Petrol Money

Skintish

Hi, hope i have put this in the right place.
I give a workmate a lift to work every day and he makes a donation of £3.00 per day towards fuel, this was about half the fuel bill but this has increased recently due to rising fuel costs.
My dilemma is that he has always said he would take lessons, pass test and buy a car, so we could take turns in driving. Over 3 years later and not one lesson! In this time I have driven some 45000 miles to work and back and have just had to replace my car.
Do any of you have an opinion of what is fair and reasonable to charge for giving him a lift, we do around 55 miles per day so the fuel and running costs are getting higher and higher.
I also realise that I would be going anyway so any donation is a bonus.
Any views or experiances of similar situations would be appreciated.
Thanks Skintish.

Conor_3

You are aware that legally you have to apply for a Private Hire licence?

Skintish

Thats it he's on the bus tomorrow!!!

MILLWALLFC

Terrible you charge your mates and your going that way anyway. Tut tut tut

iolanthe07

You are aware that legally you have to apply for a Private Hire licence?

This is no longer the case. The law was changed some years ago to encourage car sharing.

davetrousers

Just come out and say that due to the cost of petrol could he give you a bit more.

Hintza

MILLWALLFC wrote: »

Terrible you charge your mates and your going that way anyway. Tut tut tut

You are having a laugh with this comment I hope?

So OP lets mate travel for free and then in a years time watches him jet off on his expensive holiday on all the money he has saved on free rides. Whilst OP goes to Bognor for a long weekend because he has to pay all the car costs.............hmmm.....I don't think so.

Obviously OP doesn't want to be greedy but I would have thought something in the region of £4-£5 would not be out of order. But what is the cost of the bus?

DKLS

Charge him 40 pence a mile, that should cover fuel and a proportion for wear & tear.

LandyAndy

iolanthe07 wrote: »

You are aware that legally you have to apply for a Private Hire licence?

This is no longer the case. The law was changed some years ago to encourage car sharing.

Conor, wrong! Falls down in a faint.

vikingaero

If you do 55ish miles per day, make the assumption that you are sitting in traffic, and your car does 30mpg-ish then that's £9.40ish for fuel without accounting for depreciation, servicing, tyres, insurance and maintenance. Your workmate has it cushy! He should contribute at least £5 per day if not more. £3 wouldn't get you 55 miles on a bus or train. As an example, my missus takes the bus 2.2 miles into town and back and pays £3.70.

highguyuk

Just tell him that as of the 1st Feb your rates will be going up due to the price in fuel costs and it will become X amount. (I'd suggest £4).

If he does not wish to pay the increase surcharges, he should look for an alternative arrangement.