paulwrxboro

or know anyone who has one

..any storys good or bad

paulwrxboro

This is the first time the scoobynet fouintain (sp) has let me down

paulwrxboro

One more bttt

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

Not done Limos but done corporate Private Hire in London - execs for execs type thing. Sorry

Big C

PTMW, yhpm.

C

type-r-stan

hello, my mates own a1 stretch limos and i was the 1st driver. Once upon a time it was me and 1 other driver (who is now transport manager) now they have got 40 odd limos and are doing nicely hiring them out and importing from the states. That has taken about 8 years and a lot of investment. Like any business you need to check out your competitors and research the market, i don't know where you are based but here in watford there are quite a few limo companies (well 4 that i know of) all doing pretty much the same thing at roughly the same price.
You haven't said anything about what scale you were thinking of but one bloke round here has 1 limo and he mainly has to work all weekend and is quite slack in the week. He has an ad in the yellow pages which is where he gets new work, the rest is repeat and word of mouth.
it is difficult to know what you really want to know from the question. like anything it can be great if things go smoothly but ****e if someone is sick in the limo and when you break down... like i did when taking a load of ex-footballers to a vinnie jones premier a few years back, the limo broke down and john fashanu and dennis wise were arguing about who should push the car!!!!!!!
i also think its a good idea to be mates (ish!) with other companies in your area because you can scratch their backs and vise versa - i know that happens round here..

paulwrxboro

hi thanks for the reply i was thinking of jumping all the way in and buy a top of the range hummer limo i know these hire out at £150 per hour or drop off. Prices are 70k plus there are a few in the area (middlesbrough) 3or4 but all seem to be busy
this will be a big risk for me remorgage the lot but i feel i need to move on to the next stage in my life
thanks for the info a1 have a couple of hummers for sale can we get discount

type-r-stan

Well, you don't get if you don't ask! Tell Neil or Eddy that Pat Sullivan recommended them and they might knock a couple of quid off for you. Failing that speakto Steve at Absolute Style limos and play them off against each other!!

paulwrxboro

Cheers how long were you driving for ? did you like it ?
the guy who has 1 limo is he busy?
cheers

richiewong

SUBTYPER drives a limo, hasn't been on here for a while though so you could mail him for info.

StickyMicky

i thought he was working for TNT?

the moose

Sadly, I was driven in an A1 Stretch Limo recently (corporate event to the England:Poland game). The driver was a whinging incompetent who turned up an hour and a half late, the vehicle wasn't in especially good condition, and there were pirated adult DVDs in the vehicle. I'll not go on about the neons, da bangin choonz or the fact that overall it looked like something from the 1970's.

Oh, and the driver kept extolling the virtues of the vehicle/company with the mantra "Yeah mate, it's all good, it's all good".

Classy.

It confirmed every view I ever had about stretch limos; needless to say, I'll never set foot in another.

paulwrxboro

Thats not good mine will be a new limo driven by me and i keep my **** to myself... so its all good mate.
makes me wonder how they got so big.

anyway im going to see a h3 hummer 120 stretch tomorow only 65k gulp ..bargain

The Trooper 1815

iTrader: (31)

kjdmk1 in the Wales Section, he's got one.

Robbie T

iTrader: (8)

They got so big because a lot of other people have had some great times in them (me included), there will always be some who are hard to please

scoob_dood

http://www.a1stretch.co.uk/hen_stag_nights_limos.html

I like the Fire engine idea!

Jon

Freak

get a limo in burberry livery
will make a fortune from chavs

paulwrxboro

There is one or to round here( FIRE ENGINE ) and they seem to get work but i want to go in at the high end pay big £££ get big £££

scoob_dood

I'd say the big £££ comes from customer service - good quality customer service leads to repeat business and referrals, combine that with value for money and you have 2 features that will immediately set you apart from the competition.

- Jon

paulwrxboro

Well ive been today 500+ mile round trip and all i can say is 65 grand dosent buy you a lot of hummer limo

however 90 grand gets you the king of bling daddy hummer limo