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Originally Posted by David
We spent a few days of our French vacation in Eze a few years ago and were amazed by the number of rolls Royce and Bentleys in southern France and Monaco. If was like every 20th car (ok maybe every 100th) was one.
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That’s a function of all the new money Russian scum, Bentleys are like Kias to them. They’ve completely ruined the Côte d’Azur but also sort of saved it at the same time with all of their lavish spending. It’s a double edged sword.
My experience in Los Angeles with the dealer, (Beverly Hills), is that the service department is completely worthless but luckily we have probably the best independent wrench in the country here, Charlie Agipou. When my friend brought her Arnage to the dealer for service, they charged a fortune, (expected), but did not even fix the car. We would get the car back with the exact problem we brought it in for.
The final straw was a power mirror control that was sticky. It’s in the center console, right where coffee or just dust and dirt would get to it. The dealer quoted some outrageous price to replace the assembly and I decided that it was time to look for another shop. Charlie Agipou wound up removing the switches and cleaning them, I think that he charged us $100 for both of them. That began a relationship that continues to this day.
They are very nice cars to drive and seem to hold up ok…like any car, they don’t like to sit and keeping on top of maintenance is key. I say go for it, you only go around once!