Photocopier engineer company car in England

[Anfielddreaming]

Hello,
Just wondering what cars engineers use in England and how much spare parts and consumables you carry on a daily basis.
cheers

[TonerMunkeh]

Decent size estates like the Mondeo, Passat, Focus etc seem to be the mainstay. I carry a shedload of gear, enough to fill the boot and back seats of a 7-seater people carrier anyway.

[mjarbar]

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One of our engineers does have a Mondeo estate, the other has an Alfa 159 estate. The service manager has a Seat Exeo. I am trading in my Ford C-Max for a Fiesta as I am now away from the part of the job that needs a lot of car stock to specific jobs that require an eng. to be tied up for a period of time.

[prntrfxr]

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Just posting to translate some things for the Americans. An "estate" is what we call "station wagon". A "people carrier" is a "van". Although not mentioned so far a "saloon" is a "sedan". Of course, most of us should already know that a "bonnet" is the "hood", a "boot" is the "trunk", and a "lorry" is a "truck".

[Tricky]

Re: Photocopier engineer company car in England

Just posting to translate some things for the Americans. An "estate" is what we call "station wagon". A "people carrier" is a "van". Although not mentioned so far a "saloon" is a "sedan". Of course, most of us should already know that a "bonnet" is the "hood", a "boot" is the "trunk", and a "lorry" is a "truck".

Thanks that's interesting, we also have a slang term Chelsea Tractor that means large people carrier. So called because they are owned by the wealthy and are used for the mother to take one child to school. The size of the vehicle seems to be inversely proportional to the mothers driving skills, ie the bigger the car the worse the driver. I apologize for taking this thread slightly off topic normal conversation can take place below.

[HenryT2]

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Thanks that's interesting, we also have a slang term Chelsea Tractor that means large people carrier. So called because they are owned by the wealthy and are used for the mother to take one child to school. The size of the vehicle seems to be inversely proportional to the mothers driving skills, ie the bigger the car the worse the driver. I apologize for taking this thread slightly off topic normal conversation can take place below.

Over here in the US we call those SOCCER MONS

[seansbar]

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Over here in the US we call those SOCCER MONS

Here, in upstate New York, without the southern accent, we call them Soccer Moms.

[daveyball]

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Here, in upstate New York, without the southern accent, we call them Soccer Moms.

Just a typo you know (Oh I'm a poet and I didn't know it)

[HenryT2]

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Just a typo you know (Oh I'm a poet and I didn't know it)

Thanks Davey .......I really do appreciate your clearing that up for me . Mons, moms, well , at least the meaning was clear.
HOWEVER , there are some areas here in the South that we should call them ' SOCKER MOMS ' .

[daveyball]

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Thanks Davey .......I really do appreciate your clearing that up for me . Mons, moms, well , at least the meaning was clear.
HOWEVER , there are some areas here in the South that we should call them ' SOCKER MOMS ' .

is that socker, or sucker, or even sicker?

[HenryT2]

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is that socker, or sucker, or even sicker?

HMMMMMM Davey, I'll let you choose !

[leo34staffs]

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I get a Seat leon (FR) but the back seats get some stock piled on them.

[Anfielddreaming]

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Cheers for the info much appreciated. Do most of you guys work direct for manufacturer or for companies who sell and maintain multiple manufacturers products?

[banginbishop]

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I get a Seat leon (FR) but the back seats get some stock piled on them.

ho wthe f**k do you get away with driving the FR as a company car for engineering? the boots as big as a fleas jock strap and the rear seats can only fit umpa lumpas in them.
Nice quick car though.

oh and i work for a dealer with multiple manufacturerrrrrrrssssssssss.

[Ollie1981]

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I have a car-derived van, two seats up front and a big square box at the back full of copier parts.... purely because I was getting hugely p*ssed off with being taxed for private use of a car that was so full of stock I had never been able to use the back seats since it was delivered.

Tax on private use of a commercial vehicle is a lot less than on a car, not as cheap as it was 10 years ago but significantly cheaper than a car nonetheless.

Problem is.... because I have a van, other engineers now expect me to be some sort of mobile warehouse/parts delivery service on top of my usual work.