It's probably best not to agree to drive an unfamiliar car at night in the rain when the car's owner has been over-served and can't safely be at the wheel but that's what I did the first time I drove an 8-Litre Bentley. After the Bentley Drivers' Club final-night banquet in British Columbia, I was asked to drive one of the members' cars back to a friend's home. I doubt I'd have agreed had I'd known I'd be driving one of the 100 8-litre Bentley cars ever built.    Continued...