Nidge2 wrote:
Round here rentals are some of the most expensive in the UK, £270 a week for a full rental car and £168 for a half rental car (sharing with another driver). I don't know how they can get to such a figure when there's not much work about.
it dosent seem to be relative to the work availiable here either, its what they have to charge to make it profitable
like i say our base owner sold all of his cars due to insurance and repair costs charging 210 or 150 half lease it was not worth his while considering a lot of cars would need upgrading soon.....regardless of how much we take he wants a profit which is totally understandable.
I dont even think of decent money anymore if i can come out of the week with a couple of hundred and a free vehicle its bearable and thats about as good as it gets.
years ago you could run a cheap but reliable car maybe a grand and swap every year or two and it was no problem at £10 per week insurance,£50-60 base rent and takings were the same if not more than now.
nowadays a car has to be relatively new (either a big layout or a finance deal hanging over your head) insurance and rent is sky high and takings are down.
just lately I wouldnt dream of investing thousands to do this job,I would rather lose a bit each week,lease off someone and not be financially invested in it,and when the day comes that its impossible to make a living I will bow out gracefully