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A Two-Bentley Day

June 7, 2009 11:28 AM

hen I'm in California visiting my parents, it's not so much of a shock to see ridiculously expensive cars driving around. You see Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Bentleys on LA roads fairly frequently. Still, I think I saw more fancy cars per capita in Miami.

The point is, though, that those sorts of cars don't show up in Madison very often. I mean, let's be honest: if you were worth as much as you'd have to be worth to spend that much money on a car, how much time you spend in little Madison, Wisconsin. So yesterday was kind of surprising.

Chelsadilla and I met a bunch of people down at the square for the farmer's market. We parked at the ramp by the downtown Great Dane and, as we were crossing Doty, I realized that there was a fucking Bentley sitting right there, parked at a meter on the street. Chesadilla immediately noticed that the meter was expired, which we thought was funny. I don't know what model this thing was, but it was clearly a fucking Bentley.

Who does that? Who a) buys a Bentley, b) drives it downtown on a rainy day, c) parks it on the street, on the corner, with the front end way out in the road just begging for someone taking the turn too tightly to hit it, and d) doesn't put enough money in the meter? What kind of a human being is that? The mind baffles.

Anyway, later in the day, we met up with some people to watch The Hangover--a movie I can whole-heartedly recommend, by the way. When we were leaving the theatre, I saw a very sick-looking car. Upon closer inspection, I realized that it was yet another Bentley. A silver one that looked like it was breaking the sound barrier just sitting there. Upon later research, I discovered that this was a 2005 Bentley Continental GT.

It was kinda funny to see two of the most expensive cars I've ever seen on the same day and at completely random places. I sort of wonder who it was that owned those cars. I mean, these cars cost more than the average house--who in Madison is that rich?


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