What wedding car would you hire?
What wedding car would you hire?
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CoolHands

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21,856 posts

215 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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ok I'm getting married. We're on a budget so I wasn't going to hire a wedding car for the day, but I may have a look around to see if I can get something a bit 'nice' for not much money. Just a rental car for the day or weekend, not with driver and all that.

What would you go for?

soad

34,239 posts

196 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Lamborghini.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

218 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Thrust SSC

McHaggis

56,819 posts

175 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Save it for the honeymoon if I were you. You'll spend so little time in / near the car on the day (plus the nerves, etc) that aside from the photos it's not worth it.

Ask a friend with a barge to take you to the venue, then splash the cash on something fun on the honeymoon?

mike9009

9,278 posts

263 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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McHaggis said:
Save it for the honeymoon if I were you. You'll spend so little time in / near the car on the day (plus the nerves, etc) that aside from the photos it's not worth it.

Ask a friend with a barge to take you to the venue, then splash the cash on something fun on the honeymoon?
Exactly what we did. Car will get used for a really short space of time .... not worth the expense and extra hassle. smile

Mike

McHaggis

56,819 posts

175 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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mike9009 said:
Exactly what we did. Car will get used for a really short space of time .... not worth the expense and extra hassle. smile
Yup. Though technically we went ice driving in Sweden in 911s. Which was less than the cost of hiring a wedding car....

BorkFactor

7,278 posts

178 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Not quite fitting for the OP, but if / when I ever get married I intend to buy one of these:



And have the white ribbon go from the spoiler all the way down to the bonnet. Oh yes biglaugh

They are quite expensive though, so any one of the list of American muscle cars I must drive will do. I am buying at least one though.

billzeebub

3,887 posts

219 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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a very fast one for doing a runner in

Dave Hedgehog

15,574 posts

224 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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funeral hurse

would have saved me a lot of time

Magic919

14,126 posts

221 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Some kind of Merc, not white.

Fleckers

2,878 posts

221 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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nice go for a classic Jag
regular go for Jag XF

if she does not have a monster dress then go for a 2 seater of some kind

or maybe just get on a bus ?? http://www.routemastersforhire.com/themes/Default/...


deltashad

6,731 posts

217 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Some receptions will lay on a car for free, the hotel we used had a bentley turbo, cost us nothing extra, was perfect for the occasion.

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

203 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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My Rover 213S is still available to hire, just finished some film work at Pinewood.

My Panda would be good. Roof open and happy couple sat on the tail roof cross member for photo's if it's sunny and roof closed if it rains. wink

C7 JFW

1,205 posts

239 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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McHaggis said:
Save it for the honeymoon if I were you. You'll spend so little time in / near the car on the day (plus the nerves, etc) that aside from the photos it's not worth it.

Ask a friend with a barge to take you to the venue, then splash the cash on something fun on the honeymoon?
Completely agree.

Unless you own a car that's spectacular, don't hire one. Just make sure that whatever it is that takes you there is clean and respectable - like the day itself.

Jasandjules

71,689 posts

249 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Or you could ask on website where loads of people have nice cars, someone might offer to drive you.....

Flawless Victory

441 posts

185 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Scanny Longline, which has a double bed in the back.



SSBB

698 posts

176 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Unless the money is insignificant to you, I wouldn't splash too much. It's such an insignificant part of the day. We went for a silver 530i (E39), lovely red leather interior. Cheap as chips. Leaves more cash to splash on honeymoon (or alcohol hehe)

Alfahorn

7,815 posts

228 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Maserati Quattroporte

CoolHands

Original Poster:

21,856 posts

215 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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ok looking at weekend hire there aren't many places that do it easily. This place near me has a fairly standard merc for weekend hire of £164. Tried europecar online quote thing and it wants like nearly 500 quid for anything remotely fancy eg a mini cabriolet. Getting married next weekend so not much time to sort anything. We were going to use a family car but I just thought today I'd have a look into it. Needs to be near me to pick up etc.

http://www.jafvans.co.uk/mercedes-c180-hire.html

Chrisw666

22,655 posts

219 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Will you be using the car to get to the church/venue and then spending the rest of the day getting drunk?