Driving a better car than your boss
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djdestiny said:
I consider mine to be the best car in the whole car park at work!
My manager has a boring Peugeot people carrier of some sort.
His manager (the branch manager) has a very nondescript Mercedes saloon company car.
The managing director has a very dull looking Cayenne.
Out of 120 or so cars, the next most interesting is probably an E36 330i, everything else are just cooking models of no interest
Edit: the 330i has MSport badges
Didn't think they done an E36 330i? Do you mean E46? As far as I'm aware 328 was the the biggest. Obviously apart from a M3. My manager has a boring Peugeot people carrier of some sort.
His manager (the branch manager) has a very nondescript Mercedes saloon company car.
The managing director has a very dull looking Cayenne.
Out of 120 or so cars, the next most interesting is probably an E36 330i, everything else are just cooking models of no interest
Edit: the 330i has MSport badges
Both my directors drive pretty nice cars. One a Jag XFR and the other Audi S5. But my immediate supervisor has a boring Mazda 3 company car. I drive a Volvo S60R the later so called updated or face lifted version. But for work I have a company Caddy.
Kimmy
When I lived in Hong Kong I was recruited by an Aussie company who offered the conventional 'expat package', but had no idea about how the idea of 'Company Cars' worked. (This was apparently not a conventional executive perk in Oz at the time.) After much resistance, they finally agreed (they really, really wanted me) that if I were to buy a car myself, they would pay all the running costs.
I bought a second-hand Shadow 11; cheap(ish) to buy, low depreciation...but rather costly to insure, fuel and service, I must admit.
It was nearly a year before the Big Boss (Chairman of the Australian company) visited Hong Konng. I went to pick him up at the airport as a courtesy. During the drive to his hotel he mentioned that he had a Shadow too - but a Mark 1.
I was fired a month later; coincidence?
I bought a second-hand Shadow 11; cheap(ish) to buy, low depreciation...but rather costly to insure, fuel and service, I must admit.
It was nearly a year before the Big Boss (Chairman of the Australian company) visited Hong Konng. I went to pick him up at the airport as a courtesy. During the drive to his hotel he mentioned that he had a Shadow too - but a Mark 1.
I was fired a month later; coincidence?
My boss used to own a Ferrari back in the 80s, he's only got some form of Vauxhall now as he lives in what a couple of colleagues describe as a "f
k off mansion".
Usually it's the younger, junior employees who have the more interesting metal, I suppose as kids and mortgages come into play the cars get bigger and slower.
k off mansion". Usually it's the younger, junior employees who have the more interesting metal, I suppose as kids and mortgages come into play the cars get bigger and slower.
AdvanceRoadcraft said:
When I lived in Hong Kong I was recruited by an Aussie company who offered the conventional 'expat package', but had no idea about how the idea of 'Company Cars' worked. (This was apparently not a conventional executive perk in Oz at the time.) After much resistance, they finally agreed (they really, really wanted me) that if I were to buy a car myself, they would pay all the running costs.
I bought a second-hand Shadow 11; cheap(ish) to buy, low depreciation...but rather costly to insure, fuel and service, I must admit.
It was nearly a year before the Big Boss (Chairman of the Australian company) visited Hong Konng. I went to pick him up at the airport as a courtesy. During the drive to his hotel he mentioned that he had a Shadow too - but a Mark 1.
I was fired a month later; coincidence?
Ouch! What's a Shadow 11? I bought a second-hand Shadow 11; cheap(ish) to buy, low depreciation...but rather costly to insure, fuel and service, I must admit.
It was nearly a year before the Big Boss (Chairman of the Australian company) visited Hong Konng. I went to pick him up at the airport as a courtesy. During the drive to his hotel he mentioned that he had a Shadow too - but a Mark 1.
I was fired a month later; coincidence?
I don't have a boss, so no issues there. I have, when driving nicer cars had pointed comments made by clients about charging too much. I'm convinced it's lost me business in the past.
I find something 'different' like a Saab with a private place so undateable to those not in the know, or our 520D to be the best compromise.
I find something 'different' like a Saab with a private place so undateable to those not in the know, or our 520D to be the best compromise.
surveyor said:
I don't have a boss, so no issues there. I have, when driving nicer cars had pointed comments made by clients about charging too much. I'm convinced it's lost me business in the past.
I find something 'different' like a Saab with a private place so undateable to those not in the know, or our 520D to be the best compromise.
Absolutely. We had financial advisors in to assist us sorting out my dads affairs when he became ill. One turned up in a brand new Aston and was pushing a particlar investment groups products very heaviliy. Do you think he got our business?I find something 'different' like a Saab with a private place so undateable to those not in the know, or our 520D to be the best compromise.
My Father in Law is a very sucessful business man, and not a petrol head. However, he always says to avoid those who come across as 'flash' - he feels they're driven for the wrong reasons.
WeirdNeville said:
Absolutely. We had financial advisors in to assist us sorting out my dads affairs when he became ill. One turned up in a brand new Aston and was pushing a particlar investment groups products very heaviliy. Do you think he got our business?
My Father in Law is a very sucessful business man, and not a petrol head. However, he always says to avoid those who come across as 'flash' - he feels they're driven for the wrong reasons.
On the other hand, if he's driving a brand new Aston, you suspect that he's rather good at making money.My Father in Law is a very sucessful business man, and not a petrol head. However, he always says to avoid those who come across as 'flash' - he feels they're driven for the wrong reasons.
In all seriousness though 'Bosses' must have to be careful about stuff like that. I've seen mates across all industries seriously riled when they've not had a pay rise in years, grafted for the business, and then the boss swans up in a brand new Prestige car - and then tells them all that times are tight.
I'd certainly be less inclined to work hard for someone who rubbed his employees faces in it like that.
I'd certainly be less inclined to work hard for someone who rubbed his employees faces in it like that.
Years ago I applied for a job and when I arrived for the interview I parked my Mercedes 280 coupe beside another - but lesser - Merc outside the company offices.
Turned out I had parked outside the boss's office window, he saw me - and the other Merc was his.
Another job I didn't get.
As I have always financed and provided my own cars I have regarded it as a point of honour to drive something better than their grey porridge company motors.
Turned out I had parked outside the boss's office window, he saw me - and the other Merc was his.
Another job I didn't get.
As I have always financed and provided my own cars I have regarded it as a point of honour to drive something better than their grey porridge company motors.
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