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Free Car Websites - Are they for real??

My company car is due to go back any day and I am looking for a cheap alternaitve (Very cheap!!)

I googled Free Car and noticed a couple of sites that say you can drive a car for free - the only cost would be insurance and petrol! The only catch is - the car you get is covered in an advertisement!!

There are 2 main ways of doing this:

1. advertising companies pay people to drive their own car with their advertisement painted all over it!

2. they will give you a car with an advert already on - all you pay is insurance and fuel

All they ask is that you do a certain amount of miles per month!

Has anyone checked these sites out - I would be interested to hear if anyone has actually followed this through - you obviously have o pay a small registration fee!!

Any advice is welcomed.

TA

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  • hundredk
    hundredk Posts: 1,182 Forumite
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    Gav_Jones wrote: »
    - you obviously have o pay a small registration fee!!


    TA

    Wonder how many pay that and then find the catch?

    If it sounds too good to be true it probably is...we are in a recession and I dont see loads of cars with adverts driving around.
  • anewman
    anewman Posts: 9,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Registration fee to get a free car :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • kristian_1
    kristian_1 Posts: 19 Forumite
    i have heard about these ads, but i would not want to drive about looking like a driving advert, people might cash into me reading the ad!!
  • Keith
    Keith Posts: 2,924 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Surely the company who's advert is on the car have members of staff that could drive the said car?
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Do you have any choice in what sort of product or service is advertised on the car?
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • anewman
    anewman Posts: 9,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Do you have any choice in what sort of product or service is advertised on the car?
    Perhaps the BNP want to put adverts on cars and target certain areas. You get a free car, but you probably won't live long :rotfl:
  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    www.adsoncars.com or something like that.

    Your car has to be pristine. I applied a few tears agio but my car was never clean enough for them lol.
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