Bruski 35 Report post Posted November 22 This is compulsive viewing, so many truth statements in here, brilliant: 1994: SECRETS of the COMPANY CAR MEN | From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring | BBC Archive Skip to 39 minutes in for the BMW 320i driver if you have insta-patience-syndrome. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vass 834 Report post Posted November 23 Bloody Christ, what an utterly loathsome pack of individuals. Peak capitalism brain, hyper fixated on badges and the intricacies of coat hangers. How is this not a parody? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2087 Report post Posted November 28 On 11/23/2024 at 2:57 PM, Vass said: Bloody Christ, what an utterly loathsome pack of individuals. Peak capitalism brain, hyper fixated on badges and the intricacies of coat hangers. How is this not a parody? Yet I would still rather hang out with those dickheads over the current social media nepotists somehow. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vass 834 Report post Posted November 28 Genuine question: wtf is a social media nepotist? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2087 Report post Posted Thursday at 10:37 PM 15 hours ago, Vass said: Genuine question: wtf is a social media nepotist? Good question. It doesn't make sense. I must have been thinking something and typed that instead. But I can't remember what I was meant to type now.. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dln 14 Report post Posted Saturday at 07:19 AM Social Media Narcissist fits the bill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3329 Report post Posted Sunday at 02:08 AM Just an underscoring of the pecking order and work strata of the UK. Back when I was there, when a company was trying to convince me to join as a perm, the company car list would come out.... Audis, BMW e46 or e39, hobbled Jaguars, small Mercedes, Volvos... or most of the standard repmobiles were on offer, in addition to Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault etc. You'd pick your car, a small perk tax payment each month, it'd sit in your driveway most days, and you'd have full use and company fuel card, servicing. Pay a little extra per month for some spiciness - really feeding that status hunger. I couldn't see the point as I'd give it back in three years. It seemed odd to me as a perk given I usually flew for business rather than drive. Or if I needed a car, a rental would be delivered to my door, and retrieved when I'd finished with it. I think the whole company car gig in the 90's/00's UK was a big tax rort for the companies. Changes in tax laws and emissions penalties came in after I left the UK. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
