1994 company car driver vid from bbc archive

[Bruski 35]

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.

 

 

[Vass 867]

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? 

[Driftit 2093]

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.

[Vass 867]

Genuine question: wtf is a social media nepotist?

[Driftit 2093]

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..

[dln 15]

Social Media Narcissist fits the bill.

[Olaf 3341]

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.  

[Driftit 2093]

On 12/1/2024 at 3:08 PM, Olaf said:

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.  

I was probably one of those delivering the rental car to your door in the early 2000's.  I had a mini motorbike I would throw in the boot.  Deliver the car then ride my motorbike to pick up another.  Was a sweet gig.  At night I would bring cars down to central London from Milton Keys at a very very rapid pace.  We had a couple of RS6's as VIP delivered within 30min specials.

[Sammo 2550]

Thought I was watching 'The Office' for a minute haha

[deedub 39]

Poor bugger who got the diesel maestro