Hi
@TfL
, checked my Autopay account today & realised you are trying to charge my Scania Irizar for being in the ULEZ zone on 27th November - always *happy* to pay this however on this occasion it definitely wasn’t in London and also looks suspiciously like a Range Rover Evoque
New car day part 3…🤣
I now own my 1st ever super saloon, a 601bhp 6.6l V12 BMW M760Li in Ruby Black over Smoke White/Viola & Piano Black trim.
Happiest 125+ miles I’ve ever done 😊
Stopped at the BP for a meal deal & got to my local Shell before filling up w/ V-Power+ ⛽️
We lost my Uncle 2wks back to aggressive leukaemia 😞, a big part of me being car mad is down to him.
My Aunt doesn’t drive & has no need for his cars, he adored his 84’ Silver Spirit & I couldn’t bare his Rolls going to someone random.
Dad went & picked it up for me today 😊
Ooooh boy!!! 🤤😅
Literally the ‘Ultimate’ Jaguar XJL has come up for sale.
5.0 S/C V8, 510BHP with the 8 speed box JLR put in most of their vehicles from this era.
Shame the interior isn’t lighter but if you’ve sat inside a top spec XJ it don’t matter.
Our new edition to the Hosier family arrived safe and healthy at 12.41am weighing 7lbs 7oz on 25/05/2024, at home via water birth and some amazing midwife’s from the NHS 👶
Mum and baby are doing really well and he has a very proud big brother too 😊
Just need to decide on his
Things are happening!
BMW M760Li paid for & train booked for Sunday afternoon to go down and pick it up 🚆
Dream car stuff for me, cannot wait to be cruising along in that magnificent interior too 🤤
Damn all of you that kept suggesting the XJL as my more sensible transfer vehicle option 🤣
Been doing my nightly Autotrader/eBay search and now have a bloody saved search for 2016> Autobiography XJL's!!!!! Even been looking at number plates for one 🤦♂️
The 3.0D seems such
4am start this morning taking a really nice new client to Heathrow T3 in the M760Li, he’s off to New York for some meetings this week ✈️🇺🇸
Sometimes I have to pinch myself that this is the day to day life I’ve created, something I genuinely love doing and let’s be honest there’s
262 mile/6hr round trip today to officially put a deposit down on this BMW M760Li. 39k miles, FBMWSH, Individual spec @ £141,485k new 😮
Owners garage had: Tesla MD3, G30 M5, G12 M760Li, 991 911 Turbo S & 2022 Ferrari 812 GTS Superfast 🤯
No photos due to respecting his privacy
I feel like a total numpty after getting my M760Li back from my fantastic BMW independent garage this afternoon.
For a couple of months now I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of an odd issue where once I’ve been driving for around 5mi> the rear axle begins to jolt or jump
The most perfectly specc’d Audi A8L D4 I’ve seen, literally everything incl that Bentley derived W12, B&O + Brown leather 🤩
Only problem is it’s a 🇯🇵 import meaning it has the speedo in KM only, do you reckon this could be swapped out for a UK units one w/out messing things up?
This is probably the most bravely specc’d Mercedes S-Class I’ve seen, VERY individual when it comes to the interior, rarer AMG alloys than usual & also on the S63 platform too so maybe only appeals to mentalists like myself.
I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t buy it myself though
No Sam, no! All it’ll bring is PAIN!!!🙅♂️
Always wanted a C6 in Exclusive spec for some reason, can’t see the point in the 2.2 HDI, 3.0 V6 HDI and Petrols are super rare or stupidly priced. 2.7 HDI V6 is a decent engine I have lots of experience with and they’ve really become
That lad has been laying on the floor for 3 hours waiting and he's still that nice........people could learn alot from him. Respecting the fact our NHS are overstretched.
#Ambulance
957 Porsche Cayenne 4.8 Turbo (493BHP, 516ft/lbs)
Same owner for last 12 years, under OPUK warranty until 2021 w/ £88k spent w/ Porsche Cambridge, FULL OPC history, Turbo spec + pan roof etc, 130k. About as good of an example for under £10k there is.
Ours pending viewing etc 🤞
No. You’ve bought two tri-axle luxury coaches in 2 days 😅
Neoplan Starliner II, Tri-Axle, 14m, 36 leather comfort seats around tables, 6 TV’s, WiFi, full rear kitchen with oven, multiple fridges & a freezer. 12400cc MAN engine with 505bhp & what feels like unlimited torque 😍
Sneak peek of my new car being put away for the last time (and put on trickle charge) until I pick it up, hopefully this weekend 🤞
The very helpful current owner had it detailed & both batteries checked over the last few days, all good to go🔋🧽
Sooooo bloody excited!!! 😆
The often forgotten option in the Luxury car market and quite a rare thing to find:
Porsche Panamera Executive or basically the LWB version. You could get it in basically all versions except the GTS model as far as I can tell but I could be wrong.
I’ve never owned a Porsche in
Putting aside any grievances you may have with the Bentley Bentayga’s looks or the fact it’s an ‘SUV’ so to speak what do you think to the following?
As a direct replacement for my BMW M760Li it would be a step up but would have to be a specific specification E.g rear jet class
Genuinely think outside of a Bentley, Rolls Royce or Maybach, a LWB Range Rover is the only thing I’d swap my BMW M760Li for.
**Waits for unreliable etc comments 😆**
This one unfortunately is a pre-facelift so no Apple Car play with the newer and much better ICE system but it
Facelift Jaguar XJL Autobiography………..but with the 510bhp 5.0 Supercharged V8 for sale! But does a big and sleek luxury saloon like this make sense in a colour like Metallic Red when they are made to go under the radar somewhat? 🎈
I still definitely would though 🤣
Emerald Green Metallic 2002 CL500 with Beige Nappa Interior, 109k miles with the ABC suspension system fully replaced over the last few years. On FB Marketplace for £4,495 😫😮💨
I cannot get over how beautifully specc’d this car is, the BMW individual program really is something.
Wasn’t sure I’d like the ‘Viola’ leather on the doors & Dashboard but it really suits the overall interior.
Whoever ticked these option boxes had taste…& a lot of money 😅
Pick up for my largest Corporate customer and headed down to Heathrow for the 3rd time in 3 days this afternoon in the Big Beemer 😁
Had just under half a tank of Petrol when I left town and an alleged range of 172 miles, Heathrow is 110/120 miles each way depending if you go
I’ve always had such a soft spot for the D4 Audi A8L, had a V8 TDI D3 for a few years that I loved and very almost bought a D4 4.2 TDI LWB a few years back.
Found this one for sale on eBay this evening when I should of been looking for V-Classes, huge amount of car for £25k with
Our new to us ML420 CDI drove faultlessly home, admittedly it was only 56 miles but still. The wife drove 49 of those and she’s very happy, she said it feels just as quick as our 4.2 TDI Q7 but just a far nicer place to be, suspension is way nicer IMO too. Figures aren’t bad
This car is a phenomenal bit of kit. 6.6l Twin Turbo V12 making 601bhp, all wheel drive, weighs 2200kg & is 5.2m long. Does 0-62MPH in 3.7sec, 0-100MPH in under 9, yet I’ve just done 231mi & averaged nearly 27mpg!
Even with most car CPU’s being out they are impressive figures 🤓
5th Corporate Heathrow completed in the S since Saturday AM, meaning the 4.7 Bi-Turbo V8 500L has done 1253 miles, averaging 31.76mpg & I’ve spent near on 27hrs in the drivers seat in that period.
This is why I prioritise high spec levels, refinement & enjoyment over frugality.
For those who wanted a few videos of the interior and features, here is a very brief few bits & bobs.
Factory fitted front & rear dashcam is unmistakably German too 🇩🇪😂
I definitely didn’t take a detour via St Ives (Cambridgeshire one) on the way home from Heathrow to go look at Bentleys 😬
Was 100% upfront with the salesman who approached me and told him I was looking at possibly upgrading my car later this year and **IF** I went Bentley it’ll
Before > After
Had a launch event for our new business tonight but it all goes live officially tomorrow, think the coach looks bloody brilliant personally 😍
Starliners are the Rolls Royce of the coach world, they need to be as minimalistic as possibly in my opinion but if you
Unpopular opinion:
The pre-facelift BMW X7 is actually quite a handsome thing in the correct spec & colour……from certain angles that is 🤳.
Certainly better looking than some of their latest offerings at least 😬
**Cough** BMW IX **Cough** BMW XM🤮
Genuinely 7series
Fella in one of our Chauffeur WhatsApps groups Mercedes V-Class after one of those poor horses today ran into it after it was apparently spooked by construction works in Belgravia.
Hopefully the Horse is ok but I’d go as far to say with wait times on some V-Class parts this may
I still need a 2nd Luxo barge as things are starting to pick up and get a fair bit busier now (Jan-March are generally quiet in my area, rest of the year goes pretty mad with transfers).
I *should* be looking at Audi A8L TDI’s, BMW 730/40Ld’s and Mercedes S350d LWB’s.
I put in
About £10k more than I’m willing to spend this time around (for a 2nd/back up car at least) but my god look at this for XJL perfection 😍
Before you say it, I know technically if it had the Supercharged V8 it would be perfect but 25k miles a year that I’ll be barely be doing
First cold start on the M760Li this morning 😱🎧📢
To my unit to go earn some money,
My 435bhp Bi-Turbo V8 S500L next to my 601bhp Twin turbo V12 M760Li next to my 163bhp single turbo 4 cylinder Executive spec Sprinter - which one do you think I’m spending the day in? 😂
Me: Think I’m going to have to replace my M760Li with something that gives me more range per tank, at least 600/700 miles opposed to the 360-425 I get now 🤔
Also Me: Oooooooh a V12 Maybach 😍
I don’t care what anyone says, the Long Wheel Base Range Rover is a very impressive and imposing vehicle, especially in SV Autobiography trim like this one.
Ideally I’d need to go sensible with the SDV8 4.4 Diesel for 700mi + tank range as I’m doing so many miles now but if the
Slightly late 1 Year Ownership Update on my 2017 BMW M760Li 6.6L Twin Turbo V12 Saloon (601BHP/590ft-lb):
Mileage I’ve done: 23,144 miles
MPG: 22.4
Average fuel used: 1052G or 4782.49L
Average fuel cost: £7628.55
Tyre costs: Roughly £2100.00
Issues: 1 replaced alloy due to not 1
New car day part 3…🤣
I now own my 1st ever super saloon, a 601bhp 6.6l V12 BMW M760Li in Ruby Black over Smoke White/Viola & Piano Black trim.
Happiest 125+ miles I’ve ever done 😊
Stopped at the BP for a meal deal & got to my local Shell before filling up w/ V-Power+ ⛽️
On from my Range Rover tweet the other day that is on a 2016 with only 2,000 miles, I have found this one which may trump it 👀
2017 Manufactured but not registered until 2022, P565 5.0 V8 in Long wheelbase SV Autobiography form with literally every option box ticked allegedly.
Genuinely think outside of a Bentley, Rolls Royce or Maybach, a LWB Range Rover is the only thing I’d swap my BMW M760Li for.
**Waits for unreliable etc comments 😆**
This one unfortunately is a pre-facelift so no Apple Car play with the newer and much better ICE system but it
Fully blame
@DriveElectricDE
for pointing me in the direction of this utter magnificence!
Forget a Bentayga, Range Rover or even my current V12 BMW M760Li.
This S650 Maybach is prefect in every way IMO with the exception of maybe not having the individual rear seats, you still
I don’t usually talk about costings for my work on here but this just shows you sometimes what reactions I have to deal with, despite people asking ME for a specific transfer to be done.
Last night had a chap ask about a ‘good reliable’ Airport transfer company for 6 passengers
Not a fun day for me;
• Had tyre issues or so I thought, as I was mere minutes from dropping my client at Heathrow.
• Dropped client off with minimal fuss, not sure she even noticed tbh 🤷♂️
• Tyre completely flat at the point I’d assisted with her luggage, trolley and
New car day!
And yes we did take the Sprinter to buy it 😂 seller couldn’t have been nicer and to say he was a petrol head would be an understatement. More photos, history and spec once we are home but it’s a lovely bit of kit.
Thank you for all of the kind messages RE: my uncle, shows Twitter can really be a lovely place with the right people 😊
Unfortunately E Anglia has been a bit ☔️💧today so haven’t taken it out but have been having a play.
Few details about the car in tweet no.2 👇👇👇
1/2
Most people: Oh look, a fella who works hard and enjoys the life he’s fortunate to have built - how nice ☺️
People like Andy: I must tell him how I disapprove of his life and cars he clearly enjoys 😤
Laurin & Klement spec, 4WD, 260bhp 3.6 V6 (adequate I know), Panoramic roof, Stock quad exhausts.
Who said Skoda’s aren’t cool? I want it as my Dog wagon 🐶
Popped out to fill up with E5 ⛽️ Lad walking back to his van smiles & asks ‘Is that the V12?’ Turns out he owns a F30 335i 🤤
I pay for my fuel & drive next door to Subway 🥖, 🏴 chap says to me ‘that’s a beautiful looking car’
Never had a car that gets so much appreciation 🥰
7mi in the M760 to my unit, 25mi to Mercedes-Benz, Peterborough in my 516 Exec Sprinter, 25mi back to my Unit in our 4.2 TDI Q7 (via KFC ☕️) then 7mi back home in the M760 constantly w/ the same question going through my head…
Should I have my armrest heated w/ my seat? 🤣💺🔥
Happy new Minicoach day! 🥳
My new to me 2017 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 CDI 7G Tronic X-Clusive from
@EVM_UKIRL
in Selenite Grey 🌑
93,000 miles, 9 VIP seats which are the same as in my Grand Tourer but with 4 tables, USB’s & air conditioning to each seat plus a Panoramic
As my day to day life goes, I’ve had a very stressful day 🙃
Two clients who owe me a fairly significant amount of money and were supposed to pay invoices by today (Wednesday) haven’t for the 2nd week running 😬
Someone decided they were too hot in my Scania Irizar and instead
Some of our lovely King’s Lynn based clients returning this evening into St Pancras Intl via the Eurostar from Paris 🇫🇷 in our VIP Spec Mercedes-Benz Grand Tourer Mini Coach🚆
So much want 😍
1998 Mercedes-Benz W/C140 CL500 with the bullet proof M119 5.0 V8 power plant.
Sadly I’m not down this way for a few weeks to pop in and have a look 👀
W221 S500L definitely needs to sell first though 😅
…
No you are getting distracted by rare editions of early 90’s Mercs you currently do not have the space nor time for 🤤🥴
If it stays around this price (£7700 as I post this tweet) then someone is getting a bargain!!!
If anyone ever tells you being self employed and running your own business is easy…….slap them, hard 🫨👋
Had a Gatwick return coming in at 9.30pm for some of my longest serving customers in my Grand Tourer, been using us for getting on for a decade now at least once a year,
And so begins my potentially expensive experiment to cure the strange judder/traction issue under any kind of hard acceleration between 0-50(ish)mph that I’m having with my M760Li.
Today I had a set of brand new, BMW ⭐️ rated Michelin Pilot Sport 4S staggered tyres fitted at a
Dropped some friends off at a Wedding in St Neots this afternoon then popped into Peterborough where I found a very safe parking space 🤭
Treated myself to my 1st ever 🇨🇭 made watch, nothing super fancy but I’ve loved the
@hamiltonwatch
Khaki Field Auto since Interstellar ⌚️😊
Is this really alls the E63/E64 BMW 650i’s are worth now?
I know the risks with the 4.8i engine as I’ve had it before but when it’s running sweet it’s a lovely thing, seems an awful lot of car for <£5k to me 🫨
#Banglebutt
Part two of my relatively long day in the big V12 7 series.
European Director of a certain worldwide pet food manufacturer (who only sold a mere $105 Billion worth of product in 2023 💰) off to London Stansted Airport, amazes me how anyone who has to constantly hop from Country
The first car I genuinely remember feeling amazed by was in 1995 (@ 5/6 years old) when my Dads friend Michael came up to visit us in our new house once we’d moved from Essex to Cambridgeshire.
He turned up in his brand new Dark Blue (not sure it was necessarily this actual
Many people have said this to me but what an incredible bit of kit this thing is, 20” RunFlats on it yet glided over everything, interior is 🤩 & god it’s fast!!!
Sports exhaust mode is licence losing material, only downside - rear headroom is a tiny bit less than the S-Class
Hypothetical Q:
You have a £60k for an exec express that you’ll do 20-25k miles a year in. Has to be LWB, 13MY>, luxurious for those as passengers & Petrol V8 or V/W12.
Do you buy a:
‘14 Bentley Flying Spur W12
‘18 BMW M760Li
‘17 MB S63L AMG
‘15 MB S65L AMG
Or something else?
At 6.23am I left my home in Norfolk to cross the border into Lincolnshire, picked up one passenger then across the border again into Cambridgeshire to pick another up to take them down to Southwark, London.
BMW looked Rally spec by the time I got down there, roads were
Picked the M760Li up from its 2 day detail today, it’s had;
Full Valet, Paint decontamination, Clay bar, Stage 1 paint correction machine polish and full ceramic coating using SiRamik glass coat.
Pics really do not do it justice, paint work is like glass & alloys look great 🪞
Imagine having the money to special order an almost, if not more than £200k Mercedes S650 Maybach in 2017, only to do 1600 miles in 5 years of ownership.
Still would have this on my driveway in a heartbeat though, class personified 😍
Still trying to decide what to do about my 5th and final member of my fleet, a ‘back up/relief’ car for my BMW M760Li if you will - although it’ll still do plenty of work, alongside it at times.
My thinking;
Audi A8L TDI Euro 6, 3.0 will do many MPG’s but are difficult to find
They aren’t as pretty as an XJL, they also do not drive as well as an XJL but there is something about a W222 S-Class that’s been specc’d in something different from your standard Silver or Black and in SE trim…..not AMG Line as the vast majority are. Oh and this one has no less
Trying to explain to a 3 year old why we can’t physically take the baby he can see on the scan out of mummy’s belly just yet is an interesting challenge hence the concerned look in the first photo 😆
He’s much happier now we’ve shown him the scans ourself again and reassured him
I’ve been a Mercedes man most of my driving life, had several other brands including Audi & BMW and have been lucky enough to do lots of miles in some very lovely cars & commercial vehicles due to the business I am in. I now have a client who has international passengers that are
Anyone else up at 1am on Bank Holiday Monday going to work? 😆 Thankful that my office is nice, especially considering I’ll end up spending 10 or so hours and 450+ miles in the M760 today
✈️🏎️💨🛌😴
Third time lucky 🤞 Twitter is being weird and deleting my videos and photos from my tweets so they then make no sense 🤷♂️
Hotel transfer for arguably my biggest corporate client this morning (£334,500,000 turn over in 2022 🤯), Viano is still being fixed (Another £1100 bill 🥲)
#Weirdcartwitter
has had quite an effect on me, without sounding like a total dickhead here - Over the years my many vehicles have ranged from £5,500-£70,000, so really never had anything I’ve not had to ‘worry about’ so to speak - especially as the lower end priced cars were in
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London Heathrow T2, back to Wisbech via the M760’s natural grazing grounds ⛽️ 25 minutes to refresh & off to London Stansted for me today.
382mi over 9:23hrs of driving in the big V12, body feels like it could go on and on due to the lovely BMW
Let’s be honest, wouldn’t of been my wedding without a proper shot of some of our cars 😉💍🤵♂️👰♀️
Only sneak peeks from our Photographers so far (still crazy quick!) but genuinely one of the best days of my life - up there w/ our Son being born 🥹
Absolutely knackered now 🤣
Sad day today as me and my Dad delivered my Rolls Royce to its lovely new owner in Ramsgate, Kent. I need the space for my incoming Mercedes Sprinter, it very rarely gets used and this was the only thing that could make way at the moment, money back in the bank is always welcome
Me: The S-Class is coming to the end of its licence & has just been MOT’d, I’ll relicense it & keep it 1 more year 👨🏫
Autotrader: Look a super rare facelift 5.0 Supercharged 503bhp Jag XJL Ultimate edition 👍
Thought I’d sold my Sprinter for a figure I was very happy with, I gave the guy the benefit of the doubt as everyone is busy but it had been 4 days without the £500 deposit I’d asked him to send. He then rang me and asked if he sends it but he decides he doesn’t want the Coach
As the ‘Franken-Rolls’ is getting closer & closer to completion (done by the summer 100%) my Dad who now has a lot more time on his hands due to semi-retirement this year has been looking for his next project.
Today he won this Flying Spur at auction 😱 picks it up tomorrow!
I’m the 1st to admit when I’m wrong.
Been talking to the owner of this FL 4.2 TDI Q7 for a while, left it as I felt something wasn’t right RE: Serv History. Got chatting again, Rang Audi- comms error between us. Test drove today, drives lovely, nice spec, 7 💺’s, deposit paid 🇩🇪
Will the R230 Mercedes SL become a future classic?
I really want a weekend (garaged) car that’s moving towards that classic 18+yrs old mark, we all know the R129 is the one to have but they are now VERY good money.
Was thinking of a 02-05 SL500 5.0 N/A V8 with the pan roof 🤔
Realistic sub £3,000 6 Cylinder petrol respectable to be seen in Coupe/Convertible with ‘4’ seats:
I’m thinking either Bangle Butt BMW 630i Coupe/Cabriolet, Mercedes CLK 350 (Sport Kit) Coupe/Cabriolet, Peugeot 407 Coupe GT 3.0 V6 or Saab 9-3 2.8T V6 Cabriolet?
What else could
One more job before it goes into BMW for a full service, then it’ll do another 1,000 miles between Saturday & the following weekend 😱
Genuinely think I’ll have to replace the M760 a year earlier than expected. Really didn’t think I’d be putting this many miles on it but then
I’ve had a VERY stressful day for various reasons but three good things have come out of it.
1. I finally got rid of my last big Coach, delivering it to Immingham Port where it is being exported to Namibia and onto Zimbabwe 🇿🇼.
2. On the way to the port (following behind at max
Excuse the mess of my unit, can’t seem to get on top of the 5 years of random sh*t that has built up 😆
My M760Li 6.6 Twin Turbo V12 on tick over just after it calmed down from a cold start……..with the exhaust valves open. A V8 will always sound better IMO but something
Looking to finally change our 2009 4.2 TDI Q7 Family car ASAP as it’s just gone through its MOT without fault, it’s actually been a very reliable car in the year or so we’ve owned it we just cannot love it for whatever reason 🤷♂️
Really wanted to get into a X166 Mercedes-Benz
Somehow I found myself at my unit without a non-commercial vehicle to get myself home this evening.
The Rolls had to go trickle charge for a bit but seemed an ideal opportunity to actually use this particular car for once, only had it 3ish months after all 🫨
Literally smiled
We may of bought another Mercedes 😬
1 owner 2009/10 7.2l 6 Pot Mercedes Tourino 32 Seater Executive Coach. 224k miles with the Exec Mercedes seat upgrade [each set is an extra £800], Drop down TV, rear toilet & coffee machine.
Got the original sale receipt - £145k + VAT 😱
Facelift 4.0 Bi-Turbo V8 W222 Mercedes-Benz S63L AMG in Designo spec!
Canvansite Blue Metallic over Espresso brown leather ☕️ 13k miles with Ceramic Brakes and 604 BHP 🥵
In between work today I may or may not have bought a Coach 😬
Super clean mechanically, interior is near on immaculate. Has electric side lockers, Xenon headlights, 48 half leather/Alcantara seats, corner mounted toilet & rear servery.
Size comparison to my 5.2m long Viano 🤣
I’m up at 3.45am for work but will leave you all with this question:
Been thinking about getting an ‘Exec’ car for a while that’ll sit below my M760 in pricing therefore making it my cheapest option for transfers, I’d rarely drive it myself but it definitely would bolster