A VIP Chauffeur in London
Sezar Struzha is a driver for London-based EG Chauffeurs. They provide professional driving services for discerning travellers, boasting a number one ranking for chauffeur companies on Trustpilot. Originating from Kosovo, Sezar worked in bars and restaurants when he first moved to London in the 1990s before a friend suggested he became a minicab driver. “I […]
Maybach: Planes, trains and automobiles.
The names ‘Benz’ and ‘Daimler’ rightly enjoy a place in the pantheon of great automotive designers and engineers. But there’s another name that is equally deserving of such recognition yet is less well known than it should be. That name is Maybach. Born in Heilbronn, Germany in 1846, Wilhelm Maybach was orphaned at age 10 […]
Growth of the limo
Opulence is an ancient way of life for some people. Royalty, nobles, Russian oligarchs, presidents and, yes, even dictators have asserted their right to lavishness for donkey’s years. The convention has filtered down to present-day life, but extravagance has become far more available now than it was back in the day. An average Joe, […]
‘Stretching’ – The Truth
The limo scene is not something I’ve ever known much about, to be honest. Yes, we’ve all seen the stretched Lincoln town cars and super stretched Hummers on a Saturday night with assorted limbs of hen do participants sticking out of the back windows and sunroofs, but I’ve never really seen the attraction.
Why would you want to travel to Frankie and Benny’s on the Doncaster ring road in something that resembles a 40 foot phallus on wheels, with a laserquest interior and a hardcore rave soundtrack designed to induce a migraine within a mile and a half of your departure point? Maybe I’m getting too old for it all, but I’ve never fully understood the appeal. I suppose it’s all about attracting attention and having people gawp open-mouthed at you as you try and negotiate your mini-skirted self out of the rear doors of your elongated carriage, with a bottle of WKD in one hand and a doner kebab in the other while desperately trying to maintain whatever modesty is still intact. That would appear to be what limos are all about in this country, but surely there’s more to it than that?