From hotels on wheels to the ultimate in Q-cars, fuelcards.co.uk profiles the best (and freakiest) alternatives to the traditional company vehicle. http://blog.fuelcards.co.uk/blog/

1. Outlandish
Autos
Find your next
company vehicle
with this ‘alternative’
guide from The
Fuelcard Company!

2. Vehicles aren’t just about getting
from A to B; they say something
about you. And if you want to make
a real impression with a client, then
you’ll need to do something different.
Very different. Here are a few of The
Fuelcard Company’s more, let’s say,
‘left-of-the-middle’ suggestions...

3. “Travel In”
Taxi drivers had it tough during this year’s
Olympics, as many cabbies decided to flee
the capital because of a large predicted drop
in passenger numbers. But not veteran cabbie
David Weekes, who converted his black cab
into a hotel room for hire. For £45 a night, guests
were spoiled with:

4. “Travel In”
Taxi drivers had it tough during this year’s
Olympics, as many cabbies decided to flee
the capital because of a large predicted drop
in passenger numbers. But not veteran cabbie
David Weekes, who converted his black cab
into a hotel room for hire. For £45 a night, guests
A mattress & e were spoiled with:
bedding for on
Alarm clock
reading light
A mattress and bedding for one
Alarm clock and reading light
A Paddington Bear
bear
‘Ensuite bathroom’
(well, knocking on David’s front door when nature called).

5. “Travel In”
Taxi drivers had it tough during this year’s
Olympics, as many cabbies decided to flee
the capital because of a large predicted drop
in passenger numbers. But not veteran cabbie
David Weekes, who converted his black cab
into a hotel room for hire. For £45 a night, guests
A mattress & e were spoiled with:
bedding for on
Alarm clock
reading light
A mattress and bedding for one
Alarm clock and reading light
A Paddington Bear
bear
‘Ensuite bathroom’
(well, knocking on David’s front door when nature called).
Average price of a hotel
room during Olympics: £189
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2012/07/27/ctw-oly-pkg-london-relax-a-cab.cnn?iref=videosearch

6. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”

7. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”
Step 1
Take two Norwegian car
nuts, Joel W. Olsen and
Ingar Byman, and leave
them to simmer with a
copy of Auto Trader.

8. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”
Step 1
Take two Norwegian car
nuts, Joel W. Olsen and
Ingar Byman, and leave
them to simmer with a
copy of Auto Trader.
Step 2
Purchase an old skool
Ford Granada that
features a 2.8-litre V-6
engine.

9. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”
Step 1
Take two Norwegian car
nuts, Joel W. Olsen and
Ingar Byman, and leave
them to simmer with a
copy of Auto Trader.
Step 2
Purchase an old skool
Ford Granada that
features a 2.8-litre V-6
engine.
Step 3
Source a twin-turbo
engine from a
Koenigsegg supercar.

10. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”
Step 1 Step 4
Take two Norwegian car Swap the 200bhp
nuts, Joel W. Olsen and original engine for
Ingar Byman, and leave the 1,700bhp power
them to simmer with a plant.
copy of Auto Trader.
Step 2
Purchase an old skool
Ford Granada that
features a 2.8-litre V-6
engine.
Step 3
Source a twin-turbo
engine from a
Koenigsegg supercar.

11. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”
Step 1 Step 4
Take two Norwegian car Swap the 200bhp
nuts, Joel W. Olsen and original engine for
Ingar Byman, and leave the 1,700bhp power
them to simmer with a plant.
copy of Auto Trader.
Step 2 Step 5
Purchase an old skool Strap yourself in, cut
Ford Granada that up your company
features a 2.8-litre V-6 fuel card and floor
engine. the gas pedal.
Step 3
Source a twin-turbo
engine from a
Koenigsegg supercar.

12. “Recipe for the
Ultimate Q-Car”
Step 1 Step 4
Take two Norwegian car Swap the 200bhp
nuts, Joel W. Olsen and original engine for
Ingar Byman, and leave the 1,700bhp power
them to simmer with a plant.
copy of Auto Trader.
Step 2 Step 5
Purchase an old skool Strap yourself in, cut
Ford Granada that up your company
features a 2.8-litre V-6 fuel card and floor
engine. the gas pedal.
Step 3 Step 6
Source a twin-turbo Pray.
engine from a
Koenigsegg supercar.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zzz-Zzz/110335599069651

13. “Pole Position”
Banish the woes of delivering goods and products by turning said goods and
products into vehicles! For instance, enterprising workers in Wenzhou, China
came up with this canny way of delivering utility poles:

14. “Pole Position”
Banish the woes of delivering goods and products by turning said goods and
products into vehicles! For instance, enterprising workers in Wenzhou, China
came up with this canny way of delivering utility poles:
Fit a 12hp tractor engine to the
front of the pole plus simple
controls for the driver
Fit a two-wheeled wagon to
the back
Offer seating for up to nine
workers along the length of
the pole, creating the best
company vehicle-sharing
scheme in existence. No
company fuel card required.
http://jalopnik.com/5915476/how-chinese-workers-transport-a-utility-pole-without-a-truck

15. “Let’s Brainstorm”
Make your mark in the company car park with:

16. “Let’s Brainstorm”
Make your mark in the company car park with:
The world’s only Space Shuttle truck featuring a
converted DC3 airplane mounted on wheels with a
full cafe and kitchen inside. Cost? $150,000 on eBay.
Cost of an actual space shuttle? $1.7 billion. Not
a bad saving – and the fuel costs are somewhat
lower too...

17. “Let’s Brainstorm”
Make your mark in the company car park with:
The world’s only Space Shuttle truck featuring a
converted DC3 airplane mounted on wheels with a
full cafe and kitchen inside. Cost? $150,000 on eBay.
Cost of an actual space shuttle? $1.7 billion. Not
a bad saving – and the fuel costs are somewhat
lower too...
A $250,000 Sea Lion, an amphibious supercar that
can hit 125mph on land and 60mph on water

18. “Let’s Brainstorm”
Make your mark in the company car park with:
The world’s only Space Shuttle truck featuring a
converted DC3 airplane mounted on wheels with a
full cafe and kitchen inside. Cost? $150,000 on eBay.
Cost of an actual space shuttle? $1.7 billion. Not
a bad saving – and the fuel costs are somewhat
lower too...
A $250,000 Sea Lion, an amphibious supercar that
can hit 125mph on land and 60mph on water
The world’s fastest motorised toilet that set a
land-speed record earlier this year by hitting a
bowel-loosening 46 mph.

19. Just in case you still rely on
coventional wheels and fuel, KEEP AN EYE ON
here are some tips about YOUR HEAVY
FOOTED DRIVERS:
keeping your fleet fuel- and WITHOUT A HEAVY HAND
cost-efficient:
Keep an eye on your
heavy footed drivers:
without a heavy hand
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