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On another site (road.cc) I've been getting a pop-up ad which featured a somewhat posed 'action' photo of Sasha Digiulian, followed by an ad for a Bentley Bentayga 

Just out of idle curiosity, has anyone ever seen anyone turn up at a crag in one of those?  I though they were limited to Mayfair, certain parts of Cheshire and St Moritz.  Do you think we ought to advise Bentley of the typical vehicle advice threads on here - do you think the call to embrace 'adventure' is to encourage the residents of Mayfair to venture south of the river?   They assure me that "extraordinary is whatever you make it".  

Regardless, top marks to Sasha for getting Bentley to hand over funds.

Pfft, what a pleb posing with a Bentley. Only vehicle that truly lives up to a climber's adventurous spirit is the Rolls Royce Cullinan.

Local craggers near me have no class or sense, the laybys are all bursting with those chavvy Lambourghini Urus's and some working class people even turn up in Range Rovers *shudder*. 

Good grief! Ghastly aspirational machines for appalling human beings.

I flipped mine for a RR Cullinan to escape the grasping hordes.

It could be the perfect climbing vehicle. I have a man that does my climbing for me. I'll ask him and come back to you.

The most extravagant vehicle I have seen someone turn up in at a crag was a Humvee (absolutely enormous). I think it might have been Jack Osbourne.

Nah. Unimog. The end.

Shouldn't it be a Rolls Royce Cuillin?

A Jaguar E Grade would look the part, but not a lot of space for gear.

with tinted windows and leather.  And those spinning wheels that keep on moving when you've stopped..... 

They do a hybrid which they reckon does 80 to the gallon, only £100 a year vehicle excise duty.

Despite not having a spare £150k to buy one, the fact that they are ugly as sin is more of a problem.

Did you know that it is possible to specify the Bentayga with a $160,000 clock?

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/videos/a27307/the-bent...

Eat the rich!

Working class people are allowed to climb? Surely we should be back to Edwardian rules of privilege.

(Actually drive a 261,000k Skoda Octavia. That is miles by the way, not value)

Ridiculous, surely if Bentley were marketing a car to climbers they'd call it the Beetham.

I can't remember who it was *, but I seem to recall that one of the Armscliff regulars in the 1960s ran an engineering company, and used to turn up regularly in a Rolls Royce.

* It might have been Trevor Peck

Steve

Nah, I always found her rather annoying, now I know why!

Or the 'Neil'.

Or 'The Bicep'?

Yes, I parked next to one at Stanage Plantation A huge, pug ugly beast that didn't look like a quarter of a million £ car.

Congleton Institute of Advanced Motorists have good links with Crewe based Bentley and Bentley test drivers. They often give talks and are extremely informative.

A Bentayga was brought over on one of the club meets. I am afraid I was not impressed and it looked quite tacky rather than ostentatious. Lots of tech on it but I preferred the Range Rover if I had to buy a Chelsea tractor.

Maybe a Bentayga could be "improved" by Mario Balotelli like he did his Bentley.

https://blog.dupontregistry.com/celebrity-cars/mario-balotelli-wraps-bentle...

If oppportunity arises, a tour of the Bentley factory is well worth it even just to see the cleanliness and the insight to car construction.

According to legend, Peck got into climbing after meeting Pete Biven when the latter was hitch-hiking and Peck gave him a lift in his Rollls.

My sadly-departed friend Sean used to turn up to a Wednesday evening caving trip in his spotless Boxster.  He'd get out, open the bonnet and hoike out his Inglesports bag of muddy caving gear. And then turn around to say hello with a mischievous grin.

Ya gotta have class, whatever ya wheels B-)

Trevor Pecks Roller would have been made in my home town of Crewe too.

My first thought is the RR looks like a taxi.

Boxster,s not a real Porsche.

I used to use a Via Ferrari for my trips to the Dolomites, but since getting into sport climbing I've exchanged it for a Morgan +8c. 

Lear jet to Geneva, with onward taxi to the hotel. Mule to the climb. As you get older!

Presumably every car made by Porsche is a real Porsche?

Which Porsche do you drive?

I'd never heard of it.

Man, that is one fugly vehicle.

Well done. That made me laugh very hard. I will also accord Sasha top marks for this coup.

I can only imagine that someone at Bentley thinks they might sell a few more cars if their superrich clientele think that buying one makes them appear more dynamic and action packed and exciting... or something.

If an Octavia driver is allowed to comment : I think there was some proper debate about whether the 914 was a "real" Porsche .

911 4S Cabriolet. Actually I’ve sold it. Scratched that itch. Sold the Ducati’s as well. Too old to ride them as they should be ridden.

Is a 4wd 911 really a 911?

😉

It is a paintjob version of an Audi Q7, the number one car of choice for autobahn arseholes.

CB

Think so. 911 turbo is 4x4. Ultimate 911? Previously though had a Carrera 2.

I'm only messing. In normal real world use I never really clicked with my dream RWD car and didn't keep it very long. I enjoy my RS4 loads more, just because it's easier to enjoy more 99% of the time!

Had an RS6 and the Porky is just as practical. My wife claimed 25+ mpg tootling around, (Porkys were her cars), whereas I usually got about 12 to 15. Prefer bikes. For a real dream garage and enjoyment, the late, very great and much missed John Allen had a Bentley Continental an Aston and a Lamborghini, all at once.

Back in the day (early70's) my climbing wheels were either a 4.2 E-type convertible or a Jaguar 420G (ex British Embassy car in Berlin). They were our office runabouts. My personal wheels were an ex-Warren Pearce race 3.8 mk 2.

Nowadays it's a Ford Galaxy or a 900 Yamaha.

What office had an e type runaround?!

Back then it was cheaper to buy an old E-type and restore it than buy a miserable Ford van. (I was assistant sales manager in a agricultural supply company).

Oh wow, that’s crazy!

Whatever the case: When the hard top version came out, i.e. the Cayman, I fell in love with it's shape. Then soon after I saw someone in Glen Coe in January with one getting loads of ice-climbing gear out of a Cayman S. About 2 years later I bought a virtually new one( year old ex-demo). 

It's such a balanced car, and so to be able to thrash it heading to the crag/hills, and then go for a climb was a real dream. The sound of the engine was so bloody lovely, and the sound of the music system at lower speeds was a great complementary pairing. I sold it too late and lost lots of money, partly due to the bearing-worry people had-not likely in mine, as it mostly happened in cars that had been driven slowly at any point.