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    Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever

    Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    I'll let Younglil50buckcentwestwayne enjoy driving this at 195 mph with the top down. As for me, I like my head attached to my body whence it belongeth.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/13/09

    @bmoredlj: Good thing, too. I'd rather have their heads separated and lying in a roadside ditch where they belong.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    If I did my millimeters to inches conversion correctly...


    16 inches front

    13 inches rear


    I served Thanksgiving dinner on a smaller surface than those front discs

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    The non-drop-top Continental is the source of one of my favorite bits of auto-writing, courtesy of Dan Neil:


    "Some may regard these marginal increases in performance metrics not worth the GT Speed's price premium ($199,990, $24,000 over the GT), but these people have tiny yachts you can't even land a helicopter on."

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    I was going to adapt the lyrics for "Wave of Mutilation" but none of them need to be changed. In fact, this car would be perfect in "Pierrot le Feu".
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    this is the car a hairdresser would drive
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    GTC means "Good Til Cancelled" in the stock market. I wonder if it's the same in the Carpocalypse.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    Rollin' in my GTC with the ragtop down so my hair can blow. I can see Vanilla in this.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    At UK motorshows I'm for ever disappointed by the girls on the Bentley and Aston Martin stands. Yes, they have faces to die for, and all the physical attributes of the traditional English rose.


    But then, you start to talk to one and, far from the dulcet, distinguished tones of Emma Peel, you're more likely to hear "Yeah, iss well smart, innit?"


    And you just know they arrived at the show with their boyfriend in his WRX.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/13/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy 20v Turbo: ...and George Bernard Shaw spins in his grave.
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    Image of jduffy13 jduffy13
    01/13/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy 20v Turbo:


    I've been in Ireland and Scotland chatting up the girls there and it can be almost impossible to understand what they're saying, but it's allegedly English they're speaking.

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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    01/13/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy 20v Turbo: Essex girls?
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    01/13/09

    @joshman: Yup!
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    01/13/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy 20v Turbo: "The loife of the woife is ended by the knoife."
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    01/13/09

    @jduffy13: U.S., Canada and Great Britain: Three nations divided by a common language.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/13/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy 20v Turbo: Bloody roit, mate, if Oi wannid some bint wivva Croyd'n facelift, I'd damn well find 'un on th' street!


    Wrong accent? Oh, well.

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    01/13/09

    @FuzzyPlushroom: Pretty good actually. Come to think about it, didn't I sell you a CLS last week?
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    01/13/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible Ever
    Top down? Only a meager 195.


    Can you imagine the hair? Hi, I'm Joe Biden and this is my wife, Medusa.

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    Image of JCWhitless JCWhitless
    01/13/09


    Oh people have gone faster with the top down, I just wouldn't advise it.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/13/09

    @Ash78: If you drift your new new GTC, then one should expect the worst!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/13/09

    @Ash78: I really hope driving a midlife-crisis-convertible fast leads to baldness, too.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    01/06/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
    Hey, remember this?

    [jalopnik.com]

    I find this car even more horrifying than that Silver Shadow with a blower sticking out of the hood. Do I like the idea of a 200-mile-an-hour Bentley convertible? Damn straight I do. But this thing is just awful. It's for oil sheiks, rappers, professional athletes and Silicon Valley players-- not the type of people who exemplify good taste in the traditional Bentley-owner fashion. Yes, Walter Owen Bentley loved big, fast, heavy cars, and they were always playthings of the wealthy, but they were tasteful and understated-- at least, they were understated until they roared around the banking at Brooklands or down the Mulsanne Straight. This goddamn thing is just vulgar. If I had the money (and I don't, so Bentley doesn't care what I think) I'd put it towards an early-'50s R-type Continental in British Racing Green. 120 miles an hour is more than "adequate" in a REAL Bentley-- partially because you won't feel the need to compensate for anything.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/06/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
    Quite a press release.

    The 0-60 in 4.5 or 4.8 seconds is pretty impressive for a 5800 pound behemoth. Largest brakes ever on a production car--check.


    Power train by Mr. Gush--that's about right.


    "City" and "Highway" MPG are "Urban" and "Extra-Urban" -- no doubt some of the customer base will misunderstand that one.


    Oh, but you can't to 200 mph in the droptop--see fine print.


    Safety? Can ithe nanny make sure no one rolls the Bentley? (ha, Rolls--get it?) Does a giant spring appear and instantly set you back on the wheels? Will it simply, Weeble-like, not turn upside down?

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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    01/06/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
    The crown-stapler is a $3000 dealer add-on....
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/06/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
    oh... forgot about the car
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/06/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
    thats quite a press release
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    01/06/09

    In reply to Bentley Continental GTC Speed: Staple Your Crown On Before You Hit The Pedal
    All those numbers and specifications. I miss the old Bentley where everything was either sufficient or adequate. It was just rude to mention the actual horsepower.
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