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This is a good point, but there are also several Uber benefits over car ownership. For example, being able to travel when tired/inebriated. Also, not being late

This is a good point, but there are also several Uber benefits over car ownership. For example, being able to travel when tired/inebriated. Also, not being late if you have an engine issue or get a flat tire. This article tries to enumerate the financial differences, the subjective ones are also very important.

MisterBastahrd 12y ago
The fun thing about that is that you can use Uber in those circumstances, and still have the freedom to jump in your car and drive off whenever you want to instead of living by someone else's schedule. His argument is just plain bad.
- prostoalex 12y ago
  It's not an argument for or against, it's the argument of cost - "freedom to jump in your car and drive off whenever you want to" is worth more to you than others. There are people that take a road trip on any given weekend, and there are those who only travel out of their county when work necessitates it.
VLM 12y ago
"Also, not being late if you have an engine issue or get a flat tire." How does uber prevent that? I suppose with a fleet of cars, another could pick you up, but you're still going to be late (just not as late) (edited to add, and on the frontend, I can guarantee that about 45 seconds after leaving the door at work, I'll be starting my car and moving out of the lot, how does uber guarantee that a car will be ready to leave for work within say 15 minutes, so I'd have to burn much more total commute time to make sure theres a realistic chance I won't be late. TLDR is the std deviation of a rental is going to be very large compared to an owned car.)
- megablast 12y ago
  > I can guarantee that about 45 seconds after leaving the door at work, I'll be starting my car and moving out of the lot. You can't guarantee that, since car problems to arise. This is the same issue with bike share schemes. I don't have to worry about anyone stealing my bike, or if the bike gets a puncture or has issues, I pick another bike.
  - vacri 12y ago
    Car problems arise much less frequently than hire cars have availability issues, unless you have a particularly crappy car.
zik 12y ago
Also not having to worry about parking.

MisterBastahrd 12y ago

The fun thing about that is that you can use Uber in those circumstances, and still have the freedom to jump in your car and drive off whenever you want to instead of living by someone else's schedule. His argument is just plain bad.

prostoalex 12y ago
It's not an argument for or against, it's the argument of cost - "freedom to jump in your car and drive off whenever you want to" is worth more to you than others. There are people that take a road trip on any given weekend, and there are those who only travel out of their county when work necessitates it.

VLM 12y ago

"Also, not being late if you have an engine issue or get a flat tire." How does uber prevent that? I suppose with a fleet of cars, another could pick you up, but you're still going to be late (just not as late) (edited to add, and on the frontend, I can guarantee that about 45 seconds after leaving the door at work, I'll be starting my car and moving out of the lot, how does uber guarantee that a car will be ready to leave for work within say 15 minutes, so I'd have to burn much more total commute time to make sure theres a realistic chance I won't be late. TLDR is the std deviation of a rental is going to be very large compared to an owned car.)

megablast 12y ago
> I can guarantee that about 45 seconds after leaving the door at work, I'll be starting my car and moving out of the lot. You can't guarantee that, since car problems to arise. This is the same issue with bike share schemes. I don't have to worry about anyone stealing my bike, or if the bike gets a puncture or has issues, I pick another bike.
- vacri 12y ago
  Car problems arise much less frequently than hire cars have availability issues, unless you have a particularly crappy car.

zik 12y ago

Also not having to worry about parking.