10/04/2026
The Bentley has been sold.
As lovely as the car was to drive, whenever I wasn't driving it something decided to go wrong.
The Continental GT was the first Bentley released by VAG and perhaps was somewhat rushed into production. They have now become notoriously troublesome, mainly due to electrical faults mostly (in my experience) caused by dampness and water ingress. It felt like a constant uphill battle fixing it to stop the dashboard lighting up like a Christmas tree and worst of all fixing it consisted of mainly sat in it with a laptop. That's not the kind of working on cars we enjoy here at Petrolheads Workshop.
There is plenty of videos out there along the lines of "Can you buy a Continental GT for less than £10k?". I'll save you time. Yes you can but no you shouldn't.
So with that in mind, I made the decision to sell it. Did I lose money? Yes. Do I regret buying it? No. I've never regretted buying any car, only regretted missed opportunities. I bought it cheap, ticked that box and so now it is on to the next car in my wish list.
- Dave
