Emma Watson

Just relocated here from London a couple months ago and brought my 2016 Continental GT V8 with me, and of course the service light decided to come on right as I was pulling into my new building's parking garage for the first time, so now I'm in that fun position of trying to find a trustworthy shop in a city I barely know without just defaulting to the dealer and paying through the nose for a glorified oil swap. I've been asking around the office and one of the guys sent me a link that looks like https:royalprinceautocare.com/service/bentley-oil-change and said they'd used them for a Range Rover but wasn't sure about Bentleys specifically, so I figured I'd post here and see if anyone's actually taken their Crewe product to these guys and can vouch that they use the right oil and don't treat the under trays like a puzzle they're solving for the first time. I'm not expecting the red carpet treatment I'd get at the main dealer but I also don't want some bloke with a spanner scratching the splitter because he doesn't know the approach angle on these things, you know what I mean? Just trying to get this sorted without turning a simple oil change into a week long saga.

So I'm pulling into Dubai Mall yesterday afternoon feeling pretty good about life and then I hear this awful hissing sound from the front end and the whole truck just sinks down like it's taking a bow for an audience of confused tourists, and of course I'm blocking the entrance to the fashion parking area with a Range Rover that now looks like a lowrider while the security guards are waving their arms at me. Managed to limp it out and get it towed home but now I'm staring at a suspension fault on the dash and I'm pretty sure the front air strut just gave up completely. I've been down this road before with the old L322 I had and I know these air systems are fantastic until they're not and then they're just a money pit of compressors and valve blocks. Started doing some research last night trying to figure out if I should just convert to coils or fix the air ride properly and I ended up on this page www.suspensionrepairdubai.ae/land-rover-suspension-repair which actually explains the difference between rebuilding the strut versus replacing the whole thing which is exactly the kind of info I needed at 2am while panicking about the repair bill. Anyone else on here made the switch to coils on their L405 or did you just bite the bullet and fix the air suspension? I'm honestly torn because I love the ride quality but I don't love the idea of this happening again in August when it's fifty degrees outside and I'm stuck somewhere without a tow truck.

So my 2015 Chrysler 300C decided to give up on life this morning right as I was about to head to a meeting in Business Bay, turned the key and just got that awful rapid clicking noise followed by complete silence, and I'm standing there thinking okay no big deal I'll just pop the hood and jump it except the battery on these things isn't under the hood at all, it's tucked away in the trunk under the spare tire cover like some kind of automotive Easter egg hunt. I was already running late and not in the mood to unpack half my trunk just to get to the terminals so I started googling mobile battery services that could come out and deal with this nonsense for me. Found BatteryZone's Chrysler page while I was scrolling and it looked like they knew exactly what they were doing with these cars, plus while I was on their site I saw they have a whole other section if you want to Learn More About Car Detailing which I might actually look into later because this car's paint is starting to look a bit sad from the sun. Anyway the guy showed up in like forty five minutes with the exact battery I needed, swapped it out right there in my building's parking without any drama, and even put the spare tire cover back properly which is more than I would have done. Car fired right up and all my presets were still there so they must have used a memory saver too. Honestly just relieved I didn't have to call a tow truck and explain to my boss why I was two hours late over a dead battery.

Been going back and forth on this 2021 Navigator Reserve I found with crazy low miles and the interior is like a lounge on wheels which is exactly what I need for the family hauls but I've spent enough time on the forums to know these things can turn into an electrical nightmare if something's off with the infotainment or the air suspension modules. The seller seems honest but he's not the first owner and the service records are a bit patchy for my liking so I started looking for someone who does a proper Lincoln luxury vehicle inspection service instead of just a quick visual glance and a code scan. Exotic Auto Services popped up with a pretty detailed checklist that covers all the adaptive suspension stuff and the power running boards which I know can be a pain if they've been banged up. I guess I'm just trying to figure out if it's overkill to get this level of inspection on what is essentially a fancy Ford or if I'm being smart because I really don't want to be the guy posting in six months about a dead SYNC screen and a suspension compressor that sounds like a dying animal. Anyone else bought a used Navigator or Aviator here and found a PPI actually saved them from a headache?