Would you charge your mate Petrol money if he worked with you?

[logic_guy]

My neighbour is looking for a job. There may be a place cropping up at work for him but he has no means of getting there.

If he got a placement, i'm sure he would ask for a lift.

I look at this in 2 minds.

>> Your going that way anyway, so what's the point in saying i can't give you a lift and charging him for fuel?

Or the other way i look at it is:

>> He will be using FREE (my) transport to get to and from work, will not have to worry about running a car or petrol costs. For him, it would be a free ride to work. He will be laughing while i'll be basically filling up with petrol to take my self and him to work.

I'm not too sure on this one, i'm swaying towards charging him a tenner towards petrol money (Mainly cos his Scottish and tight :panic:)

Views?

[Stefan_Wood]

Charge the fcker or GTFO :D

[Mochachino]

Me and my mate used to work at the same place and take it in turns week on week off driving. And as you said if we were going somewhere anyway we'd pay.

But I go out with another group of mates too and they pay for fuel halfs all the time and I hate it, I feel like I have to pay for their fuel even though they ere going there anyway, I feel kinda awkward I dont offer but I think why should I.

[Prickle]

i drop my work mates off now and again and they offer.. im like mehh ok. cheers. :A:

after all cars dont run on fresh air..

[logic_guy]

I'm surprised you have mates that want to get into a Micra tbh.

I could charge him half, (£15 a week?) but i don't want to be funny with him, yet why should he get a free lift.

He can't drive. Although as you said db... Me and my other mate used to do this at my old place of work. Used to save £120 a month on fuel :D

[Mochachino]

Oye I accept money off a work college but I do have to go out my way for him.

[Prickle]

I'm surprised you have mates that want to get into a Micra tbh.

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[Hatcha]

Just ask him to buy you lunch every day, or if that's too much just like a tenner a week or something!

[mlawlan69]

im the only lad in my brigade who drives!

two of the others live about a mile further than my house respectively, they usually buy me a beer after work or bung me a couple of quid for the ride.

i dont accept cash all the time but it certainly helps !!

[logic_guy]

im the only lad in my brigade who drives!

two of the others live about a mile further than my house respectively, they usually buy me a beer after work or bung me a couple of quid for the ride.

i dont accept cash all the time but it certainly helps !!

Tbh, the cash would be more beneficial. Wear and tear etc... all counts.

His a Jock so i'm not holding hopes. I will mention petrol money but i think he will screw his nose up and say 'I'll pay you next week' and i'll never get it.

£10 (7L of petrol) isn't too much for a lift to and from work.

[mlawlan69]

Tbh, the cash would be more beneficial. Wear and tear etc... all counts.

His a Jock so i'm not holding hopes. I will mention petrol money but i think he will screw his nose up and say 'I'll pay you next week' and i'll never get it.

£10 (7L of petrol) isn't too much for a lift to and from work.

if he is expecting you to find him a job (kind of) and you to then take him to that job then it seems you have nothing to gain from getting him one !

i would just say look, were gunna be sharing the journey, it's only fair we share the costs, petrol at least, or tell him that the bus is always available !!!

you could even work out the cheapest it would be for him to travel to work each week, and then charge him accordingly, but that's getting mad, haha

[logic_guy]

I'll tell him the bag pips are callin', nessy will nah longa be eble to give you a lift.

[Bound]

No because I'm not a bellend.

If you're going to the same place, at the same time, and you're MATES, you would have to be a cunt to even think about asking. If he's some guy you know then fair enough. But thread title says 'mate'. So..

[Cam]

I would tbh, u got to pay tax insurance M.O.T and petrol for work he can not jump in for fuck all..

[Ryan]

No because I'm not a bellend.

If you're going to the same place, at the same time, and you're MATES, you would have to be a cunt to even think about asking. If he's some guy you know then fair enough. But thread title says 'mate'. So..

Charging hardly makes you a bell end.

So it's right that the 'mate' gets a free lift to work thus saving x money that the op has to pay for.

Splitting it helps both parties save money and is fair.

[KelVTS90]

in all fairness he shud just offer it to you

[Manu]

cars are not free
petrol is not free
road tax is not free
insurance is not free
maintenance is not free

Also additional weight in the car costs more petrol. Look at it this way: you're going to the nurburgring, and your mate does fancy going there too. Are you gonna pay for the whole cost of it and give a lift for free just because he's your mate?

[haz_pro]

Yes of course, even if he's a mate then doesn't mean should get a free ride. I would never expect to do the same in reverse and not have to pay equally!

[Viper]

I have never charged anyone for petrol...

[devilsadvocate]

I would charge him.

If I were in his position, I would pay you money regardless of whether you asked for it or not because it's the decent thing to do, more so on the basis that petrol/insurance is expensive these days.

If you don't offer him a lift then it's public transport (if available) or no job (which he will be financially worse off) so if he is a decent human being (mate or not) then he should not be offended if you ask for petrol money to help cover costs. I would jump at the chance of not having to maintain a car if it meant I could get a lift to work and only pay 50% of the petrol costs :)

[Ashleyp]

When i was 17 at passed before all of my mates, i could charge extortionate amounts for petrol because nobody knew the value of it as they didnt drive :D

now though, i don't charge for petrol

different scenario in the sence that all of my mates drive, but if we go someone quite far skating (usually at least once a week) we just take it in turns to drive, usually 2 or 3 full cars going, so each week different people drive.

if i was giving someone a lift, i probs wouldn't charge them. when i had to travel about 30 miles twice a week to basketball i'd take two other guys as they didnt drive, but i had to go there anyway so it was no big deal. they'd sort me out with a couple of bottles of lucozade or something lol, that was fine by me :)

If i was in his position i'd offer it.

[Jonny52002]

If he is a mate he would offer you some petrol money without asking or at least buy you a pint or alternative alcholic beverage. I had to get lad at work to pickup me up a couple of times when I didnt have a car at the start of year when my Clio packed in and I gave him a fiver without him having to ask for it.

[Proffitt]

Yes, I would charge.

£10 a week seams ok I think :y:

If he doesn't want to pay that, then tell him to get the bus.

[Dom]

Tom's right, a Bus would cost more than £10 a week. £10 seems more than fair.

[nicole_]

i wouldnt offer at first so he has to use other means the first few days, then say after that youll take him for a little bit of cash as he'll feel like hes getting a better deal?

i personally wouldnt charge though

[TypeRDavid]

If he's any sort of mate he will offer you some money anyway surely?

[Saxotim]

I'd charge half fuel money. And if he says no then fuck him off tbh.

Grinds my gear when people expect something for nothing, if its a one off then fine but every day to work and back? Nah.

[craig180]

If I was going that way and picking them up made no difference to my journey or the amount of fuel I used then of course I wouldn't ask for anything.

I can rest assured though that any of my mates would offer or at the very least get me a few pints in

[J222JRA]

Slightly off topic but....

I remember when i passed my driving test......used to drive my mate everywhere and never asked for money.

A year later he passed......first time we went out and he drove he asked me for petrol money.......i was fucked off to say the least.

[Dolly]

I have never charged anyone for petrol...

Something you don't charge for, ey ;)

[Dolly]

Personally I wouldn't ask the guy to give you some petrol money but if a friend was doing it for me I'd give them something.

I know you're going the exact same way and its not effecting you giving him a lift but he can't expect to get to work for free everyday. What happens if you weren't there for him to get to work? He'd have to pay for transport then.

[JamesR]

£10 a week or something seems fair tbh

[baker556]

Wouldn't charge a mate for a lift somewhere or just going out somewhere, but when we went to FCS we split the cost of the jungle juice.

If you gave him a lift just every now and again then i don't think the money would be an issue. As its everyday i'm sure a tenner a week would be fine. I know i would offer someone if they gave me a lift somewhere everyday.

Just say look mate i'll give you a lift to and from work for a tenner a week no harm done.

[Bound]

If you're going out of your way to get them and drop them of then fair enough.

But you said it's your mate and you're not..

[Heftydanielson]

£10 a week seems ok tbh.

As said, if he's a good mate he'll offer you money for fuel.

[Stissy]

this depends on two things, the first is how close you are, i never change friends petrol money, if they offer i say no (or if its a long journey and they offer i'll say "get me a pint next time we're out) a bit of money between friends is nothing, just do it

if its for work though, and its a regular thing, thats the second dependancy, would he charge you? if he would, then charge him, if not, then just take him, its not putting you out your way so you might as well just take him

[jw1325]

I'm not too sure on this one, i'm swaying towards charging him a tenner towards petrol money (Mainly cos his Scottish and tight :panic:)

Views?


His a Jock so i'm not holding hopes.

I'll tell him the bag pips are callin', nessy will nah longa be eble to give you a lift.

Do these 3 comments make you feel like the big man?

I'll tell you something. Scottish people are in fact the statistically the most generous in Britain.

That aside - If someone was giving me a lift every day, I would contribute towards their expenses. The past 3 weeks I haven't had a car, and a woman from my work who lives a mile away has been picking me up near hers and bringing me into / home from work.

I've been buying her lunch a few tiems - and I'll buy her a bottle of wine. I'll also offer to pick her up etc when I pick my car up this weekend when we are back at work as her man needs their car for his new job.

[Giraffe]

It's HE IS or HE'S, not fucking "his" you absolute doyle.

No further input.

[Ben_SaxoForte]

He should pay half at the end of the day its probably cheaper than getting the bus so its not like hes losing out in any way, If I was to get a lift to work off a mate I'd offer money towards the petrol as I'd feel totally awkward if I didn't, not to mention tight!

[Heftydanielson]

It's HE IS or HE'S, not fucking "his" you absolute doyle.

No further input.

The grammar police is in the house. ;)

[craig180]

I like to think if you help people out, should the time come when you need help, others will be there for you. Even if they are Scottish and/or cunts.

[LSOfreak]

if i didnt have to go out my way/the route id be taking anyway then i wouldnt bother charging tbh

[Manu]

I like to think if you help people out, should the time come when you need help, others will be there for you. Even if they are Scottish and/or cunts.

My experience says I have met a few people who will rip you off with a smile and abuse your goodwill, pretending to be your mate. My other real friends do wear their heart on their sleeve and I will be happy to give them a free lift to help out.

[Giraffe]

the grammar police is in the house. ;)

wrong.

[devilsadvocate]

The grammar police are in the house. ;)

Corrected

His grammar is so bad that it makes my eyes hurt just reading it.

[Stissy]

wrong.

the sentence structure police are in the house.

haha ;)

[marcusd]

used to give my mate lift and did go out of my normal route by a bit so used to charge him 20-40 fags rather than pay petrol. 20 for morning pick and and 20 for evening drop off depending weather i went to other job or not.
end of the day u may be driving there yourself anyway but why should he get free transport, he;d have to pay bus or train fare so why not chip in for bit of petrol

[mangojace]

Charging hardly makes you a bell end.

So it's right that the 'mate' gets a free lift to work thus saving x money that the op has to pay for.

Splitting it helps both parties save money and is fair.

+1

Why should he get it free all the time? Unless he does you favours

[b0t13]

charge him, a weekly bus pass is like £11 so £10 is a bargin, id personally say half of whatever it costs u to do it everyday,

dont forget theres the hassle of waiting around for them, potential to make you late for work and going slightly out ur way to get them, unless hes perfect everyday and ready to go when ur at his house? lol

its only fair to split it, most people that dont drive dont know how much it costs to run a car so he might get arsey about it tbh..

[Brettles1986]

If he's a 'Mate' then he should offer, seems he's a sponging bastard tbh, I would charge him though seeing as if you weren't going that way he would have to find another method of getting to work that would most likely cost him.

[saxoboy91]

You will be lucky to get money out of one of us "Jocks", would be easier getting blood out of a stone tbh. Lol

Only thing we would give the english is a kick in the balls :D ijokesss lol

Anyway, I wouldnt ask to begin with I would wait a few weeks and see if he offers, if not then just say that youd appreciate a wee bung to help out for fuel since he is getting a lift.

If it was me though I would offer the person money anyway just to show thanks.

[b0t13]

i wouldnt wait as it makes it harder to ask, set the ground rules from the start, as hell avoiding 'offering' if its gonna cost him lol

[Liamjrhodes]

id charge him defo, its only fair

[Miss-D]

I'd charge him!
I used to take a mate to uni and i told her to pay for the petrol (£10 a week) as i had just bought a car/ insurance etc... She wasn't very happy about it but i didn't see why she should get away with not paying anything, even if she is a mate

[Mr_X]

if he is your friend and you would be driving that way anyway, why charge?

If he could drive it would be different.

[Moke]

If it's out of my way, yes.

Or if I'm going there anyway and I'm short on cash, I'll accept it, but offer to pay it back.

[e8_pqck]

wait a week or so, then charge him.

he might be skint if he hasnt had a job for a while.

just make it light hearted so he cant refuse or make it sound like he's forgot and was going to do it anyway, there's a load of ways you can broach the subject.

Ultimately he should pay - i pay my nan to store my car even though she's to old to use her garage, but nothing is free.

If he's a goo mate he will pay. if not then he aint much of a mate really.

[Bound]

I wouldn't even think of charging my mates. I wouldn't want to be 'mates' with a lot of you.. I can only think that the people saying you should charge him are not as close to their friends as I am.. Maybe a group of 6 or 7 I see all the time I wouldn't even consider asking/offering... Even more distant friends/acquaintances I wouldn't ask. The only exception being - If for example, (not that they ever would as they have no interest in cars) a mate asked me to drive 30/40 miles + to pick up a car part, making it a 60/80 mile round trip - That's gonna cost.. Or driving to the airport for holidays (fuel + parking) And that's fair enough. Around town? No chance.

So much for Northerners (not the OP - other posters) being more friendly, more like tight fisted bastards :D.

[Moke]

EDIT: Ignore me.

[logic_guy]

Hi is a mate. He is my next door neighbour but he has that typical Scottish attitude on him.. If i can get something for free, why should i bother parting with my money.

Decided, I'm charging him £12 a week. (Roughly half). I disagree with Jocks attitude and it bugs me that his getting a free ride into work while not having to pay any expenses. I'm being his taxi as such.

To get a bus to where i work (Thurleigh Airfield) would mean walking up along the A6 from Milton Earnest. A good half hour walk i'd say, risk of being ran over too.

[0rang3peel]

Decided, I'm charging him £12 a week..

lol call it a tenner for fuck sake :fcuk:

to be honest, I lift shared with a few people and we used to take it in turns to drive/pay

[logic_guy]

He can't drive and hasn't got a car.

[0rang3peel]

He can't drive and hasn't got a car.

I know.

hence why I said pay

[Lewis]

If I drove an uneconomical car Id take any chance I could get

[Moke]

If you're that bothered, don't give him a lift FFS.

[Viper]

Logic guy...

Fuck off, yeah?

[haz_pro]

I'll tell you something. Scottish people are in fact the statistically the most generous in Britain.

Please can I have a link to these stats? Lol

[river]

If he doesn't offer he's a shite mate.

[DUBHEAD]

imo i would charge, but not something stupid.

[e8_pqck]

I wouldn't even think of charging my mates. I wouldn't want to be 'mates' with a lot of you.. I can only think that the people saying you should charge him are not as close to their friends as I am.. Maybe a group of 6 or 7 I see all the time I wouldn't even consider asking/offering... Even more distant friends/acquaintances I wouldn't ask. The only exception being - If for example, (not that they ever would as they have no interest in cars) a mate asked me to drive 30/40 miles + to pick up a car part, making it a 60/80 mile round trip - That's gonna cost.. Or driving to the airport for holidays (fuel + parking) And that's fair enough. Around town? No chance.

So much for Northerners (not the OP - other posters) being more friendly, more like tight fisted bastards :D.


then you're an idiot.

You charge for a one-off trip, but then dont for a daily commute!

I took my mate from Leeds to leicestershire free of charge, alos picked up an LPG tank for another mate from warrington, took up the whole back seat! Never charged a penny.

However, a daily grind, day in day out - and you think i'd do it for free - that is taking the piss. Will take someone for a week, but if its for the foreseeable future, then it will either be shared or paid for as i cannot afford to subsidise someone else to earn money.

[Moke]

then you're an idiot.

You charge for a one-off trip, but then dont for a daily commute!

I took my mate from Leeds to leicestershire free of charge, alos picked up an LPG tank for another mate from warrington, took up the whole back seat! Never charged a penny.

However, a daily grind, day in day out - and you think i'd do it for free - that is taking the piss. Will take someone for a week, but if its for the foreseeable future, then it will either be shared or paid for as i cannot afford to subsidise someone else to earn money.

This man talks sense!

But to be fair, you should have charged for the big journeys too... That's just like driving them day in, day out for about 2 weeks for free :shocked:

[LSOfreak]

I wouldn't even think of charging my mates. I wouldn't want to be 'mates' with a lot of you.. I can only think that the people saying you should charge him are not as close to their friends as I am.. Maybe a group of 6 or 7 I see all the time I wouldn't even consider asking/offering... Even more distant friends/acquaintances I wouldn't ask. The only exception being - If for example, (not that they ever would as they have no interest in cars) a mate asked me to drive 30/40 miles + to pick up a car part, making it a 60/80 mile round trip - That's gonna cost.. Or driving to the airport for holidays (fuel + parking) And that's fair enough. Around town? No chance.

So much for Northerners (not the OP - other posters) being more friendly, more like tight fisted bastards :D.

exactly the way i see it tbh
only time ive charged is on an airport run, or to take someone to buy a car far away, or as a daily commute if im going a fair distance out my way to pick them up/drop them off everyday.

its a bit stingy asking for money everytime a mate gets into your car. your not a taxi service, theyre mates.

[Mr_X]

Agree with Bound and LSO.

The poor fucker can hardly get a bus and doesnt drive. £12 a week makes you look like a cock.

PS, some of my most generous friends are Scottish.

[Delboy]

i'd charge him tbh..

to get to my college, which is 30 miles away, there and back costs around £10-£12 a day, i go 4 days a week so around £40 - £50

i charge my mate who has all the same lessons as me, who lives on my road, £15 a week

before getting lifts with me, he was paying £8 a day for a train there and back, so it works out cheaper my way for him, and cheaper for me as i now only pay £30 a week to get to college and back

a few other mates want lifts every now and then, and i just say chuck a fiver in and ill take you to college and back, or one way for £3.

petrol does cost alot..
when i never had a vehicle to get around in, i had to pay my way everywhere, tbh most of the time it was out of curtisy (however you spell it) as they've given me a lift, so ill pay my way, as i always have done.

now i've worked hard and earned enough to afford a car and petrol ect, does that mean they get to go everywhere for free? even if im going in that direction, they should still pay their way like i always did.

obviously there are the times where i give my mates lifts for free, if its not stupidly far, but when its consistent every day far away, its nice for them to chip in for fuel, makes things alot easier.

[Davo106]

He's a cunt if he doesnt offer tbh.

[wadoryu]

charge the fucker with my workmate i alternate other wise it's not fair.

[devilsadvocate]

The economy is fucked still and people are lucky to even have jobs, people need to stop expecting things for free and pay their way in life.

The OP's mate will either have to pay public transport (unreliable and expensive) or not have a job, people need to stop whining about 'oh friends', get into the real world and realise that that travel costs money so mates or not, they should expect to give people petrol money if they are being given a lift to work ffs!

[willsy]

£10 a week sounds perfectly reasonable, seems like a massive help for him to do that rather than have 30 mins walk before even getting to the bus stop, then waiting around for the pitiful diseased meatwagon to turn up and having a long drawn out journey.

For you extra weight = more fuel used

For him he gets a lift to his door, doesn't have an hours worth of walking and most importantly doesn't have to suffer using a bus 'service'. £10 is nothing and I'm sure given the choice anyone would cough up and pay.

[LouisUK]

I would charge him after a few weeks if he hasn't offered anything. He's a mate but at the of the day he should be offering to put something to it.

When i went to college i paid for the fuel and my mate paid for the parking. If the parking was free he would just give us a bit towards the fuel. I didn't ask for anything, but he wasn't tight and offered. I wouldn't take much though cause he's still a mate.

[e8_pqck]

£10 a week sounds perfectly reasonable, seems like a massive help for him to do that rather than have 30 mins walk before even getting to the bus stop, then waiting around for the pitiful diseased meatwagon to turn up and having a long drawn out journey.

For you extra weight = more fuel used

For him he gets a lift to his door, doesn't have an hours worth of walking and most importantly doesn't have to suffer using a bus 'service'. £10 is nothing and I'm sure given the choice anyone would cough up and pay.

and he gets to sleep on the way to work, not only that you have to think about him i.e. when he's a few minutes late or whether you want to do something before work like leave 10 mins early to get your lunch from 24hr tesco's - any kind of shite.

You might aswel pay him to not have a lift, will work out the same.

[Lukus-vtr]

Me and my twin brother used to work at the same place, and he wanted free lifts. He can get fucked, its no ones fault but there own if they can't be bothered to learn to drive and buy and maintain a vehicle. So I charged him £10 a week an he obviously moaned, so I said fine, catch a bus 5 times a week there and back and see how much it costs you. He's my brother so I shouldn't charge but I don't see why he should save money because I forked out more cash on the money burner that is driving.

[Stuart85VTR]

I would charge him, after all as said you have to mantain the car wether it be tax, insurance, wear and tear or petrol. I think £10 a week is fair enough

[dondan]

In your situation...

I'd give him a lift for free for the first week, at the end of the first week on the way home if he had not offered to pay anything by this point I'd be asking him to contribute. If the subject of amount came up I'd suggest a tenner would be fair outlining the rough costs and alternatives.

If there was ANY disagreeing from him he obviously ain't that good a mate and must want to get the bus or find other arrangements?

For one offs I never ask for money from people, but will thank them for it if it's offered. With me and my good mates we all drive, if we are going anywhere its usually in the bigger more comfy car (leon/mondeo) as my Clio aint really suitable for a group at which point I prompt everyone to chip in on behalf of the driver as he's to polite to ask :).

It's never really an issue for discussion these days as we are all mature and respect each other and money in general, at college it was a different story!

Me and 1 other lad passed our tests by the October of the first year as we are both september birthdays, before Christmas I had the back seats removed as did he and we only gave each other lifts in to college and about as EVERYONE took the piss. Only days anyone else got a lift was if we took both cars in as we were playing wacky races (he had a red 1.2 nova salloon called red rocket and I had a White 1.2 nova hatchback called White lightning) it was like newcastles poverty version of grease lol.

[RDKells]

I take my brother in law to work everyday, which is 'on the way' but it's the long way. I don't charge him anything, It's an extra 2 miles on the dot and about an extra 15 mins. (Getting there picking him up saying hi to my sis.. ladeda), so that's 12 miles a week. Think I might start charging him.


In your situation...

I'd give him a lift for free for the first week, at the end of the first week on the way home if he had not offered to pay anything by this point I'd be asking him to contribute. If the subject of amount came up I'd suggest a tenner would be fair outlining the rough costs and alternatives.

I have mentioned this and both my dad and him laughed saying I was tight... (I work for my dad with him)

If there was ANY disagreeing from him he obviously ain't that good a mate and must want to get the bus or find other arrangements?


Me and 1 other lad passed our tests by the October of the first year as we are both september birthdays, before Christmas I had the back seats removed as did he and we only gave each other lifts in to college and about as EVERYONE took the piss. Only days anyone else got a lift was if we took both cars in as we were playing wacky races (he had a red 1.2 nova salloon called red rocket and I had a White 1.2 nova hatchback called White lightning) it was like newcastles poverty version of grease lol.


LMAO!!

[dondan]

Those two cars took some hammering, was what got me into my cars- they went through a massive transformation during our ownership we worked on them together.

Full stock car livery and numbers at one point, stencilled on with spraypaint in the college car park. My roof had a jumbo White lightning cider label wrap (took a lot of cider drinking and wallpaper paste to complete).

After breaking them crashing into each other and anything in our way for a year they both got new engines the following summer, i went for a GTE engine from a written off nova which worked great for a month or so till it gave way in a ball of flames... He opted for a 2litre astra engine with the intention of using nitrous oxide like his older brothers astra, his plans never came together and his nova joined mine in the scrapyard in the sky.

Fond memories!

[dondan]

If anyone knows the south shields area they will be delighted to know we raced around gypsies green daytona style until the council rocked up and ruined our fun :(

[Yates]

No because I'm not a bellend.

If you're going to the same place, at the same time, and you're MATES, you would have to be a cunt to even think about asking. If he's some guy you know then fair enough. But thread title says 'mate'. So..


i give my mates normally 2 or 3 of them a lift to darlington from portsmouth, and the other way, costs me around 100 quid, not only that puts alot of miles on car, needs servicing alot more, brakes n tyres done more often, would i be a cunt for asking? or would they be cunts for not offering?

actually charge 40 quid there n back, doesnt matter how good a mate they are, it costs alot as said, im not a cunt for it far from it, actually costs around 90 quid at least for a return on the train.

how ever thats work wise, i dont mind being duty driver when we go out places like newcastle n that, i never ask for money, but mates generally dont let me pay for a drink all night, might cost them few quid each to get me cokes.

id charge him like, like said leave it first week, but what id do is one day to work stop at petrol station, let him see how much you put in each time might make him think about offering

[Yates]

I have never charged anyone for petrol...

going places with mates other than work, neither have i, but then like ive said they get us a drink or something, then other times they drive

but going to work is diff

[Bound]

Yates - Like I said that's a large distance. I did backtrack and say I'd charge for large distances/one of journeys... I mean we still don't know how far the OP (and his 'mate' :D) drives to get to work.. But if it's a 30 min walk that's probably 1.5-2 miles? (not that I would cover that distance on foot lol). I'm saying - For your mates, around town, when you're going to the same place at the same time - that I wouldn't charge. Maybe I'm just to generous.. :P. Town driving distances are so short it's only going to amount to a couple of quid.. and the 'extra weight' is bollocks.. over 1-2 miles it's gonna be pennies different.. Sure that will 'add up' over a month to a couple of quid.. But so what? They're mates and you're doing them a favor, helping them out and they will appreciate it. Imagine if it was pissing with rain, I wouldn't refuse to take mates on the basis they haven't contributed like a quid fuel money. I feel my mates are worth that.

[Yates]

if its social then mate yeah i agree with you

but if its work then its different, you arent doing the trip out of pleasure, if you give them a lift every day, 5 days a week, for a year, its alot of money, even if it is just driving say 10 miles a day. a actual mate would offer imo