Wednesday 24 November 2010

Treat Your Friends And Family To Classic Car Hire Christmas Gift Vouchers

As Christmas draws ever near, we are all faced with the dilemma of what to buy for our nearest and dearest and sometimes it can be a struggle to come up with original ideas year after year. One solution, if you have any motoring enthusiasts amongst your family and friends, is to buy classic car hire Christmas gift vouchers.

You can quite literally make someone's dream come true with these gift voucher ideas. Your classic car hire company can personalise your gift voucher to include your choice of picture and personalised greeting and to make your gift even more special, they can put the name of the recipient on the number plate!

Better yet, if the recipient doesn't want to taking a classic car out on the road in the wintry weather that the Christmas period or early January and February brings, then your Christmas gift vouchers are valid for a period of as much as 1 year to allow them to take to the road when the days are long and the sun is out.

When ordering your vouchers, you can pick the car and length of the leasing period, making these gift voucher ideas ideal for any budget. You can choose from classics like the e-type Jaguar, Frogeye Sprite, Triumph Vitesse, Ford Zodiac or an MGB Roadster.

You'll be able to choose whether you give the gift of a day's motoring - i.e. from 9am to 7pm, twenty-four hour rental, 48 hour hire or maybe a week in case you are feeling generous. You should be aware however that many cars have a mileage limit around the quoted price, e.g. 200 miles and you may have to pay a supplementary cost per mile for each mile over that to pay for any additional fuel and wear and tear costs.

Therefore, you will no longer be stuck for gift voucher ideas, with classic car hire Christmas gift vouchers you can give the gift of reminiscences and nostalgia and possibly even bag yourself a ride in the passenger seat!

Want to get yourself some classic car hireChristmas gift vouchers ?, then visit the Self Drive Classics website for some greatgift voucher ideas.

Friday 29 October 2010

Why Your Big Day Would Benefit From Classic Wedding Car Hire

It goes without saying that your wedding day should be the best day of your life. After all, you spend so long planning for it and stressing over it that anything short of absolute perfection is simply not an option. With this in mind, and for those who enjoy a trip down memory lane or like to do things in style, classic wedding car hire is a very popular choice.

With wedding car hire West Midlands you can decide amongst a wide range of self-drive and chauffeur driven classic cars for the bride and her family to arrive in style at the ceremony.

And it is not just the bride who can take advantage of classic wedding car hire. What better opportunity to step into motoring history and let the wind ruffle your feathers than on your way to your wedding ceremony? Perhaps you could take the best man for a spin or sit back and relax whilst your chauffeur transports you to your chosen location.

Many wedding car hire West Midlands businesses may also offer a discount if you take out bridal car hire and groom car hire together, meaning you can not only both turn up in style but preserve those precious pennies at this highly costly time.

When you hire a car or cars for your big day you don't have to worry about waiting around for someone to pick you up or fret about getting your wedding dress dirty in the back of taxi. You can rely on your classic wedding car hire company to ensure the cars have been valeted and polished so they will look absolutely stunning, just like you, on your big day.

Whilst wedding car hire West Midlands won't be everyone's idea of perfection, it's surely something worth considering if you enjoy reliving the glory days of motoring or want to bring a touch of elegance and style when you arrive on your big day.

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Sign Up To Receive Your Free 10% Off Voucher!

Sign Up To Receive Your FREE 10% Off Voucher

Email Marketing by VerticalResponse

Experience The Thrill Of The Open Road With Classic Cars For Hire

They say that there's nothing like the thrill of the open road, but for many people, modern driving has lost something of its charm.  The cars that you drive probably has features such as power steering, anti-lock braking and various other electronic aids to make your life easier, but what if you don't want it to be easy?  What if you want to do some real driving, without the benefit of modern technology, in a vehicle with its own individual character?

Then it sounds like you need to hire a classic car.  When you take advantage of classic cars for hire you get the opportunity to step back in time, to an era when driving was a real skill.  In fact, it is almost like learning to drive all over again!

Many classic cars for hire have featured on films and television programmes.  Take for example the Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite, part of the collection at Self Drive Classics, which was recently hired by Top Gear Australia for a day's cruising in Bakewell, Derbyshire.

The show, which will air in the next few weeks on Australian television, showed the car being driven through the Peak District and included footage shot from a helicopter.

There are a range of motors and packages to choose from with classic cars for hire.  You can just hire your car for a day and take a trip somewhere special or book it for the whole week and spend 7 days cruising down memory lane.

Or why not hire a classic car for a special treat or birthday present?  They also make the perfect addition to your wedding day or stylish start to that all-important prom night.  There are so many experiences and special occasions that can be enhanced with classic cars for hire that you might find yourself doing it more than once!

Whatever your reason for wanting to enjoy classic cars for hire, remember to leave your sat nav and modern gadgets behind and get back to enjoying driving the way it was meant to be!

Want to find out more about classic cars for hire, then visit the Self Drive Classics site on how to hire a classic car for your needs.

Wednesday 11 August 2010

How To Relive The Old Days With Classic Car Hire

How many times have you found yourself harking back to the 'good old days'? Perhaps you were leafing through the old family photograph album or recalling memories to a friend. It is that nostalgia which gives you the warm feeling quite like anything else you will experience.

There are many ways to take a trip down memory lane but you can quite literally do this if you invest in classic car hire.

Classic car rental is the perfect way to experience motoring in the make or model of car you drove in your younger years or to familiarise yourself with a car you could only dream of owning.

There are many makes and models available for classic car hire, such as the Jaguar e-type, an iconic car which stunned everyone with its bodywork and handling from the moment it was launched in 1961 and is still coveted today by car enthusiasts all over the world.

You might prefer to don goggles and headscarf and let the wind rustle through your hair as you hit the open road in a Triumph Vitesse, Austin Healey Sprite or MG TF.

There are many reasons to enjoy classic car rental, perhaps to drive out into the country for a day, extend the fun and spend a weekend away or just relive the freedom and excitement of motoring days of old.

Classic car hire is also very popular for weddings. There can be no better way to arrive or depart from your special day, than at the wheel or in the back seat of a little piece of motoring history.

If you use a reputable classic car rental company, the price you pay for the rental will also include comprehensive insurance, roadside assistance and recovery so you can put the pedal to the metal without having to worry about anything going wrong.

Whatever the reason behind investing in classic car hire, it will be a day you remember forever and you won't want to get back to your modern motor.

Monday 11 January 2010




Now is the time we try to get the maintenance done ready for the spring. Last week was definitely Jaguar week, firstly I had to sort out a leaking rear brake calliper on my MKII, this was fixed with a new set of seals and new brake pads. Then comes the e-type. I have had several issues with the e-type through 2009, noisy tappets, excessive oil consumption and an occasional reluctance to engage the starter motor. So it's off with the cylinder head and out with the pistons. The pistons are fine, no blow past (Engine has only done about 15k since a total rebuild so it should be fine!) The cylinder head will have to go to a machine shop for new valve guide oil seats.

The bad weather means that I cannot let any cars out for hire at the moment - classics are rear wheel drive and do not have extras like ABS. Lets hope things warm up soon!

Sunday 3 January 2010


So, here is my first blog postings for Self Drive Classics. As the name suggests, Self Drive Classics provides people with the opportunity to enjoy the pleasure of driving a classic car without the hassle of actually owning one. I started Self Drive Classics 5 years ago when I decided I'd had enough of IT project management and I should 'go for it' and follow my dream. Although, if you ask my partner, she would tell you its a great excuse to blow my savings on a bunch of old cars! And then spend my time playing with them. The very best part of running this business is the reaction I get time and time again from people who have thoroughly enjoyed a day or weekend in a classic car. I have a very diverse range of cars for all occasions and I intend to use this Blog to share some of my customers experiences as well as recording both the pleasure and the pain of keeping a fleet of classics on the road.