oh, and talk about incredible brakes.......WOW!!!! I hope someday you get behind the wheel of one, it will change your whole perception of what a car should be like.

i thought they were W12...


ive ridden in a Bentley Phantom... but the most expensive car drive to date was the CLS55 AMG

Get rid of the bug, enjoy the ride.

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Those GT's are so common where I live, we call them the Hyundai's under the super cars. BTW saw a convertible GT the other day in La Jolla, didn't look that great with the top up. But it must be awesome to go 190mph with the top down!

I think I have to get serious with my live and start making some serious money...

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There a are a few of those buzzing around in my area, they look pretty good. One of the guys at the marina is really into them and has a bunch of older ones, bought a GT last year. Its a nice car, I don't care if its gut some VW guts.

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That is funny, the Hyundai's of super cars. On a relative scale $185,000 is a cheap car compared to he Murcielagos and 612's driving around. I have seen as many as 5-6 Continental GT's in one day but there's always one tooling around Staples center on the way home from work.

They don't howl like a Ferrari can.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

The low-end torque on Bentlys is hard to describe,, like getting a push start from God.

Nice description Juck!!!! Very accurate too!!!

Yup, I'm envious!!

I saw a Nissan 350-Z in Virginia today being driven by a man who looked to be in his fifties.

The personalized liscense plate said it all:

"Z AGRA"

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Ply-woodie.

Too bad it's almost anemic compared to the twin-turbo V12 Mercedes engines. I too will be sending my ECU & TCU to Renntech very soon. Instead of close to 600 lb-ft of torque, I'll have over 740 lb-ft of torque with stage 1 ECU.