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Tail centrifuge with lack On 1,800 meters I become well awake with clear air. The view from the window reveals clearest weather and the Schoenling on the tiny parking lot, doesenden in the morning sun. It is the first morning after a whole day with the Arnage and I knows now, what expects me: Affectionately I weigh the ignition key in my hands - this moment remains clinging as a time of most intimate satisfaction! After deftigem breakfast I animate the combustion chambers of the Blaublueters and circle to the main street back. With Santa Maria goes it up to the Umbrailpass. A pictorial, hardly traveled distance, which flows below the Stilfser of yoke. Bitebite bites for the Hecktriebler, because by sections it concerns with the road surfacing fine-grained sand. Time thus to preserve the ESP... After the bitumen stops, I grope along carefully to the drift range near. And there! The T comes around to enjoy with caution but with good to be dosedness. Drift for drift succeeds in the lonely high valley better. Since I did not read the small print in the hiring contract however, I become not too uebermuetig. When the tar begins again, discharge opening I the ESP and test gentle of power eyelid on dry reason.
The engine does not give full feedback, weakness as with the Malojapass with ESP diminishes the driving fun, and the car sticks formally on the bitumen. The car had great grip and could be driven very very fast without ESP! Only if the broad tyres lose the Grip nevertheless, caution is required. Gently gas taken away and against-guided. Here I feel the translation of the steering gear as somewhat too long. Cranking at the Volant is not bad, could fail however somewhat more reduced. With the gangwahl
I do not trust now any longer in the insertable sport mode. Wildly
around-switching is the achievement there whenever one does not need
it and in reverse. There I praise the manual gangwahl in the normal
driving mode and rave myself in such a way, keeping the tachometer
in the eye, around some more sportily the passport height against.
By the way a pleasure, from which already Roger of moorlands with
its turbo R schwaermte. And although I do not have to save the world,
I divide its opinion: This vehicle is outstanding, at least on even
earth and uphill... After a short
Schlenker up to the Stilfser yoke geht's over pointed turns down there
after boron millions. Which had already been noticeable to me at the
furnace passport, pushes itself now again in memory: An expression
of a Bentley Fahrerin over the unsatisfactory motor brake effect of
its Azure Cabrios, which forces while long driving downhill to substantial
employment of the foot brake. Because the Arnage is apparently gesegnet
with same transmission and permits likewise only the Runterschalten
up to the second course, the braking action of the engine is actually
more than poor! I stand nearly continuously on the brake, which also
still begins after some turns, ugly to quietschen. I drive in a column
and hunt not to Tale! Although I cannot recognize decrease by braking
force, does one have to ask oneself whether Bentley ever tested this
car downhill...? Special control of the brake assembly seems to be
thus an annoying obligation, if one is in the mountains much on the
way and wants on the safe side to be. Over boron millions I continue the journey and erklimme Edolo close on tiny roads among other things the Vivione passport. This is a particularly hard nut, since alternate places on the match boxing race RSR are sown. Not rarely I must put back in the wild-romantic area hundreds meters, in order to let talwaerts a driving car happen. I am recompenced for it with fantastic nature and the feeling fahrerisch something to have carried out. Because straight are here caution, fast reaction and a good knowledge of the dimensions of a so large vehicle highest requirement. still times I would not nevertheless drive the distance with so a ship. But are simply not laid the Arnage and my nerve costume out. Time-out at the Lago Maggiore
Over the Gotthards Pass into Switzerland
After relaxation at the Lago Maggiore I travel past up to Locarno after Airolo. At the foot of the Gotthards and find I look for the approach road to the old passport road up to the Gotthard. Meanwhile I have the grey Panther inside light and in such a way tackle I the uphill drive beherzt. It is to be seized hardly, also here is I nearly alone. Thus we jauchzen noisily around various pointed turns, disbelievingly begafft from pausierenden motorradfahrern, who seem impressed by the almost force development. A last mark gives the Arnage everything - and that is much - until the road becomes wet. Is it shown only now in the curves, which forces affect the tires - caution is required!
Impressive the departure of the passport height on that turns out now spreads motorway inside into Switzerland. We must send ourselves, the Arnage are arranged with its-same... British Day with Friends Time for navigation. I want after Mollis in the canton Glarus, because friends with their English vehicles expect us there. Problem-free the system leads on the old military airfield, where on this day a meeting of British vehicles lines up. Healey, Jaguar, Lagonda and Co. have themselves met - and evenly also the friends André Burri and Roland Debrunner with Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn and/or Aston Martin AT the V8. common we place ourselves and the vehicles the interested visitors - here win naturally the Dawn most roses!
A date with the prince? Now nevertheless not... On the next day we decide to a large round travel. With its Rolls-Royce André Burri has indeed a more than worthy Begleitfahrzeug ready, which besides possesses a practical sun roof. So photographer Christoph Engler can shoot outstanding pictures from the driving Dawn.
On Burris suggestion we take Liechtenstein in the visor, which we want to reach over the Luziensteig. In addition geht's first on the ferry over the Zurich lake and then starting from Pfaeffikon on the motorway to May field. Completely geruhsam, understands itself, because the Silver Dawn is to keep still longer. Here we drive off and enjoy on the travel to the Heidibrunnen the prospect in the valley. With a wine restaurant boards themselves the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Entourage on the finest. Afterwards is André Burri at the row. We leave the Dawn untouched close that the barracks Luziensteig and I take for the first time on the electrical single seats in the rear of the car place. Up to Malbun/Liechtenstein Also not badly! The leg liberty in the rear of the vehicle is very good and the ergonomics of the seats famos. Also the processing works as gediegen as in the front row. But as if I would have suspected it: The virus struck also the old timer driver and must so I in the curves after Malbun keep itself up. The fuerstlichen castle we fly past exactly the same, as up by the connecting tunnel in the remote high valley of Liechtenstein. I legend nothing, but grinse only over me unknown the style of driving of my acquaintance. And during the photographer still eagerly the trip operate, achieve we far behind Malbun the highest, startable place of Liechtenstein. Below the Nenzinger of sky the Arnage in absolute isolation sweats. And we with it. Thought with 270 The home journey to Munich on the next day saves no more special occurrences up to driving the Arnage out on German motorway. My ambition to lead the car to its borders is finally satisfied after brief reaching of the absolute maximum speed. Deeply satisfied I summarize the last week with pleasant cruising speed. I could be with a car of of the absolute superclass on the way, a true dream car, which put most that on four wheels on the way was, comfortably into the bag. Fact! I closed the Britisher into my heart, and so which seems with me rarely! The fact that at the end the driver's seat is loose and cannot electrically any longer be adjusted works before the background of the other superlative nearly already pleasing humanly. And also the deficiencies of navigation and the little actuated transmission are strengthable - finally a Bentley was never perfect. And it does not want at all to be... The Arnage T represents an enticing offer for sporty drivers, who do not want to do without the advantages of an extremely luxurioesen Viertuerers. Everyone, which its own this car may call, is to be envied simply. In it also the Macken does not change for anything, which became obvious with the test. Nevertheless:
Top paid extreme sportsmen do well to keep themselves fit and eliminate
health weaknesses. Everything else gnaws at the market value. And
applies also to the Arnage. The author: Ulrich J. Lehmann is a free journalist and writes among other things for the Rolls-Royce and Bentley magazine "Alpine Eagle" of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts ' club Switzerland. Emphasis of its work forms contributions and test reports over new products of the two for English marks. Privately the resident of Munich worries about its Silver Shadow II and organizes Rallyes and exits with enthusiasts.
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