Well paid driving jobs?

[Plotloss]

Chrispy Porker said:

How about delivering cars?
Anyone know how much this pays ?( I am looking for some spare cash when I retire)

Not much and you dont get expenses, the logistics controller will try to give in/outs on long jobs but hitching is almost always involved.

How big are your thumbs?

[andy_s]

Stunt driver?

(Except on James Bond films...)

[Sciroccology]

Plotloss said:

Chrispy Porker said:

How about delivering cars?
Anyone know how much this pays ?( I am looking for some spare cash when I retire)

Not much and you dont get expenses, the logistics controller will try to give in/outs on long jobs but hitching is almost always involved.

How big are your thumbs?

Yep, it's all about standing on M'way sliproads with a trade-plate in your hand, thumbing your way back to where you came from. Or "near" to where you came from.

All-in-all, a hard way to make a living. Unless you've got a dog to sell.

[Plotloss]

You dont spend a lot of time in Nissans and VAG gear by any chance do you Barry?

[robwales]

Chrispy Porker said:

How about delivering cars?
Anyone know how much this pays ?( I am looking for some spare cash when I retire)

No idea how much it pays, but when my father gets a new company car it's always delivered to the door by a retired guy. The UK branch of the company buys thousands of cars from the same dealer, and they have quite a few retired people delivering cars. He had a train ticket back home, all he needed was a lift to the station.

[Sciroccology]

Plotloss said:

You dont spend a lot of time in Nissans and VAG gear by any chance do you Barry?

No, this is just the observation of a long-term m'way user.

Edited by Sciroccology on Thursday 15th May 18:27

[Engineer1]

As far as i understand most of the drivers are getting home for less than the travel allowance, after all if you don't use a taxi or catch the train the money is yours

[anonymous-user]

bobthemonkey said:

, a BA Captain earns between £70K - £100K

. . . and then some.

[king arthur]

I picked up one of these "trade platers" from an auction not long ago, took him right to where he was going, he was most grateful. Apparently they get a few quid for the first 40 miles and 18p per mile thereafter. So they need to do several hundred miles in a day to make any sort of money - and then hitch a lift back home.

You might want to look at same-day courier work. Get in with a busy firm and you'll go all over the country, and you can pull over a grand a week minus costs some weeks.

[phillvr6]

I delivered cars for a ford dealer when I was a student...minimum wage.

[Jon C]

Plotloss said:

Chrispy Porker said:

How about delivering cars?
Anyone know how much this pays ?( I am looking for some spare cash when I retire)

Not much and you dont get expenses, the logistics controller will try to give in/outs on long jobs but hitching is almost always involved.

How big are your thumbs?

I did a bit of this last year.

Basically 2 schemes, one where you earn reasonably, but have to fund your own returns, and one which pays less, but trains etc are expensed on top.

Can be a ballbreaker though, Midlands to aberdeen and back in a day (driving both ways) is fairly common.

[pgilc1]

mickken said:

Every Black Cab in London....

Friend of mines just started and pull a grand a week......cash!

minus fuel costs, overheads, insurance, tax...

[pgilc1]

My brother is an HGV driver, goes out sunday evenings, back friday afternoon, home one night during the week. Netts about £600 a week.

[mackie1]

pgilc1 said:

My brother is an HGV driver, goes out sunday evenings, back friday afternoon, home one night during the week. Netts about £600 a week.

£2400 after tax is a lot better than I would have expected. Not a life I'd choose though.

[robwales]

phillvr6 said:

I delivered cars for a ford dealer when I was a student...minimum wage.

I'm amazed a dealer trusted a 20 year old male to deliver cars.

[french]

king arthur said:

You might want to look at same-day courier work. Get in with a busy firm and you'll go all over the country, and you can pull over a grand a week minus costs some weeks.

Take ou Parking fines ,speeding fines, insurance, servicing tyres etc & the Public Liabilty Insurance, Goods In Transit Insurance & Another liabilty Insurance for journey cover ie:

If you undertake the job & your van is unable to deliver the goods/package for any reason at all ( breakdown/accident etc) then the courier company are within their rights to have the item recovered from your van & then forwared on at your expense , if you are more than half way to your destination they will hire a local Courier company to complete the journey on time and you have to pay!

Been there never again!

[phillvr6]

robwales said:

phillvr6 said:

I delivered cars for a ford dealer when I was a student...minimum wage.

I'm amazed a dealer trusted a 20 year old male to deliver cars.

Worked as a valeter from the age of 13. Went to uni and trawled all the dealerships in the area asking for a job. Gordons Ford of Bolton were the only ones who would employ me, I was 19 at the time. I delivered new company cars and vans, collected old ones and delivered and collected hire cars and vans. I also collected unregistered cars from compounds around the country. Fantastic job.

[stockhatcher]

Chrispy Porker said:

How about delivering cars?
Anyone know how much this pays ?( I am looking for some spare cash when I retire)

try mackenzie myers, paragon (qek) dhl excel (google) up at st neots, all have a rosta of drivers doing various delivery work. probably nets about £50 per day.

[phillvr6]

robwales said:

phillvr6 said:

I delivered cars for a ford dealer when I was a student...minimum wage.

I'm amazed a dealer trusted a 20 year old male to deliver cars.

Typed a longer reply but it disappeared. I was 19 when I got the job. Gordons of Bolton where the only dealer who would employ me.

[Fatboy]

bobthemonkey said:

normalbloke said:

If you're driving a 747 or the Shuttle I guess you'd be earning enough to be comfortable..

Civilian astronauts earn up to $100,701 p/a so about £50K. Those in the military stay on military pay scale.

As a comparisson, a BA Captain earns between £70K - £100K

But a BA Pilot doesn't get to go into space...