How much petrol money would you charge someone for 10 miles/week of driving?

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If you were giving someone a lift several times a week that amounted to 10 miles of driving a week, how much would you charge them?

It will be for around a year.

Asking for money seems mean, but driving someone else everyday is one hell of a bind. Hopefully this was not one parent offering the other parent's service!

OP hasn't asked for his favour. They're insisting.

They can't force her to accept a lift though.

Personally it sounds like far too much hassle for a walk that's only a mile long

I'd decline the kind offer if it wasn't really doing me a favour. I'd walk, then nobody is inconvenienced and nobody feels awkward handing over/accepting cash.

If I did really want the lifts, I'd fill their tank up every now and then rather than 'pay per ride'. I'd keep it a casual arrangement and essentially overpay, so I could stop it whenever I wanted.

Tenner a week.

If they won’t take it then £20 total worth of flowers and wine (or whatever) fortnightly so it seems like a gift. Rather than weekly when it feels like payment, and if they refused payment they will refuse those too.

If they won’t take that either take them for a meal once a month when you spend £40 on them plus whatever you eat.

If they won’t take that put the money by and buy them something they really want and would need to save up for. Like a gas bbq or garden centre large expensive plant/planter etc they’re hankering over or something.

£10 a week is enough
And people on here need to understand that many people struggle financially so whilst you driving your dc everyday for free is great , for others it would be a struggle
Also the £0.45 a mile rate has been that for years and dh gets that and it does not cover fuel and wear and tear etc etc on a vehicle

If the parents are insisting on giving a lift and are insisting on being paid, then I wonder if they’re tight for money I.e they need a bit of help financially.

@FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop its not about being tight fisted though is it? Do you know everyones financial position
Also where I live we have no uber and tax min cost os £4.80 even if i go from mine to station which is half a mile
Don't assume others have the same finances as you, many struggle
My dc is about to leave college and struggling to secure a job, when he leaves we loose cb and universal credit but he still needs feeding and it will be a huge blow to us

Also the £0.45 a mile rate has been that for years and dh gets that and it does not cover fuel and wear and tear etc etc on a vehicle

Indeed, many vehicles will use half of that in fuel alone, especially for short trips and that's before you count depreciation, maintenance, RFL, insurance etc.

I'm fairly certain that it hasn't risen in decades. I've worked for the same employer for getting on for 30 years and it might have gone up from 40 to 45 pence some time last century but apart from that, it's always been that amount.

Bunches of flowers, nice bottle of wine, monthly meals out or a takeaway, buy their shopping (and do it for them). Spoil them if they are going to spoil you. It's time as well as money saving. If they said they want paying then filling up the tank from time to time would cut it. Do they give you other lifts too?

A tenner a week seems a but mean but £20 too much.

@FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop i can also tell you £0.45 doesnt cover wear and teat and fuel and hasn't been put up for ages
And a 1 mile journey can use more than £2 a week as your stop starting your engine , could be in traffic
You have no idea how financially other people struggle and have just called people mean or tight fisted

@BarbaraofSeville yes its been a long time and think it was £0.40 at one point
We put dh petrol and car expenses on a cc and then use the claims to pay off , but we often have to pay extra to cleat the card
He only drives a 1.2 petrol 2014 car so nothing excessive and not too old, lots of stopping and starting and being in traffic uses up fuel quite quick and better when he does a long drive

We frequently drive DS and DD to work, train, gym etc. We don’t charge them a penny. Today alone totals around 28miles of in town driving.

My employer pays me 42p a mile, this covers insurance, the car, wear and tear on the car, raid tax etc.

It's not just the fuel and wear and tear though is it? Their time and having to drag themselves out of bed to pick OP up, early in the morning. I'd pay them whatever a taxi would cost (or just under) tbh - because that's what you'd be paying for door-to-door service without them.

I wouldn't charge anything, but I don't need the cash that badly. I certainly can't imagine asking my DC for cash for that trip, no matter what age they are and I'm one of those awful people who does charge a sensible rate for keep

If I needed the lift I would offer about half of what the not taking the bus trip saves me.

In reality, for a mile, I'd walk. And TBH I'd be insisting my DC did the same, except perhaps in very bad weather, when I'd be pleased to take them. I wouldn't be wanting to commit myself to any arrangement where I needed to do a 20 min or so trip everyday, unless it was on my way to somewhere I was going anyway.

It's not just the fuel and wear and tear though is it? Their time and having to drag themselves out of bed to pick OP up, early in the morning.

Blimey - this is their own child we're talking about! And, assuming they can both drive, presumably it doesn't require both of them to do the journey each day?

Really don't understand the attitude of thinking it's a hardship to help your child.

I’d give £15.
I wouldn’t do this for my DC.

Thank you all for the replies. Just to clarify a few things:

• The walk is longer than 1 mile and takes around 35 minutes. This is for several reasons including having to walk a longer way to get to the pedestrian bridge over the train line and I go a longer route to avoid walking through an isolated woodland area that I wouldn't feel comfortable walking through alone.

• The drive takes around 4 or 5 minutes to get there. We leave at around 7:40am and my parents are back home by 7:50am-ish. The parent who does the driving is retired so this does mean getting up and dressed just to take me in the morning.

• My parents insist on driving me because they are concerned about my safety walking alone and because they know I have a long day ahead of me in quite an active job (healthcare).

• My parents disagree on charging me. One parent doesn't agree with charging me and the other wants me to fill the tank with petrol whenever it's needed (they do a lot of driving though so this would be quite frequently).

• I do live at home and pay keep each month. We are not a particularly well-off family so my keep is financially needed.

Think that's everything that people have mentioned

Hang on - they want you to put a full tank in the car whenever it's needed?

So effectively you'll be in charge of paying for all their fuel?

@FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop

Hang on - they want you to put a full tank in the car whenever it's needed?

Yes

Tell them you are perfectly capable of getting to work on your own and decline the lift.

I thin if they are insisting they give you a lift, they have no right to expect payment for it. Paying for a tank of petrol whenever it's needed is outrageous!

I think you should really consider the possibility of a bike.

The one who wants you to pay for all their fuel costs is a cheeky fucker!

They can't insist on taking you AND insist on making you pay for ALL their fuel.

I'd just walk.

I would give them either a fiver or tenner a week.

I wouldn't fill the tank up. Especially as they are insisting

I'd up your keep by £25 per month. No way in hell should you be shouldering all of their fuel costs. If they aren't happy with that I'd just walk it tbh.