patrick_y
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Always good to try something new!
I only got to try it around town. Overall, I find it a great way to travel with a small group of friends. The vehicle accommodates eight passengers in the passenger cabin, plus the front seat accommodates a driver and front passenger seat is available for a bodyguard or an assistant.
I'm trying to imagine a highway journey. Vans have a high surface area for wind influence, and the Mercedes-Benz Viano van is very tall and quite skinny. So this may be a potential problem for long highway jaunts. If it's just a weekend getaway for two, taking a normal chauffeured sedan would probably be more comfortable. But a business trip with a long highway jaunt would definitely be better in a vehicle like this.
FBO? What airport is that?
In general, I find that these kinds of environments would allow me to get more work done than in the back of a chauffeured car. The club seating would allow for meetings to be conducted in face to face that is generally not possible in a normal sedan. The upright seating position and brightly lit interior is also heavily conducive to business.
Thanks for reading!
The Becker Jet Van - An innovative method of transport.
Patrick_y is chauffeured in the unusual hotel house car of The SLS Hotel Beverly Hills. Unusually unassuming and far from traditional expectations, the Becker Jet Van offers an incognito cargo van exterior with shocking interior luxury. Continued from the...
Coincidentally
I was stuck in FBO last week and ran across this in a Robb Report. The layout and furnishings are plane-like and it looks comfortable. I imagine a long highway journey would be great, but around town it might detract from the effect. I wouldn't pass up a ...
Always good to try something new!
I only got to try it around town. Overall, I find it a great way to travel with a small group of friends. The vehicle accommodates eight passengers in the passenger cabin, plus the front seat accommodates a driver and front passenger seat is available for...
If you think of it
As a tall limousine, it would be perfect for a night on the town with a few friends. I was thinking more of the "get in, sit down until we reach reach 35,000 ft" business jet parallel that they seem to be going for with the styling. FBO = Fixed Base Opera...
Exactly...
An understated and subtler approach compared to the stretch limousine. I've never been in a stretch limousine while it was moving, out of fear of getting carsick. But since the Jet Van is near the length of a normal car, I did not experience any carsickne...