Calgary Bentley Continental for sale for less than mid-spec Civic

[rage2]

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But I thought you were a proponent of coilover replacement when the air suspension inevitably failed on Benz'?

I’ll recommend swapping it to coils if you can’t afford to fix it. If I ever have a Benz old enough with broken air suspension and love the car enough to drive it another 10 years till it breaks again, $1k a year is worth it.

[dj_rice]

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I’ll recommend swapping it to coils if you can’t afford to fix it. If I ever have a Benz old enough with broken air suspension and love the car enough to drive it another 10 years till it breaks again, $1k a year is worth it.

Can always get Arnott parts instead of dealer OEM to save some bucks as well.....I need to test drive one with air suspension to see what all the hoopla is about and if its so dreamy like ya'll say

[shakalaka]

Which Benz's have air suspension? I don't get the hype - what is it supposed to do exactly?

[flipstah]

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Which Benz's have air suspension? I don't get the hype - what is it supposed to do exactly?

Airmatic is nicccceeeee

My E class had it. So plush and cushy

[ExtraSlow]

Air suspension is excellent for those rough rig roads.

[flipstah]

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air suspension is excellent for those rough calgary roads.

ftfy

[Tik-Tok]

Also great to level out the car as to not raise suspicion when you're transporting 1kg of cocaine and dead hookers.

[Neil4Speed]

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Air suspension on a Benz is like $10k to repair. Worth every cent.

MB Air suspension is 'decently' reliable unless you beat on it. Also there are very good aftermarket alternatives now making the repair and parts cost more reasonable.

ABC on the other hand... yeah thats a mess.

[flipstah]

Air suspension is easy; it's literally four bladders and air lines.

W12 is hard.

[AllGoNoShow]

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As someone who worked on these in great depth during my time with Bentley, that car has many surprises in store for the next owner. The engine and transmissions are good but the water pump and dash screen will be on their way out and between the two, theres 15k worth of work sitting there. The Mulliner wheels are a nice addition and worth a small fortune on their own. The plastidip/truck bed liner grille is definitely a no.

The window down in the rain will help you reach the 15k goal and blow past it!

[S-FLY]

The ad lost me with the plasti-dipped grill and trunk emblem.

[Buster]

better than de-badging...which just makes cars looks like they were in an accident.

[rage2]

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Which Benz's have air suspension? I don't get the hype - what is it supposed to do exactly?

E and up. There's a more advanced active suspension version on the GLE now too called Active Body Control.

So what's so special? Balance of comfort and sport. In comfort, it's just a nice plush ride with good non floaty feedback. In the corners it firms up and delivers a lot less body roll than what the softer ride suggests. The Active Body Control enhances that by using cameras to determine road surface and anticipates the needed suspension movement. Pothole? No problem. Coat right over it without fucking those silly low profile tires. Cornering for fun? Let's bank the car inwards so that it can deliver a perfectly flat cornering experience. Didn't see that speed bump? You probably wouldn't even feel it under 80km/h.

For big ass comfy 4000+ boats that they're installed on, it's really the best of both worlds.