Uber vs Car Ownership

The post explores the financial comparison between using Uber and owning a car, specifically highlighting the author's experience in San Francisco with a Tesla Roadster. It concludes that, despite higher depreciation costs, using Uber can be more economical and convenient than car ownership, particularly when factoring in the intangible benefits of not driving.

Published 2014-07-29 2 min read 341 words 3 topics

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Taking uberX everywhere is now cheaper for me than owning a car (I have an expensive car, so it's not a super fair comparison, but I still think it's interesting). I first played around with one of those web calculators

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