Scooterman

Last week my wife and I went to our favourite romantic London restaurant (Oxo Tower) to celebrate my birthday (still under 40, just!) and for the first time ever I thought I would try out this Scooterman concept.

This meant we had the pleasure of travelling there and back in the Maserati Quattroporte which was a nice alternative to smelly cabs. It cost £49 which is cheaper than taking smart cabs each way, and about the same as taking smelly cabs each way.

The poor 'scooterman' got a thorough grilling from me on the way home as I tried to de-construct the business model and see if it made sense for us to offer a similar service to our members.

In summary, given that he only does 2 drives a night (since everyone wants to go home around the same time!) carting a scooter around just did not make sense - it would have been cheaper, less hassle and almost as quick to get to the second job by tube!

Of course without the scooter, the cost of the job could be a lot lower, and as far as e25 is concerned would increase the number of cars with which we could offer this service since boot space would not be an issue. Of course where the second passenger would sit would still be a challenge in the real supercars. Also, we could take the car back to base, saving the member from having to return it the next morning. I think I'll call it Supercarman (Superman for short?)and run a free trial next Winter as a tactic to encourage more people booking cars out mid-week.