Car share is it fair to ask for a small contribution?

HappyMJ

Mojisola wrote: »

What about all the maintenance costs, insurance, car tax, and MOT.

The cost of a car journey involves a lot more than the fuel in the tank.

Also compare £10 to the time he is saving every day and the benefits of not having to be out in the winter weather.

If he didn't value the lift to work enough to give me £10, I wouldn't pick him up every day.

You are paying them anyway. The insurance companies only agree with the fuel cost of the journey being split for car sharing purposes and many sites recommend a maximum of 10p a mile. If it's higher then the cost of fuel for the journey then the income has to be declared, receipts and mileage records kept, costs then split according to total mileage and shared mileage and it just becomes a huge administrative hassle.

pulliptears

I wouldn't do it, mainly for all the hassles of sick days and holidays. Nothing worse than crawling out of bed dying a death at 7am and having to call people and let them know you wont be picking them up etc.

I'd prefer not to have someone reliant on me.

Gin_and_Milk

The website is wycarshare.com. I only went on our of curiosity, I don't intend to ask him for that amount at all.

I'm sorry if my posts seem a little jumbled. I've been replying to people's posts as and when I've got them, but others seem to arrive whilst I'm typing and I don't see them until afterwards!

ian103

I'm not sure I would want to pick someone up everyday, its an inconvenience and a tie, the occasional lift OK but every week , no not even for £10. So if you're happy to commit to an obligation for £10 / week he's got a bargin in my opinion. £10 doesn't go very far on taxi's.

rtho782

To be honest I'd ask for - and be happy to pay - £10.

He's getting all the convienence of drivign by car with none of the hassle. You have the hassle of picking him up every morning, waiting outside his house while he is running late, etc. Oh, and expect to get moaned at/blamed if you take holiday or have a day off sick. If he gets caught at work for whatever reason, you'll be expected to wait around. If you want/need to leave early, you'll get moaned at. To be honest, for less than £10 a week I wouldn't want the hassle and even for £10 a week I'd probably rather not bother.

Even if he ends up paying the lions share of the costs (as it won't cost you £10 in fuel, but will when you factor in wear and tear, insurance, tax, etc etc) then that's his loss for the benefit of being taxi'd.

I don't see what relevence his disability or lack thereof has.

zappahey

HappyMJ wrote: »

The insurance companies only agree with the fuel cost of the journey being split for car sharing purposes

Do you have a reference for that?

fivetide

YorkshireBoy wrote: »

OP said they drove past the work colleague's house. It doesn't cost £2.50 to stop and start again...twice. :)Did you miss the 'wink'?

I didn't chap but it confused the OP so I thought I'd be unequivocal on it is all. :beer:

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Gin_and_Milk

Thanks for that. I was once in Reggie Rebel's position of not being able to drive due to medical reasons, but I didn't get any peak time travel concessions. Because the bus and train was run by two different operators getting to work and back was expensive - a hell of a lot more than a tenner a week. I would have gladly paid a tenner for door to door, but some people on here think it's too much and that I'd be making a profit. I don't see how that would be the case given my travel costs are more than a tenner

SailorSam

If the other guy thought a tenner was a bit much and suggested £5, ask him if you could come at the problem from a different direction and ask couldn't he buy a car and you'll give him £5 a week.

Gin_and_Milk

That might be a bit insensitive as he's registered disabled which is why he is unable to drive, lol