Do you have a company car?

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blackcat4866 6-8 hours a day???? 1 or 2 service calls. do you drive 3hours to a call then go back home?

[JtheCopyGuy]

Gotta old PT cruiser, I complain about it but it gets me around n' the seats are comfy n' the stereo is good. Although the lack of cruise control gets me into trouble considering I average 210-250 miles/day, get to the end of the day n' the foot gets a little heavy. But not like I can get into too much trouble.. it is only a PT cruiser. :P

[blackcat4866]

Two hours to work, two hours home, two to four hours road time in the slow city traffic, typically 4 calls. I live in the car. =^..^=

[KenB]

Do roller skates count as a company car?

[RRodgers]

We have Toyota Matrixes that are painted with bright red logos all over the car. The cars run very well and hold a huge amount of parts and are reasonably comfortable. The best part is not having to not worry about paying for fuel or repairs on the cars. The company purchased hundreds of these cars about a year and a half ago. My city won't let me park it in my neighborhood unless i put it in a garage. They said they thought it was an "Eyesore". Life goes on!

But yet they probably won't do anything about the graffti all over town right? LOL
My company car is a Chevy Aveo. It's a little small but does the job. My personal car is a C320 Mercedes Benz. We got it after some lady ran a red light and smacked into (and thus) totaling our Escalade. Course, her Honda didn't look too well after that. I was wanting to get rid of the Escalade anyways, as all of our kids but 1 are gone off now. The only bad part.... the Escalade was ALMOST paid off. QQ

[serviceman]

No company car and no "allowance" either...I think right now it is at .24/mile for reimbursement :-(

[KIP_Doc]

Place I'm at has 12 year old plus cars. All are rusted, dented and beat. Some have different colored fenders. One in particular was hit hard in the quarter panel. You can see the marks from it being hammered out. One has over 230,000 miles on it. Talk about embarrassment when pulling up to a customer. Everyplace else I've worked, one had a half decent van. The others wanted you to have a nice car, and you received a higher allowance for a newer car.

[YouthAttack]

no word from the canon and xerox people with their company mini vans....looking all smug. does konica minolta have company cars?

[mikadonovan]

Dude, I would be claiming some mileage at the end of the year on taxes. In 2009 the government allowed .55/mile. You can claim the difference as a business expense as long as you keep a contiguous mileage log (account for all miles driven)

No company car and no "allowance" either...I think right now it is at .24/mile for reimbursement :-(

[scallanjoe@yahoo.com]

it's been awhile but konica used to have comp. cars
i am looking for work there a few comp.s that have comp. cars
if a tech has to use his car it's like this
a tech has to have money up front ( his net cash ) to gas up, for parking, toll fees or tag,
i think this makes me a partner / not an employe/
i don't care about that crap of getting rembursed, i am still use my money to work.

[scallanjoe@yahoo.com]

OOOO lets not for get that real cheep insurance
just in case some ass hits you so that grate job at that grate company don't get sueded
by that ass that in this country with out papers

[YouthAttack]

it's been awhile but konica used to have comp. cars
i am looking for work there a few comp.s that have comp. cars
if a tech has to use his car it's like this
a tech has to have money up front ( his net cash ) to gas up, for parking, toll fees or tag,
i think this makes me a partner / not an employe/
i don't care about that crap of getting rembursed, i am still use my money to work.

dude i feel you. i feel less than an employee. i pay soo much in oil changes, gas, tires, wear and tear for my car that i feel like im basically paying to work! companies should not cheap out and get company cars with the whole shibang but all company are looking out for the stockholders instead of the employees.

[Lagonda]

We're happy with our arrangement to run our own cars, $595 per month plus 32cent per kilometre. The Boss did think about giving us company cars but when we found out he was looking at Diahatsu Mira's we threatened to mutiny!
I was running a compact Benz but being a german car it suddenly suffered from "Stalingrad Syndrome", it refused to retreat! As the cost of rebuilding the 'box was more than the car was worth is was off to grovel to the bank manager and now I cruise around in a Mazda 6.

[cobiray]

Currently we've got Scion xB's. I wouldn't buy one for myself or as service vehicles, but I'm not paying for it so I'm not complaining. They are good on gas, but I don't pay for any of the operating expenses save for a car wash that gets reimbursed. Previously we've had Ford Windstars (my fav since you never ran out of room), Chrysler PT Losers, Mitsubishi Expo's, Volkswagen Jetta's, Volkswagen Golf's and Volkswagen Fox's.

[Gunhed]

Toyota Yaris, fuel card.