Wedding car hire
 

Need to hire a car for a wedding in the next couple of months. Any suggestions?

Needs to seat 4 quite comfortably.

Was thinking....

Bentley GT @ £750 a day
Aston Martin DB9 @ £750 a day

Not sure how much space they have in the back though.



Bob

I had similar thoughts when we got married, but I decided that I didn't want a Bentley or a Rolls Royce!

My wife said we needed 4 doors, as there was no way she was going to clamber in and out of a 3 door car in her wedding dress.

So there went my ideas of well everything I had in mind!! :o

We settled on a Mk2 'Inspector Morse' Jaguar, which we were very happy with! :D

not too keen on classics.

Needs a bit of 'bling' ;)

Bob

Look in Members Gallery then.

Seem bloody expensive to me?

thats what I was told when I offered up the services of my scoob :( ;)

Prepares him for married life from Day 1.

i booked an old classic. Before our wedding it was used on a film set where the actress was getting abit saucy in the back seat :D

*sniff sniff* :norty::D

:lol1:

We used this very one (sorry, awful photo) :

http://www.classic-car-collection.co...30_Oakland.jpg

I think it was my fourth choice! First was going to be an Aston Martin V8 - unavailable. Second was a helicopter - actually cheaper than the car! but it was October and they didn't trust the weather predictions. Third was something like a Beauford (now THIS is bling!) :

http://www.classic-car-collection.co...d_LongBody.jpg

but something odd happened, I think the garage roof fell in and damaged it, so we got the Oakland. Which I was most reluctant about, but it was REALLY nice.

Don't get a modern car, get a classic. The classic will always be a classic but a modern car will look soooooo 2000's / dated/**** when you look at your photo's in years to come...

not my choice unfortunately. Has to be modern.

Bob

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was thinking about a classic 2seater like a e-type jag but with a wedding dress its not very practical or elegant trying to get in ;)

& the dodge viper open top was booked so couldnt have that either

I'm looking for similar information - did you get anywhere with this?

I was hoping to get the new RR Phantom, but it seems very hard to locate one :(

- Jon

Jon: If you google 'prestige car hire' it should come up with a list of companies which may be able to help.

I'm still looking. The Bentley GT was over Budget as it would need to be hired for 2 days (although it is only needed for one).

Was swaying towards a BMW 645ci or similar wihich is around £250 per day.

Bob

Why you hiring the car? Don't you want car and driver for a couple of hours only?

Bling you say....... http://www.booklimo.co.uk/hire_super_stretch_hummer.php
Try this

I had two Silver Shadows, £450 for the day :D

Needs to be for a whole day.

Bob

:lol1: @ stretched hummer rolling up to wedding

could try http://www.berkeleycarriage.com/ - they're in chelmsford. 4 bentleys there now i believe.

Thanks for the pointers. I was hoping for the new RR Phantom, but this seems unlikely to happen.

- Jon

i think berkeley carriage co have access to one through someone else - doesn't hurt to ask the question (the bill may hurt though!)

Be Puff dady and turn up in a Bentley
http://hanwells.net/arnagehire.html

I was going to have this as my Wedding car
http://www.goorey.com/subaru/a17sps-2.JPG
but it lunched it's gearbox so had to slum it with this
http://www.ace-limousines.co.uk/images/bonnie.gif

Don't like classics myself :(

We ended up with a stretched Mercedes limo - nothing exotic as such, but it was smart, practical and had no chance of blending in with the crowd in the car park.

Got a friend who drive a skyline day to day ...

He got married last week and it was a tough choice for the wedding car but in the end he went for one of these... :):):):):):hjtwofing :hjtwofing

http://seriouswheels.com/2004/2004-T...p-1024x768.htm

And it didn't even break down on him! :notworthy

My other half would slice and dice me if I even suggested a car smaller than a Bentley/RR in proportions, something to do with the a dress ??

I quite like the Bentley Arnage, but the Phantom would be my first choice :)

- Jon

we were going to hire a nice car but didnt in the end....

i ended up travelling in a nice e46 bmw m3.. and kim (wife) ended up travelling a nice new jag... both borrowed off friends...

We had one almost identical to the RR above - and YES - you do need lots of space in the back for maouvering the dress. (And I didn't even have a particularly big skirt).


The car is really important because it's the only place you get any peace an quiet during the day! Make sure the reception is a good 1/2 hour away and the car goes nice and sllllooooowwwwww......