How'd you know the Hessings? So you're my neighbor, aren't you? Well, the service's fairly good. Its not the pinnacle of what you may get, but they're trying to be helpful, that's for sure. It's quite a coincidence that you mentioned the clock. Did you know that it's not just an electric clock, but it is a GPS-adjusted one. Well, it also failed and the guys at Hessing tried hard to get it back to life. So they did on the audio amplifier. And when you don't have an audio working, you don't have a parking assistance too, 'cause its hazard alerts are coming from the same audio speakers. By the way I've recently been to a London's Bentley showroom - dropped by just to see how its going there with the Conties. No different. Same flaws but the cars are selling like crazy. Also, to my blunt inquiry if the extras would be coming from Mulliner soon the salesperson had that rather sad looks and suggested that if I'm looking for a longer options list I'd better go for Arnage then. Blunt, isn't it? It's quite contradictory to what's been a promise message in their launch manifesto. No. I'd better stop complaining. No good. If we conclude that it's NOT a traditional Bentley breed, we won't have to match it to the former Bentley standards then. Which makes life easier. Somewhat. It's just a different car. Drives terrific (although I still like the CL's suspention much better!) and looks great. We could be more forgiving. Sigh.