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The base rent (PDA) for us full time would be £150 a week (PDA only remember)


I asked one who should know what the view is on me putting a driver in the car on nights...


"they want double".....


£300 a week, PDA only...............

not likely bud

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

When I first started in this trade i was told that drivers should expect to get about 10 times their "rent" in work do you get £1500 a week worth of work !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I was told Elvis worked down our chip shop...

10 times my ar5e

15 years ago i rented a radio at £45 a week and could double or treble man the car 24/7 365 days a week

this guys business model effectively stops owner drivers being anything else, i could buy a 2nd car and put a driver in it but id have to pay £150/week base rent plus car costs, and the driver would need a wage, there are no OD's with more than 1 car, the base rents out cars at £300 a week (just add fuel) inc pda

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how would you have to pay that ? if you bought a second car surely you would just hire it out for lets say for ease £100 pw, the bloke who rents it pays the office rent & his insurance ,& you pay the upkeep

theres no margin in it, if the base car is £300 (c/w pda) and a pda is £150, I cant rent a car out for more than.....

work it out

i couldnt compete nor make any money

its a tied-in system with no room for an OD to expand past 1 car, self driven

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Did you think your base wants you to expand and make money?

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Grandad,

whats it matter where his base is? i have a mate who hire cars to drivers , they can take it to any office , they pay him 100 brick a week the rest is up to them although he pays for the upkeep,, what am i missing here ??

if he did it here he would charge £100 a week, the PDA would be £150 a week = £250 a week, (i assume it covers his plate/insurance/etc/ect?)

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he hires out a plated car for 100 quid a week, pays the upkeep & you take it to any office you want, the "hirer" pays office rent, ins

hang on, if the car comes plated then the owner has insured it, so what insurance does the hirer pay?

the ones here are £320 a week, inclusive (just add fuel) and he gives 2 rent free weeks a year, the renters take the cars home

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My breakdown guys is £65 insurance - £35 car finance and £95 radio/pda settle which is £195 .
Then I put around £100-£120 in the tank so overall around £300 .
Gets me around £800-£900 takings over 6 days .

are those all weekly figures?

£65 a WEEK insurance? what ya got a Veyron?

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No a 18 month old insignia SE tourer .
It's my first years insurance and was quoted over 4 grand by most .
But mangered to get it for £3400 .
Which will go down next year .
BUT AM STILL FAR BETTER OFF than the silly settle drivers paying £170 per week for a 7 year old car and insurance.
But are you PH or Hackney chatter ????

You need to put money away for repairs £50 aweek..if at the end of the year you have any over ..good..Put it away for your next car.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

no idea at all about the insurance tbh