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Old 03-12-2010, 05:09 PM
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It seems like a great idea, but as said, lets say I am pissing it up in Perth and want to get back to my house in Mandurah (and of course I am baller spec and can pay the money) how the hell do you get back to your origin?

EDIT: To all of the others saying $1.46 opposed to $2 per K, if you were to catch a chauffer service, lets say Prestige or Quayside, they charge you a SHITLOAD more than $2 per K and when it is all said and done, you are in a Caprice or if there are more than 4 a Tarago, so it represents half decent money to me regardless of this company driving your car.
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how he gets home...simple:

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Old 03-12-2010, 05:25 PM
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Skippers follow you in another car, guessing this is the same.
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I would rather pay a service to get me and my car home safe than leave it on the street.
If your car if already in a safe location then catch a cab, if you can find one, if not then this is a great idea and is used else where to great effect.

Couple of times we have had a few spontaneous after work drinks and had to cut it short to make sure no one was over the limit. Either that or nominated a skipper and used the work car as a taxi.
Quick call and you get driver to rescue you and your car.

Not my first choice for planning ahead but has the potential to be very handy.
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Thanks for clarifying - I personally wish you the best in your endeavours and will put the number into the phone for future use.

Ummmm - how does your driver get home after a "desi drive"?
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So does your driver turn up on one of those mini folding scooters or does your driver have a driver?

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It seems like a great idea, but as said, lets say I am pissing it up in Perth and want to get back to my house in Mandurah (and of course I am baller spec and can pay the money) how the hell do you get back to your origin?

EDIT: To all of the others saying $1.46 opposed to $2 per K, if you were to catch a chauffer service, lets say Prestige or Quayside, they charge you a SHITLOAD more than $2 per K and when it is all said and done, you are in a Caprice or if there are more than 4 a Tarago, so it represents half decent money to me regardless of this company driving your car.
I love how the forum basically answered this itself. Two people will rock up in one car. One guy will drive you home, the other will follow in the original car.


The folding scooter idea tends to work better in dense cities where you aren't going to far. I believe its a big hit in London and it has been tried here before. However with the spread of Perth, it is much more practical to have someone follow in a car.



The other factor to consider when comparing to a taxi is detention time. A taxi charges forty something an hour on top of the flag fall and km rate. We dont charge for time unless you keep us waiting for too long.
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What's to long? An hour? And would you charge $40 for that long of a wait?
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If you called us up to say come get us now, we would give you a time that we will be there. If we are on time i would make a judgment call and if we are unnecessarily waiting for longer than 5-10 minutes we would probably charge $5 for every additional five minutes we are waiting. But thats better than a cab, they start the meter right away.

At the end of the day, you made the booking/call so why would you keep us waiting. (We do understand it takes just a little bit longer to say drunken goodbyes).
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Would the 20ish girl (and mother?) getting out of the illegally parked beaten up and faded silver getz(?) with signwriting in mt hawthorn earlier in the week a driver?

Was about 2-3pm, cant remember the day.
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