Rolls Royce "37 UP"

[adrums1999]

I overtook a Rolls Royce yesterday on the M4, but this wasnt no ordinary Rolls Royce (if that's even possible)
It was chauffer driven, and there was a middle aged man sitting in the back with a laptop.
It was one of those new Rolls Royce models, they're nearly �100k-ish
I was thinking this must have been a millionaire of some sort, and he could possibly have been someone famous, so does anyone out there have any ideas who it could have been? The reg was "37 UP" if that's any help.

[TWR]

It does not matter who the person was, they are no better than you.

[adrums1999]

Even so, I'm just nosey. :o)

[Andyvon]

Hi adrums,

I owned a chauffeur company several years ago and I had 17 cars including 3 Rolls Royces.Mine was the largest firm in the south east. Many of our commercial customers were ordinary businessmen and women travelling to and from airports and various meetings. There was nothing special about them. Many companies like to impress their clients - and especially their visitors - by providing a chauffeur car for them in that manner. The journeys are always charged to the company account - and those of course are then written off by the accountants to the taxman!

It sounds as if the person you saw was a businessman being chauffeured in that manner. The journey wouldn't have cost him anything - nor his company at the end of the day. The plate is unremarkable as there are many private plate firms about. You just choose your plate from a list and pay them to transfer it. The taxman ends up paying the bill! I hope you appreciated paying your tax when you drove past him!

Don't be fooled into being impressed by Rolls-Royces either. They are horrible cars to drive and need to be constantly mastered (remember how Leslie Crowther lost control when he was tired). They are very cramped inside (most are only 4-seaters) and almost impossible to do any work on. All parts are outrageously expensive and your 100k estimate is way out as most new Rolls Royces top �300,000 now. However, unless they are bought by some fool whose just won the lottery, it's the taxman who ultimately buys and runs the car! Everything is written off by accountants as ''company expenses' - even the petrol.

[adrums1999]

thanks for that :o) quite an insight! i shall bear it in mind next time i see a flashy car, if rolls royces are the bad to drive, i think i'll stick to my ford focus hehe :o)

[terambulan]

Worry if there's no chauffeur.....'cause that poseur is out to harness your daughter.

[adrums1999]

lol