Car Mechanics

It’s a wrap!

If all goes according to plan, this should be the final instalment of our Bentley Continental project and since my last report the main issues have been the windscreen and the looming MOT.

I mentioned last time that the car had developed a crack in the windscreen during a cold snap back in January and as so often happens it had slowly but surely grown since I first spotted it.

With the MOT due to expire soon, it really needed sorting and since it was a crack it couldn’t be repaired, meaning that replacement was the only option.

This being effectively a company car, our fleet manager confirmed that the cost would be limited to a £150 excess which underlines the value of windscreen cover on your motor insurance since the glass alone is £2300 from

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