This is about as “Special Delivery” as it gets!

by AllAutoExperts    |  17 April, 2020

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So you raid your piggy bank and order yourself a new $300,000 Bentley Continental GT Speed Breitling Jet Team Series car. How do you think the delivery will be handled?

Last time I bought a car, I stood around for an hour while they finished the prep work and did a final wash job, not exactly how they do it when you order one of these babies!gt

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We are talking about a special event. A Seattle client of Bentley took delivery at the Seattle Boeing Airshow. The world's largest professional civilian performing jets the Breitling Jet Team with its fleet of seven L-39 Albatros jets showed up.

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The new owners were taken on a complimentary flight across Seattle, presented the keys to the car, and matching Breitling timepieces by the jet pilot.

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I am going to have to have a talk with my car salesman next time I buy a new car about how they handle deliveries!

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