Outlandish AutosFind your next company vehicle with this ‘alternative’ guide from The Fuelcard Company!

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...

“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:

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“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:

A mattress and bedding for one

Alarm clock and reading light

A Paddington Bear

‘ensuite bathroom’(well, knocking on David’s front door when nature called).

“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:

A mattress and bedding for one

Alarm clock and reading light

A Paddington 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

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BeAr

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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

Step 2Purchase an old skool Ford Granada that features a 2.8-litre V-6 engine.

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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

Step 2Purchase an old skool Ford Granada that features a 2.8-litre V-6 engine.

Step 3Source a twin-turbo engine from a Koenigsegg supercar.

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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

Step 2Purchase an old skool Ford Granada that features a 2.8-litre V-6 engine.

Step 3Source a twin-turbo engine from a Koenigsegg supercar.

Step 4Swap the 200bhp original engine for the 1,700bhp power plant.

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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

Step 2Purchase an old skool Ford Granada that features a 2.8-litre V-6 engine.

Step 3Source a twin-turbo engine from a Koenigsegg supercar.

Step 4Swap the 200bhp original engine for the 1,700bhp power plant.

Step 5Strap yourself in, cut up your companyfuel card and floor the gas pedal.

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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

Step 2Purchase an old skool Ford Granada that features a 2.8-litre V-6 engine.

Step 3Source a twin-turbo engine from a Koenigsegg supercar.

Step 4Swap the 200bhp original engine for the 1,700bhp power plant.

Step 5Strap yourself in, cut up your companyfuel card and floor the gas pedal.

Step 6Pray.

“recipe for the Ultimate Q-Car”

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“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:

“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

“let’s Brainstorm”make your mark in the company car park with:

“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...

“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

“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.

Just in case you still rely on coventional wheels and fuel, here are some tips about keeping your fleet fuel- and cost-efficient: keeP An eye On yOUr heAvy FOOTeD DrIvers: WIThOUT A heAvy hAnD

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