Mom Forces Bentley to Run Mundane Errands

2008 Bentley Continental GT

model as tested $194,385

Test Drove 9/5/08 – 9/10/08
reviewed by Sara Lacey

I still feel guilty and ashamed that I drove a 2008 Bentley Continental GT to the grocery store, preschool, bakery and coffee shop. I don’t know why I felt so badly about it, seeing as the Continental didn’t complain. But I felt like I had to explain to the car why it was charged with these ridiculous, mundane tasks.

“Um, Bentley, please forgive me for not driving you in a more appropriate manner, but I need to review you in the MotherProof.com style,” I said. “You deserve so much more, like a drive to somewhere fancy at the end of long, twisty roads with nobody else on them.”

“Take heart, my fair mom-reviewer,” she replied. “I can get you where you need to go. I am still a car, after all.” And then I swear I heard it mutter: “A $200,000 automobile.”

It should be no surprise that driving the Continental was a refined experience. It wasn’t all hard and sport-oriented. Oh sure, it was responsive, but I didn’t feel every pebble in the road. Instead, it seemed to not overdo it. Is this possible? Could the Bentley really tell what would make this driver happy and adjust accordingly? I asked, but it wasn’t telling.

But Bentley, you’re sneaky because most people don’t recognize you. It’s not that you’re bland, by any stretch of the imagination. I just think there are some imitators that keep people from recognizing you in your Continental GT skin. But a clever few did recognize you long enough for me to catch either longing glances or glares of disdain as I drove by. Maybe they know that you can’t possibly be my car. “Bentley, do you think we’ve fooled them?”

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
Storage compartments (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Puny
Cargo/trunk space (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Fair

SENSE AND STYLE
Family friendly (Not Really, Fair, Great, Excellent): Not at all
Fun factor (None, Some, Good Times, Groove on): Are you kidding me?

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