Prom Night Shite Motors

[UltraWomble]

My lad leaves school on Friday, fortunately there is none of this prom night bollocks or him as he goes to a very small school, the teachers took the leavers out for a meal and they got pissed (teachers not the leavers). Happy days.

 

However I have two daughters, in 6 years time they will be going through this American bollocks and be demanding of some sort of chariot to take them there, this week my mate Clarke borrowed an Audi R8 for this occasion:

 

Me? I see it as an excuse to purchase some open top shite nearer the time partly as an excuse to own something nice and that I want  and partly , well no, actually entirely to own something I want on the pretext I'm buying it to ferry my daughters to some all night disco.

Current Favorites are:

Staaaaaaag, in V8 drop top slushomatic

 

 

One of these with additional seating in the rear and the roof off (Middle daughter would love this, next one possibly not as much)

 

R8

I kind of think in another 6 years these really will be retro cool/bordering on classic territory and none of the kids turning up in stretch Lincolns will know what it is. Plus this is immediately affordable.

 

So, what would you get as something a little different from the shite our neighbours kid used:

[brickwall]

What's the corpy bus service like 'round your way?

[panhard65]

My sister asked if I could take my nephew to his prom in my Rolls. I now live 200 miles away so it would be a 400 mile round trip at 12-15 to the gallon. When I said if she paid the fuel I would do it she went really quiet and hasn't mentioned it again. Family eh !!

[castros_bro]

[UltraWomble]

What's the corpy bus service like 'round your way?

Fookin brilliant - these run every 20 minutes

[UltraWomble]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5rkw4SeP4

 

Perhaps Colin can build a 2 up example?

[vulgalour]

 

[Wilko220]

Some good suggestions in this thread from a while back...

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/8177-unusual-school-prom-transportideas/?fromsearch=1

[John F]

It's quite sickening how this shallow, nasty american arse gravy has taken root in Britain. I thought we were better than that.

 

But if you can't avoid doing it, definitely the Land Rover.

 

Ideally via a local green lane so it arrives caked in mud. That'll nicely stick two fingers up at this vile transatlantic cultural invasion

[Bren]

It's quite sickening how this shallow, nasty american arse gravy has taken root in Britain. I thought we were better than that.

 

But if you can't avoid doing it, definitely the Land Rover.

 

Ideally via a local green lane so it arrives caked in mud. That'll nicely stick two fingers up at this vile transatlantic cultural invasion

Yep it is truly fucking awful - shallow to say the least.

[Junkman]

Fookin brilliant - these run every 20 minutes

 

This is a very newfangled version of what took me to my prom night. Mine was one of these:

 

 

Once the prom was over at about 9pm, we all put on a fez and WALKED (a very anachronistic method of locomotion, entirely unbeknown to today's yoofz) in a single file,

with one foot on the pavement and one in the street, across town to a club, where we got even more plasterized than our teachers usually were.

[worldofceri]

Hey Junkman, has that MAN bus got sidewayz VW headlights?

[Junkman]

Unlikely, because that would give a weird beam.

I think they are VW Typ2 T1 lights.

 

[worldofceri]

Oh yeah.  Not sidewayz at all.  I was half right.  (Or correct ±90º)

[eddyramrod]

[trigger]

I'm doing a prom run for the wife's cousin and her friend this evening in the Mk3, I've never even seen a a leavers prom let along driven for one so I'm not really sure what to expect! I've been told that have to wear a suit though.

[DVee8]

I have done quite a few prom's. The parents are the worst trying to out do each other. A couple of years ago I took 3 very nice young girls to a large local hotel. There was that many limo,s there that they were unable to get the turn in the car park to get to the main doors. As I was in the Daimler I moved through them and dropped the 3 at the doors.To the disgust of the other that had to walk across the car park.

[DVee8]

There were that many changes to legislation regarding carrying minor's that we stopped doing prom's

[UltraWomble]

I think I may have struck gold...

I can see them sat in the back with a bale of hay and a goat

[John F]

How about this?

 

Staying with the British off-roader theme, but you'll be able to lift your daughters from the vehicle to the door if the ground is wet so they don't damage the squillionty million quid shoes they'll need* for the occasion.

 

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-V8-6-2-with-Hiab-and-winch-/161738071778?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a8571ee2

[Station]

The best car to get for your daughter's prom is don't have kids.

[UltraWomble]

The best car to get for your daughter's prom is don't have kids.

Too late, that ship has sailed long ago.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Go Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag, or bolly me Dolly.  I lent my Fabboceptor (when I still had it) to a chum for his daughter's prom night, and she was WINNA of "Your dad ain't cool, but his car fookin is" contest.

[Guest Breadvan72]

I recently failed to bid on two Staaaaaaaaaags on eBay, reckoning that there would be last minute bid frenzy taking them out of my budget, but one went for 6K and one for 8K, which was just on the edge of the fiscal foolishness that I had in mind .  That is, however, danger money in Stagland, as you probably need to pay more than 10 to avoid pain and suffering, and if I had spaffed 8 K I would have had zip left to pay for the tow truck.   Yeller and white ones seem to command bonus money points, I notice.   

[alf892]

I agree it is a terrible bit of yankness........but I have been offered cash money and so got one tomorrow night.

[Junkman]

Yeller and white ones seem to command bonus money points, I notice.   

 

The brown ones should be the natural choice anyway.

[Richard]

There was somebody moaning in the papers a couple of years ago because he wasn't allowed to take his kid to a primary school party in a helicopter.

 

Edit- found it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10329253

[Hertz]

FUK U HUMMA!

 

[UltraWomble]

Through the magic of facebollocks another friend with their Ted Moult clones hired a limo

[dollywobbler]

There were that many changes to legislation regarding carrying minor's that we stopped doing prom's

 

I know there were issues with people hiring themselves and their cars out for proms, which requires you to be a licensed vehicle - ie a taxi. The only times you can get away with hiring yourself and your car for carrying paying passengers are weddings and funerals. It's fine if you're doing it as a favour (expenses would probably be ok) but not if you're being paid hire and reward to do it. It's also fine if you hire out the car as self-drive.