Prom Night Shite Motors

[Squire_Dawson]

I don't see anything wrong with having a prom night as it's a nice celebration at the end of the academic year to get all dressed up and enjoy yourself. Good for the youth. However, the one-upmanship and gross materialistic petulance is utterly reprehensible.

[Squire_Dawson]

Also, I think I got my grandad to drop me off in his Micra.

[John F]

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

 

"Right ladies, get in line... fattest on the left..."

 

[trigger]

I've just got home from doing my first prom run, it was good fun actually, the girls were really excited and loved the car, as I pulled into the hotel I gave it the big one with the dixie horns in front of all the crowds who cheered!.

 

There was a few wanky chavy Bentley convertibles revving there engines up, one of those modern but made to look vintage cars with a fold back roof, a few limos and a dad dropping his daughter off in his rubber bumpers MG Midget which I thought was quite sweet.

 

I saw one chap dropping some girls of in a green Karmann Ghia whilst being made to wear a full chauffeur outfit and a leather hat that made him look like an extra from the village people.

 

Sadly I wasn't able to get any photos from the front of the hotel as it was too busy but I took these.

 

 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

During the 3 years I had my Chrysler 300 I lent it to , I think, 5 people to take their kids to proms, to a teenager especially a girl it looks like a Limo/ Roller.

I live in Milton Keynes, where both VAG and Merc have their HQ s. When the local secondary schools have their prom, employees have to enter a sweepstake to borrow whatever big flash things are available in the press/ fleet demo pool.

My 4 daughters went in

1. Her moms CLK cab.

2. A 911 4S , borrowed off a customer.

3. My Chrysler

4. A Cat C Quattroporte, (that drove like a bag of shit, but sounded great) borrowed off a dodgy mate.

 

A mate took his son on the back of his motocross bike (KTM) which pissed the teachers off no end with a big wheelie outside the posh hotel.

[Pillock]

Two beetles, a "warm" engined camper, a fastback and a 2276 Brasilia. 

Gravel carpark.

Never asked again.

[cort16]

I hate the Americanisation of what is basically the School dance. When I went to mine no one in the family even had a suit I could borrow so I had to go in my Dads fire brigade blazer and some chinos. Myself nor none of my mates had dates so we just drank booze stolen from our parents drinks cabinet in the bogs and the dance hall was about as glamourous as a service station toilet.

 

Come to think of it scratch that it was shit, bring on the prom!

[richardmorris]

Left school before all this American stuff started. However I have seen ( annoying Michael gove syntax wise) a stretched 2cv on eBay recently that could be put to good use.

[Justin Case]

When I left school, the custom was to set fire to the gym. Fortunately the school had a swimming pool, so there would always be something left fo next year's lot.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

This has quite an unusual style.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.barons-auctions.com/details.php?ID=6174

[chaseracer]

I've just got home from doing my first prom run, it was good fun actually, the girls were really excited and loved the car...

 

 

 

You cleared out the farts from ShiteFest, then?

 

[Shep Shepherd]

When I left school in 1994, we had a so-called leavers' do, the highlight of which was everyone doing the Time Warp at the end of the night, including the English teacher who was partially crippled from polio. All I knew about actual proms back then was gleaned from the film adaptation of "Carrie"

 

But I digress:

 

 

 

[chaseracer]

I took Musical Offspring to his Y11 prom...

 

 

...in this...

 

[Shep Shepherd]

Excellent!

[Sloth in a bowl]

 

 

 

 

 

 

One day, when you least expect it, these pictures will end up on the cars and girls thread. (if they haven't already)

[quicksilver]

I walked to my prom. It was at the town hall that wasn't far from home and had no parking so there would be no room to stop a limo anywhere near anyway. The latter is probably a good thing actually.

[Tickman]

When my eldest finished Primary they had 'prom' where other parents got together and booked a limo, Chuck wanted a lift in a mates Series 3 Land Rover with the roof off which I borrowed. 

I was so proud when her sister was at the same age she decided to walk down to the party, I wonder which is my favourite

 

John

[UltraWomble]

One day, when you least expect it, these pictures will end up on the cars and girls thread. (if they haven't already)

Why do you think I Ted Moult-ified mine?

 

 Been chatting on line to two women from work (one 40, one 28)

 

The 28 YO says she would have been well pissed off  going to her prom in a Trumpet Dolly, the 40 YO wants me to buy the Stag then I can take her daughter to her Prom in a couple of years.

[UltraWomble]

I suppose I could hire this as a self drive - at least I would fit in it, not like an E type!

[scruff]

I don't see anything wrong with having a prom night as it's a nice celebration at the end of the academic year to get all dressed up and enjoy yourself. Good for the youth. However, the one-upmanship and gross materialistic petulance is utterly reprehensible.

 

Mine was fucking mega, we went in my dad's old V8 RR Classic which was then 11 years old and only slightly rusty. Afterwards we got pissed in a field at Findon Valley (HillmanImp will no doubt know where) and I fingered a lass I'd fancied for ages. Happy days! 

[vulgalour]

My prom car megabucks hire plan

1. second-hand ribbons

2. corrugated card and black permanent mark (PROM CAR 4 HIER)

3. hasty MoT on the Princess

4. cheap black suit at least two sizes too large/small

5. quart of Blue Stratos aftershave

6. aviators

 

PROFIT.

[Luckythirteen]

I walked to mine iirc. It was a nice night, and the ten minute walk was enough to get tiddly enough to get through the event.

The classy entrances of the night were in a rented classic Jag, an Alvis, and a fastback Mustang. Anything halfway cool makes the shitty stretch limos look as crass and tacky as they are. The couple I've encountered smelled funny too.

[UltraWomble]

30 years ago we wrote on each others shirts and then went to the Talbot in Lytham and managed to get served. That was it. No outlandish party, no disco no swanning about in a posh frock and posh motor. I actually had my shirt until fairly recently when in a spate of "fuck this, why am I keeping this shit" threw it out along with quite a large chunk of lifetimes shite.

[Shep Shepherd]

^

I still have my scribbled-on shirt. At least one of the scribblers is dead

[UltraWomble]

^

I still have my scribbled-on shirt. At least one of the scribblers is dead

Two of mine are (drug related) and a third is in prison. My wedding photo is a bit like that "hes dead, shes dead, they are dead, they are divorced, hes dead, shes dead, hes now a she"

[cort16]

53 plate gold Mondeo diesel with rattling dmf and ribbons made out of masking tape

[Shep Shepherd]

Two of mine are (drug related) and a third is in prison. My wedding photo is a bit like that "hes dead, shes dead, they are dead, they are divorced, hes dead, shes dead, hes now a she"

 

The dead scribbler survived Iraq and Afghanistan as an RAF Regiment officer, only to die in a motorcycle crash last year.

 

RIP, David Frampton. You were an inspiration.

[vulgalour]

Lorry wiped out my best friend, his girlfriend and his girlfriend's parents all together in Africa.  I found that out about three years ago by chance.  I didn't stay in contact with anyone else and even my he lost contact with me within three months of us leaving school.  Best years of my life my arse.

[Shep Shepherd]

^

The last time I saw anyone I went to school with was in 2006, at a wedding reception. The Volvo served as the bride and groom's transport from said reception to the pub/hotel where they spent their first night as a married couple

[robinmasters]

Fucking proms.

 

My school days ended with 'study leave', which was used as an opportunity to 'expand my mind'. Can't think of anything worse than a school disco, and a school disco with unrealistically high dress and vehicular requirements at that.