The temperature’s rising, the traffic lights are on red and my passenger, located somewhere behind me in the far reaches of the car, is late for his business meeting.
It’s the perfect test for my long-wheelbase Rolls-Royce Phantom. If it cannot perform here, relaxing my passenger with its opulence and air-cooled comfort, it has failed as a luxury limo. More to the point, if I can’t perform here, I’ve failed as a chauffeur.
You see, I’m learning to be one; a student of Abbass Zadeh, founder of AZ Luxe, whose company motto is: ‘Arrive in luxury, depart in style.’ Today, I’ll test that claim – hopefully, not to destruction.
At least I won’t be able to blame my teacher. Abbass, as he’s known, knows his business and he’s as entrepreneurial as any of his customers.
“I financed my new company with the proceeds from selling my house,” he tells me. “One of my first cars was the Phantom. It’s the former company car of Rolls Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös and is very special.”
It has since been joined by a Rolls-Royce Wraith, two Mercedes V-Classes and three Mercedes-Benz S-Classes, two Lamborghinis, including a Lamborghini Huracán Performante, and a Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster. With the exception of the Phantom, all are new cars. His house must have been very big.
To get a feel for chauffeuring, Abbass says that this afternoon, I can take one of his customers to a meeting in the Phantom.
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Common Sense
All those points are common sense and the driving tips are applicable in every situation.
I run a small chauffeur company and do all those things, apart from the walking in front of the Spirit of Ecstacy nonsense, mainly because I use Mercedes.
Whereas, what are you?
Why the insults? Are you so perfect?
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This article tells us more about John Evans than anything else - the blokes an idiot and cant carry out basic instructions.