Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: mercenary for hire on July 17, 2020, 01:42:57 pm
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It's been about ten years since I've seen rentals this cheap.€100 a week for a Prius is a good deal if you can find any work.
Might be handy for some owner-drivers who don't wanna reinvest in the current climate.
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-taxi-rental/25356847 (https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-taxi-rental/25356847)
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It's been about ten years since I've seen rentals this cheap.€100 a week for a Prius is a good deal if you can find any work.
Might be handy for some owner-drivers who don't wanna reinvest in the current climate.
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-taxi-rental/25356847 (https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-taxi-rental/25356847)
110,000 km for a 6 year old taxi ...is stretching the clocking a bit
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It looks like he just filled in the blanks Octy but it's a rental ad so who knows.All them Jap imports have low mileage coming in.From the looks of it he has multiple rentals..Probably costing a fair bit to park them all up and needs some cash ASAP.
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It's been about ten years since I've seen rentals this cheap.€100 a week for a Prius is a good deal if you can find any work.
Might be handy for some owner-drivers who don't wanna reinvest in the current climate.
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-taxi-rental/25356847 (https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-prius-taxi-rental/25356847)
110,000 km for a 6 year old taxi ...is stretching the clocking a bit
He just wants to party like it's 1999!!
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It looks like he just filled in the blanks Octy but it's a rental ad so who knows.All them Jap imports have low mileage coming in.From the looks of it he has multiple rentals..Probably costing a fair bit to park them all up and needs some cash ASAP.
He dropped it from 150, trying times!
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I expect older heaps to be available for less.
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I expect older heaps to be available for less.
Drivers or cars? 8)
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Some renters in the sheikh community have halved the prices of rentals for current drivers and added a €20 surcharge when the pubs / restaurants opened up and won’t be charging full rent until the nightclubs are opened back up.
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They are going to be stuck with a few, lads won't pay big insurance if there's no work.
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They are going to be stuck with a few, lads won't pay big insurance if there's no work.
Some will have no option other than to work even at extortionate operating costs be renter or owner operator, there’s a lot of fresh metal out there that needs paying for, I wouldn’t call any lad who heavily invested in a car foolish as this covid shite is a black swan event.
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am I dreaming or was there talk of extending the age rules of taxis by a year because of the shamdemic.
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I was offered 120 for a 161 automatic car.
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am I dreaming or was there talk of extending the age rules of taxis by a year because of the shamdemic.
Yep.
Back in Apr, there was https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/public-consultation-on-draft-small-public-service-vehicle-emergency-measure-covid-19-regulation-2020/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/public-consultation-on-draft-small-public-service-vehicle-emergency-measure-covid-19-regulation-2020/)
which, a month later, resulted in https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Small_Public_Service_Vehicle_Emergency_Measure_COVID-19_Regulation_2020_-_SI_No_175_of_2020.pdf (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Small_Public_Service_Vehicle_Emergency_Measure_COVID-19_Regulation_2020_-_SI_No_175_of_2020.pdf) (PDF).
AIUI, 9yr & 14r-old taxis got a 1 year extension.
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Much will I get for me 2 year old Prius....90 k on the clock.....I think I'll retire ....I'm sick of pissing again the wind
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Don't be such a defeatist octy. We're all in the same boat, sick of sitting around, unsure what kind of work environment we'll be going back to. I'm trying to be optimistic. The way im looking at it is that because of social distancing the pubs and restaurants won't let as many people in on the weekends so we may very well find that all those potential fares are now spread out over the whole week as opposed to a Friday and Saturday night. Perhaps the rush from 2.30am will be a thing of the past too so instead of thousands of fares all looking to go at the same time it'll now be spread out over the whole evening. Coupled on top of that is the fact that a lot of drivers wont bother returning at all so hopefully less taxis. I'm definitely getting a screen, not because I think they stop the virus but because fn will give you fcuk all work without one. If I go back with my screen and I find im not getting my wages well then I dont think I'll have a choice and that I'll have to turn into one of Ken's mates or an ambassador. After all the abuse I gave ken about it he may very well have the last laugh but at the end of the day I've mouths to feed and bills to pay so that takes priority over everything. As I said hang in there, don't throw the towel in just yet. I really don't think its going to be as bad as we think it is.
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Dont agree ,i think its gona be carnage for our business.08/09/10 we had no 9 year rule ,lower insurance costs ,hence its costing a lot more to stay a float .Small pubs are fucked ,no tourists for the rest of 2020 .Whole a lot of folk working from home ,mass unemployment .Online shopping is huge ,foot fall on the streets is gona suffer .Dark days ahead .
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Damn seeks.
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Much will I get for me 2 year old Prius....90 k on the clock.....I think I'll retire ....I'm sick of pissing again the wind
Wrong time to be getting into the rental business, and to good a car to let some cunt destroy for €150 At best a week
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Much will I get for me 2 year old Prius....90 k on the clock.....I think I'll retire ....I'm sick of pissing again the wind
I'm here for you Octy!! lol
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I handed my rental back to lynk in early march, well parked it outside my gaff and sent the key back cos they had nowhere to park it.
Got a text inviting me back this week. I replied asking waht the rate was... €250 per week for car, insurance and radio/app until further notice.
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I handed my rental back to lynk in early march, well parked it outside my gaff and sent the key back cos they had nowhere to park it.
Got a text inviting me back this week. I replied asking waht the rate was... €250 per week for car, insurance and radio/app until further notice.
What’s was the freight pre covid?
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Friend of mine who's getting on in years rang me yesterday asking about how much he might get and how to go about renting out his plate or full package, I hadn't a clue bar what I read on here.
Told him he'd have to rent full package, he's competing against guys who've been at it for a long time who have lost customers, he'd be doing well to get a ton a week, maybe a little more when normality resumes
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You need a fleet to even out the big irregular costs.Your ton a week is worth anything if the gearbox goes.
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You need a fleet to even out the big irregular costs.Your ton a week is worth anything if the gearbox goes.
The game whack a mole is a good analogy to keeping a fleet of 9 year old shitboxes on the road.
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Damn seeks.
Sri sat akaal.
Panel and his Sheikhs, all driving turban diesels!! 8)
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I handed my rental back to lynk in early march, well parked it outside my gaff and sent the key back cos they had nowhere to park it.
Got a text inviting me back this week. I replied asking waht the rate was... €250 per week for car, insurance and radio/app until further notice.
What’s was the freight pre covid?
€370
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I handed my rental back to lynk in early march, well parked it outside my gaff and sent the key back cos they had nowhere to park it.
Got a text inviting me back this week. I replied asking waht the rate was... €250 per week for car, insurance and radio/app until further notice.
What’s was the freight pre covid?
€370
€120 reduction, do ya think many drivers will stay at €250?
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Still have to earn 250 plus fuel before the missus gets her cut.
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Renting is probably going to take some time to recover, but considering we’re in a once in a century pandemic, things could be worse, weekends seem to have taken off and are busy, for the average owner driver 2x10 hour shifts on a fri/sat night should cover your costs and give you a wage equal to the covid payment .. tip away midweek for a little cream. My only concern is I’ll have a big tax bill this year as 90% of the work is from the app .
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I handed my rental back to lynk in early march, well parked it outside my gaff and sent the key back cos they had nowhere to park it.
Got a text inviting me back this week. I replied asking waht the rate was... €250 per week for car, insurance and radio/app until further notice.
What’s was the freight pre covid?
€370
€120 reduction, do ya think many drivers will stay at €250?
Not sure... but I amn't going back yet. As Shallowhal says €250 plus fuel and I live in Gorey so commuting to Dublin increases the fuel bill. Just don't see it working consistently.
Might set up in Gorey though with a hackney, limo and/or minibus and disrupt the local bogger market. No one flying for the foreseeable, so Wexford is busy with staycations and Dubs migrating to their mobile homes.
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I handed my rental back to lynk in early march, well parked it outside my gaff and sent the key back cos they had nowhere to park it.
Got a text inviting me back this week. I replied asking waht the rate was... €250 per week for car, insurance and radio/app until further notice.
What’s was the freight pre covid?
€370
€120 reduction, do ya think many drivers will stay at €250?
Not sure... but I amn't going back yet. As Shallowhal says €250 plus fuel and I live in Gorey so commuting to Dublin increases the fuel bill. Just don't see it working consistently.
Might set up in Gorey though with a hackney, limo and/or minibus and disrupt the local bogger market. No one flying for the foreseeable, so Wexford is busy with staycations and Dubs migrating to their mobile homes.
Best of luck whatever ya decide, the cheapest I’ve ever seen a rental was a 1999 Rover 600 for the princely sum of €80pw. Needless to say it was in less than pristine condition. But still €80 per week and it moved and kept the wind and the rain out.
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C'mon Panel......it was a believable story till ye said a Rover kept the wind and rain out!!
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C'mon Panel......it was a believable story till ye said a Rover kept the wind and rain out!!
Panel was the basher on the job! 8)
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Bumpy....theres a Renault fluence on Donedeal asking €80 a week plus insurance.That's a new record low.Cant link it but it's there.
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There you are...
https://www.donedeal.ie/taxiplates-for-sale/taxis-for-rent-reduced-covid-prices/25596081 (https://www.donedeal.ie/taxiplates-for-sale/taxis-for-rent-reduced-covid-prices/25596081)
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There you are...
https://www.donedeal.ie/taxiplates-for-sale/taxis-for-rent-reduced-covid-prices/25596081 (https://www.donedeal.ie/taxiplates-for-sale/taxis-for-rent-reduced-covid-prices/25596081)
I'd buy a dog from a traveller in a carpark before I'd buy anything off donedeal.
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Thanks VD, it's an interesting pricing model.
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At that money it’s cheaper to rent that than it would be to blow the cobwebs off your taxi garden ornament and run the risk of a clutch going or turbo and facing a couple hundred euro repair bill
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https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25914346 (https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25914346)
€125 per week for a 8 year old wat with proper garage support, afaik he was prostituting them out for €250pw pre covid.
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I'm paying 130 for a fluence including all maintenance and fees.
If this one (for 80) doesn't include maintenance,would it be worth it.?
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I'm paying 130 for a fluence including all maintenance and fees.
If this one (for 80) doesn't include maintenance,would it be worth it.?
It says €80pw with maintenance included, really don’t know how they make money at those rates, a service kit for it would cost the best part of €50.
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Helps if I actually read the ad I posted.
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As a renter it must be reassuring that you can throw the keys in the platelords letterbox and walk away should it ever become uneconomical
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When you dig under the carpet ya find they are starter rates...Add ons will take it back up..I rang a 120 pw renter and add ons went to 290e...Two weeks at 120e and big deposit.....Wankers
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Id say their be a few keys going threw the letterbox with the lockdown in the big smoke .
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Hope its fukin Kearns letterbox especially
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Only problem with that fluence is that there is no county sticker on the roof sign :o
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Hope its fukin Kearns letterbox especially
The few he does rent out would be a drop in the ocean to the boys in Blake’s cross, the scr and the ballyboggan road
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Doesn't Ebbs rent out a lot at 350 a go,or am I wrong ?
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Doesn't Ebbs rent out a lot at 350 a go,or am I wrong ?
Newmarket square to that list, afaik he’s selling off his rentals on a rent to buy scheme for as little as €115pw.
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I was thinking about that scheme.12D WAVs for 500 a month for 20 months,then it's yours.
Seeing as he's flogging off 12D vehicles,they aren't eligible for putting your own plate on it,so you're stuck with him after the purchase period where he has you over a barrel about renting his plate.
Also,the vehicle has to be in the plate holders name ,so how do you 'own' it?
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I was thinking about that scheme.12D WAVs for 500 a month for 20 months,then it's yours.
Seeing as he's flogging off 12D vehicles,they aren't eligible for putting your own plate on it,so you're stuck with him after the purchase period where he has you over a barrel about renting his plate.
Also,the vehicle has to be in the plate holders name ,so how do you 'own' it?
Buying an 8 year old ex rental naan bread van for 10k is bonkers. plus you never get to have your own plate, cheeky ebbs.
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Back 9/10 years ago Ebbs had similar deals for saloon cars.Chap I know got an Avensis but when the vehicle got to end of life he just dropped out of the business.The avensis got dumped in his front garden as it was almost worthless.
VD there are much younger vans up with lower mileage getting sold.Anyone know if we are eligible for those government guaranteed COVID business loads?
If I was buying today I'd be looking at this one.Young enough to get your own plate too.Possibly a grant of the NTA.
https://www.donedeal.com/cars-for-sale/price-dropped-citrorn-berlingo-wav-taxi/25552719 (https://www.donedeal.com/cars-for-sale/price-dropped-citrorn-berlingo-wav-taxi/25552719)
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So it's 8 yrs old now and in 20 months it'll be 10yrs old....at a cost of €9,200...and no doubt you'll be required to rent a radio on top of that...and still never own that plate....am i missing something?
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You might not have to take the radio Hal.It's still a shite deal.Even though it can be licenced until 2027.
Here's the loan scheme VD you probably knew about it already.
https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/c8047-2-billion-covid-19-credit-guarantee-scheme-open/ (https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/c8047-2-billion-covid-19-credit-guarantee-scheme-open/)
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I was thinking about that scheme.12D WAVs for 500 a month for 20 months,then it's yours.
Seeing as he's flogging off 12D vehicles,they aren't eligible for putting your own plate on it,so you're stuck with him after the purchase period where he has you over a barrel about renting his plate.
Also,the vehicle has to be in the plate holders name ,so how do you 'own' it?
On paper you’d be renting the car for the princely sum of €0, however you’d have to rent the plate off him.
It would suit some lads, however I have a wanked out french panel van on the road for €8319.79, ebbs would be renting you a plate he paid €150 for, how Irish. Factor in you have to be named on his policy too insurance would be more expensive too. €500 per month over 20 months €10k large for van that’s already been prostituted out.
Would suit some people, I think it’s lunacy myself.
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Depends what a drivers situation is....
I was sceptical about it but still made the enquiry.
On the road in a manner of days for upfront payment of approx €425 (First weeks rent and Insurance deposit)
The insurance isn't the lynk fleet policy. The policy is in the plate owners name with driver named but building their own taxi no claims bonus.
You are free to get insurance arranged anywhere that will cover you. I got quotes from Brian J Pierce (€5k) and Zego (little over €2k).
Zego put a telematic device in but that doesnt bother me cos I am getting on and don't driver erractically.
Important thing is The taxi no claims is being rebuilt. (I left the game to go back to college and when I came back I had lost my taxi no claims)
Yea Lynk are probably doubling their money on the value of the car but it works for me. Now paying €175 a week instead of €350 rent to the same company.
In twenty months I will only have insurance payment on a wheely that hopefully have around 250k miles clocked up (150k today).
Once back at work I can apply for the €1000k grant.
The difference of €175 in the rent and buy to rent will take some pressure off until things pick up next year and hopefully be able to save a few bob towards a trade in in 2022 or 2023. Paying €350 a week rent plus fuel never allowed me to save.
So if it is looked as buying an overpriced car maybe not it is not a good idea. Wouldn't intend keeping it for anymore than a year after I own it because hopefully I will have worked the arse out of it by then.
If it is looked at as a easy and cheap way back to work and at half the expenses that I had a few months ago then maybe not such a bad idea.
Like I said depends on each drivers situation.
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Thanks for the insight u wha, I’m looking at it in the eyes of a owner operator not a renter paying extortionate rental prices. All the best with it
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There can be some horrendously large bills between 150k miles and 250k miles.
Still,if you can save on this deal,you might be able to cover them .
What's the plate rental after the 20 months?
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The insurance isn't the lynk fleet policy. The policy is in the plate owners name with driver named but building their own taxi no claims bonus.
That's the way it was done in the good old days. If you read the small print you'll probably find that the policy holder i.e. plate owner is excluded from driving. In any event the NCD is yours, the plate owner being the policy holder is only "on paper" to satisfy (or circumvent, if you prefer) legal requirements (re)introduced by that mean and nasty lady, Kathleen Doyle - to give the impression of satisfying the whims of the then trade unions... obviously armed with the knowledge that the bosses of said trade unions would struggle to appreciate any interpretation beyond what they wanted to read.
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There can be some horrendously large bills between 150k miles and 250k miles.
Still,if you can save on this deal,you might be able to cover them .
What's the plate rental after the 20 months?
Your are a 100% correct on the bills, It is a risk but no more than buying something simliar anywhere else.
I asked for a choice of vehicles and will bring a mechanic along to hopefully pick something decent.
After the Buy to rent is finished they will charge €25 a week for the plate rental. But if it all goes well only I hope to be paying that for max 12 months.
Might have enough saved for a 6 year old WAT by then with a grant (if it is still offered) and trade the old wheely in against it, what ever I get will be a bonus.
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Thanks for the insight u wha, I’m looking at it in the eyes of a owner operator not a renter paying extortionate rental prices. All the best with it
Thanks... nothing ever guaranteed. All we can do is get as much info as possible and try to make a good decision but lots of stuff we never see coming.
An accountant friend told me a story about a farmer. The farmer had a holding back around 2007. He was going to sell it and sought professional advice. After a hit of research he was told he would have a tax liability of around €200k on a holding worth about €2m or so. If he waited another 12 months that bill would only be around a €100k because of certain revenue allowances or whatever. His advisor said don't wait take the profit. The farmer decided not to and waited. About a year later the value of the land had crashed to around €1m. So bu trying to save a €100k down the road he lost over €900k in potential profit or sale value. A bird in the hand and a lesson that nothing is certain.
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Here gents I'll repeat myself, this is good advice I think..
Go to your bank and ask them for a COVID loan.The government is guaranteeing 80% of the debt so the banks have no reason to refuse you.If you've been paying rental prices before and during covid any bank official can see yis have ability to pay.Dont go spending 30/40k but 12k is all you need to get your own wheely and your own plate.Plenty of drivers dropping out so it's a good time to buy if you insist on working.
When I bought in during the start of the last crash I asked the bank for money for home improvements then I spent it on a plate and car.Surely you know people that can loan you money rather than paying much more with Ebbs or whoever.You will thank me later.When things turn to complete shit every hundred you have to hand out will take at least a day to earn after expenses.Think about that for a bit.Renting is a mugs game.As soon as it gets busier they'll up their prices.
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Maybe stupid question but here goes.....
Do you need to wait for a wav grant scheme to be announced to get a wav license,or can you get one anytime(just not with the few grand back).
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Frank Fahey tried to ban the rental section some years ago,its a pity he didnt succeed
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^^^^VD its just a grant, you don't actually have to apply for it.In previous years the grant allocation has been used up before year end so check with the NTA.It's always been renewed with more money.But who knows if that will be forever.Probably.
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Anyone want to rent a plate... a ton a week, cash.
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Maybe stupid question but here goes.....
Do you need to wait for a wav grant scheme to be announced to get a wav license,or can you get one anytime(just not with the few grand back).
you can apply for a wav license now but without grant as it is closed for this year. the grant normally re-opens in early january, but with covid it may not happen next year.
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Here gents I'll repeat myself, this is good advice I think..
Go to your bank and ask them for a COVID loan.The government is guaranteeing 80% of the debt so the banks have no reason to refuse you.If you've been paying rental prices before and during covid any bank official can see yis have ability to pay.Dont go spending 30/40k but 12k is all you need to get your own wheely and your own plate.Plenty of drivers dropping out so it's a good time to buy if you insist on working.
When I bought in during the start of the last crash I asked the bank for money for home improvements then I spent it on a plate and car.Surely you know people that can loan you money rather than paying much more with Ebbs or whoever.You will thank me later.When things turn to complete shit every hundred you have to hand out will take at least a day to earn after expenses.Think about that for a bit.Renting is a mugs game.As soon as it gets busier they'll up their prices.
Great advice there merc.
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Anyone want to rent a plate... a ton a week, cash.
ffs rat, that is daylight robbery. the market rate is 50 per week.
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There can be some horrendously large bills between 150k miles and 250k miles.
Still,if you can save on this deal,you might be able to cover them .
What's the plate rental after the 20 months?
Your are a 100% correct on the bills, It is a risk but no more than buying something simliar anywhere else.
I asked for a choice of vehicles and will bring a mechanic along to hopefully pick something decent.
After the Buy to rent is finished they will charge €25 a week for the plate rental. But if it all goes well only I hope to be paying that for max 12 months.
Might have enough saved for a 6 year old WAT by then with a grant (if it is still offered) and trade the old wheely in against it, what ever I get will be a bonus.
u wha, there are much better deals out there. i saw on deal deal a saloon plate for sale for 1500 from a retiring driver. all you need is buy a car younger
than ten years and you have a plate for life, although the plate will stay in his name it will yours with a legal agreement and can be transferred to your name if he dies before you!
https://www.donedeal.ie/adview/view/25909754 (https://www.donedeal.ie/adview/view/25909754)
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I thought you could no longer sell your plate ?
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there is a way of going around it with a legal agreement which says something like you are renting the plate for life for 1500, and upon your death you will bequeth it. i think rat has the template for that agreement, maybe he can share it here.
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Anyone want to rent a plate... a ton a week, cash.
FFS I'd want food on it as well for that
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ffs rat, that is daylight robbery. the market rate is 50 per week.
I'll do it for €80 for you... but don't tell anyone else.
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there is a way of going around it with a legal agreement which says something like you are renting the plate for life for 1500, and upon your death you will bequeth it. i think rat has the template for that agreement, maybe he can share it here.
Thought it was just next of kin you could leave it to? Imagine inheriting a taxi plate!
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Here gents I'll repeat myself, this is good advice I think..
Go to your bank and ask them for a COVID loan.The government is guaranteeing 80% of the debt so the banks have no reason to refuse you.If you've been paying rental prices before and during covid any bank official can see yis have ability to pay.Dont go spending 30/40k but 12k is all you need to get your own wheely and your own plate.Plenty of drivers dropping out so it's a good time to buy if you insist on working.
It would be if we are eligible but I have a feeling from reading this is that we are not.
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Maybe stupid question but here goes.....
Do you need to wait for a wav grant scheme to be announced to get a wav license,or can you get one anytime(just not with the few grand back).
First few years they ran the grant scheme the closing dates were earlier but now closing date is 31st October unless all funds have been dispersed. That would be unlikely this year.
So grants can be applied for most of the year but not guaranteed to be there every year and they may move away from WAT grants towards electric and hybrid grants especially with the Greens in Government.
https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Information_Guide_for_WAV20_Grant_Scheme_2020.pdf (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Information_Guide_for_WAV20_Grant_Scheme_2020.pdf)
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I just saw yer link U wha thanks...this is probably bad advice for balance...if you're willing to take a chance most credit cards would stretch to 10/12k.If you cleared it in a year or two you'd still be better off than renting.Bit of risk involved but you'd own yer own heap once it's paid off.With the interest rate you'd be motivated to work the 6/7 days a week.
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Helps if I actually read the ad I posted.
And if people reading your posts actually answered your question too ( Like I didn't)
Maybe stupid question but here goes.....
Do you need to wait for a wav grant scheme to be announced to get a wav license,or can you get one anytime(just not with the few grand back).
So to answer your question...Yes you can apply for a WAT licence regardless of grants, but with Covid it is really slow.
My brother applied for a limo licence months ago and between the NTA losing his postal/money order, sending the application back and forth for whatever reason it still hasn't been processed. He sent it just before Covid and with all the jigs and reels ended up cancelling the application and staying where he was.
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So I did the deed...
Signed up with the Lynk rent to buy contract on a 2012 WAT Peugeot Partner. The deal is fairly straightforward. It suits Lynk as they can off load excess rental vehicles and even though it may not be the best time it works for me. I will use it as my daily driver during the week and work FN at weekends to cover the costs. Midweek I will continue as an agency HGV driver until it picks up. The way I see it Lynk wouldn't have ever done this if Covid hadn't happened and they won't do it in the future when things start to normalise. So all about timing and keeping the head down and all going well early 2022 it will be mine and it will be good for another five years god willing. That new insurance crowd Zego brought my insurance costs down by €3k and they don't fit anything to the car. You have to download an app which they don't even have ready yet. When it is I will have to download it, but no big deal because I don't drive crazy. I don't need to pay any base or radio freight as part of the deal but I do need to stay affiliated and/or promote Lynk in some manner as part of the deal otherwise it has implications for whether VAT should be applied. Might seem crazy to you owner drivers but it is a great deal for a renter.
You don't have to take it but they are offering half price labour costs (€25 per hour) for any maintenance work and you can provide your own parts.
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As the license holder,they retain ownership,so was there any paperwork to show you are the real owner?
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Off topic for a mo,mo but did any of yis get the grant yet ?
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U wha how much do you earn with the HGV licence job and how much do you spend on the taxi every week?Surely you'd get a proper loan if you have a job instead of the shite deal from Ebbs.Seems like the hard way to get by instead of working the taxi full time.
Why do you need two driving jobs?Is there only a certain amount of hours you can legally put in behind the wheel?
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Off topic for a mo,mo but did any of yis get the grant yet ?
If you mean the back to work €1000 grant, I think it took Jonno 7 weeks to get his money and he had to chase it up a little bit.
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Off topic for a mo,mo but did any of yis get the grant yet ?
If you mean the back to work €1000 grant, I think it took Jonno 7 weeks to get his money and he had to chase it up a little bit.
You're 100% watty. It was about 7 wees. One of our guys got it in 8 days last week. I'm my case I think they were being stupid and pedantic about the vat element that you had to write down. Not all my receipts had the vat printed. For example I bought a load of masks in a pound shop, and their receipts are about the size of a postage stamp with nothing but the price on them. Not even what the purchase was. But they eventually gave me the grand anyway.
Don't know what happens if I had to go back on the covid coin. Sure we'll not worry about that till they come knocking!
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Well I applied about 6 weeks ago.I did not submit any receipts,because I dont think you have to.my understanding is that you simply have to just KEEP the receipts in case they ever want to inspect them.a bird tang me from the intreo office 3 weeks ago asking for my access number.I heard nothing since
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Well I applied about 6 weeks ago.I did not submit any receipts,because I dont think you have to.my understanding is that you simply have to just KEEP the receipts in case they ever want to inspect them.a bird tang me from the intreo office 3 weeks ago asking for my access number.I heard nothing since
Yes you just keep them Daly, but on the sheet you send in you're supposed to write down the vat figure. I think that was the issue with mine. Could be wrong though. Chase them up if it goes on much longer. You're better off going in for a face to face though. Ringing or emails are a waste of time.
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Basically all I put down was insurance,deisel,and 100 for ppe
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Basically all I put down was insurance,deisel,and 100 for ppe
You should be ok for a few bob
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I'd say there'll be a lot of blue rope and wobbly stools on those forms submitted!!
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As the license holder,they retain ownership,so was there any paperwork to show you are the real owner?
Yea a contract of sorts. Alk the usual bull init. If any payments are late or missed they have to right to cancel contract etc.
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U wha how much do you earn with the HGV licence job and how much do you spend on the taxi every week?Surely you'd get a proper loan if you have a job instead of the shite deal from Ebbs.Seems like the hard way to get by instead of working the taxi full time.
Why do you need two driving jobs?Is there only a certain amount of hours you can legally put in behind the wheel?
HGV is agency work so some weeks full time (5 days @ 8 to 12 hours a day) other weeks just a day or two. Doing it that way because I haven't been in a truck for years so want to get experience in different roles. As I am already self employed I can invoice as self employed (€15.50 to €17 per hour depending on each contract and time shift starts).
The ebbs deal won't be there next year, they said they only had 6 or 7 left to sell off. I won't be driving taxi to earn as long as I can get agency work. The taxi is there as a back up for now. If the game gets back to some sort of normal next year then I might go back to full time. Have to see if I can stick the truck driving out. Heavy work compared to driving taxi. Pulling cages and pallets around. The muscles are waking up again and dropped a few pounds already. I am 50 now and I have to make meself do it everyday and as a taxi driver learn to keep my mouth with gobshites in the transport companies on power trips.
When I have seen out the ebbs contract I will trade the wheelie in for a newer one and get my own plate. If I get a full time HGV role down the road I will drive the wheelie into the ground as a private car. As I have explained in another thread it suits my situation. Yes it is expensive but less than I was paying as a renter. As for getting a loan that isn't an option as my credit rating is shot. Still paying off old debt settlements and five years before my credit rating is restored.
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Just so you know,it's 5 years after you've paid off the last debt in full,before you're clear.
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U wha how much do you earn with the HGV licence job and how much do you spend on the taxi every week?Surely you'd get a proper loan if you have a job instead of the shite deal from Ebbs.Seems like the hard way to get by instead of working the taxi full time.
Why do you need two driving jobs?Is there only a certain amount of hours you can legally put in behind the wheel?
HGV is agency work so some weeks full time (5 days @ 8 to 12 hours a day) other weeks just a day or two. Doing it that way because I haven't been in a truck for years so want to get experience in different roles. As I am already self employed I can invoice as self employed (€15.50 to €17 per hour depending on each contract and time shift starts).
The ebbs deal won't be there next year, they said they only had 6 or 7 left to sell off. I won't be driving taxi to earn as long as I can get agency work. The taxi is there as a back up for now. If the game gets back to some sort of normal next year then I might go back to full time. Have to see if I can stick the truck driving out. Heavy work compared to driving taxi. Pulling cages and pallets around. The muscles are waking up again and dropped a few pounds already. I am 50 now and I have to make meself do it everyday and as a taxi driver learn to keep my mouth with gobshites in the transport companies on power trips.
When I have seen out the ebbs contract I will trade the wheelie in for a newer one and get my own plate. If I get a full time HGV role down the road I will drive the wheelie into the ground as a private car. As I have explained in another thread it suits my situation. Yes it is expensive but less than I was paying as a renter. As for getting a loan that isn't an option as my credit rating is shot. Still paying off old debt settlements and five years before my credit rating is restored.
I’d be looking to do some agency work soon, I know ism do the self employed payment.
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Just so you know,it's 5 years after you've paid off the last debt in full,before you're clear.
Oh even better! :o
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U wha how much do you earn with the HGV licence job and how much do you spend on the taxi every week?Surely you'd get a proper loan if you have a job instead of the shite deal from Ebbs.Seems like the hard way to get by instead of working the taxi full time.
Why do you need two driving jobs?Is there only a certain amount of hours you can legally put in behind the wheel?
HGV is agency work so some weeks full time (5 days @ 8 to 12 hours a day) other weeks just a day or two. Doing it that way because I haven't been in a truck for years so want to get experience in different roles. As I am already self employed I can invoice as self employed (€15.50 to €17 per hour depending on each contract and time shift starts).
The ebbs deal won't be there next year, they said they only had 6 or 7 left to sell off. I won't be driving taxi to earn as long as I can get agency work. The taxi is there as a back up for now. If the game gets back to some sort of normal next year then I might go back to full time. Have to see if I can stick the truck driving out. Heavy work compared to driving taxi. Pulling cages and pallets around. The muscles are waking up again and dropped a few pounds already. I am 50 now and I have to make meself do it everyday and as a taxi driver learn to keep my mouth with gobshites in the transport companies on power trips.
When I have seen out the ebbs contract I will trade the wheelie in for a newer one and get my own plate. If I get a full time HGV role down the road I will drive the wheelie into the ground as a private car. As I have explained in another thread it suits my situation. Yes it is expensive but less than I was paying as a renter. As for getting a loan that isn't an option as my credit rating is shot. Still paying off old debt settlements and five years before my credit rating is restored.
I’d be looking to do some agency work soon, I know ism do the self employed payment.
Yea they do. Around €15.50 per hour for rigids. €13.50 on the books so I would say if you factor in the holiday pay and PRSI they are getting the better deal. But they dock an hour break whether you get it or not. That pissed me off.
I was out with Musgraves and doesn't matter how good you are of a driver, you have to go out on route training with one of their own drivers. The musgraves drivers are on salaries so other than the statutory breaks they want to get finished as soon as possible. So the couple of days I was out they let me drive for 4.5 hours and then took over and didn't stop for a break. I suspose from their point of view I slowed them down as they had to show me how to do all paperwork and use the electronic scanner etc. So a free coffee from one of the Spar shops and eat your sandwich in the cab driving between drops. Other than that they are sound lads and Musgraves has a good reputation as an employer and it seemed to be true. Gas thing is I applied to them and many others directly and received a lovely email saying "Thanks for the application but at this time we have decided not to proceed any further with your application." Then a week later I am driving their trucks around as an agency driver. :-\
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U wha how much do you earn with the HGV licence job and how much do you spend on the taxi every week?Surely you'd get a proper loan if you have a job instead of the shite deal from Ebbs.Seems like the hard way to get by instead of working the taxi full time.
Why do you need two driving jobs?Is there only a certain amount of hours you can legally put in behind the wheel?
HGV is agency work so some weeks full time (5 days @ 8 to 12 hours a day) other weeks just a day or two. Doing it that way because I haven't been in a truck for years so want to get experience in different roles. As I am already self employed I can invoice as self employed (€15.50 to €17 per hour depending on each contract and time shift starts).
The ebbs deal won't be there next year, they said they only had 6 or 7 left to sell off. I won't be driving taxi to earn as long as I can get agency work. The taxi is there as a back up for now. If the game gets back to some sort of normal next year then I might go back to full time. Have to see if I can stick the truck driving out. Heavy work compared to driving taxi. Pulling cages and pallets around. The muscles are waking up again and dropped a few pounds already. I am 50 now and I have to make meself do it everyday and as a taxi driver learn to keep my mouth with gobshites in the transport companies on power trips.
When I have seen out the ebbs contract I will trade the wheelie in for a newer one and get my own plate. If I get a full time HGV role down the road I will drive the wheelie into the ground as a private car. As I have explained in another thread it suits my situation. Yes it is expensive but less than I was paying as a renter. As for getting a loan that isn't an option as my credit rating is shot. Still paying off old debt settlements and five years before my credit rating is restored.
I’d be looking to do some agency work soon, I know ism do the self employed payment.
Yea they do. Around €15.50 per hour for rigids. €13.50 on the books so I would say if you factor in the holiday pay and PRSI they are getting the better deal. But they dock an hour break whether you get it or not. That pissed me off.
I was out with Musgraves and doesn't matter how good you are of a driver, you have to go out on route training with one of their own drivers. The musgraves drivers are on salaries so other than the statutory breaks they want to get finished as soon as possible. So the couple of days I was out they let me drive for 4.5 hours and then took over and didn't stop for a break. I suspose from their point of view I slowed them down as they had to show me how to do all paperwork and use the electronic scanner etc. So a free coffee from one of the Spar shops and eat your sandwich in the cab driving between drops. Other than that they are sound lads and Musgraves has a good reputation as an employer and it seemed to be true. Gas thing is I applied to them and many others directly and received a lovely email saying "Thanks for the application but at this time we have decided not to proceed any further with your application." Then a week later I am driving their trucks around as an agency driver. :-\
I’ve a artic licence from years back, wonder what the rate is to drive one of them. Thanks for the insight into it, it it only musgraves they do agency work for it is it a few other places?
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U wha how much do you earn with the HGV licence job and how much do you spend on the taxi every week?Surely you'd get a proper loan if you have a job instead of the shite deal from Ebbs.Seems like the hard way to get by instead of working the taxi full time.
Why do you need two driving jobs?Is there only a certain amount of hours you can legally put in behind the wheel?
HGV is agency work so some weeks full time (5 days @ 8 to 12 hours a day) other weeks just a day or two. Doing it that way because I haven't been in a truck for years so want to get experience in different roles. As I am already self employed I can invoice as self employed (€15.50 to €17 per hour depending on each contract and time shift starts).
The ebbs deal won't be there next year, they said they only had 6 or 7 left to sell off. I won't be driving taxi to earn as long as I can get agency work. The taxi is there as a back up for now. If the game gets back to some sort of normal next year then I might go back to full time. Have to see if I can stick the truck driving out. Heavy work compared to driving taxi. Pulling cages and pallets around. The muscles are waking up again and dropped a few pounds already. I am 50 now and I have to make meself do it everyday and as a taxi driver learn to keep my mouth with gobshites in the transport companies on power trips.
When I have seen out the ebbs contract I will trade the wheelie in for a newer one and get my own plate. If I get a full time HGV role down the road I will drive the wheelie into the ground as a private car. As I have explained in another thread it suits my situation. Yes it is expensive but less than I was paying as a renter. As for getting a loan that isn't an option as my credit rating is shot. Still paying off old debt settlements and five years before my credit rating is restored.
I’d be looking to do some agency work soon, I know ism do the self employed payment.
Yea they do. Around €15.50 per hour for rigids. €13.50 on the books so I would say if you factor in the holiday pay and PRSI they are getting the better deal. But they dock an hour break whether you get it or not. That pissed me off.
I was out with Musgraves and doesn't matter how good you are of a driver, you have to go out on route training with one of their own drivers. The musgraves drivers are on salaries so other than the statutory breaks they want to get finished as soon as possible. So the couple of days I was out they let me drive for 4.5 hours and then took over and didn't stop for a break. I suspose from their point of view I slowed them down as they had to show me how to do all paperwork and use the electronic scanner etc. So a free coffee from one of the Spar shops and eat your sandwich in the cab driving between drops. Other than that they are sound lads and Musgraves has a good reputation as an employer and it seemed to be true. Gas thing is I applied to them and many others directly and received a lovely email saying "Thanks for the application but at this time we have decided not to proceed any further with your application." Then a week later I am driving their trucks around as an agency driver. :-\
I’ve a artic licence from years back, wonder what the rate is to drive one of them. Thanks for the insight into it, it it only musgraves they do agency work for it is it a few other places?
Artics are on the higher end of the range. €13.50 to €16 per hour depending on the company. There are a few agencies, ISM is just one of them. Musgraves is one of the better employers out there. Good conditions and they run their fleet by the book unlike other some other operators.
To find jobs just type "HGV driver jobs Dublin" or "Artic HGV driver jobs" into a google search and you will get results from Indeed.ie, Jobs.ie, Irishjobs.ie Simplyhired.ie.They all list HGV jobs sometimes the same ones form all employers and agencies.
If you are a bit rusty I would suggest getting some practice somewhere. If you can't do that for free then ISM and Airport driving schools will let you go out with an instructor. Its about €185 for an 2 hour session. The agencies will assess you driving before putting you on the books and then most of the contracts will do the same. It's nothing personal its all about their insurance policies.