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Hi All,
Serious question for you all!
I was recently an Operations Director at my old place and had a company car, a 520d M-Sport - nothing fancy! I have now since setup on my own as an IT Consultancy doing a lot of SEO work, Outsourced Support etc and again, I have opted for a BMW 535d M-Sport Touring for the daily work hack!
What cars do you have as your daily car for work?
Do you get funny comments from your clients? I am hoping the BMW will just look like a normal run of the mill car...
Interested to hear...
Serious question for you all!
I was recently an Operations Director at my old place and had a company car, a 520d M-Sport - nothing fancy! I have now since setup on my own as an IT Consultancy doing a lot of SEO work, Outsourced Support etc and again, I have opted for a BMW 535d M-Sport Touring for the daily work hack!
What cars do you have as your daily car for work?
Do you get funny comments from your clients? I am hoping the BMW will just look like a normal run of the mill car...
Interested to hear...
Ean218 said:
You're driving around in a BMW estate car and you're worried about image?
It might be a concern if you turned up in a Lambo or a Zonda....
No, he's right. I used to have a really nice metallic blue van which was worth lots. Nice wheels, etc. It might be a concern if you turned up in a Lambo or a Zonda....
I sold it and bought a ratty 10 year old BMW 540, scratched and/or keyed on every panel.
I immediately started getting comments like 'oh, someone's doing well!'
The general public, eh?
Funnily enough this ruffled a few feathers with clients:
Seem to blend in much easier in this though:
I'd be concerned about first meetings with new clients and high end cars, but once you have established a working relationship, client is happy with the value you add, then if they see you 'doing well' in a nice car I don't see an issue. At the end of the day your rich aunt could have left you a small fortune....
Seem to blend in much easier in this though:
I'd be concerned about first meetings with new clients and high end cars, but once you have established a working relationship, client is happy with the value you add, then if they see you 'doing well' in a nice car I don't see an issue. At the end of the day your rich aunt could have left you a small fortune....
skilly1 said:
My Grandfather used to own a steel mill. He wanted to get Raleigh bikes business so bought a brand new Raleigh bike and put it in the back of his car. He drove to the meeting in his Rolls, parked it around the corner and cycled in. He won the business !
hahaha Quality!!!
My bright orange 350Z seemed to put some people off and got some semi-negative comments (also some good ones though)
My 15 plate Range Rover doesn't seem to bother people though, had some comments but nothing negative and I'm still winning jobs.
If I ever make it to the R8 (let alone the dream 650S), I doubt I'd ever take it on site!! Although an A/V installer did turn up on one of our sites in an R8, parked in a muddy field then got out with his tool bag...........
I don't think it's down to the value of the car, I think it's just that certain types of car don't seem to be appreciated by clients.
Our ex-director lost a big client simply because he drove a Jag, wasn't even a particularly nice jag, the client was obviously just stupid.
My 15 plate Range Rover doesn't seem to bother people though, had some comments but nothing negative and I'm still winning jobs.
If I ever make it to the R8 (let alone the dream 650S), I doubt I'd ever take it on site!! Although an A/V installer did turn up on one of our sites in an R8, parked in a muddy field then got out with his tool bag...........
I don't think it's down to the value of the car, I think it's just that certain types of car don't seem to be appreciated by clients.
Our ex-director lost a big client simply because he drove a Jag, wasn't even a particularly nice jag, the client was obviously just stupid.
I've driven a variety of cars (although none that are really exceptional).
Must 'open criticism' was directed to a 730D that was 2 years old. It had cost me £23k - less than a new 3 series at the time, but was a definite issue.
Current work steed is a Volvo XC60 which appears to be invisible.
Must 'open criticism' was directed to a 730D that was 2 years old. It had cost me £23k - less than a new 3 series at the time, but was a definite issue.
Current work steed is a Volvo XC60 which appears to be invisible.
skilly1 said:
My Grandfather used to own a steel mill. He wanted to get Raleigh bikes business so bought a brand new Raleigh bike and put it in the back of his car. He drove to the meeting in his Rolls, parked it around the corner and cycled in. He won the business !
If I was listening to a pitch from a prospective steel mill owner and he cycled to my office, I wouldn't even open the door. PS - how did he get the bike in the boot?
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