I tried a private chauffeur service from a luxury car rental company and it made me feel like Elon Musk.

Sam TabahritiJun 5, 2022, 14:33 IST

Starr Luxury Cars offers private chauffeur service.Sam Tabahriti/Insider

I tried a private chauffeur service from a luxury rental that drove me back home after a meeting.
Starr Luxury Cars offers chauffeur services in vehicles including the Mercedes S Class and Bentleys.

I tried a chauffeur service from a luxury car rental company. The chauffeur drove me back from a business meeting to my flat.

Syed, the chauffeur, drove me back to my flat.Insider

Starr Luxury Cars offers chauffeur services and self-drive hires. I drove a Ferrari that costs $1,500 a day to rent from the firm.

Starr Luxury Cars also has a subsidiary offering private jets.Starr Luxury Cars

When the chauffeur arrived, he opened the door and I hopped on the back seat.

A Mercedes S Class.Starr Luxury Cars

The back seats recliner, and straight away I put mine back as far as it could go.

Insider's Sam Tabahriti was driven back to his flat.Insider

The controls to your seat are located on the door, and you can also control the solar blinds.

The back seats are recliners.Insider

The car has really cool gadgets, including a wireless charging pad for smartphones and you can control the hands-free call option in the car using the remote shown in the picture below:

The car has cool gadgets.Insider

The car has really cool gadgets, including a wireless charging pad for smartphones and you can control the hands-free call option in the car using the remote shown in the picture below:

There are touchscreens on the back of the front seats.

The car has cool tech gadgets.Insider

It felt quite spacious, and I was able to stretch my legs without touching the front seat.

The company offers chauffeur services and self-drive hires.Insider

Syed was my driver. He made me feel special as he asked if I had a preferred route, if the temperature was right and if I wanted to listen to a certain radio station.

Syed was my chauffeur.Insider

Syed was my driver. He made me feel special as he asked if I had a preferred route, if the temperature was right and if I wanted to listen to a certain radio station.

Once arriving at my destination, Syed opened my door and asked if everything had been good during the journey. He was very kind.

Syed is a private chauffeur for Starr Luxury Cars.Insider

Ikenna Ordor, the founder and CEO of Starr Luxury Cars, told Insider: "We want everyone to feel like the service they are getting is out of the ordinary. Customers pay for luxury, therefore, they should feel like they are getting what they paid for."

Ikenna Ordor is the founder and CEO of Starr Luxury Cars.Starr Luxury Cars

Ikenna Ordor, the founder and CEO of Starr Luxury Cars, told Insider: "We want everyone to feel like the service they are getting is out of the ordinary. Customers pay for luxury, therefore, they should feel like they are getting what they paid for."

And believe me... I did feel special and this was definitely an experience that made me feel like a successful business leader – perhaps how Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos must feel every day.

Insider's Sam Tabahriti also drove a Ferrari from the same company.Insider

And believe me... I did feel special and this was definitely an experience that made me feel like a successful business leader – perhaps how Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos must feel every day.

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I tried a private chauffeur service from a luxury car rental company and it made me feel like Elon Musk.

I tried a chauffeur service from a luxury car rental company. The chauffeur drove me back from a business meeting to my flat.

Starr Luxury Cars offers chauffeur services and self-drive hires. I drove a Ferrari that costs $1,500 a day to rent from the firm.

When the chauffeur arrived, he opened the door and I hopped on the back seat.

The back seats recliner, and straight away I put mine back as far as it could go.

The controls to your seat are located on the door, and you can also control the solar blinds.

The car has really cool gadgets, including a wireless charging pad for smartphones and you can control the hands-free call option in the car using the remote shown in the picture below:

There are touchscreens on the back of the front seats.

It felt quite spacious, and I was able to stretch my legs without touching the front seat.

Syed was my driver. He made me feel special as he asked if I had a preferred route, if the temperature was right and if I wanted to listen to a certain radio station.

Once arriving at my destination, Syed opened my door and asked if everything had been good during the journey. He was very kind.

Ikenna Ordor, the founder and CEO of Starr Luxury Cars, told Insider: "We want everyone to feel like the service they are getting is out of the ordinary. Customers pay for luxury, therefore, they should feel like they are getting what they paid for."

And believe me... I did feel special and this was definitely an experience that made me feel like a successful business leader – perhaps how Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos must feel every day.