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Is that based on total cost of ownership? AAA claims to have some info on that: https://newsroom.aaa.com/tag/driving-cost-per-mile/ https://newsroom.aaa.com/tag
by Railsify 7y ago
Is that based on total cost of ownership? AAA claims to have some info on that: https://newsroom.aaa.com/tag/driving-cost-per-mile/ https://newsroom.aaa.com/tag/driving-cost-per-mile/
- bdcravens 7y agoThen the IRS is being generous, as most of the vehicles in that linked page cost less than $0.58/mile.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoThey're including depreciation which makes sense for small businesses that turn over their fleet every X years. If you're not swapping cars ever few years depreciation per mile is basically irrelevant because age and what you use the vehicle for will dominate depreciation.
- lonelappde 7y agoYou can't drive Uber in an old car, can you? Edit: apparently you can, and drivers leasing new cars to drive are getting creamed.
- bdcravens 7y agoIn many markets, the car can be up to 15 years old. https://www.uber.com/drive/houston/vehicle-requirements/ https://www.uber.com/drive/houston/vehicle-requirements/
- mikeash 7y agoAn Uber driver will typically drive 30-50,000 miles/year (looking at a few quick search results). At that rate, your car will wear much faster and require replacement or major maintenance much sooner than is typical.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoThe AAA numbers are within a hair of the IRS numbers so presumably yes.
- Railsify 7y agoLooks like you are correct. As another user has pointed out, those numbers a likely based on average driving of 10-15k per year, I would guess an uber driver who drives full time will easily drive twice that.