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17/7/2017 at 10:10pm
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I have been with my current firm for 12 years, and the company car I drive is from VW Leasing, the car gets replaced every two years at around 60k miles.
The ideal scenario would be for the car to come with a factory fit towbar, as then the cost to me would be around £5 per month in additional tax, as the fitment of the towbar would slightly increase the retail value of the car, and would inturn increase the BIK rate.
But for some unexplained reason by the firm I work for the above is not an option.
So every two years I pay for a towbar to be fitted, so that's £400 and the car goes back with the towbar still fitted, and the crash bar goes in the boot on the day of return.
I keep the cost down a little by opting for Trailer only wiring 13pin, but the fitting has to be done by a VW approved fitter and must be dedicated electrics.
The irony is that the last car I had, the wiring was done fully, so would have been good for caravan as well.
I have just last month taken delivery of a new company car, and have not got around to having yet another new towbar fitted.
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Yep a friend of mine took on a 3 year leased car, when he landed what he thought was a decent job, visiting retailers in Blackpool and Preston, job ended ended after 12 months and he is now stuck with a car he can't afford.
There firm took on about 40 staff to cover the UK, they all needed a car to do the job, they could either use there own car, or go for a lease car, the areas were quite small, so not high mileage, 40p per mile or something was what the firm paid them for the first 10k miles then dropped to 25p or something after that, most choose to use there own cars, but a few had engines blow up, and gearbox's fail etc, so they were out of pocket as well.
To my mind if the job requires a car, then the company should provide it, and service it, without any financial risk to the employee.
Otherwise you might as well go self employed, or maybe I am missing something?
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