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Have you driven one? They are stunningly beautiful and well made inside and out, but IMO they don't ride and drive as well as what I have let alone any better. From a driving enjoyment perspective, your W12 is superior or very similar to that car. You buy the Bentley for the other things, the beauty and quality and interior etc.
It's difficult, my current car is so good I don't feel much pull toward anything else and k do not want to give up how it drives when I ask it to. The 2nd gen Bentley FS I know for a fact doesn't drive as well and noise/smoothness is comparable when under 150mph, the main edge is the fact the interior doesn't know what plastic is and smells so wonderful. The newest gen has an even better interior and the exterior looks are one of my absolute favorites but the drive may be disappointing.
I also don't what to lull myself into "settling" so I don't get complacent, but I'm finding that I'm content where I am for now. It also don't help that some people I know who have had my car and this say that the Audi drives better, hard to argue with some of these guys since they have EVERYTHING and have no reason to lie.
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Infrared is the best red color I have seen out there. Unfortunately I feel pictures don’t do that color justice compared to what it looks like in person. Congrats on the car.
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LOVE infrared. Enjoy that LC @Gojirra99 I’m jealous!
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After break-in period I can comment more, but they are obviously quite different, the AMG GT S is more hard core and the LC500 a grand tourer, it’s already clear the LC is more comfortable in ride quality and spacious inside the cabin, but the hatch back of the AMG makes it a more usable rear storage area. The LC won’t be as quick and you have to rev it up for it to come alive, the AMG will be more responsive with more immediate low end torque, and I think it sounds really good for a V8 turbo.
