How Toyota Almost Killed My Prius If you have been reading my blog, I have always advocated against buying a Prius. Only full time drivers will be able to capitalize on Prius’ lower fuel consumption and maintenance while other drivers will be spending more on depreciation. I finally found an older Prius at a really good price so I bought it. I finally bought a Prius. So … [Read more...]
How Uber and Lyft Drivers Keep Windshield Washer Fluid From Freezing
How Uber and Lyft Drivers Keep Windshield Washer Fluid From Freezing Recently, the majority of the United States came under a frost watch with freezing temperatures and snow as far south as Florida and with the North suffering from temperatures in the low single digit degrees Fahrenheit. Canadians are accustomed to these types of temperatures, but these temperatures for … [Read more...]
Why Uber Drivers and Lyft Drivers Should Never Buy a Prius
Why Uber Drivers and Lyft Drivers Should Never Buy a Prius For Uber drivers and Lyft drivers, along with delivery drivers like Amazon Flex, Postmates, Uber Eats, Instacart, and Doordash, the biggest expense we have are our cars, whether its gas or depreciation or car maintenance. Most people focus on reducing gas consumption since this is often the most obvious way to save … [Read more...]
Why Uber Drivers and Lyft Drivers Need to Calculate Car Expenses
Why Uber Drivers and Lyft Drivers Need to Calculate Car Expenses When Uber drivers and Lyft drivers first start driving, they often do not understand that they have to incur all the costs that come with the job. Being an independent contractor means that while you have control over how you do your job (debatable with the rules with many on-demand jobs), you are also … [Read more...]
What I Learned on My 12000 Mile Cross Country Drive for Charity
What I Learned on My 12000 Mile Cross Country Drive for Charity Last month, I embarked on a cross country drive trying to raise some money for charity. I raised about $300 from trips and donations, and anther $200 from the GoFundMe page. You can read more about my trip and also about the GoFundMe Page. Read more about my trip across 65 Lyft cities here: My Mental … [Read more...]