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ckelly78z 04-26-2018 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by tabs (Post 10015903)
Be specific in what you think I have been delusionaly ranting about. Spell it out chapter and verse. Otherwise it is just an I'll informed value judgement on your part.

These posts are well documented, go to TABS's profile, hit the "see all posts by TABS" button, and read any/all of them.

tabs 04-26-2018 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ckelly78z (Post 10015940)
These posts are well documented, go to TABS's profile, hit the "see all posts by TABS" button, and read any/all of them.

That says and tells me nothing! That amounts to saying just because...which means it is a vague and ill formed notion of yours that lacks definition and moreover clarity. In my estimation that is a very dimly lit world you travel through .

tabs 04-26-2018 10:29 AM

Most folks put faith in and bestow authority to edifices. What is not realized is that if the content of the edifice is vapid then it has no meaning nor carries weight.

ficke 04-26-2018 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tabs (Post 10015903)
Be specific in what you think I have been delusionaly ranting about. Spell it out chapter and verse. Otherwise it is just an I'll informed value judgement on your part.

You called me Dim, why do you think I am Dim? where is the stupid comment or incorrect information I posted? That sounds like ranting on somebody you have know idea about and made up who they are, delusional.

Bob Kontak 04-26-2018 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tabs (Post 10015981)
In my estimation that is a very dimly lit world you travel through .

Is that a Shakespeare derivative?

He said in a play or a poem that most of us travel through life on a path dimly lit by lanterns from the past. Meaning past things dictate how we move forward.

Good slam. Undeserved, yet vicious.

pavulon 04-26-2018 03:27 PM

not an RR but current, interesting and similar enough.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-bentley-arnage-4/

Scott R 04-26-2018 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pavulon (Post 10016417)
not an RR but current, interesting and similar enough.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-bentley-arnage-4/

"Yes, hello Grease Monkey, can you top off my computer-controlled adaptive electro-hydraulic damping system?"

tabs 04-26-2018 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 10015616)
You tol' me and I just didn't listen.

To see the diagram puts it into perspective. It's another order of magnitude beyond complex.

And you didn't listen... to what I said. Which means what I say in your estimation has no value. Which in my estimation makes you a fool. Thus my commentary.

Bob Kontak 04-27-2018 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tabs (Post 10016661)
And you didn't listen... to what I said. Which means what I say in your estimation has no value. Which in my estimation makes you a fool. Thus my commentary.

Why are you singling me out? :D

petrolhead611 04-27-2018 08:32 AM

My BIL had a Cloud 2, then a 3 ,and then a Silver Spur.Worked with my dad (an old school garage owner)on the S3 cooling system once to cure potential overheating.He said it was like working on a truck.
A friend had a Shadow arrived at my house one summer evening as I was watering the front lawn. There was an acrid mist emanating from under the nearside front wheel arch: I quickly hosed the entire car with as much water pressure as I could muster and saved the whole body except the nearside front wing from needing a bare metal respray.That high pressure braking system had sprung a leak and the hot fluid was vapourizing on the disc and then condensing onto the car. He reckoned my action saved him about £10000 back then over 30 years ago.

tabs 04-27-2018 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by petrolhead611 (Post 10017069)
My BIL had a Cloud 2, then a 3 ,and then a Silver Spur.Worked with my dad (an old school garage owner)on the S3 cooling system once to cure potential overheating.He said it was like working on a truck.
A friend had a Shadow arrived at my house one summer evening as I was watering the front lawn. There was an acrid mist emanating from under the nearside front wheel arch: I quickly hosed the entire car with as much water pressure as I could muster and saved the whole body except the nearside front wing from needing a bare metal respray.That high pressure braking system had sprung a leak and the hot fluid was vapourizing on the disc and then condensing onto the car. He reckoned my action saved him about £10000 back then over 30 years ago.

At that point you scrape the car...

tabs 04-27-2018 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 10016936)
Why are you singling me out? :D

Because you are so good looking... as cute as a Chinese baby..

oldE 04-27-2018 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tabs (Post 10017396)
At that point you scrape the car...

What do you recommend, a D&C?

Best
Les

tabs 04-27-2018 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 10017453)
What do you recommend, a D&C?

Best
Les

If you have to put more money into the car then the car is worth...sell it...

Steve Carlton 04-27-2018 04:31 PM

So what's the last good year for a Bentley, reliability and cost of maintenance wise? How many jars of Grey Poupon do you need per year?

sc_rufctr 04-27-2018 06:25 PM

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epbrown 04-27-2018 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton (Post 10017687)
So what's the last good year for a Bentley, reliability and cost of maintenance wise? How many jars of Grey Poupon do you need per year?

The Bentley S1 (Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1), made from 1955-1959. The inline 6 models are the smoothest, most dead-reliable RR/Bentley cars, and that's the last version before the V8 engine came in. The V8 is just a reliable, but because they just stuck it in the I6's old chassis it can be awkward to work on. There was a guy in the local RROC chapter that had been driving his since new, over 50 years.

And I carried the take out packets of GP to toss at kids who invariably asked. Ironically, I never actually tried any Grey Poupon.

aigel 04-27-2018 11:00 PM

I am late to the party. I agree with what has been said on why they are unpopular.

1) A look under the hood sure is not inspiring to the DIYer.
2) In a rolls, you sit in the back - you are driven. If you can't afford a driver, don't bother.
3) The only reason to own a RR is for status - doesn't work if everyone knows they go for 8k
4) You look like a man of wealth and taste, wearing dead guys shoes from the thrift
5) Doesn't even go well with DRAGON AZZ PANTS
6) It is British

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petrolhead611 04-28-2018 12:06 AM

Over 30 years ago a Shadow was much more than the cost of a bare metal respray.Oh,I forgot, that Tabs creature ( thinks)he knoweth everything

sc_rufctr 04-28-2018 01:08 AM

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