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Originally Posted by lansdownplace
There is a mlVI Bentley in the street about a half a mile from me
which is completely silent as it hasn't moved for at least six
months. It has a black paint job done with a house brush and some
dulux. I have to say it looks like a hearse.
Paul
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Most of the earlier cars were black with brown interiors because owners were anxious not to appear to have profited from the War. Nevertheless there are few if any classic cars of any age that ride and drive so well. They were and still are an astonishingly good car and I love their looks and always have. Quintessential British Forties styling and the last time R-R designed a car for Brit tastes.
The owner of a local factory bought one in the Forties and kept it till he died in the early seventies, I remember being stunned by it as a child and seeing around locally for years, eventually it became an ambition to own one. I've had mine since '98 and driven backwards and forwards to France in it numerous times including doing a Louis Vuitton in Paris and also all over the UK. It is so comfortable, quiet and smooth that all it lacks is air conditioning. Now I run a website providing technical support and I've made contact with other owners the world over. Most experts agree that it is the second and last time R-R made the best car in the world. So I'm sorry you don't like it, but hope that I've persuaded you to feel more kindly towards it from now on. After all, Bristols are not to everyone's taste.
Ash