Bentley Discs Cost as Much as a Car – Autocar

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The cost of replacing carbon-fiber disc rotors can be high. James Ruppert takes a look at which cars could be purchased for the same price as replacing a single carbon-fiber disc for a 2006 Bentley Continental GT in this post excerpted from an article in Britain’s Autocar. Ruppert asks: “ What can you get for the price of a Bentley brake disc?”

Bentley brake discs are expensive, so much so that you could get yourself an entire car for less

One of my mates showed me his new ride the other day: a rather wonderful Bentley Continental GT. He had picked up this 2006 example with some issues and no service history, so full marks for bravery.

Except that he found the service books and sorted out the problems, because he’s a proper mechanic, and effectively doubled its value overnight. He’s going to keep it, but he’s fully aware of the future implications. Luckily, he owns a garage – a proper one with hydraulic lifts in it. Even so, if the carbon-fiber brake discs need replacing, that’s £7000 ($9,660) each. Which makes me think: what could we buy that’s equally interesting? It might not have 12 cylinders, but it must deliver some kind of unique experience.

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Bentley Continental GT Offers Huge Brakes

There are a lot of coupés that will do pretty much the same job as a Continental but rather differently. It would be so easy to go for the default appeal of a 2009 BMW 320i Coupé M Sport Highline with an automatic gearbox and just 60,000 miles, which seems like the perfectly reasonable two-door to get for £6995.

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The thing is, I just remembered that Renault made a Mégane Coupé, which everyone else has forgotten, too. It’s not a bad-looking thing, and on our £7000 budget I was rather taken with a 2011 2.0 dCi GT Line TomTom. It has old-fashioned sat-nav and 70,000 miles under its wheels. Public enthusiasm is fading for diesels, but these cars are great and economical, and you will rarely see another – unlike a Continental GT.

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