So living in Monterey, California has many perks, but a mixed blessing is the insanity that descends on us each year that is “Car Week”. This year, I found myself as a chauffeur for the Bentley group for a couple days driving a Bentayga (related to a Cayenne) and also a Flying Spur (related to the Panamera). The F.Spur was definitely a nice car - very smooth ride, a very comfortable place to be, yet with still a ton of power and the surprising agility offered by 4 wheel steering. However, the ramifications of the design intent (big, luxury, comfort, power everything) definitely gave a very isolated and heavy feeling from driving. Getting back in the cayman definitely was much more raw (e.g. unrefined) and mechanical. It also made me appreciate just driving a small nimble car, although it was definitely a lot bumpier on the same roads. Anyway - just an interesting (to me) observation comparing an older $30k sports car with a (at least) $300k luxury performance car. I did like the ventilated seats, though
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Thank you for sharing the experience. I doubt I will ever even see one of those in the wild much less have an opportunity to drive one.
Looked up the specs and you definitely can feel the 5,500lbs, but the 771hp (!) definitely makes up for it in a straight line and would easily smoke my 2.9. I will say the most nervous I’ve been driving a car was not coming in too hot on a corner at Laguna seca in my cayman , but backing into an underground parking stall between all the Bentleys and a concrete wall.
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