BCA Car Delivery Driver
Discussion
My friend, near Daventry, does this for a specific car driver company. He told me that he meets a lot of BCA drivers but that their T&Cs aren't as good as the company he works for so maybe see if their are other companies doing this.
He does big miles and makes around £550 p/w. No/minimal finding your own way home and its a real no brainer job but that suits him.
Worst part is EVs. Finding chargers and hanging around while they charge is a real PITA apparently.
He does big miles and makes around £550 p/w. No/minimal finding your own way home and its a real no brainer job but that suits him.
Worst part is EVs. Finding chargers and hanging around while they charge is a real PITA apparently.
paddy1970 said:
How does it work... They pay you per miles? and give you an allowance for returning?
Depends on the outfit but from what I understood (my uncle looked into this a few years ago as a possible post-retirement thing) many just pay a rate for driving the car A to B; travel at the start and end of the gig was self-funded or came out of the rate you were paid for driving the car. Maybe some of the bigger outfits did pay a travel subsidy but from what he told me, that was rare.His mate was trying to sell him the idea of doing it, but when they went through the sums, the average monthly income would be roughly equal to minimum wage, and often long days depending on your pick-up and drop off locations.
parabolica said:
His mate was trying to sell him the idea of doing it, but when they went through the sums, the average monthly income would be roughly equal to minimum wage, and often long days depending on your pick-up and drop off locations.
To be fair the min wages is not bad these days and it might be better than doing other min wages jobs, but you do make a good point.Countdown said:
Why would it be any more than minimum wage? It s not exactly hard.
Lol. Try doing it. Done it for years for Essex dealers and most wouldn't even consider it.
Recent one was a rush end of month job, after a day out in the truck, went home in London, bath. dinner and drove through the night to Inverness, 5 hours hanging about for a flight back to London, then you still have to get home. 36 hours after getting up.
You think its easy lol ?
Doesitdrive said:
Countdown said:
Why would it be any more than minimum wage? It s not exactly hard.
Lol. Try doing it. Done it for years for Essex dealers and most wouldn't even consider it.
Recent one was a rush end of month job, after a day out in the truck, went home in London, bath. dinner and drove through the night to Inverness, 5 hours hanging about for a flight back to London, then you still have to get home. 36 hours after getting up.
You think its easy lol ?
Our local ones for BCA just pick up end-of-lease cars. All older gents, get dropped off at customer in a mini bus drive back to the storage field. Rinse and repeat. The only lease i've had where is was delivered to me, the driver had to make his own way back on the train. I dropped him off at the station, although I can imagine some customers won't.
Maybe a folding bike in the boot would be an option if healthy enough to use one to get to the nearest transport.
Edited by LivLL on Monday 20th July 09:01
Edited by LivLL on Monday 20th July 09:03
Countdown said:
Tbh if I was retired I'd do it for free - get to drive different cars all around the UK, what's not to like?
The customer sometimes. The hours
Getting transport links.
s
te motors needing to go hundreds of miles.Getting your expenses back.
Its a lonely place at times
Driving standards and traffic
Spending a lot on food and drink .
Avoiding damage more than with your own car
But I still love doing it, not for minimum wage though. Not a f
king hope. LivLL said:
Doesitdrive said:
Countdown said:
Why would it be any more than minimum wage? It s not exactly hard.
Lol. Try doing it. Done it for years for Essex dealers and most wouldn't even consider it.
Recent one was a rush end of month job, after a day out in the truck, went home in London, bath. dinner and drove through the night to Inverness, 5 hours hanging about for a flight back to London, then you still have to get home. 36 hours after getting up.
You think its easy lol ?
Our local ones for BCA just pick up end-of-lease cars. All older gents, get dropped off at customer in a mini bus drive back to the storage field. Rinse and repeat. The only lease i've had where is was delivered to me, the driver had to make his own way back on the train. I dropped him off at the station, although I can imagine some customers won't.
Maybe a folding bike in the boot would be an option if healthy enough to use one to get to the nearest transport.
Edited by LivLL on Monday 20th July 09:01
Edited by LivLL on Monday 20th July 09:03
Try it yourself and see how unskilled you are. You wouldn't last a week.
Driving other people's pride and joy, fresh from the dealership, hundreds of miles , needs no skill?
For a start, vehicle inspection before setting off is a skill needed.
If you can see issues the customer will, and no point creating problems for yourself.
Customer service skills are required too.
Yes, a donkey can jump in a vehicle and drive it where it needs to go, but they won't last long if they get it wrong.
Mazinbrum said:
Countdown said:
Tbh if I was retired I'd do it for free - get to drive different cars all around the UK, what's not to like?
I've got better things to do than sit on the M6 in a Nissan Juke.Horses for courses I guess. I’d hate to be a HGV driver or work for the likes of Evri but people do it.
Countdown said:
Mazinbrum said:
Countdown said:
Tbh if I was retired I'd do it for free - get to drive different cars all around the UK, what's not to like?
I've got better things to do than sit on the M6 in a Nissan Juke.Horses for courses I guess. I d hate to be a HGV driver or work for the likes of Evri but people do it.
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