Wedding on Wheels

Being something of a car nut by profession and avocation, I am not the kind of bride who is likely to tool around in a stretch Hummer limo.

To solve my transportation needs I went to all of my sources in the industry to ask about alternative wedding transportation. After discarding the crazy (Segway, tractor, golf cart) and the ridiculous (horse and carriage, hayride), I settled on gas-powered, street legal and featuring at least two axles:

(Keeping in mind that my wedding is during Labor Day weekend, immediately following the Democratic National Convention in Denver.)

Limo Service:

Cost: $100/hr and up

Offer: Standard Lincoln Town Car, sound system and party lighting, some included champagne and one even included balloons and cake. Nothing can shake the Prom feel, however.

Verdict: No thanks.

Classic Car:

Cost: $350 for one 20 minute drive.

Offer: In this case, a jaw-dropping '59 Cadillac Coupe DeVille in pristine condition. The owner does not rent out his car, but he will drive you from one place to another. As awesome as this car would look in our wedding pictures and forever in my memories, I don't have the budget for it.

Verdict: Sorry!

Journalist's car service

Cost: $0, but integrity is priceless

Offer: What a staggering number of non-working automotive journalists (i.e. freeloading bums) here in Colorado do when they need wheels is call one of the car services that provides us actual working writers with review cars. Since they now have chummy relationships with the car services people, they all got to zoom around and giggle and honk at onlookers in the Audi R8 that was only in town for two days and which I did not get to review, because everyone hates me for bitching about this completely unprofessional behavior.

Verdict: Never.

Rental

Cost: $200 with helpful coupons, gas

Offer: One week with a Chevrolet Suburban. Unlimited mileage, no cheesy lights or thumping club music, no guilt, and room for the bachelorette party on Friday, the shuttling around on Saturday, and the big wedding drive on Sunday.

Verdict: See you on Friday, rental car company!
Stay tuned for pictures...