Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8051
Part time ‘retirement job’
Started my ‘pocket money’ driving job yesterday. Can see it’s going to be varied….
Yesterday was taking a brand new Ford Kuga 2.0d manual on ‘personal delivery’ to its new owner (nice car, well specced but seemed lacking in torque from memory of Ford’s of yore). Was picked up by another driver and we collected another driver up en route back to Warwickshire (he’d dropped a Fiat 500 electric off at a journo’s house).
Today’s wheels was a Transit auto down to a rental company in Portsmouth. Loved driving that. Went well (170bhp). Easy handover as they just take the key off you and scrawl a signature on the paperwork, no forensic check over or ‘showing the controls’ required.
Return vehicle was a Toyota Coralla hybrid thingy (typically boring Corolla, zzzzzzzzz). Has an awful CVT gearbox.
I’m off tomorrow and back in Thursday for the next ‘adventure’, not had to ‘find your own way home’, yet but it will come soon as will the joy of ensuring electric vehicle 80% charged before passing on to customer
6th Jul 2021 6:29 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13601
Bet u can’t wait for the M series BMW or audi S series etc , great for the Italian tune up lol:
Hope it all continues to go well for you
6th Jul 2021 7:00 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Wirral, UK
Posts: 3067
You should start a YouTube channel doing reviews for each drive D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
6th Jul 2021 7:29 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13601
Sounds like a great idea, just make sure u cover the speedo
6th Jul 2021 7:43 pm
gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 547
Sounds interesting. Would be interested to know which vehicle movement company you're doing work for, as it's something I've looked into myself to fill in the gaps while I wait for my 'proper job' in theatre and events to restart in a meaningful way.
BCA Logistics always seem to be recruiting, but from what I've read/heard about how they treat their drivers it isn't exactly surprising.
6th Jul 2021 8:07 pm
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8051
My outward journeys will 99% be Ford’s as I’ve said I’m only working ‘out’ of depot local to me, the pay doesn’t justify unpaid travel to the ‘next’ depot 33 miles away. They do also do Merc’, Lexus, Toyota (hence today’s Corolla), Peugeot, Alfa, Fiat at least as ones I’m aware of and seem to be just be courting JLR at their new Lutterworth site (coals to Newcastle for me )
I am keeping a log (and pic’ ) of all ‘my’ cars and I have a lot of mates asking about what wheels I get and ‘how’d they go’, etc.
I’ll message you gareth71 with some of the inside info
6th Jul 2021 8:17 pm
RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1650
My sons father in law is driving for a local high end independent car dealer. Gets to drive nearly new JLR cars, Maserati, BMW, Audi, Merc, etc etc.
Only been stranded once in Bristol area when the car he was collecting wouldnt start, he went down with 3 other guys who all just headed back home and said wait for it to be sorted. My son had to drive down late evening to collect him, 6 hour round trip.2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
7th Jul 2021 8:05 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8051
local dealer was my first thought and enquiries but they had weekend working as part of contracted hours so didn't work for me.
Employee perks usually come with branded name employers but the contract/agency route gives option to pick and choose but with risk of first cut from rota if lean times (not an issue to me as it's not a job my 'mortgage depends on').
7th Jul 2021 8:18 am
RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1650
i just have early retirement envy 2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
7th Jul 2021 9:33 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13078
RogB - same here! Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
7th Jul 2021 9:38 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15213
I can’t fathom why anybody would retire and want to get a job!
(Unless finances determine this ……. but surely not with the OP).
Me, whilst most people are working, I’m popping off on my mountain bike for a ride up the Galloway hills.🏴
7th Jul 2021 11:16 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8051
I’m only 56 and driving random cars to random places and getting paid for it is heaven for me!!!
It’s mainly because SWMBO still working (hence my caveat of no weekend working at all) and I’d rather be driving cars/sitting on my on a train, etc. than any list of jobs she may have for me.
The ‘pocket money’ it provides is my slush fund for gadgets, motorbikes, cars and boy’s trips to Bergamo👍
All adds up to me
7th Jul 2021 3:38 pm
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
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Been delivering Rangers twin cab's rest of this week, private leased vehicles. Longest trip was down to Southampton, back to base to collect another and then up to St Helen's. Given the M6 was closed both northwards and southwards meant that one was a late finish....
Rangers are 3.2 bi-turbo. Went OK but not for what the engine bragged it was. Well isolated and mated to auto box suited. Well equipped and quite 'car-like' really. Can understand why people pick these if there is still the big tax perks over normal 4x4's?
Didn't feel that big from the cab but probably because, unless you have a hi-top fitted, you don't see anything past the rear window Definitely needs the rear reverse cam to judge the length.
Had a Toyota Proace MPV thingy on way back from St Helen's. It is literally a Peugeot with a Toyota steering wheel and grille, still has Peugeot infotainment branding (and you can get 'sister' Citroen and Vauxhall derivatives). It was quite a high spec, 180bhp auto with 2+2+2 seating and a fancy fold out table in centre middle row. Great 'captains chair' drivers seat and was nice to drive. That was until I found out the list price was £48k
Not got my job sheets for Monday yet so no idea where I'm going or what I'm driving
9th Jul 2021 11:04 am
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2432
Sound like a great retirement job.
Our CHR was driven delivery to us and I can confirm the CVT takes some getting use and not my first choice for a drive train.
9th Jul 2021 11:33 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15213
astonbuilder wrote:
Not got my job sheets for Monday yet so no idea where I'm going or what I'm driving
I'm having a [newly purchased] car driven to me on Monday.
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) of all ‘my’ cars and I have a lot of mates asking about what wheels I get and ‘how’d they go’, etc.
on a train, etc. than any list of jobs she may have for me.
