>>For only £150,000 you could get this equally munterish 10 year old turdstack:
That is utterly hideous. Nothing will convince me that those spats on the back wheels aren't home made.
Bobby's G-Wagen isn't much better.
On the subject of self-indulgent cars and totally unnecessary cars, my car collecting pal rang me on Friday night to say he'd bought a new toy. He wouldn't tell me what it was.
It turned out to be a 17 year old, 2 owner, 100,000 mile Bentley Arnage R. He once had a 1990's Continental R that he regrets selling and I suspect that made him weaken.
The Arnage when launched had a BMW 4.4 litre twin turbo V8 with 350bhp but after VW bought Rolls Royce (minus, as it turned out, the name over which it subsequently embarked on a bitter legal wrangle) this was substituted with a developed version of the Rolls 6.75 litre V8, again with two turbos, 400BHP, and an unbelievable 835 Nm of torque. This one has the Rolls engine.
The gearbox is a 4 speed auto, but how many gears do you need with that much torque?
It's in lovely condition, almost concours clean including under the bonnet, and cost about 10% of the asking price for the Mercedes Turdenstack. Bit of a bargain I thought and cheap enough to think of buying one, not that I would ever actually part with the money.
Similar to this, same colour and interior.
www.bransonscars.com/cars/bentley/arnage/v8autor/305742/
Last edited by: Manatee on Mon 2 Nov 20 at 19:16
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