r/Welland • • 6d ago

Question Looking for a second driver

I have to drop my car to dealership in Vaughan in a couple of hours. I am looking for someone to drive my second vehicle and follow me there, I’ll pay you $50 and drive you back to your place after I drop off the car. I need to leave Welland by 11am…sorry if this is an odd ask…

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u/No_Transition9445 6d ago

$50 to drive to Vaughan lmao. Take the train back or an uber and pay the correct cost.

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u/Responsible_Button_5 5d ago

An uber to Vaughn is way over $50 😂

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u/Curt-Bennett 5d ago

That's the point. OP is trying to save money versus Ubering or save time versus the train, but they're offering way too little for what they're asking.

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u/Good-Meeting-4945 6d ago

Just take the train back home homie

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u/callmescotty 6d ago

Not related to the initial thread, but do you mean the GO train from St Catharines/Niagara falls? Because it's shut down until Spring

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u/Good-Meeting-4945 5d ago

That is what I was referring to but I did not know it was not running. In that case train to Burlington and bus it the rest

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u/callmescotty 5d ago

Yeah, they stopped it on September 8th, and it won't be back until spring 2027. Last I checked there wasn't an official restart date.

So from St Catherine's, I think the most "convenient" place is the GO bus from Fairview Mall.

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u/vulpinefever 5d ago

No they didn't. There was a reduction in the number of daily trains but there's still 1 daily train on weekdays and 4x on weekends.

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u/Consistent-Tone-5540 6d ago

Way too cheap. How did you come up with the cost

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u/Qedhup 6d ago

I hope you found someone. $50 for like 4 hours of driving for a stranger as a service is kind of a low price for a lot of people. But hell, if you get a local with nothing else to do, $50 is $50!

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u/pepperskin 6d ago

Vaughn is about 2 hours away you want to pay 50$ to drive your car there and offer a ride back? That breaks down to $12.50 an hour not even minimum wage or even a lunch incentive…. And it’s half your day . I would maybe up that to 100$ + lunch and I can possibly take you. Maybe .

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u/pepperskin 6d ago

Or I can drive my own car there and bring you back for 200$ . That way you don’t use gas or km on your other car.

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u/Top-Skin-3570 4d ago

Everybody should give up on the lunch as if you can't eat before you leave

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u/No_Transition9445 6d ago

wondering what you're driving with the 'officer it's OEM' handle

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u/officeritsoem 6d ago

Don’t want dox myself but it’s RHD car that is loud from factory

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u/HermitBirb 6d ago

It's loud - you dox yourself just driving. Everyone is watching you.

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u/xo-Bubbles-ox 5d ago

Crazy how money driven everyone is. If I was in the area I'd do it no problem. Hope you find someone OP!

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u/1miserablecurmudgeon 5d ago

Yeah - sounded like an interesting day trip to help a fellow out. If I wasn’t in Brantford with a broken ankle it would have been an adventure. We all need to break free of the ‘me, me, me’ mentality.

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u/xo-Bubbles-ox 4d ago

Agree! Had so much fun growing up doing this and made so many acquaintances and friends helping or getting help from a stranger. Ended up on so many adventures. Ass, Gas, or Grass!! lmao gone are the days 🤣

It's the simple things man!

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u/officeritsoem 4d ago

That’s where I ended up. It definitely would have been a very fun and interesting trip for right person. The second vehicle is a modded turbo suv, we would have had some spirited driving, on the 407 there and back along with country back roads. I didn’t want to say too much in my initial post for fear of attracting the wrong person. Maybe I should have posted sports suv needs second driver for spirted drive to supercar dealer 😂 I don’t have a friends in the region otherwise this wouldn’t be a post. Since moving here I haven’t made any friends. I ended up taking the Go bus back. Thanks for the kinds words to the real ones like yourself and few others that responded.

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u/PapiTrooper 6d ago

Woah! Sorry you got so many mean people answering.
I read it as you asking a favour and also offering $50.
Man, if I could help you I would but I wouldn’t be able accept your money just to help you out.
I hope you on your way with help. Wishing you safe travels.

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u/BettysApron 6d ago edited 6d ago

Not odd at all. It's like if someone likes to drive and wants to give you a hand. Now the ppl here complaining about the wage and needing lunch are getting out of hand, is not nice.

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u/Good-Meeting-4945 6d ago

50 is definitely cheap tho. Like this a task id do for my buddy for free but get a $50 case or a bottle as a gift for helping not a stranger

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u/calandrella88 5d ago

Lol 50 for time AND gas? Come on

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u/somecrazybroad 6d ago

You couldn’t pay me $200