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Postby MR2SIK » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:49 pm

Looking for places to hire cars for the impending wedding next year. Dont really wanna hire from a 'wedding' type place as I dont really wanna have my $$ removed while being bent over a barrel.
Im currently undecided between Old school muscle or late model premium Euro. Cant find anything on the net that offers anything decent without wedding rates.
Apparantly Camrys are considered preium by most rental companies :?

Anyone got any ideas or hook ups?

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Postby siren676 » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:01 pm

Jump on a forum and ask if you could use someones car with them as a chauffeur?
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Postby snwtoy » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:11 pm

We hired Minis from Budget Rentals(?)
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:31 pm

Try contacting the local hot rod club.
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Postby l1ttle_d3vil » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:57 pm

Liking the oldschool idea... but I'm slightly biased :lol:

I used my car + a couple from a mates collection. Had to get them out of storage, WOF and reg'd, and pay for drivers etc but was worth it!

Otherwise if you don't have mates with anything suitable, local car club will be your best bet...

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Postby flying_wedge » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:40 am

Two old Falcons. And a Rolls. Fit us perfectly.
Rolls was family friend and used for bride, Falcons were hire at $250 ea incl chauffeur for the day from a Chch business, I found these through a website. We had them from ~12.30pm to 5pm.

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Postby FST4RD » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:04 am

Best thing to do is to ask around, offer them money to cover costs and a bit more and free food and drink at the reception.
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Postby crispy'86 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:45 am

No sure if something from "The General's stable" appeals to you, got our two cars we'll be using for wedding cars for our wedding. Oh the joys of owning them

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Postby fangsport » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:51 am

Sorry Chris, as the General fan i am, those 2 old 'Coons beat the Dunnydores hands down
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Postby crispy'86 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:56 am

fangsport wrote:Sorry Chris, as the General fan i am, those 2 old 'Coons beat the Dunnydores hands down


They prob do, i'm giving a little hint for others out there that are looking for ideas :D
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Postby tiny2009 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:58 pm

There are a few hidden treasures out there, we managed to get a couple of oldies for the day without too much hassle.

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Postby phoenix » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:04 pm

tiny2009 wrote:There are a few hidden treasures out there, we managed to get a couple of oldies for the day without too much hassle.


Yeah but it took f*cking forever to get anywhere.
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Postby fangsport » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:10 pm

phoenix wrote:
tiny2009 wrote:There are a few hidden treasures out there, we managed to get a couple of oldies for the day without too much hassle.


Yeah but it took f*cking forever to get anywhere.
is that why they are keeping to the left ??
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Postby tiny2009 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:01 pm

phoenix wrote:
tiny2009 wrote:There are a few hidden treasures out there, we managed to get a couple of oldies for the day without too much hassle.


Yeah but it took f*cking forever to get anywhere.


By that stage my life was effectively over, I was in no hurry to get anywhere.
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Postby siren676 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:48 pm

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Postby Al » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:29 pm

Sent you email on FB. My old man has an immaculate Armstrong Siddeley. It just sits in the garage gathering dust. Has been used for weddings before.
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Postby ee904age » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:44 pm

We got a couple of Chev's off mates, other than some stress on their part with reliability leading up to the day all went well when it mattered.

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Postby rolla_fxgt » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:50 pm

We're in a similar situation, looking for a couple of XF jags for wedding cars, for latter on in the year.

We were talking to one of the limo companies, and they suggested that sometimes they can get other cars through their contacts, so might be worth a shot if you can't find anything any other way. They also suggested sometimes dealers lend demo cars out as wedding cars, so perhaps hit up a dealer to see if a deal can be made.
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Postby crispy'86 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:22 pm

You could contact the "Falcon and Fairlane club" or the "Holden Enthusiasts club" here in chch if either of those stables floats your boat. Mention your after a couple of wedding cars to those clubs, you'd probably just need to offer a donation for the use of the cars.

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Postby wde_bdy » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:02 pm

Contact your local Hot Rod club, very very common for members to do weddings.
http://hotrod.org.nz/Clubs_and_Members.htm

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