Exotic Car Rental in Pasadena

Exotic car rental in Pasadena gets delivered to the Langham Huntington, to a Craftsman in Bungalow Heaven, or to a house in San Marino, and it is booked for weddings, Rose Bowl weekends and the kind of dinner where the host's grandparents also lived here. Luxury car rental in Pasadena reads differently than it does on the Westside, because Pasadena is the one part of Los Angeles that has actual old money and shows it through preservation rather than performance.

Wealthy Easterners wintered here in the late 19th century and built the mansions along Orange Grove Boulevard that locals still call Millionaire's Row. The Gamble House, the Huntington and the Norton Simon, with its Raphael, Rembrandt, Monet and Van Gogh, are the institutions that money built. Beverly Hills performs wealth loudly and Malibu performs it casually. Pasadena keeps it and takes care of it.

Delivery in Pasadena

We hand over at the Langham Huntington, which has a porte-cochere built for exactly this, at hotels and apartments in Old Pasadena and South Lake, and at homes in Bungalow Heaven, San Marino and along Orange Grove. It costs $150 to deliver anywhere in Pasadena and nothing on rentals of 7 days or more. Orange Grove Boulevard is the drive that belongs to Pasadena, taken slowly past the mansion row, an arrival through history rather than a performance road. The approach from the west on the 134 and the 210 puts the San Gabriels straight ahead the whole way.

Where to Take It

New Year's morning on Orange Grove is the most famous drive in the city and the one day you cannot do it, since the Rose Parade owns the boulevard. Every other day, the Huntington's gardens in the morning, the Norton Simon after lunch, and Old Pasadena for dinner. The whole loop fits inside a single unhurried day. The Rose Bowl on game day, and the monthly flea market, where the parking field is a show of its own. From Pasadena, Angeles Crest Highway climbs out of the foothills into the San Gabriels within 15 minutes, a spectacular weekday drive that deserves respect rather than speed.

Which Cars Suit Pasadena

Pasadena rewards restraint. A Bentley Continental GT or Flying Spur belongs on Orange Grove in a way a wrapped Lamborghini never will. A Rolls Royce Ghost for the wedding at the Langham, because the photographs against that facade have been taken for a century and the car should not argue with them. A Range Rover for the family in from out of town for the game. A Porsche 911 for the Angeles Crest morning. The Rolls Royce and the Range Rover are the 2 with chauffeur service available on request, which a Langham wedding usually wants.