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A limo to stretch your imagination
6:34am Wednesday 3rd September 2008
By James Maden »
IT IS the ultimate party bus for a stag do, hen night, school prom or other event.
The Volkswagen limousine coach is the first in the UK to seat 16 people and features a bar, fridge and 42in plasma TV screen. With tinted windows and more than 2,500 light permutations it is like having your own private mobile nightclub.
The vehicle is the brainchild of Hampshire-based firm Limo One. Ryan Bunting, from Southampton, is one of four directors of the company.
He said: "We've had a great response so far. It's got a unique full perimeter body kit with extreme built-in exterior and interior lighting and at night it looks like no other limo."
The limousine coach is the first to receive a Certificate of Initial Fitness from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency to seat 16 people legally. This initial model has already been sold to an operator in Northern Ireland but the firm plans to make more to order for the basic price of £86,500.
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Taste Police, says...
7:28am Wed 3 Sep 08
But may be I'm just a miserable old s.d
Casual, Outside the ground says...
8:54am Wed 3 Sep 08
hulla, baloo says...
8:56am Wed 3 Sep 08
Simon, Southampton says...
9:18am Wed 3 Sep 08
ossiesaint, at the bar says...
9:27am Wed 3 Sep 08
the vengeful cabbage, says...
9:30am Wed 3 Sep 08
gorf, soton says...
10:07am Wed 3 Sep 08
Christoff, says...
10:21am Wed 3 Sep 08
Taste Police wrote:no, you are right...it is a chav wagon.
To me it just looks like another tacky chav waggon for ferrying the drunks and slappers around the nightspots of our fair city. But may be I'm just a miserable old s.d
The inside would make me puke
Know it all, Southampton says...
1:52pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
2:11pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Bailey, Soton says...
2:15pm Wed 3 Sep 08
I bet that if it was hired by any of your mates for a night out you'd ride in it!!
if you sleep with dogs you get fleas, southampton says...
2:16pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Having some knowledge, much to my regret and bad fortune, of the Limo business I found most of the people unsavoury - especially a character from East Sussex.
Christoff, says...
2:39pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Bailey wrote:We are, it's a chav mobile.
Why can't you just look at it for what it is, a giggle. I bet that if it was hired by any of your mates for a night out you'd ride in it!!
Of course if a mate hired it out I would ride in it, to refuse would be rude and ungreatful. I would just be glad for the tinted windows!
I would never hire one myself though.
It always make me laugh when you see people trying to look into a limo that drives past as if it is going to be carrying someone famous...no, just a load of dinlos on a night out
Pootle, Romsey says...
2:50pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Ho hum.
King Mush, Woolston says...
3:44pm Wed 3 Sep 08
if you sleep with dogs you get fleas wrote:lol
Limos are tacky - unless they are black and kept in Las Vegas. Having some knowledge, much to my regret and bad fortune, of the Limo business I found most of the people unsavoury - especially a character from East Sussex.
Seems like a bad personal experience has prejudiced your general thoughts?
The limo trade has been tighened up in recent years and most companies seem to run things right.
Mind you - I do notice that many drivers seem to be rather intimidating and I wonder if this is because they need their other 'talents' as doormen aka bouncers etc?
If you are ferrying a bunh of drugged up boozeheads then maybe things can turn nasty?
I know of many stories where the poor driver has to clean up the puke and other unsavoury items after disgorging the latest bunch of idiots onto a High St bar area.
Add trying to get the whole daft bunch into the limo again as the chavs are scattered across several bars and gutters or just having a punch-up at the burger bars.
Reggie Kray, says...
4:41pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
5:11pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Reggie Kray wrote:Easy Reggie, I use to work for Pete and I won't have anything bad said against the family.... or I'll send the boys round...
Nice of the Daily Echo to give coverage to two well known thugs in southamptons gangster fraternity. Maybe whoever did this article should head of to old bill and get these two dicks crime sheets.
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
5:17pm Wed 3 Sep 08
George2000, Southampton says...
5:42pm Wed 3 Sep 08
King Mush is right, regulations have tightened up, and if you ask me, this idea is the future of the Limo trade. Before you disagree, check out the facts, many of todays Limos are in fact breaking the law, and the vast spec this one has to offer will provide a legal alternative for those who have to earn a crust in this business. At the end of the day, if theres sufficient demand for these things, who wouldnt use their loaf and innovate a great new concept.
Hash words Reggie Kray, has someone been watching too many Guy Ritchie films? Over the years Ive done a lot of business with this firm, and always found them to be honest, efficient, compliant, and believe me they seriously know their stuff when it comes to the motor trade.
joe, brighton says...
6:00pm Wed 3 Sep 08
paul b, says...
6:53pm Wed 3 Sep 08
lowrider, pimptown says...
7:15pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
7:47pm Wed 3 Sep 08
paul b wrote:you don't know the drivers or the owners... yes they might end up driving scum from time to time, but it doesn't mean the drivers are scum!!!
Scum driving scum about, great
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
8:38pm Wed 3 Sep 08
lowrider wrote:not the only company to get free advertising from the Echo... Gordon "f-ing" Ramsey farted near a restaurant in Romsey and it was headline news...
Not exactly news this is it, nice bit of free advertising for them there, though. Wonder what The Echo reporters are getting out of it in lieu of the fee to the advertising dept?
the Echo regularly gives local companies free adverts... i.e. Gary Glitter was looking at cars in Peter Nash... with the company name coming up numerous times...
Denzil, Chilworth says...
9:14pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Mad Max wrote:Did he bum you inn jail and you enjoyed it. It's just you seem overly protective so I'm guessing it wasn't forced sex. Sex is involved though, you protect to much.
lowrider wrote: Not exactly news this is it, nice bit of free advertising for them there, though. Wonder what The Echo reporters are getting out of it in lieu of the fee to the advertising dept?not the only company to get free advertising from the Echo... Gordon "f-ing" Ramsey farted near a restaurant in Romsey and it was headline news... the Echo regularly gives local companies free adverts... i.e. Gary Glitter was looking at cars in Peter Nash... with the company name coming up numerous times...
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
9:41pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Denzil wrote:Not at all thank you, if you noticed in an earlier thread, Pete and his family were good to me and my family when we fell on really hard times... so as you appear to be a friendless gimp, you wouldn't understand about sticking up for your mates...
Mad Max wrote:Did he bum you inn jail and you enjoyed it. It's just you seem overly protective so I'm guessing it wasn't forced sex. Sex is involved though, you protect to much.lowrider wrote: Not exactly news this is it, nice bit of free advertising for them there, though. Wonder what The Echo reporters are getting out of it in lieu of the fee to the advertising dept?not the only company to get free advertising from the Echo... Gordon "f-ing" Ramsey farted near a restaurant in Romsey and it was headline news... the Echo regularly gives local companies free adverts... i.e. Gary Glitter was looking at cars in Peter Nash... with the company name coming up numerous times...
paul b, says...
10:35pm Wed 3 Sep 08
Mad Max wrote:How do you know who i know
paul b wrote:you don't know the drivers or the owners... yes they might end up driving scum from time to time, but it doesn't mean the drivers are scum!!!
Scum driving scum about, great
Mad Max, The Prairies says...
10:38pm Wed 3 Sep 08
paul b wrote:Just guessing, because if you knew a lot of the drivers, you would know they are hard working people, i will not deny that you get the rent a thug driving limos, but they are out numbered by the decent chaps and chapesses who put up with an incredible amount of c**p from some very drunk people...
Mad Max wrote:How do you know who i knowpaul b wrote: Scum driving scum about, greatyou don't know the drivers or the owners... yes they might end up driving scum from time to time, but it doesn't mean the drivers are scum!!!
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A LONG STRETCH: Top from left Ryan Bunting, Terry Morris and Peter Bunting next to their limo coach. Above the luxurious interior.
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jebus, greenchester says...
7:20am Wed 3 Sep 08
I want one.