Joining a Free Car Program
Posted October 14, 2009 – 10:51 pm in: Get a Free Car
A free car program screenshot
I realized I hadn’t given visitors a review of TheFreeCar program. I talked a little bit about facts, the reason these programs exist, and how you can get into one, but not exactly about the service provided by this particular program.
The photo in this post is the main screen in the free car program. I’ve blued out my log-in information, obviously, for privacy reasons. The members’ area is your home page and it contains links to all of the information you’ll need to be successful in landing a deal.
Signing up was easy. They charge you for the service, but you can use any number of methods for payment, including PayPal, and it’s only $29.50 for a one year membership.
The members’ area includes links to:
- Member’s Guide – a set of information about the programs, facts about payments, and steps on how to get started.
- Tips and Hints – tips for making your application process to advertisers as attractive as possible and how to be successful at getting paid to drive your own car with ad wrap advertising.
- Samples – Pictures of example ad wrap advertising. Looks great!
- Car Finder – The list of programs available in your area.
While I’m obviously only eligible for a free car program in my own area, I checked other parts of the US, Canada, and Spain even to see if there truly are programs available in every area. There are. In fact, almost every location I checked had multiple opportunities for both free car programs and for programs that pay you to drive your own car with advertising.
There were other types of programs, too:
- A free gas plan where you agree to have a vinyl ad wrap placed on your car and the advertising company pays for all of your gas.
- In Spain, you can get a new Smart Car with ad wrap for only 80 euros a month. I know that equates to about $119 USD but I don’t know the going rate for a Smart Car.
- Various ad sizes – if you don’t want to completely cover your car in an ad, you can do a smaller ad but you’ll make less money.
Once you see a program you’re interested in, either for a free car or an offer to get paid to drive your own car with advertising, you simply click the apply button. This will take you directly to the advertiser’s application. This is a long list of questions. The estimate is that it will take you about 10 minutes to complete but it took me about 20 – maybe I was over-thinking.
The questions include things about your driving habits but also questions about your lifestyle which give an indication of how much you drive. For example, there’s a question about whether or not you drive your kids to sports practice. I assume, if you do, that’s a good sign because the ad wrap on the car gets exposed to more viewers.
Now, here was the best part:
You can make as much as $3200/month by performing extra services like handing out free samples or driving the car to organized events. So, you get a free car or a monthly check for advertising on your own car AND you can easily earn more money by doing some easy, extra work.
I did not see any stipulation that you couldn’t apply for multiple programs to increase your chances of being accepted which means you get the ability to apply to a number of possible advertisers all at the same time which will improve your chances of finding a free car program that works for you.
Well worth the $2.46/month I paid for the membership. Oh, and I almost forgot one of the best parts!!! Let’s say you sign up – you’re also given information on how to refer your friends and family for a referral fee. Get two of your friends to join and you’ve more than covered the cost of your own membership. Already called my brother in New York.
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