► Month 2 with Bentley’s convertible
► Open-topped luxury
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I often find myself muttering unsolicited advice at other drivers, all too aware of the Partridgian implications – ‘There’s no fog!’ as the great man once bellowed in string-backed driving gloves.
Favourites include ‘Your car’s width is unaffected by its speed’ as the traffic ahead crawls between parked cars a 747’s width apart. Another is: ‘If not today then when?!’ at the sight of a convertible, roof up on a summer’s afternoon.
Determined to steer clear of hypocrisy I’m dropping the Bentley’s roof at every opportunity. As you can do so while cruising at up to 30mph, you’ve really no excuse. Cleverly, the car resets the climate control to the settings you had last time you drove al fresco. A-ha!
Logbook: Bentley Continental GTC V8 S (month 2)
Price: £227,100 (£282,745 as tested)
Performance: 3996cc twin-turbocharged V8, 542bhp, 4.1sec 0-62mph, 198mph
Range: 249 miles (official), 221 miles (tested)
Efficiency: 22.6mpg (official), 19.0mpg (tested), 284g/km CO2
Energy cost: 38.0p per mile
Miles this month: 467
Total miles: 1690