Vehicle Delivery Agent

Johnnytoxic · 14 Oct 2008 at 09:30

I'm sick of working in an office, got made redundant and want to break out and get an outside job for a bit.

Now this Delivery agent job involves dropping cars off to customers. Now my question is before I apply. How do you get back after dropping these cars off.

Would they send you in pairs so you can get back to base or would you have to find your way back. Of course i'll ask them this but is it a known thing?

Firestar_3x · 14 Oct 2008 at 09:33

Depends who its for, hire car places usually send two cars out then you move onto the next place drop a car off / pick it up.

Other trade places you drive the car to the destination drop it off then you're usually given money to get a train back etc, most don't do this save the money and try and hitch a lift, hence loads of people holding trade plates on the motorway entrance junctions.

Johnnytoxic · 14 Oct 2008 at 09:43

Cool thanks, I hope you go in pairs. Will be my first question if I apply.

neil-ste · 14 Oct 2008 at 09:55

Firestar_3x said:
Depends who its for, hire car places usually send two cars out then you move onto the next place drop a car off / pick it up.

Other trade places you drive the car to the destination drop it off then you're usually given money to get a train back etc, most don't do this save the money and try and hitch a lift, hence loads of people holding trade plates on the motorway entrance junctions.

Yep, a friend's father does this for a living and does try and hitch his way home if possible.

GreenMint · 14 Oct 2008 at 12:07

Firestar_3x said:
Depends who its for, hire car places usually send two cars out then you move onto the next place drop a car off / pick it up.

Yep, thats generally how it works, I did a day for Helphire (Everyone there had the IQ of a squashed grape, pretty damn mind numbing stuff, and driving Diesel Golfs all day!

) but all in all you'd clean the car (Quick squirt down, nothing intense), valet it quickly, (20 mins in all fo clean & valet) check it over, be on your way, grab petrol/diesel if needed upto 1/4 tank, drive it there, get paperwork signed, jump in with the co-worker or vice versa and onto the next place or back to the depot.

If you can handle working with possible grade A nutters and having the conversation of a chuckling moron by your side all day, then good luck! Then again, maybe I was just unlucky!

Dup · 14 Oct 2008 at 12:22

TimBrad said:
Yep, thats generally how it works, I did a day for Helphire (Everyone there had the IQ of a squashed grape, pretty damn mind numbing stuff, and driving Diesel Golfs all day! ) but all in all you'd clean the car (Quick squirt down, nothing intense), valet it quickly, (20 mins in all fo clean & valet) check it over, be on your way, grab petrol/diesel if needed upto 1/4 tank, drive it there, get paperwork signed, jump in with the co-worker or vice versa and onto the next place or back to the depot.

If you can handle working with possible grade A nutters and having the conversation of a chuckling moron by your side all day, then good luck! Then again, maybe I was just unlucky!

Tims first and only day of work, awww

I would avoid car hire places and try get on at a dealership personally. My office managers husband did it for Mercedes for a while and seemed to earn a decent living. It was usually a case of hitching/Public transport return journeys most of the time.

-Ad- · 14 Oct 2008 at 13:01

I worked for Paragon Automotive for a while as a temp.

They take in many ex-lease cars around 15k miles, clean them up, service them, then send off to be sold on, probably to dealerships, auctions etc, and deal with all the logistics.

At the site in Bedfordshire next to Palmer racing (used to sit on the hill and watch at lunch

) they are situated on the 2nd longest runway in EU where they tested concord and harriers. They take in loads of mercs mainly, but also a lot of VW, peugots, Seats (brand new too), chrysler, Ford, and some toyotas.

So basically the job was driving cars around an airfield all day, ready for storage, or too service / car wash, then the group being picked up by a mini-bus then carted off to the next cars. Speed limit was 15mph, but doing that speed would get nothing done all day (think of the distances involved), and on my last day I found a golf GTI to go for a rag around the airfield in. Also drove every merc bar the CLS, so some SLs, big ML 500, S500, many E/c-classes, but the most bonkers was the 400+bhp chrysler 300c SRT8 with the 6.1 hemi.

Got a bit boring after a the initial WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE driving fast, but still great over the summer, and it is like a load of free test drives

They have locations all over the country.

lordrobs · 14 Oct 2008 at 13:16

I think I'd quite enjoy that as an interim job if I get my P45 from the boss. I guess a clean driving licence & semi-smart appearance is the only criteria?

andy@moFo · 14 Oct 2008 at 13:59

Just applied for a similar positon in Newcastle. Looks good fun.

Fr0dders · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:16

wondered why you always see the blokes at the motorway slip roads with the trade plates thumbing a lift.

they got cash to pay for their return journey home and hitch a lift so they can pocket the money !

not so sure it'd be my thing though. You could be there for hours waiting for somebody to give you a lift.