Scratch another one off the bucket list....

[thumper]

I finished a remodeling project for an old customer who I also consider a good friend.

He knows I have cancer and wanted an update as to my condition.  I told him things were getting a little rough and that I had just gone skydiving as part of my "bucket list".  When I finished up Monday around 11:00 a.m. he asked me if I wanted to go for a ride in his car.

He backed his black Bentley Continental Speed out of the garage, stepped out of the car, and told me to go for a ride.

The speed is a $200,000.00+, 12 cyclinder, twin turbo, 200 mph+ supercar.

I slid behind the wheel and thought to myself.....big mistake.

I quickly found the nearest interstate, I 285 around Atlanta, and stomped the accelerator to the floor.  In no time I had that sucker up to 125 mph and it felt like I was doing 70.  I spent the next 40 minutes dodging in and out between cars at 100 mph+.

An amazing experience....once in a lifetime!  So far this bucket list thing is working out pretty well.

http://www.bentleymotors.com/models/new_continental_gt/

[donaldcc]

 
Good for you!  Sounds like a good friend.

[laserpat]

Beautiful car!!! Good luck fighting the big C

[Fudd]

I love that euphoric feeling you get when you drive something as awsome as a Bentley.

Someone's signature line on this website includes the words:
"While you cannot control the legnth of your life, you can control the width and depth."

That has become my motto.

A positive attitude and prayer can go a long ways for you, also.

[vicrider]

 

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

WOW, good for you 

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I finished a remodeling project for an old customer who I also consider a good friend.

He knows I have cancer and wanted an update as to my condition.  I told him things were getting a little rough and that I had just gone skydiving as part of my "bucket list".  When I finished up Monday around 11:00 a.m. he asked me if I wanted to go for a ride in his car.

He backed his black Bentley Continental Speed out of the garage, stepped out of the car, and told me to go for a ride.

The speed is a $200,000.00+, 12 cyclinder, twin turbo, 200 mph+ supercar.

I slid behind the wheel and thought to myself.....big mistake.

I quickly found the nearest interstate, I 285 around Atlanta, and stomped the accelerator to the floor.  In no time I had that sucker up to 125 mph and it felt like I was doing 70.  I spent the next 40 minutes dodging in and out between cars at 100 mph+.

An amazing experience....once in a lifetime!  So far this bucket list thing is working out pretty well.

http://www.bentleymotors.com/models/new_continental_gt/

That's a hell of a guy 

[T-Bird]

Did you stop in at the Chetah 

[Duffy]

Good one Paul! 

When someone loans you a Ferrari, come by and pick me up for the ride! 

[Ramjet]

Paul,  was the owners name Tony?

[thumper]

Nope Vince.

He told me the story of how he got the car.  He negotiated the sale of his company to some Swiss group and aparently made a billion dollars profit.  He said he was awakened one Wed. morning by some guy at his front door with a delivery from California. 

Turns out the Bentley was a gift for negotiating the sale.