kindafast

I was doing things in the garage today and a FedEx truck parks right next to my garage, a guy just comes up and starts talking to me with a package in his hands, I'm like wtf dude, he steped into the garage and started asking me what I was doing and what the noise was that was coming from my car. It was really weird so I stepped out and he followed me and I closed the garage door because I have a lot of boxes in there that could hint at what I bought for my apartment.

Then he started asking me where I serviced the car, I just said different places and he told me had a W220 S430... a FedEx truck driver...
He asked me where I get my car serviced several times even though I told him that I do in different places, then 30 seconds later I tell him I gota go and leave to my place.

I don't know why I am posting this here, but I feel like I should just in case lol.

Oh yeah and I got a question about the noise coming out of my car. See I was unpluging the battery while the car was in locked and right after I took off the first cord this fast ticking noise started coming out from where the AC stepper motor is.

Well on the bright side of things ECU tuned by Jerry is coming back soon

jturkel

LOL.....weird story and crazy FedEx man.....i dont think he has an S430.....and if he does, well it wasn't his

moosejaw

You should notify your local authorites. He may be a Mercedes Perv!

indyjoe

Don't FedEx drivers make really good money?

Plus, you can get a used S430 for under 10 grand.

jturkel

define good money? i think you could get a used one for in the mid 20s......seen them at Schumacher in Scottsdale for that much, obv depends on yr

moosejaw

My buddies brother has two FED EX routes in Boston and clears 120K a year and he never went to college.

4matic

damn...really?

moosejaw

I was surprised too
to be fair he paid a lot to contract those routes

1qikctr

120k with out a degree ! Nice.

CLKCLK

This is a bad thread. Looking down on people is really retarded. Well at least for me. I was a pizza delivery man driving an 92 Acura Legend in 1996 when I was in college when many other people were driving a lot older Honda and Toyota and even worse. Isn't there a thread couple weeks ago with a picture of a C class w203 with domino's sign on the roof?

This is just wrong. Why don't you look at it at the bright side? Maybe he is just a nice guy and want to make friend to you. Didn't he respect you when he see your C? If one respects me I definitely respect him.

hooleyboy

Yeah Fedex routes are independently owned along with the trucks the route drivers use. FedEx Express on the other hand is owned and ran by Fedex. Thats kinda strange how they call it FedEx when the "EX" already stands for express.

IF you can buy a good route you can make big money. Let alone 2 good routes $$$$$.

Sometimes I see my FedEx driver making deliveries in a uhaul because the FedEx truck broke down.

hooleyboy

+1,

jturkel

hmmm my bad....i take back what i said

moosejaw

I didnt offer my comment as to look down on ppl. On the contrary I can count lots of ppl i know that make three times more than I do, dont have a college education and you wouldnt know it.

For example I worked for a major south florida developer that didnt get the chance to finish school because he had to take over the family business due to a death in the family. He's very sucessful and I guarantee anyone in Fort Lauderdale has heard his name.

Whats even more remarkable is the Fed Ex driver I mentioned (which caused this off topic discussion) came to this country five years ago!

moosejaw

Hooley
During the dark ages, FedEx used to be known as Federal Express when overnight delivery was starting to take off.


As part of a massive marketing and diversification campaign in the mid 90's they shortened it to FedEx, then they bought Kinko's, offered all these services and now overnight delivery is now known as FedEx Express to distance it self from FedEx Ground, FedEx White Glove and FedEx Custom Critical.
Did you know they also deliver cars?

indyjoe

There's a guy around here that delivers in a M3. No joke. Has a window sign and everything.

kindafast

I think I hear a violin in the background.

FrankW

I've talk to UPS drivers as well. they get paid very well.

TemjinX2

i heard fedex/ups driver get paid at least 50-60k from what i heard. i know the guys that just unload the boxes get paid like $18hr.

kindafast

that's a lot of money

FrankW

but they don't get much day offs.

Gramma_Benz

Yeah, a lot of the money they make is from overtime pay. It's a lot of hours, but you can make a lot of money for a low skill requirement job.

Before DHL left the US, my local pickup guy owned a nail shop and had two houses.

mkonei

my ex used to deliver for Fed Ex express for 15 years, she was making about 60k when she quit

TemjinX2

i see, yeah thats in line with what i heard from various people.

kadafone

Im a truck driver and have a S430 and 2009 Maxima fully loaded.
Theres lots of money in the trucking industry.........you just got to know how to get it.
BTW I also have a house, four kids and my wife is a student.

Dont down grade the truck driver........we make the world go round. Without us you wont have a MB or parts for your car when they go bad......10-4