Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher go for an open-top drive to Beverly Hills (dressed in full Manchester United kits) before Wazza gets to have a go in a fire engine

• Manchester United visit Beverly Hills Fire Department as pre-season tour of USA gets underway
• United play LA Galaxy on Thursday before facing Italian outfit Roma two days later
  

By David Kent for MailOnline

Published: 06:53 EDT, 23 July 2014 | Updated: 08:58 EDT, 23 July 2014

Wayne Rooney may be used to a top-of-the-range Land Rover, but the Manchester United star looked at home in the drivers seat of a fire engine.

United stars paid a visit to Beverly Hills Fire Department as they got their pre-season tour of the USA underway.

The fully kitted-out players, including Rooney, Darren Fletcher, Shinji Kagawa and David de Gea, posed in front of the engine before signing balls for new sponsors Chevrolet.

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher cruising to Beverly Hills

Cruising: Manchester United take a drive with Wayne Rooney as the passenger and Darren Fletcher driving

Check the mirrors: Fletcher looks around as Rooney chills but Louis van Gaal wasn't to be seen in the video

Cruising: The open-top white Chevrolet car was a perk of the job for the United stars

In charge: Rooney has a go in the fire engine during United's pre-season visit to Los Angeles

Say cheese: Rafael poses in front of the fire engine in America with the Manchester United team

Signings: David de Gea and Rooney sign balls for fans as part of their duties across the pond

More to do: The United stars are having their pre-season in Los Angeles before the Premier League starts

Group photo: A bunch of United players pose for photographs in front of the Beverley Hills Fire Department

But they had to go there, somehow, so what better way to give your mates a lift than to do it in your own open-top white Chevrolet?

Driving in the suave convertible, likely to have been supplied by United's new shirt sponsors, Rooney and Fletcher cruised through the streets of Los Angeles.

With Fletcher driving, and Rooney claiming the front seat, they made their way to the fire department.

United kick off their pre-season tour against LA Galaxy on Thursday before facing Italian side Roma two days later.

Relaxed: Louis van Gaal shares a joke with Ryan Giggs as United train at Rose Bowl in Pasadena

VIDEO Shaw and Herrera keen to impress

Leg up: Rooney leads his team-mates in a training drill in California

Welcome: United fans pack into Rose Bowl to watch their heroes train ahead of their game against LA Galaxy

Stretch: Juan Mata and his United team-mates loosen up during training

Helping hand: United players stretch during their training session in Pasadena

Ovation: Fans cheer on the United players as they arrive on pitch for a training session