What happened to genuinely posh cars and their targets?
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A proper gent of a proper royal related family that I rented a house from on his estate used to have an old battered Subaru Legacy Estate as his car. The estate(property) was his holiday pad his main residence being in that London.
The Subaru was classless.
They (toffs) do wear those ridiculous pink cords and yellow shirts though!
The Subaru was classless.
They (toffs) do wear those ridiculous pink cords and yellow shirts though!
Jaguar steve said:
Some would find a clapped out Volvo - or clapped out anything else for that matter - desirable because you then don't have to care.
Do you think that poshos who own a clapped out Volvo actually went out and bought a clapped out Volvo?Or do you think they bought a new (or nearly new) Volvo years ago, and have just kept it running since?
I hired a chauffeur-driven car to take the missus to her sister's wedding today. A well-spoken chap in his 50s showed up this morning with an Audi A8 50 TDI. While chatting, he mentioned that he'd attended the private, fee-paying school we live close to, which makes me wonder if he's a retired or independently wealthy "posho" who moonlights as a chauffeur to give himself an excuse to do some long-distance cruising in his A8! 
loskie said:
A proper gent of a proper royal related family that I rented a house from on his estate used to have an old battered Subaru Legacy Estate as his car. The estate(property) was his holiday pad his main residence being in that London.
The Subaru was classless.
They (toffs) do wear those ridiculous pink cords and yellow shirts though!
It’s a sort of uniform!The Subaru was classless.
They (toffs) do wear those ridiculous pink cords and yellow shirts though!
On the Riviera It’s pink with the crisp white linen shirt with a pastel coloured pullover draped over the shoulders!
MadCaptainJack said:
I hired a chauffeur-driven car to take the missus to her sister's wedding today. A well-spoken chap in his 50s showed up this morning with an Audi A8 50 TDI. While chatting, he mentioned that he'd attended the private, fee-paying school we live close to, which makes me wonder if he's a retired or independently wealthy "posho" who moonlights as a chauffeur to give himself an excuse to do some long-distance cruising in his A8!
TDI? He's a minicab driver.Sahjahd said:
MadCaptainJack said:
I hired a chauffeur-driven car to take the missus to her sister's wedding today. A well-spoken chap in his 50s showed up this morning with an Audi A8 50 TDI. While chatting, he mentioned that he'd attended the private, fee-paying school we live close to, which makes me wonder if he's a retired or independently wealthy "posho" who moonlights as a chauffeur to give himself an excuse to do some long-distance cruising in his A8!
TDI? He's a minicab driver.I’d imagine chauffeuring services will change somewhat over the coming months and years to maybe one of a long haul variety to actual destination.
Mercedes of exeter have a £300k Maybach limo in the showroom currently, have you seen the rear seating in these? I know its far slower than flying but could be an interesting way to go on holiday, electric bikes would easily fit in boot for when you get there. was testing the S63 cabrio as a replacement for our S63 saloon after disappointing Bentley, 7er, S8,FFRR tests, loved it, the others dont even come close.
tested the latest S Class as well, even quieter and better riding but lacks the elegance of the older model imo and i prefer the w222 interior, the AMG version could be a winner depending what they do with it.
Edited by LeroyLoser on Friday 30th April 07:03
Edited by LeroyLoser on Friday 30th April 07:09
LeroyLoser said:
With no need to earn money, its something i would do tbh (not in uk mind) we’re also being picked up today, in an S class (we have one to) but there was a Mulsane option which intrigued me, £300 vs £800 though, i couldnt justify this on top of the flight.
I’d imagine chauffeuring services will change somewhat over the coming months and years to maybe one of a long haul variety to actual destination.
Mercedes of exeter have a £300k Maybach limo in the showroom currently, have you seen the rear seating in these? I know its far slower than flying but could be an interesting way to go on holiday, electric bikes would easily fit in boot for when you get there. was testing the S63 cabrio as a replacement for our S63 saloon after disappointing Bentley, 7er, S8,FFRR tests, loved it, the others dont even come close.
With all the "security checks", and now additional covid hysteria flying crap, that may no longer be the case; I have many times equalled 1,000 mile + trans European door to door air travel times by car, but not in a diesel anything.I’d imagine chauffeuring services will change somewhat over the coming months and years to maybe one of a long haul variety to actual destination.
Mercedes of exeter have a £300k Maybach limo in the showroom currently, have you seen the rear seating in these? I know its far slower than flying but could be an interesting way to go on holiday, electric bikes would easily fit in boot for when you get there. was testing the S63 cabrio as a replacement for our S63 saloon after disappointing Bentley, 7er, S8,FFRR tests, loved it, the others dont even come close.
The toffs know how to spend their money wisely though. That battered Legacy was probably (read certainly) bought new and will, when it fails its final MOT, stay on the farm to carry bales etc. It's like their shoes; have a buck (or whatever the word is) made by Lobb's and order a new pair every 25 years. I have Loakes and Barkers here I bought at least 30 years ago, still in fine fettle.
Sahjahd said:
LeroyLoser said:
With no need to earn money, its something i would do tbh (not in uk mind) we’re also being picked up today, in an S class (we have one to) but there was a Mulsane option which intrigued me, £300 vs £800 though, i couldnt justify this on top of the flight.
I’d imagine chauffeuring services will change somewhat over the coming months and years to maybe one of a long haul variety to actual destination.
Mercedes of exeter have a £300k Maybach limo in the showroom currently, have you seen the rear seating in these? I know its far slower than flying but could be an interesting way to go on holiday, electric bikes would easily fit in boot for when you get there. was testing the S63 cabrio as a replacement for our S63 saloon after disappointing Bentley, 7er, S8,FFRR tests, loved it, the others dont even come close.
With all the "security checks", and now additional covid hysteria flying crap, that may no longer be the case; I have many times equalled 1,000 mile + trans European door to door air travel times by car, but not in a diesel anything.I’d imagine chauffeuring services will change somewhat over the coming months and years to maybe one of a long haul variety to actual destination.
Mercedes of exeter have a £300k Maybach limo in the showroom currently, have you seen the rear seating in these? I know its far slower than flying but could be an interesting way to go on holiday, electric bikes would easily fit in boot for when you get there. was testing the S63 cabrio as a replacement for our S63 saloon after disappointing Bentley, 7er, S8,FFRR tests, loved it, the others dont even come close.
It may work well for europe destinations, be interesting to work our overheads and what charges you’d need to make for it to work, as an experience it’d be very close to full autonomy driving where you could just sleep or watch tv most of the time, it’d have to be fully screened off from driver and proper Maybach luxury though, 300k is a lot of money to recoup, + fuel, maintenance, tunnel costs, insurance to cover occupants in various countries etc
I’m betting you’d be very close to private plane costs by the end of it and thats way easier than scheduled flying, no security, airport 15mins before you fly, personalised food on plane, we’re about to board biggin hill > france, 1:20 flight at £6k, total door to door time is 2:30, you cant beat that in a car.
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