Bentley Continental Flying Spur: In the Autoblog garage

These guys get all the nice cars into their garage. We are envious!

In case you haven't noticed, we're a blog. You know, one of those websites run by people who don't shower and refuse to change out of their pajamas? That's us in a nutshell. So imagine our shock when Bentley not only responded to our email, but told us it would be granting our request to review the 2006 Bentley Continental Flying Spur. Man, we're still trying to get a Yaris from Toyota to review and Bentley just gave us the green light? The universe has gone nuts, but fortunately today we find ourselves in its favor.

From the helm you're greeted by a traditional looking dash pleasantly devoid of techno wiz-bang gadgetry. Instead of trying to impress on technology alone, Bentley designers dressed the interior to the nines with unrivaled craftsmanship and quality materials. The surfaces of the interior are landscaped from top to bottom in unbleached Burr Walnut veneers and premium grade leather hides. There are 17 colors of leather from which to choose and an equal number of choices for thread color. The seats alone take two days each to stitch by hand and one continuous piece of thread is used on the hand-stitched steering wheel so there are no loose ends.

Bentley told us the story of one particular customer who asked the automaker how far it would go to customize his Bentley. He requested that the wood inlay on his vehicle come from a tree on his property that held great sentimental value. Bentley obliged the customer and craftsmen were dispatched from the company's headquarters in Crewe to retrieve the wood and create his one-of-a-kind interior.