30 Minute Millionairess

Half an hour of sheer magic today. For 30 scintillating minutes I was a millionairess at the wheel of a rocketing supercar. It was one that turned heads not just for its ground missile looks, but also for its unmissable colour scheme. It's called Mantis Green, if you're tempted.

You need a lavish income or a Lotto win for one of these. That will be £215,250 please, sir or madam. For that you get this gorgeous McLaren 650S Spider, a two-seater, foldaway-roof, mid-engined piece of pure exotica with a 3.8 litre twin turbo V8 engine and a 0-62 mph acceleration time of 2.9 seconds. No, I didn't check that against a stop-watch. I value my licence too much to so excessively test the patience of the local traffic patrols in Hampshire, where the car was briefly mine.

This was the highlight of a motor industry's press test day. Now back to real life, and cars that don't cost the price of a house.