No idea why, as I have never even been into a Bentley showroom, but I must somehow be on a mailing list (maybe they found out I used to have a footballer spec Merc years ago ) but I got an invite to a ‘track experience’ at the Sunderland Nissan factory.
Track was mainly 2 long straights so was more a flat out blast, heavy braking, corner then another blast.
First run was a Continental V8 S (the white one in pic) and after about 10 minutes and a very noticeable drop in the fuel level the brakes were smelling pretty hot which wasn’t that surprising as it was getting to over 140 on the straights. Phil, the instructor who races GT cars said we needed to do 3 cooling down laps.
Next was a Continental Supersport but as I was short on time only a few laps in this. With a V12 there was mega torque but mega understeer to match and really no fun in comparison with the V8 but it would be at home cruising Alderley Edge high street.
Interiors were mega and for a blast across Europe would be great but it was nice to get back into the Lotus.
Oh and as you would expect the tucker was top notch.
