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...but you could get bored with the bill for a TV of that size...Canny beat ‘Billboard TV’
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My goodness that’s a set up and a half! The screen must be more than 4x bigger than the one we have in our living room!
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You must be able to get hundreds of extra channels on a TV that size 
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So what pops up in my inbox a day late and a dollar short?
Autocar's used Bentley Bentayga review! I just happen to agree with most of it, but it wouldn't have changed my mind to become a Bentley boy......
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Autocar's used Bentley Bentayga review! I just happen to agree with most of it, but it wouldn't have changed my mind to become a Bentley boy......
Bentley Bentayga 2015-2020 review | Autocar
Bentley's first SUV is getting into the realms of affordability, is now the time to take the plunge?
The photo at the end looks like the view from near your old gaff, across the Cheshire Plain to the Welsh hills…So what pops up in my inbox a day late and a dollar short?
Autocar's used Bentley Bentayga review! I just happen to agree with most of it, but it wouldn't have changed my mind to become a Bentley boy......
Bentley Bentayga 2015-2020 review | Autocar
Bentley's first SUV is getting into the realms of affordability, is now the time to take the plunge?
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Could well be! If we spin north about 45deg, you might just spot Jodrell Bank....
It's certainly on my radar....and oddly, it's not all that far from Crewe...
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Two day trips over to Bucks this week, one in the Bentley, one in the BMW EV.
Apart from a multitude of road closures around the villages near the line of HS2, all very restful and a wonderful way to travel. I've had a number of 'business class' car previously, but this one really is like turning left on entry to a plane and going all the way to the front.
And it doesn't break the bank. 42 mpg on this run and an overall of almost 40 in the 600 miles I have had the car including a number of local and city runs.
These are the same sort of numbers I was getting from the Macan, but in a much larger car with almost 200bhp more....and did I mention the torque??
Apart from a multitude of road closures around the villages near the line of HS2, all very restful and a wonderful way to travel. I've had a number of 'business class' car previously, but this one really is like turning left on entry to a plane and going all the way to the front.
And it doesn't break the bank. 42 mpg on this run and an overall of almost 40 in the 600 miles I have had the car including a number of local and city runs.
These are the same sort of numbers I was getting from the Macan, but in a much larger car with almost 200bhp more....and did I mention the torque??
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You might have Talked about the Torque, once or twice.Two day trips over to Bucks this week, one in the Bentley, one in the BMW EV.
Apart from a multitude of road closures around the villages near the line of HS2, all very restful and a wonderful way to travel. I've had a number of 'business class' car previously, but this one really is like turning left on entry to a plane and going all the way to the front.
And it doesn't break the bank. 42 mpg on this run and an overall of almost 40 in the 600 miles I have had the car including a number of local and city runs.
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These are the same sort of numbers I was getting from the Macan, but in a much larger car with almost 200bhp more....and did I mention the torque??
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That's the problem with Alistair, he's all torque.......You might have Talked about the Torque, once or twice.
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What, like his Bentley.That's the problem with Alistair, he's all torque.......
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Can't argue with that.As all good race car engine builders say : ‘Power wins arguments, torque wins races’
Bentley agree with this
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Only those with a very keen eye or obsessive wheel and tyre guys (like me!) would have noticed that the tyres on my Bentley were different front to rear. It had the factory fit Pirelli P zero (B1) tyres up front and some Conti Sportcontact 5's on the rear. The rears were down to about 4mm and had date codes of 2017 on them. They just had to go and be replaced with proper Bentley Pirelli rears.
I know how much work went into ensuring those specific tyres were the best for the job, and having only driven the car on four proper tyres for just 8 miles, I can already feel I was right to change them. They had always been factored in to my purchase and I now have four matching tyres, all B1 type, above 6mm tread and with date codes after 2021. The car now drives even better than previously and feels spot on.
Of course I had to repressure the tyres after fitting (tyre fitters only seem to be able to get somewhere between 30 and 40psi
) with my super accurate motorsport gauge, but was pleased to see that the on board TPMS matched to within 0.5psi.
It's now ready for it's holiday in the Lakes
I know how much work went into ensuring those specific tyres were the best for the job, and having only driven the car on four proper tyres for just 8 miles, I can already feel I was right to change them. They had always been factored in to my purchase and I now have four matching tyres, all B1 type, above 6mm tread and with date codes after 2021. The car now drives even better than previously and feels spot on.
Of course I had to repressure the tyres after fitting (tyre fitters only seem to be able to get somewhere between 30 and 40psi
) with my super accurate motorsport gauge, but was pleased to see that the on board TPMS matched to within 0.5psi.It's now ready for it's holiday in the Lakes
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Returning to Ambleside?Only those with a very keen eye or obsessive wheel and tyre guys (like me!) would have noticed that the tyres on my Bentley were different front to rear. It had the factory fit Pirelli P zero (B1) tyres up front and some Conti Sportcontact 5's on the rear. The rears were down to about 4mm and had date codes of 2017 on them. They just had to go and be replaced with proper Bentley Pirelli rears.
I know how much work went into ensuring those specific tyres were the best for the job, and having only driven the car on four proper tyres for just 8 miles, I can already feel I was right to change them. They had always been factored in to my purchase and I now have four matching tyres, all B1 type, above 6mm tread and with date codes after 2021. The car now drives even better than previously and feels spot on.
Of course I had to repressure the tyres after fitting (tyre fitters only seem to be able to get somewhere between 30 and 40psi
It's now ready for it's holiday in the Lakes
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Why does it not have self-aligning wheel centre caps?
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Windermere for a week from the 29th to celebrate a rather special anniversary.....it's all a bit like crisps.....a Golden Wonder
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'cos it really doesn't need to add any more weightWhy does it not have self-aligning wheel centre caps?
....or bigger, heavier wheels!
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When so much thought and effort has gone into making so much about the car perfect, it's a little detail that jars a little, especially when the new price was over 10 times what we paid for our first house!
