Prey for the Hunted

Anyone who follows auto news looks forward to the annual assault of info on the Gumball 3000 rally. The Gumball 3000 Rally is the brain child of British playboy Maximillion Cooper who in 1999 invited 50 of his closest celebrity friends to have a 6 day rally driving party around Europe. That is how the Gumball Rally was born and it has been growing ever since.

The Rally is about high profile people in high dollar cars having a lot of fuck you fun. Don’t get me wrong I am fully planning on joining the Gumball ranks one day but it is equal parts cool and douche. On one hand the Gumball is a celbration of hot cars, it involves big parties and beautiful women, and it is a special kind of a "fuck you" to the law and the up-tightness of most of society. On the other hand the Gumball Rally is a vulgar display of wealth and superiority, and it is generally populated by total attention whores.

This years Gumball started in San Francisco on August 9th and is going from SF to LA, LA to Vegas, and from Vegas all the cars and Ralliers to party with Kim Jung il in North Korea, before ending their 6 day driving party in Beijing before the end of the Olympics. You can follow along with all the debachereous fun by visiting the official Gumball 300 site here , or read the blog here .

Here it is folks the Bentley Brooklands, potentially the most powerful panty magnet on the planet. The Brooklands has supercar worthy power coming from its 6.75 liter twin turbo V8 making 530hp and 775 ft/lbs of torque but at 213 inches long and weighing 5800 pounds its dimensions are more like a Chevy Suburban than a Ferrari.

But what makes this car so powerful to the fairer sex? It is not the motor, more likely it is the Bentley’s imposing silhouette and the giant Winged “B” that adorns the hood, trunk and 20″ wheels. Is this because driving a Bentley says I can spend $340,000 on a car, or is there something more?

Most people and certainly most women don’t really know how ridiculously expensive the Brooklands may be but they can feel its presence, and they can see every persons’ head turn as it rolls down the street. Most people will never know that they are witnessing one of only 550 ever to be built rolling works of art. As you in invite you future supermodel girlfriend to take a ride in your car that cost more than most people’s home will she will be forced to note of your appreciation for luxury and craftsmanship more than just the dollars in your wallet.

Will she understand that it takes 16 dead cows, 120 hours, and 43,000 stitches to create the sumptuous interior she is sitting in? Will she understand that honing the rare burl woods for the dash and trim takes over a month, or that It takes two hours for one man just to braze the two pieces of the front fender together and then smooth the join to a seamless finish?

She won’t know these details but she will feel the majesty oozing from this car, and then she will most certainly feel like going home with you! Now all we need to worry about is George Clooney buying one of these, in which case all mens’ penises will be rendered useless.

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