Mentley

I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Bentleys, the old cliché used to go that Rolls Royce owners were driven, whilst Bentley owners drove themselves. Bentleys still possess a vestige of those Bentley Boys and their glorious wins at La Sarthe in the twenties - a Roller was more of a plutocrats ride, or more likely a scrap magnate or pornographer these days. Seeing the Bentley team win at Le Mans in 2003 was a real treat.

So you can imagine how heavy my heart was when I saw this...

...Man City footballer Stephen Ireland has bought a Bentley Continental GTC for his girlfriend's 24th birthday. Fair enough, he earns a fortune, why not spend it on cars? Clapton knows I would. Unfortunately he then spent an extra £260,000 doing this to it: