So rewarding to watch someone with good lane and "keep left when not overtaking" discpline on timelapses... That appealed to me more than anything else I have seen today 🤣
That's how you drive on motorways. Don't hog the middle and make it more dangerous for everyone else. How so many bad drivers are allowed on the road is madness. They should put a few hours motorway driving into your test there are so many blind people
Reading some comments i have noticed it's easy for some to point fingers at others lives. Well done to you getting out and about and doing something rather than nothing.
Well, he had an office job, but, decided to jack it out of his own free will as he was not too happy with it or possibly bored stiff. Either way, he opted to take this new one on. Good luck to him. Other commentators are just saying the liberties that this Big firm in taking by not paying him his expenses, especially when he had to drive all the way to London and then back home. Not even being given a 1 night accommodation. Firms like that you avoid at all costs.
£500 excess? From a company making thousands off you. The trouble is people accept it and they get away with it. £100 for such a long day and all that hassle is an absolute p**s take. Car Giant can eff off! Better to get a delivery driver job with a supermarket or similar if possible. Good luck with your training 👍
If you had got the train home you would have done the job for nothing. Car Giant are taking the piss they should at least cover expenses and rewrite their policy on slavery. They along with others are all thats wrong with this country. Good luck with your chosen career.
A guy turned up to pick my car up on a foldable electric bike. He came down to Herts on a train from Newcastle and rode the bike from the station. I live in a village with bad transport links so he had the ideal method of travelling around. I'd certainly consider this option if you are going to carry on.
Slightly different but amusing nonetheless. I was at BCA Measham doing a collection during that fuel crisis a few years ago where garages were short on diesel. I got talking to this guy who was also collecting a car and he actually brought his own containers of fuel including petrol as an emergency, as often they had nearly empty tanks at BCA, they drain the fuel for themselves I think.
I did this about 12yrs ago, more or less got a return car coming back. But if not i found a few other guys that worked for the same company, double up with them, so basically if you are going to London and you have no return car, and they are going to Cambridge and they are picking a car to return with, you both goto Cambridge and then onto London, they give you a lift back, and then you do the same for them if they don't have a return car. Good video Rob
Great vid as I do the exact same job. Semi retired and gets me out of the house. Best job I’ve ever had, the flexibility and enjoy driving different cars and meeting different people. I calculate each job and so long it’s above £10 per hour door to door then it’s worth it. However I try to avoid long journeys (100 plus miles) and electric cars I thought about making videos and reviewing the cars I drive, but the negative comments just puts me off
I was a trade plater for just under 20 years. These really are not the best terms in the industry that you are working on. I've never worked for a company where you pay an excess for damage or pay penalties for being late and I've worked for some really bad trade plate companies! Rate of pay is also not the best, it'll really hurt you financially when something goes wrong and things do go wrong. One tip, if you travel to the South East area of England, get a Network Rail card. It's a third of the price of rail travel (certain conditions apply). I used to make the cost of the card back in 2 or 3 trips and it can go as far as Exeter on one line.
Interesting process, luckily you are frugal with the walking & packed lunch as stomping on the motorway services for a coffee & slice of cake would wipe out the profit these days!
I looked into doing this (or similar) and ended up not doing a single job. The driver agency made me jump through ridiculous hoops to qualify to do it and then took the piss massively as I was clearly being used as a last resort, are rather not being used. Waited nearly a week to hear from them then get a call out of the blue asking me to me to be 30 miles away at 8am the next morning where I would meet an inspector and a team of drivers that drive the inspected car to wherever. That's 60 mile round trip and could only be practically done by car at my own expense. Then I get a call at 7am the following morning saying the job was cancelled. A full week later I get a call at 8am out of the blue asking me to be 44 miles away in one hour, so an 88 mile round trip and again had to be at my expense by own car. That's taking the piss but I dropped all the days plans and got in the car. 15 minutes later and ten miles down the road they call again and cancel again. I asked them to take me off their books and delete my data. Final piss take? I started getting dodgy messages asking me if I was still looking for work as they had excellent opportunities for me, they were scams. The agency had clearly leaked my personal and private data.
Some years ago, I, too, thought of earning some 'easy money' shunting cars for a well known auction company.... you know the one....Big Con Artists. I was duly invited to their 'induction' where I quickly learned that this 'employment' was the nearest thing to modern day slavery. I politely left before the end (along with a number of other naeve-a-tees) & was so incensed, I wrote directly to their massively remunerated CEO of the day pointing out the obscene disparity between the 'worker drone' payments & her eye-watering salary. It won't come of any surprise to learn that I am still awaiting a response
Like some others replying, it's not easy. I did about 12 years operating out of an old airfield near Bicester - massive set up, delivering and collecting demo cars as well as some new lease cars. Covered the whole UK including Northern Ireland; several trips to Inverness and back in the same day. You have to be self motivated, independant and have a sense of humour - rocking up for a collection in the middle of nowhere to find no car, it's an abort, find your way home, you have to larf. Not so bad in the early days, averaging 3-400 miles a day and 10-12 hr days, but gradually ended up more like 12-14 hr days. Enjoyed it in a funny sort of way, the sense of satisfaction planning your day, but not easy by any stretch.
Thanks for sharing. Dealerships/auction sites/resellers are all looking for the most cost effective way of collecting and returning vehicles. Hiring teams of drivers eats into their already slender margins….esp. during off-peak periods where the volume of vehicles to move is so low they have drivers sitting around twiddling their thumbs. This is where you come in! You assume all the risk and they get away with paying you less than minimum wage - because they can argue you’re ’not working’ whilst making your own way home. The old model had a pick up driver who would collect 3-4 drivers once they’d completed their drops - take them back to base before doing the same again. Wasn’t uncommon to do several drops in a day. Minimal expenses as a result. Having to pay to get home - like in this vid - is a big issue. You can easily get stuck somewhere if public transport lets you down. Not to mention the price. This job is a good laugh but only if things don’t go wrong. It’s more suited to the semi-retired and those doing it for beer money and something to fill the day. As long as you make it work for you - that’s what matters. Just need a bit of good fortune too! Good luck!!
Considering how much time is taken on this job in terms of travel time etc, he's probably earning less than minimum wage. Too much faffing around for the £ involved
Loved the video - extremely informative and objective. I felt I was with you on your job. Personally I'll keep my Royal Mail job - £202 for a 12 hour night shift. 👍😁
I used to pick up cars a garage bought. It was quite stressful and some garages were real crooks and generally rude. The money was peanuts but got me out the house with all tickets pre bought and a comprehensive route map supplied. Downside was driving on motorways at night in the pouring rain!
I’m not knocking the job as I love driving BUT after your travel expenses back,food/drink etc you’ve earned about £80 for 12 hrs which is less than £7ph! That’s not even considering get up & getting home once you’ve arrived back into sheffield! Good luck anyway as long as you’re happy & it’s financially okay for you 👍
He could have done it all much quicker than this, it didn’t need to take 12 hours, probably could have been done in half that time but that’s how he wanted to do it so he must be happy enough for it to take that long otherwise he could have been quicker.
I used to do this part time for vauxhall car dealers when I was at college in the 80s, I think by the time I had my license a year had driven to most cities in the UK. Sometimes hitched back carrying the good ole red license plate. At least driving the UK roads was more fun then, no speed cameras, less traffic and much better drivers 😊
By the time you've taken out your tax and national insurance, lunch and bus fare it's hardly worth bothering but gets you out the house for the day, I'd you had a return trip paying the same or more then worth doing.
Interesting video mate, not much pay for a very long day, but if you like something a bit different, with presumably cash straight into your bank, then it’s not a bad number. 👍
I know it's a long day, but it's £90 in your pocket that you wouldn't have sat at home watching TV. Obviously, if you do it above board, you get taxed on that, but it can pay for your groceries for a week.
Since the ulez expansion as soon as you got off the M1 you were in the zone. Before the expansion though you would of been correct about the roads on the left of the a406 being in the zone. Just so you know for the future 👍
Got to ask what’s easy money in this job🤔 Long hours, having to get to & from train stations, use buses etc to keep cost down out your day rate which I’m guessing is about £90/ £100 a day!!… who would work for that!🤔😳….unless you show otherwise! I know about 5 guys that do this & they hate it but they’re at that point in life where I doubt they would get another job because of age! You’re not living pal, your existing!
Jheeze relax, there's more to life than money. He out and about getting exercise, sunlight and not stuck in an office. It's not for everybody but don't knock his hustle
@@chrisa7045 you say there’s more to life than money🤔… so your happy to go out like this guy & earn FA a day for 10/12 hours yeah🤔 Money makes people happy & rite now as things as they are in the world I think having money & been able to do what you want (within reason) most people would choose!!
Loool i lasted a day. No return car from blackbushe. Fick that...hehe.Im in a cushty 55k job now but if i was him id be searching for jobs right now. This isnt a career.
@@chrisa7045there really isn’t more to life than money when you have bills to pay……..I do a very similar job but driving a two car transporter earning more like £200 per day (and I never use public transport or have any expenses) this is a mugs game.
Great video. Hats off to you as well. £90 is terrible for a days work doing that. Most people wouldn't get out of bed for that. But what if your route home is going to cost you a lot more? You can bet the dealership is going to earn a few thousand for that one car.
I was trade plating for nearly 20 years.There are a few smaller companies dotted about that you can work for as self employed but will factor in train/bus fares & taxis as well as estimating how many hours you will be out of the house & paying at a set rate per hour. Admittedly these are few in numbers but they do exist. The likes of BCA & these new companies that do everything off an app will not pay good money for the hours you put in.
I worked at BCA logistics for less than 2 months and I was gone quicker than any other job in my life. I was in the office and it was the most draining job in my life, not only that the customers, drivers and driver operations department were also severely unhappy. Looking at how you've only made £7.50 an hour average just shows the problems that arise from this kind of work.
Im looking for some part-time work...this would suit me. Have you any links to the company or platform you use to book jobs? TIA Alan Great video by the way.
Hey Rob , great video, good driving skills, nice to see someone pulling back over after an overtake. What company did you sign up with & do you know who else does this as would like to do something like this too , thanks
A really good Vid straight to the point ! I used to drive an artic for a living though the money wasn’t great I Still enjoyed it ‘ Once again Rob excellent vid though I guess that you get more Change from the RU-vid Vid ‘than the Job Itself 🤷🏼♂️
its funny how we want what we dont have. Ive been driving for work just over a year and want out, I worked in hospitality before that for a couple years. I have never worked in an office but would love to. 😅
Enjoyed that Rob. Friend of mine, also in Sheffield, used to do the same but gave up as she felt that it was costing her more than she made so I guess the important thing is to ensure you keep track of your expenses vs your revenue. One other thing, a bit less of the on road experience would be good. It's fine having some in car Nurburgring Nordschleife but the M1 isn't quite the same !! Good start to your film career though 👍
5 hours of window cleaning you can make £100 maybe thats an option rather than the long day you had,you'd probably earn more in that amount of time as an uber driver just a thought,ditch these rip off merchants.
I get that it gets you out of the house instead of just wasting your time away watching telly at home. Although it's not a lot of money for the amount of work involved and you were lucky that bus only cost you a tenner. I hope the TAX man has already had his cut or they will be coming after you and your side hustle.
@@Answersonapostcard Surprisingly not as slim as you might think. There has been a new side hustle law made by the government where banks have to disclose any regular payments going into your account, the amount and all your details. If they don't they can be prosecuted. Businesses such as Uber, eBay and Deliveroo etc also have to follow this new law and declare to the government how much you have earned. The government wants a cut of every coin you get from your nice little earner and will stop at nothing to get it.
I enjoyed your video as the first time I watched you ... I wouldn't agree that it is 'easy' money but if you are stuck out of a job and can handle it then it is money.. and as and when you want to do it. You have to balance out the time spent including traveling home and any costs like fares to your home to get a real valuation of whether it is alright to do regularly.
I used to do this in the 1980s delivering and collecting lease cars for a company called Bowyers in London. A lot of the drivers were out of work actors. I used to use the trade plates for lifts or bunk the train and could make around £70 a day back then. Not sure its progressed money wise much since then.
Car Giant are the only people making money here… you come out with £90 ? What about eating, tax ? Car Giant and others are having it right off with people like you .
It’s a great idea , but why is it your job to take pictures etc , that’s surely between the seller and buyer 🤷🏻♂️ anyways what do I know , I could definitely do this , if it paid more , I couldn’t do it for £90 per day though.
The seller has already taken pictures before the dealers make their offer. The photos I take are to confirm the condition of the vehicle, both before and after I've driven it. The reason the dealer waits for my photos to release payment, is to have a 3rd party verify the condition of the vehicle matches what they've been told and that there has been no new damage between when they agreed to buy it and my collection.
That makes you legally liable in any dispute! Not daft are they. If if was photos to prove you had not damaged it, you would not need to supply those pictures to anyone. Are you driving on a trade plate as doing this on your own policy would be extremely expensive and relying on other policies can backfire. I definitely wouldn't be working for that company.
Trade plates do not cover insurance. They only cover tax and a vehicle that has no number plates, although some companies like you to cover the existing plates with your trade plates.
Out of interest, are you paid directly by Car Giant via PAYE in to your bank account, via Umbrella company, or do you have the option to invoice them directly from a limited company? The 3rd option would give you the most flexability and control over how you are taxed in terms of income tax and NI, thus saving you some cash.
£100 😂 no thanks. I get cars delivered to me and this varies from £80-280 inc vat. When car giant doesn't want to pay for recovery £150+ they're getting a man to do it for nothing. £100 is a waste of your time
It,s a cheap way car dealers use instead of transporting a car. Break it down 150 mile job transport be around £320-£380 on a truck , trade platers charge £1 mile plus fuel so be £190/£200. personally £90 for what you did is peanuts , but if your happy with that then it's ok.
I would say £90 for the day is pretty bad!! I'm training to be a driving instructor and my franchise school allows me to charge £80 for a 2 hour lesson!
I've got my ADI part 1 booked for the 11th April 😉👍 Out of interest, what area are you and which franchise are you training with? Mine is suggesting £40 an hour, but others in the area are £38, so I wouldn't want to price myself out. I'll be going onto pink badge, but will charge less during that period. It's not £90 for the day though, it's £90 for 3 hours. You don't earn an income travelling between lessons, same as I don't earn anything travelling back here. As I said, I could have lined up another job, and if I were to do this full time, I would have.
I did this a few years ago, only had to use public transport twice as I always had a lift back from another driver, a part ex or a hire car waiting at the customers house. Decent job at the time, could make quite a bit at it but zero hours no job security.
Interesting job, and probably quite fun - but what a shocking rate of pay. It feels like they've just priced it from time arriving with the customer to the dropoff point.
Youll never get paid decent money for picking up cars did it and the money does not equate to your time , McDonalds burger flippers earn more. the traders are just bloody greedy.
So, theoretically you could have got the train for £90 to get home plus food and get £100,sounds a bit of a gamble as to whether you get any pay at all.
I would not drive this car as a self employed contractor unless DVLA confirmed it had been re taxed for 6 months or more. Tax is none transerable. The penalty for diving like this untaxed is points on your license. Customer may cancel the tax online for a refund without the V5 document. You need trade plates to avoid re taxing and to be on the company insurance. No way a company will pay private car insurance without a 4 million policy just to pick a few cars up.
I did this for a few years but had trade plates supplied at no cost from a prestige car dealer. Decent company, decent job, did well out of it but it was zero hours and although I usually got enough work, when applying for a mortgage it made things much harder so I needed a permanent job.
@@oddities-whatnot Yes trade plates avoid the insurance and tax cost for transporting the car. New companies are not taxing or insuring. The driver is resposible for insurance when working as a contractor for car giant
Why would it need to be taxed for. 6 months? If it's same day expiry it's taxed for your journey. If you use trade plates, the plates are on the insurance database.
Really intresting. Iv thought of doing this. Its just that return leg is quite a issue. Especially coming through a main trainstation with cancelled services
I commend you for your work ethic but I think the amount you were paid sucks. Almost 12 hours for £100 = £8.33 an hour gross, less return expenses and tax, plus the risk of that insurance excess. Might as well call it somewhere etween £4.50 and £5.50 an hour net. Disgraceful. Sign up for Deliveroo or similar in your local area. You won't be putting down a deposit on a Tesla but in comparison, it's a no brainer.
Agree, I briefly considered this while I train as a driving instructor. The hourly rate is pants, together with public transport delays I don’t know why anyone would do this.
Thank you for sharing. The £100 seems a bit stingy to be honest especially as you have to fund your own way home. If the train was the only option it would quickly negate your days earnings. Can’t believe they don’t even offer reasonable travel expenses.
£100 is absolute peanuts for all that, I’m nit sure how you got all the way back for £9 - £9 would get me about 5 miles in an Uber. It’s the kind of job that is only for new arrivals to the country- ie the ones who are easily exploited. The worst thing is that you can’t even get the car back early so you can get home early, I bet they don’t even give you a lift to the coach station
So a stone hits your windscreen and that’s £500 😮 as the Dragons Den investors would say ‘I’m out’ but like you say it’s better than staying in all day I guess and it’s your choice and think of your step count that day 😅
You may enjoy it buddy ,I've worked for b.c.a and ace vehicle delivery company to be honest ,the pay is shocking ,,wait until the tax man catches you up
Good video. I’ve subbed as I’m curious to see what’s next. As for the job F”@: that! Too much hassle for crap money! My McDonalds and Greggs habits wouldn’t make it worth it. 😂😂😂
This could get you monetised on RU-vid. A new career perhaps? Looking at your other videos (Karting), you must have noticed the amount of views that you've got for this car delivery video. Right? So, why not do a part 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6? Keeping the same title only making changes where needed on your thumbnail. Just a thought. Good luck with your next venture!
I went to a training day for the same job with another company but I didn't get beyond the first day. They wanted me to do a lot of checks before driving away with the vehicle, too much time being wasted for me.
