It's been exactly a year since American started using 1991 Bentley as a daily driver so he wants to total how much he's been spending on repairs
- American YouTuber Matt Farah spent a year with a 1991 Bentley Turbo R
- Maintaining the Bentley cost him more than the cost to lease an SUV
- Farah plans to sell the car on to a new owner
Published on Mar 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Mar 06, 2025 at 8:31 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
American YouTuber Matt Farah has charted the cost of driving his 1991 Bentley Turbo R over the last year to see the total cost.
Farah posted the video on his channel, TheSmokingTire, precisely one year after he bought the car.
As a 1990s Bentley, at the time he thought it would cost him a lot of money to get it running correctly.
However, as he reveals in the video, he didn’t expect it to cost quite as much money as it has done over the past 12 months.
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Farah did not break down while driving the Bentley
The car is a 1991 Bentley Turbo R, and Farah wanted to keep the car running perfectly so he could use it as a daily driver.
Farah put it into perspective, quoting it cost him around $10,000 a year to lease a mid-level crossover EV.
That was his baseline figure, and Farah also wanted to see if he would ‘get stranded’ in Los Angeles with the Bentley breaking down.
Thankfully, the answer to that question was no, he did not.
Despite the money he had spent, after 4,800 miles, the Turbo R did not break down.
But it went to a local shop that deals with Rolls-Royces and Bentleys seven times.
Farah revealed how much it cost to look after the Turbo R
Prior to Farah buying the car, it had sat for a couple of years.
This was because the previous owner either passed away or became too ill to drive.
It needed a lot of work and a refresh, which cost $12,500. A week after driving it, Farah had to replace the whole steering rack for $2,605.
A couple of months later, Farah smelled something funny within the coolant.
The plastic coolant expansion tank had a hairline crack, and it needed to be replaced, which cost over $1,200.
Then, there was the replacement of the power window seals, that cost over $2,000 for the four windows.
During its 4,000-mile service, it needed a fair amount of work, including an oil change, transmission service, and differential service, which cost $2,180.
With all that work and more done to the Bentley, Farah says that in total, maintaining it has cost him $22,931.
There is also over $500 for insurance and $1,900 on gasoline, with the car averaging just 12MPG combined.
Safe to say, owning an old Bentley is not a cheap affair.
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Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a leading heritage steam railway in England.
